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| Harard Astronomical J Observatory in Peru, i r t "?HE selection of Arequlpa. % I . Peru, and vicinity as a perI ' manent field of astronomical 4 and meteorolofical venture '*?? the result of an extended Investigation by Professor Solon Irvine BaiI97 and associates of Harvard Unlver|ftty of nearly the whole west coast of jfouttt America, and much of the inter i Wfr 01 rem. KjUue ami coiitii. nag' fificent heights were plentiful and ample. but across their glorious rlevrs float mists for mo#t of the year. . . Carmen Alto, a site two miles east of r (Arequlpa. was selected in 1890. and 1^ favored by the Director. Professor m lw. H. Pickering. Arequlpa la a city 4T some 30.000 Inhabitants. Here were [railway,telegraphic and telephonic comj muni cations with the outer world, food f %nd water supply, and Immediate telephonic contact with all the brilliant lMuena from the Equator to the South Pole. Temporary quarters were util 1THB HIGHEST WEATHER SIGXA , (This station, on the summit of El M I anemometer batog 8 leet higher than tl ' toreground was placed there bj Bishop i teed, and the Instrument* removed from Mount Harvard, and later placed ta the new observatory, which Is visible or miles. The conquest of El Iflsti, the great volcano, was also the remarkable achievement of Professor Bailey. Hundreds had tried to reach the lofty peak. Many of them had ttled of exhaustion and sickness, many .were killed by falling over precipices, and few had ever succeeded in reaching the top. He persisted. Anally conftructlng a winding path from the base to the top. erecting thereon the highest meteorological observatory in the world. 19,200 feet above the sea. Dur- i tog this marvelous work the sufferings ?. - .. *.. c. #ft,? Oilini ALTO, TKE 81 AT OF THX HA.BVAMD OB8XBTATOBT. (la the btckrroand ri?es ?1 Miiti. om which ii located the VMther aUtioa, nearly 11,000 fKt ?bo re the observatory boildin^a.) XTOID nuu ue uitrr ui ujmacu. uu uiwu and the work were something fright-J fuL All the natives tried to dissuade fclm from the task, and predicted frightful disasters if he succeeded, a feat which all regarded as impossible. Arequipa is a city of white stone, Called sillar. of the appearance of marble, contrasting pleasantly with the unrounding green fields. It is a volfcanlc deposit found in vast proportions. soft and readily worked. It is cut with an adze, as if it were ice. Owing to an entire absence of native lumber, sillar forms a cheap substitute. One-story houses are the rule. The in* habitants have a wholesome respect for earthquakes. Ruined walls and ttebrls are eloquent testimonials of the great shiike of 1868. The earthquake of that year destroyed all two-story buildings. Mollendo Is a railway terminus of 800 popt'Jatlon. It lies above the sea ? -J ? -V. VA. on uanvu sauu auu rw*. iu wir prater supply is 100 miles distant in { the River Chile. The water is coo- j veyed to it In pipes along the railway. [ It Is fed by rail and boat. Land lnj ' V CU"*8WG TMC dLOPCS ? V L or n Mian ^ (Headache and nausea attack tnen a and until accustomed to the atmosphere altitude of 19.200 feet is attended with t occasionally delirium, and sometimes h eyes. It is necessary to stop frequently these pauses at an altitude of 18.000 fee above was made. Peru rich enough to produce things is loo rich to plant towns upon. ? The railway from Moll ends to A remains nain.*s the entire rise of 8000 feet with Dumber leu curves and loop*, for fifteen miles it follows the ocean pouUie&cterly. then runs doe east gfcroufJi t&e fertile raHey of Tambo. Thence tt mounts the hills to the desert pomps of Islay. Suddenly the mountains begin In earnest and the train passes around their sides above the steep, nar* row valley of the Chile River. Soon the mountainous aspects cease, the river valley sprawls out flat, and Arequlpa bursts into view In the midst of a neat arable plain. Orchards and ' grain field* replace forbidding areas, and the traveler finds himself in the most picturesquely beautiful city and environs In Peru. To the east, a little way. rises with the regularity of a colossal coal heap El Mlstl. to a height . of 10,200 feet, capped with very nearly perpetual snows, a volcano, quiescent now, but some day to speak and destroy. Peru Is a wonderful country. It has longer and greater aqueducts than any other nation, so old that on one knows their builders. Its ruins tell of civilisations thousands of years prior to the Xoahlc flood. It is a country unique because It Is a mountain range rising out of the sea to dizzy heights. Its western face forming the refuge of a nation. All the world's climates and seasons exist there all the year round. . V,V 1 ' : L STATION' IN THE WORLD. ' i?ti. Isl9,200 feet above sea lerel?the ' ie peak. The Iron cross shown In the 1 [iguel Gonzalez in 1784.) i reposing in graduated strata from 1 ocean to lofty peak. The inhabitant 1 has only to step np or down to find the ( atmospheric conditions that please ! him. Railroads run everywhere with- ( to reason; me inuus, nowcver, ure suuJect to frequent delays, caused by wash-outs, from floods, slides and avalancbes. Outside of towns the only vehicles possible are railway trains. The automobile will never be popular in Peru, but the opportunities for the coming flying machine will put in pale the remainder of civilization. The discoveries of Professor Bailey at Carmen Alto are declared by a bulletin of the Royal Astronomical Society to form the most notable advances of ' recent years, opening up deep questions in cosmical physics. ' Tie observatory building, two miles ( out from Ar^quipa. and 400 feet high- ' er. cover several acres, including cultivated gardens and lawns. The largest building Is the dwelling bouse of ( tbe astronomer, bis family and assist* ( tints. On its roof is a cluster of meteor* t ologieal Instruments for measuring at* ( mospbere and wind currents. Ad* , Joining tbe dwelling bouse is tbe laboratory, or work-rooms. In wblch are developed tbe sidereal plates?tbe work there Is mainly photometric?tbe celestial maps and calculations. Tbe ob* servat* ry itself stands In the rear?tbe usual slitted. revolving dome. In which is the twenty-four-inch telescope presented by Miss C. W. Bruce. Further along is the square observatory, containing tbe thlrteen-inch Bache telescope and tbe meridian photometer, photographic dark ruoro. tool room, etc. In tbe rear is the dwelling for assistants or servants. Tbe entire outfit is protected on tbe stream side by a heavy wall, and there are shelters foi j the bousing of domestic animals, etc. The grounds are somewhat self-sup- | porting; otherwise, supplies are of easy j access at Arequlpa. Automatism. th< exact servant of the astronomer, leavet the observer almost a clear field to indulge solely in celestial studies. Photographs take themselves automatically. and weather instruments record tbe atmosphere and force of the winds. Thus certain branches of tbe work are made comparatively easy, and observ era need only climb to tbe stations on the aide (16.000 feet) and the top (19.204 j feet) of El Mistl whenever Inclined t? bring down the records automatically made there.?Harper's Weekly. The Sore Winner. For the long race in matrimony yoo I can bet your money with perfect safety ' 1 s. CL^ ^'|'T^" I nd animals at a height of 15.838 fe?t, the rest of the journey to the extreoM nal de mer. dizziness, fainting spells, emorrhages from the nose, ears and for a rest, and it was during one of fc *v-A, A w? i i umi lire |muiug .i|ju ic|<i<iuiivcu i I I on the little woman wbo knows *1' about buckwheat cakes anfl gooc soups.?New York Press. If time is money, how is it that somt people with lots of money bare m time to spend it. while others wit* i lota of tlae to apend bare no money? i ? goooooooooooooooooooooooo a The Pop-fians of it | Oar Grandfathers. 2 0000oooooooooooooocooo000 "The gun barrel of the popgun we used when I was a boy." said a jolly rid grandfather, "was made from a section of goose qalll which we used to rut as long as we could, and yet have It of pretty nearly uniform diameter from end to end. Then you whittled Qu t LA I me wvr unit L040EC ACT Of FII PlUHCCA PuSHI [ * ^1 P? rot a piece of wood, bard wood pre.'erred, a plunger to go into this quill, eaving on one end of this plunger a ;bunk of tbe wood from which you whittled it, to serve as a handle and to sake the shoulder so that tha plunger would go Into the quid only just ?o !ar. "The plunger yon made long enough !o go nlmost through the quid, but lot quite, and It wag whittled down imall enough to go into the quill freey. but still not so small that it would ivobble around in It. The quill and :he plunger constituted the gun. the immunition was potato. "You took a potato and cut off a illce across it and then by pressing the arger end of the quill down through :hat slice you cut out of It n little .*ylindrlcal wad of potato, which, as rou pressed the quill dowu, was, of nurse, pressed up into that end of the luilL Then, with the plunger, you >ressed that potato wad along through he quill from that end to the other, ffhich might be described as the rnux:le of the gun. Then you pushed the >igger or butt end of the quill down hrough the slice of potato again, the lulll of course cutting out as it was >ressed down through the potato, an>ther wad of it as at first. 80 now here was a potato wad In each end of he quill; the gun was loaded; now to Ire It "You simply put the end of the tlunger against the wad in the butt end >( the quill and pressed It forward in lie quill toward the other." A Will OD th? Sole of Shoe. "Where there's a will there's a way," iccording to the proverb, ttnugh it nay not have meant the kind of will thown In the accompanying lllustra:lon. The picture tells almost the rhole story. A fisherman in a New J|\i Wfi tr/iM 1 England town was fa tally Injured by t rock falling upon hioi as be was talking at tbe b.-uic of a cliff. When round, be was dead, but clutched In jne band was one of bis shoes, upon which he had written: "To whom it nay concern: All my estate. Including my deposit In tbe bank. I leave to my grandson. Walter Mahlon. providing He does not marry ui'iu.e iur uge ui twenty-five, but in case of bis marriage t>efore that time, tbe above mentioned to be used for tbe State for charitable purposes." Ex|wdiIt? Riding. The most expensive season tickets in th?. world, perhaps, are those Issued >y tLe Congo Railway Co. The ilrst;lass single fare for a journey of about {50 tulles is $100. Latterly tbis company bas issued seasou tickets avnllible for tbe year at tbe following raies: For four return journeys. |475; ' r eight return journeys. $065; and for twelve return Journeys. 5855. Naturally the issue of the tickets is very limited, so far only four having been lellvered. but application for a fifth tias been made. They are not printed. but written out on a piece of cardboard. (our inches by six inches, folded In two; on one side the date and name of bolder are inserted and the other is divided in squares, where the beginning aud end of each journey is filled In by the station masters at the time it is performed. In Norway the average length of life is greater than in any other country on the globe. The fellow who stands on his dignity may discover that dignity is Just m slinoerr a* a banana skin A Baited Qaa far Wolvca. \ Am many wild *nloa?s prowl at mgni and remain in their lairs all day. many schemes ore devised by the hunter and trapper to slay them or capture them i with automatic traps, which have only to be set in their path to tempt them with the bait and take them unawares. Below will be fourd a new contrlvancc for this work, designed especially ) for the killing of wolves and other large game. As will be seen, the implement is a sort of gun. designed to < be suspended from the limb of a tree or other convenient support It has a i ] HAntKt T?| I PhVMC**. 5*ofro c *i?G. >S A. tOinCOHWCSlWCAiRV \ rAT# AfAUTIlT^n ^ o '~rfin* inn ti ^ barrel adapted to carry a cartridge, tbe tube proper being inserted in a ! larger wooden case for weight and pro- I tectlon. A breech-block is mounted on one side of tbe barrel, and an opening is made through tbe case for tbe insertion of a cartridge in its chamber. Tbe firing pin is mounted in the end of the breech-block, and is actuated bi* a coiled spring. At tbe muzzle of the ^ gun will be seen a bait fixed on a , carved book attached o a sliding rod. the latter connecting with a trip-lever a which releases the firing pin and dls- fc charges the gun. To pat tbe weapon H ' | I Hi * I vn e BAIT OCX SUSPENDKD FB0X TBEE. * in operation a cartridge is inserted and 1 the firing pin drawn back, when the ^ gun is suspended from overhead at a ! s height which compels the animal to { y strain its head upward to reach it. thus j bringing its head in line with the di- | 1 rectlon of the bullet. Oliver J. De j 1 las *Ka (nt*anf a* J f muouc/ ?o iuc ?u f-;uiwt Korea and Elcctrlett). ? Near the centre of the city of SeouV ! J there is a beautiful marble pagoda Q that was brought from Pekin about t 1300 by one of the Mogul Queens who ( came as bride to Korea. Her people at that time were shaking the whole o known world, and. under leaders like p Genghis. Kublai and Tamerlane, were t upsetting all the thrones of Asia, no ! n that Korea still speaks of them with j bated breath, and the smallest chil- t dren know them by name. The marble : t pagoda still stands, a silent witness j j. before the world of the great Men so I ! <] conquerers; but past its stony ear j I whizzes an American electric car every > * ten minutes, at ten miles an hour, re-, '< gardless of all the Mongol shade*, j Along the main street of Seoul, one j " of the oldest streets in the world. ' ^ stretch Western wires charged with | something that defies all the curiosity j of the East to pronounce upon, a rew j A days ago a broken strand hang temp- j tingly from one of the poles, and tbe ! Far East determined to get bold of it D to investigate, with result?one live j c wire, one dead man. A Government j S notice was posted up: "If any one i* j o caugbt fooling witb tbese thunder j 0 lightning strings, let blm be paddled." * -The Outlook. J Mummied Birds. . Over a thousand mummy birds bavk , been sent by M. Maspero. director of ' T the Egyptian service 9f antiquities, to j the Museum of Lyons. They belong ; to two categories?namely the ibis and j t birds of' prey?and come from Sak-1 f karah, Roda, Kom Ombo and Gizeb.! 0 Those from Kom Ombo are of Roman j a and those from Gizeb of Ptolmaie age. j A large number of tbem. according to ! J MM. Lortet and Galllard. bare not i hitherto been found among mummied I birds, and it is remarkable that the ' white ibis is a larger bird than the ex-1 f isting white ibis of Nubia and the, { j, Soudan. Another fact brought out i? i t that the black ibis of Greek historians , I was. as surmised by Savlgny, the Ibis [ o faicinella. called "el-hereis" by th?* | 1 Arabs and "leharas" by the ancle 11 Egyptians.?London Globe. c r A Steam Bath For Bono*. < A German veterinary surgeon ha a lust brought upon the market an a;>pa- j ratus for the purpose of enabling a sick j STXAM BATH IN TUX STABLE. horse to take u steam bath. Tbe ap- j paratus, as illustrated, is made of solid > wood, coated with sheet iron; it bas a i double bottom, into which tbe steam is f conveyed by means of a metallic hose. 1 Lilt tie iron rollers anuw me upiiaiuma to be easily moved to any desired place. There are 4000 Russians In Kansas, 1 a thousand heads of families who do little beyond raising wheat. Tbey vote in elections as one man and at- 1 tpnd strictl* to their own business [ IfOUHG WILCOX COHHCTED" lury Declares That He is the Murderer of Nellie Cropsey. VERDICT AFTER THIRTY HOURS 7rowd Around tb* Co art-Room Acted u If They Would Lynch tho Prisoner II lie were Acquitted ? CoubmI Will Appeal For Wilcox ? May Take a j Votr to Dlspoto of the Com. Elizabeth City, N. C.?The Jury io he trial of James Wilcox on the charge if murdering Nellie Cropsey came into :ourt with a verdict of guilty of murter in tbe first degree. Tbe jury bad teen out thirty hours. A crowd had lingered about tbe courtnnm all dav and there was such feel* ng against him that it was feared th?>y could resort to violence If the prisoner vere acquitted or If tlae Jury disagreed. Tbe trial lasted six days and caused , ucb excitement. These are tbe facts , irought out on the witness stand: In 1808 William H. Cropsey moved j rom Brooklyn. N. Y., to Elizabeth yity. He brought with him a family if attractive girls. Miss Nellie, then fteeu years old. was pretty and bright, the had received a common school cdu* ' 'atinn. TIip fnmilv arrived here in < Ipril, and in June James Wilcox, only on of former Sheriff Thomas P. Wil* ox, began to call ou Miss Nellie, le was u regular and devoted beaa rom that time till last September, t hen he aud the girl seem to bare had be tlrst quarrel of any consequence. Juriug those days of Intimacy Wilcox ook the young lady to the shows at ' he Opera House, to the skating rink. < o the dances, driving, sailing and call- J ug. Tbey were together several times very week. Tbey exchanged Christ nan and birthday presents. This period of friendship came to n end last September. Rev. George Ituart, a popular evangelist, preached a the Methodist Church here. He tlrred up considerable excitement and j a any people joined the church. Miss ' Jropsey was among the number. From the time of that religious reival there was trouble for Wilcox. He lid not get on well with the young ady. She seemed to avoid him. One >f her ailtera heard her tell him: "If ou can't behave better than that you tay up home." The evening of November 20 Nellie Jropsey disappeared. Wilcox called it 8 o'clock. Miss Carrie Cropsey let ilui in. I Carrie got up to go to her room sev- i rai times, but Nellie persuaded ber to ( tay. Finally, however, at 10.45, she | etired and left the two couples In be sitting room. At 11.05 o'clock Wilcox got up from tis chair and announced that he must ;o. He said: "Mist Nellie, may I see ou In the ball?" She made no answer, but went out fbat was the last seen of the girL ler dead body was tisbed out of the iver thirty-seven days later. Young Wilcox left the parlor at 11.05 nd was seen in bis own home several locks from the Cropsey residence, at 1.50. All told, he bad twenty-five mlntes unaccounted for. The place where ! he body was found is but 135 yards J pnm fho liniliuv ! The defease contended that all tests ' f drowning fall In a case where the erson lias been dead and buried in he water thirty-seven days. The beat aedical authorities say all signs fail i such cases. The people are tired of discussing be case, and since the verdict gives he prisoner the full penalty of the 1 w. the people are satisfied. The first efjroe verdict was hardly expected. )i8trict Attorney Ward has stated hat he did not expect one other than a second dejrree. Lawyer Aydlett, or the defense, will file an appeal. ' nd as the Supreme Court does not j neet until September next the case Is Ikcly to hang on for months. BURNS GIRL EXONERATED. lagUtiwt* Fliila Mo Pro?f That 8h* j Killed Yobbk Brooks. New York City.?Florence Born*, the ' lneteen-year-old girl, whose alleged 1 unnectlon with the killing of Walter S. Brooks, In the Glen Island Hotel, n February 14. has been the subject f a lengthy examination before JusIce Mayer, was discharged fqom cusody by that Magistrate, who declared hat he found no proof of her guilt. District Attorney Jerome states that lis* Burns must stand trial before a ury on the charge of murder, as he rill present evidence which will result n her Indictment by the Grand Jury. The crowd was. If anything, largci han at any previous bearing and more rantic In the effort to get into tht ourt-room. There were at least half i dozen women to every man In the ourt-room. UDGE DECLARES CUOEN SHERIFF IrMklya Offldal't Removal by Goveraoi Odell Illegal. New York City ?Justice Gaynor. ol he Supreme Court, in Brooklyn innded down a decision to the effect hat Charles (iuden is the Sheriff of vinzs County, and declare* the action f Colonel Dike ami his associates in ireaking into the Sheriff's office as ie?aa?it orn nfajl ui wait tiiiuu, (lUd^n was recently removed from \ by Uoveruor Odell. who appoint I <1 Colonel Dike in his plat?e. Just let' j Jaynor declares that Governor Odell t j ctIon in removins ?Judt?n was illegal. Faapcr U L?ft SIOO.OOO. Joseph Znne. n pauper. left the nlms f ioiisc at Baltimore. Md.. for Boston tc j eeiire his share in the estate of hi* | meK>. whoie natue was also Joseph ?*iUe. The estate is valued at 9300. anil the Baltimore pauper's share ,s s estimated at 9100.000. 1 Turkey Rrfnwt to lUpijr lUnaon. 1 The Turkish (tovernnr*nt has refused t lie deinaud of the f'nited States foi , he repayment or the $72,000 paid til. ^ iiifuiilu ;ix th.? ransom for Miss Stom lUd Mine. Tsiika. * Pircnlt Po?l Trftly D**tr*<l. The Fri'iu-Ii fJoviTnment. througt Viiii-.;!<s:i<!or t'arnbon. requested tbf >tnte Depart ment. at Washington, t( Dstirute negotiations for a parcels post reaty between the United States and 'ranee. l'lnlt Kjra Strike* Chtc*(o. Pink eye Las broken out in Cbica;* o au extent that threatens an e;?i leuiie. MaUnjr of the Afghanistan Amy. The army In Afghanistan has muti in.i Iiiwiiiikm if liu no' nald siact I < lie present Ameer's accession. | , ;!HOUSEHOLD 9 * 9 \\ |j 9 9 9 9 MATTERS jj Not Liked by Ant*. Fine coal ashes sprinkled about the burrows of anta will send these J troublesome little i>e?tu to other quar- I ten. To Cl?aa Old Floor*. In studying the apparently bopelesfl floors of souie old house remember that grease and varnish cau be removed from them with jye. Afterward wash the lye out tsell, and w?*h J over with vinegar. The stain la tbco | applied, with one or more coats of | tiller. Finally rub witu sandpaper j and wax. or finish with shellac * r varnish. as desired. How to Clfta Llioltaa. To clean linoleum take equal part* ; of cottonseed oil and sharp vinegar. , and rub well with a flannel rag. If | the linoleum Is very dirty, wash it ; with soap and water, or water to I which a little turpentine has been j added. Washing soda should not be I used on linoleum, because it readily j itfnpbu Ail nnH nalnt nf vhlch thin ! floor covering is chiefly made. Cornmeal Gruel ror Iaralidi. Cornmeal gruel requires long aad steady cooking. In fact, three hours' time is none too long to allow for the thorough cooking of the meaL On this lccount it is much easier to cook it in a louble boiler. Mix one tablespoonfnl )f flour and two tablespoonfuls of corn* meal together, with one lablespoonful ?ach of salt and sugar, and make into i smooth paste with a little cold water. Idd one quart of boiling water and :00k. Finally add one cupful of milk lust before serving. Restoring Pollati of Dulled Parol tare. To restore the polish of marred and' !ulle<l furniture, vigorous rubbing with i cloth moistened in crude oil will isually effect the desired result It ihould be followed with a similar treatnent with chamois. White stains on :ables caused by hot dishes can generally be removed by mixing a little vinegar with the erode oil and rubbing he spot until the original color is restored. The acid should be thoroughly removed wan a ruuuing ui ituuv uu, 'ollowed by the dry chamois. Varlished furniture may be rejuvenated jy a coat of piano or the finest fnrni:ure varnish. After the varnish is :horoughiy dry supplement it with a nibbing with crude oil and the dry chamois. A dry day is the best for lome attempts at varnishing. DMtroytag Moths. In methods for the riddance of noths "doctors disagree." but all are igreed that for their prevention thor)ugh airiugs and beatings of their favorite fabrics are a first essential. %. moth will thrive ic almost any prerentive if its eggs are allowed to hatch j n the atmosphere, but no moth rill I roiuntariiy lay its eggs in aa ntnos)here that is odious to it. For this rea* K>n it is of little avail to pack dotting or other articles away saturated in camphor or other preventives unless it s first subjected to airings and beat ngs that will free the fabrics from iny insects or eggs that may be biding n its nap or folds. After every positive vestige of insect life is removed, be articles sboald be put in airtight} vrappings or receptacles with camphor ind other insecticides. Many bouseteepers claim that paper is the best >f wrappers for the purpose, but it nust be free from tlie smallest pinlole and be closed absolutely tight. Senzlne. according to all authorities. - Aimmp rkt Hia Rlllfflirt I 5? lUe UCOUUCOl cuvui; v? ihv .? notb. and should be used freely at its Irst approach. . RECIPES . . Cheese Cakes?One cup of sour milk, j me cup of sweet milk, cook iu double toiler until It curds: strain off the j K'hey, add to the curd half a cup of lugar and juice of one lemon, four eggs ieaten a little; line patty pans with >uff paste, put one tahlespoonful of :he mixture in each and cover with | chopped almonds: bake ic a quick oven >ver fifteen minutes. Almond Jumbles?Blanch and chop ;alf a pound of almonds quite fine; Team half a cup of butter, add one :up of granulated sugar to it. then the ! iimonds. one egg yolk, one-third cup j >f milk and Dour to make a soft dough: | roll out ou a floured uoaru a sinuir : >lece at a time, cs: with a Jumble utter, bake iu greased pans in a modirate oven: brush white of egg and iprinkle with sugar before putting in >veu. Scotch Sconce*?To one quart of | lifted Hour add four level t> aspoonfula if baking powder: cut with this or rub d with the tips of the tinners a quarer cupful of lard and quarter cupful >f butter: add one teaspoonfui of tugar: beat one egz uutil thick: add his to the dour and shortening, and vhen mixed toss out on a floured ward: roll out half au inch thick: cut a three-Inch squares: fold in half to 'oriu three-cornered shap.> and bake >n a hot griddle. Egg* ou Toast. With Mushroom S:?u< T.v.iare a mushroom sauce and Muir it ->ver live squares of toasted iread. Place oj each square a toasted gg. c.x k-d as follows: Add a tableiiNionful of ialt *r.-y quarts of water, imi when it begins to boil stir ir tround rapidly until a small revolvnjr circular depression is formed in he water. Gently drcp a.i egg into the niddle. and the motion of the boiling vater will form a spherical covering >f white around tlx- unbroken yolk. Hook ojc egg at a time. Marvels?Beat one-half cup of but -.?J ..... ..nn nf aiKMr until liffllf. t*r auu UU'- v U|' v. -B?Scat tliroo ei,;s without separating unit very 11^hi. then ?tir them iuto the jutter and sugar; add half a tableipoor.ful of ground eiuuainou, two :nhlcspoonfuls of milk and sufficient lour to make a dough- about two cupills. Knead lightly, roll into a thin iheet. cut iuto narrow strips. twi<t >t hrald three together, cut iuto aboir hreo-incii leugth*. drop them at once into vntokiug hot fat and fry to a jo.doii firowu. uim wuu pwueruu i iuj;ar aud serve. I THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. T?m: Jim sad M*-A Logical tetiiwi ?rth? BfMoai Tt hj Krmrj Toitg Km should Abitali From loutlollm Uquor*~WbUkr Moeka Hldwotlj. The atory, air? why, really, I haven't muck to ur; If you had called one year ago, and thca again to-day. No need of any word to tell, for your ova eyea could ne* Juat what the Temperance Pledge ha* done for Jim and me. The pail that hoidn the milk, air, we uaed to fill witu beer, n.,? ? w ? ? > ush j i !?? a cent tor drink for now nearly u year. We pay our debU, we're well and atrong, and kind a* men can be, That'* what God and the Temperance Pledge ha*t done (or Jim and me. We uted to ?neak along the atrcet, feeling ao mean and low? We alwaya felt ashamed to meet the friend* we u?ed to know. We look the world now in the face, ani atep off bold aud free; That'a what God and the TemperaMt Pledge baa done for Jim and me. ?Temperance Banner. A Warning. Henry Ward Beecher, whoae aermona cix temperance every young man *1100111 lead, aaid thia: "If you bay, 'Yei, I hare a aitoral crar* ing for it.' and then to yon I aav, That io the very reason why you nhould not taka it. If you have no craving for it why should you peril youraelf by it? And if yon have auch a craving, aurely, if yoo are wiae, vou will not iMit youraelf in danger by indulging it.'" Look at the thine from the viewnoint a# your own interest. If you had to employ young men to work for you you would avoid drinkibg men. Then don't drink whisky yourself. Don't give every nuccesaful, conservative man the best of reasons for mistrusting you. Very often moral cowardice underlies the beginning of a drunken career. There art ideas of good fellowship associated with drinking. , A hundred thousand young men drink every day because they are afraid people will think they are not "good fellows." Have the courage to be a good fellow of the kind that is not pickled in wbiakj. When a man wonders at your ordering some harmless stuff, something free from alcohol, point to the drunkard at the other end of the bar and say: "That man once thought that a bracer would not hurt him. I am modest enough to believe that what hurt him may hart me. I shall need all my feeble ability to compete with such geniuses aa you other fellows. Therefore 1 propose to keep intact my brain and the mucous membrane that lines me." Remember above all that the truest thing ever said of strong drink ia that it is '*? mocker." , Every sensation that comes from whisky is a mockery. Every promise baaed o? whisky is mockery. The strength of whinky is mock strength. The friendships of whisky are mode friendships. How often have you seen such hideous mockeries of friendship? drunken men with arms around each otnar protecting friendship eternal? Whisky mocks hideously all the sacred feelings in life, and it destroys them all. Han whisky no work to do? Yes. it ban an important work. It is the policeman, the executioner among human beings. It ^ . i _ ? a it wipe* out me unnt ana soitens tne p&in ok their destruction. It wipes oat familkfe unfitted to survive. It shortens the bam* fol career of the spendthrift and of tW man squandering inherited money. It has its place in medicine, along with strychnine, arsenic and the other poisons. It has no place in the constitution, the daily life, the social pleasure* of a normal, selfrespecting man.?New York Journal. Three Evil Prsrttesc. In behalf of temperance there are sora* limple things which mar be advocated with good results. Practical business men generally agree that a large part of all th* evils of drunkennes* are caused by thre* practices, namely, drinking at btn, drinking in business hours and the tubit of treating. It is generally agreed by com- < mercial travelers, and all who in active life see human nature at all nnglea, that mom temptation comes out of these three practice than from any other source. Treating. especially, is responsible for many :i- K . i? i r. J-.I.:.. evil*, lb nui unij iciku vj uiiu?ui| m uer- , room* and in business hours, bat it ia al? . moat the sole cause of the exceaa which, practiced indefinitely, finally become* Libit always difficult to overcome, aometimci impossible. Business men ?rt mora and more coming to the deciaion that drinking in bu?ine*s hours must be abolished. By and by they will go further and characterize the habit of treating aa pernicious and therefore ungentlemanly, on* social and undesirable. The habit of treating has a ridiculous side. If that could to fully recognized, the pernicious habit might be laughed out of existence. An Expert oa Drink. Seved Ribbing, the famous professor of ncdicine at the Swedish University of Lund, mike* these remarkable statement# in concluding an address on one phase of the drink curse: "How large a per cent, of moral downfall* are caused through drink I am unable to say, hut certainly it is not infrequent that you hear from many a questioned youth for an answer. 'I was somewhat under the influence of liquor.' Through drunkenness and in drunkenness one accustoms himself to conditions which, on- , der ordinary circumstances, would be religiously shunned. In course of time the seiiMr of shame is overcome, and ailenccd, and the evil habits are looked upon aa aa every-day necessity. The cases when a young man will in cold-bloodedness and with a clear head and with decided intention throw himself into the arms of proe million arc very mtjuusii in wiup?i>wm i mth tho<e that happen under the influence of liquor. An F>i(rl:?h army physician haa ?ho.rn rijfur.itively that *i<-kneM in a troop U much Icm among the total abstainer* than v.itu the balance of the mco."? Ram'a Horn. Reqalm Total AbMlntiit*. A* a re*ult of Carrol D. Wright'* labor bureiu inmtijtJtioni :t appear* that more than *eventy-live per cent, of the employer* of ?killed labor in the United State* require total abstinence of their employe*, ami :if:y per ?vnt. of the employer* of unakillud labor demand the mine. The Craud* In Drief. Tn?r? 11 ;i ;rri->\i-in!? tcr.ilMev amoni wom> r t > the indulgence of alcoholic beverages. The clergy could not do a better work that, to lea i off in a pledge-signing temperan*.i? crusade. So serious has the drawback of beerdrinkititr workmgmen in Germany become, ami so thoroughly is it recognized, that a movement ha? (?n started to exclude the drink from fa*, tories. In the striuwie tor life which social independence engender* there is often the clement of failure or overstrain, and women. too weak in many instance* to bear the ftram, resort to xtimulant*. In Knglind the habit of alcoholic indulgence among women ol the lower classes is much greater than in America. If the State will only educate the children against strong drink, Kng'.and, commercially. may even yet be saved. Dr. Hcv*. wood Smith give* as reasons for alcoholism among women the increasing independence of wosuen ? a liberty which some of them interpret a* license for seifindulgetu-e in accordance with their inclinations. The Executive Committee of the last Knights Templar parad- at Louisville, Ky., requested all citizen ? who gave liquids i~ i.p,>l>inin< in lhi> niridr not t > dupeDde i>?t r or tuirituou* liquoni that would imoeri! th? hea.tb of thone D*radin2* j