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THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Vith mossee thick upon i:a roof, ' I And gables old and gray, t stands among historic oaks? A haunted house, they say. i dashing British governor < First reared its stately wall.'*, Ind filled with guests and gaiety Its wide and lofty balk. i Ibove the ball room mantel still His portrait han^s; but Time las blurred it with a smoky hand And hidden it with grime. >o nothing of his olden grace Nor handsome face is there, tut patches of his scarlet coat And gleams of powdered hair. >eep is the dust upon the floors, I The rust on lock and hinge: There shreds of tattered curtains wave, The moths have made a fringe; 1 fhe spiders year by year have toiled, < Ana every vacant space >? ceiling, wall or window-ledge J Is draped with filmy lace. I i tut in the roses or the snow, ( wnen o er tne chimney a red. 'he new moon in the evening aky Displays a silver thread. 1 'he oriel panes between the oaks, 1 Shine out with candle-light ind strains of ghostly music blend With breezes of the night. 1 ( 'or then a troop of shadowy damc3 1 Before his portrait dim , 'read all the reels and minuets 1 They used to dance with him; 1 he broidered muslin of their gowni Is sweet with faint perfume \ if rose-leaves gathered in the dew In gardens full of bloom. re leaves?'tis thus the legend goes? ( The tarnished frame once more j o softly sigh the broken vows So lightly made of yore; [e begs a rose, and steal* a kiss, 1 And breathes a promise low, i l? when he loved and rode away In summers long ago ,eave undisturbed the empty house i To silence and to dreams. trapped in the gloom of ancient bouahs Beneath its pale moonbeams. trange stones of the midnight hour 1 Its echoing rooms might tell, t ut veiled in ivy, darkly greea, It keeps the secret well. ?Woman's Home Companion. S ? 1THE WHITE*! I PLUMED KNIGHT J i BY WILLIAM L. COLBY. | * * o o ^0^0f0^DLD, handsome and generis -^^5 ou3 was the young Regiuf t< y aid De Bracy. Possessed L of every knightly accomaei0l9)BK3K plishment, it was little onder that he soon won the love of le beantiful Blanche Faulconbridge. ho was called the fairest lady iu all Dgland, in those old feudal times. Ouly one man in the land bore ill will ward Sir Reginald, and he was Riclird Langley, a d-trk, haughty and evil- l tinded knight, who, once a suitor for c le fair hand of Latty Blanche, was re- j .rtf A/3 f/\r* Ci't* T>A^?ftI^nADnnn?? T>^., 4- r ;ncvi wi on xvu^maxu. JL/cr av. j . lAtrut ? ith the fiercest pangs of jealousy lie c id vowed a terrible vengeance against c le favored suitor, and the forthcoming < mrnament seemed to afford a good j ?ance for the fulfilment of his vow. ? At this tournament, which was to be t eld in a few days, one of the events s as to be a ?rand tilt between two par- < es of knights, each being twelve in e amber. The peculiar feature of this 1 as that each knight was to preserve a ^ riet incognito till the end of the l atch, all coats-of-arms being rigor- ( isly excluded, and the two parties to j i distinguished from each other solely t r the color of their plumes; those of i le side being red and the others i hite. And this arrangement suggest- c I to the mind of Richard Langley a i an Which, if successful, would rid * m forever of his hated rival, Regin- t d De Bracy. i The knights foreach side had already t >en chosen, both himself and his rival t longiug to the white plumed knights, id it had also come to his knowledge at a certain knight of the opposite ile was held absent by sickness. 1 And so it came to pass that, on the v orning of the tournament, word was s read that the missing knight. Her- x ?rt De Vaux, had recovered and ar- v ved at the grounds ready for the c :ht. A powerful looking man, his c ce concealed by his armor, stood in 1 e doorway of De Yaux's tent, and 1 as supposed by everybody to be that L dividual himself. But this man was * reality a burly ruffian, a tool of v jngley's, with instructions to do his most to put an end to the life of De j; racy in the fight about to ensue. lie was in reality more skillful with 1 s weapons than any of the knights ] t\vn ncaarrtltta^ hnf nroranfri/1 lir 1 V UO^IUI/IVU, MUV j/ivt viitvu WJ mo w rank from taking part in any lightly exercise. As the time for the tournament ap- 1 oached the knights were assembled . a large inclosure within the lists, De 1 acy being among them, little dream- * g of the doep-laid plot planned ;ainst him. Standing a little apart 1 om the company were the two plot- lf rs. * "Note closely the white plume worn De Bracy." said Langley, in a low ne. "Seest thou not. Bertram, a c jail particle of red in the upper part? f uch risk have I run in placing it ere, and remember, when the combat mes, fail not in striking to the death e knight tlius marked." "Ay, ivaster, trust me for that," Beram replied, and the pair separated. Meanwhile Sir Reginald,unsuspicious danger, was chatting gayly with his trothed, who was leaning forward am the pavilion above. "Take good care of thyself, Reginrl " shfi whs snvincr* l,fnr if vnu pn Hunter any danger, you may be asred that there will be at least one le face among the spectators." Then she laughed gayly, but suddentnecked herself. Her keen eye had en the rod particle in her lover's ume. and with quick wit she at once vined that it was placed there as a stinguishing mark. Little suspecting e terrible mission that trifle was desjed to fultill, she reached down her apely hand and managed to detach from the piuuie without being obrved. Then a strange fancy came to her mind?a wish to foil the devils of the unknown person who bad us marked her lover?and bending er she fastened it firmly to the plume another knight standing just below ?r under the pretense of curling the ranger's plume more gracefully. But suddenly the trumoet sounded. and eac'u knight betook himself to his | station, ready for the coming conflict. Then another trumpet blast burst forth, causing tin* hearts of ail to beat fast with anticipation, and with slow und majestic tread the combatants moved into the lists, each at an opposite1 end. Splendidly mounted, clad in ?omplete armor, and with a sea of j waving plumes above their heads, they ifforded a truly magnificent spectacle. .Vnd then a third blast. A thundering of hoofs, a clashing of I steel and the two plumed lines were ' merged in one. It was a glorious fi.^ht, I md the L?arts of the spectators ! throbbed madly with excitement as j they beheld. Bravely each gallant i knight held his part, and the contest seemed almost equal. In the thickest of the fight was the ! ow-born ruffian. Bertram, overwhelm- j ng the white plumed knights one at- , :er another with his prodigious blows, | ind all the time searching eagerly for ! jis prey?a knight with a red spot on lis nlume. At last he saw the one bearing this , Bark, and, forcing his way through the contestants, was soon by his side. One j :errific blow of his buttle axe ?nd the loomed knight, with a crushed skull. . ay bleeding on the sod. With a thrill of exultation ho felt j :hat he had fulfilled his promise and j Jone to death the noble young knight, j De Bracy. But hardly had he deliv- j ?red the blow when a white plumed ; cnight swept up behind him, and with ; i ponderous stroke of his sword felled j jim from his horse, where he lay | .tunned beside his victim. Throwing himself from his horse the ! onqueror placed his foot on Bertram's j leek. crying to him to yield. But at that moment the king, taking : >ity on the brave knights, many of j ivhom were disabled, and on those of j :he white plume, who seemed to be los* ng the day, threw down his warder j tnd the combat ended. Then, as was previously agreed to, ] >ach knight, without changing his po.si- j ion, retnored bis helmet and displayed i lis identity to the anxious crowd. And he who had struck down Ber- | :ram, removing his helmet.' displayed | :be features of Reginald De Bracy. The one who had plotted his death, j :oo, had fnilen a victim to his own vile ! )lans, for on removing the helmet from j :he head of him whom Bertram had j iilled, the features of Sir Ilicliard \ Langley were, exposed. And Bertram, after recovering con- j sciousness and being questioned in re- ' ;ard to his disguise, was forced to con- j less the whole plot, and received the junishment he so richly merited, while | Reginald livetl to wed the lovely j Slanche, whose simple action had | saved him from death. ? New York i EVeekly. The World's Coldest City. The coldest city in the world Is Yakutsk, eastern Siberia, in the Empire >f the Czar of the Russians. It is the rreat commercial emporium of cast Siberia, and the capital of the Province P Vabntet 111 most- nf its " *???"? . ? ? I >f 1,517,063 square miles, is a bare ties- j ;rt, the soil of which is frozen to a ! rreat depth. Yakutsk consists of J ibout 400 houses of European struc- j ure, standing apart. The intervening 1 -paces are occupied by winter yoorts. ! >r huts of the northern nomads, with 'astern roofs, doors covered with hairy j lides, and windows of ice. Caravans vith Chinese and European goods col- j ect the p.roduce of the whole line of j roast on the Polar Sea between the 1 mrallels of seventy degrees and seven- j y-four degrees, from the mouth of the ! rtiver Lena to the furthest point iuhabted by the Chookchees. Last year a :olporteur of the British and Foreign iible Society made a tour of eleven veeks down tjie Lena, a river 3000 niles long, visiting Yakutsk and sellng gospels iij their own laugu.ige to he Yakuts in the villages along the >anks.?Leslie's Weekly. Traveled Under Ground. A driving horse belonging to Louis lewlett, of East Oakland, took an a ti>in ill- TToct- VonrtMnMl Luuvri 51 vuxiu. u * w.t ?w..? , treet and Broadway this afternoon vhich few* horses would have sur'ived, and which furnished a lot of excitement for himself and a crowd of nlookers. While fastened to a post 11 front of the store the horse freed j limself and started to investigate the j latchwav. Slipping on the cement he | dunged half into the opening, and j vhen discovered was hanging over the j dge, held back by the harness and | uiggy. The sidewalk elevator was ! loisted under the animal, when he i ciclced himself free and fell onto tbe j latform, smashing the mechanism, j ["here he lay without stirring until men reed him from the ropes and maehiury and dragged him out upon the base- j nent floor. Then he was taken to the 1 reight elevator in the rear and hoisted 1 nto the store, whence he was led back j 0 the street, trembling, but uninjured, j lis owner did not appear until after j he animal had been led away to a j learby livery stable.?San Francisco Chronicle. Finders Before Kniveft and Forlcn, It is sometimes hard to decide what ne may and what one may not eat I rom the fingers. Bread, first of all. But it should not >e buttered in a broad flat slice and >aten bite by bite. A small piece of iread, preferably not more than enough or a mouthfu:, should, be broken from he bread or biscuit, buttered and xansferred with the fingers to the nouth. Then crackers, celery, olives, pickles )f the small varieties, radishes and jon-bons are eaten with the fingers. Many of the dried fruits should be faten from the fingers. Cake is eaten with the fork or is jroken and eaten like bread. Corn on the cob may be eaten from | he fingers. It is with corn as with iranges: one never feels quite at his jest eating either, except in the privacy of his apartment. Authorities are constantly warning tgainst eating chicken, game and like 'oods from the fingers. Chicken is >aten from the fingers, but it is inele;ant. Ye Olden Mayor. Mayors appear to have had their roubles two centuries ago. At Bielefeld. Germany, there is a tombstone tvith this inscription: "Here lies Joaannes Burggreve, who considered his ?lection as burgomaster of this city the greatest misfortune of Ills life," o o Desert Irrigation j in tHe | Far West. | By L. R. Freeman. M0?(ej0?|?*ORDERIXG on the Colo5* rado from the point where | ? R * 11 emerges from its Grand Canon and begins the last stage of its seaward journey to Yuma, At-izona, where it enters Mexican territory, lie over a half a million acres of land that can be reached by diversion canals. This area will be increased to one million two hundred thousand acres when , / \ ; : .V * Desert Irrigation-the Government's plans are carried out, and will be capable of supporting an aggregate population greater than that now living in the famous irrigated valleys of the Nile and the Po. The soil of this district is a sedimen* " nf trfiat Hpnth and .imazinsr IUL J C v*. tuwk wt.vw richness; its climate is sub-tropical, and but slightly more severe than that of Egypt and Italy, and the experiment stations have shown that, product for product, it will check with the most fertile sections of either. The parallel between the Colorado and the Nile is most remarkable. Both rise among snow-covered, mountains! pt great distances from their mouthsI and traverse semi-tropical and almost!; rainless deserts; both empty iuto great! landlocked arms of the sea at near!yf the same latitude?thirty-two degrees north. Each has deposited a greaff jdelta at its mouth, and has vast alluvial areas along its lower length. Botjb overflow in summer at a time when irrigation is most needed, and the crops of the Mojave and Yuma Indians fail when the flood Is light, just as do those of the Nile farmers when similar conditions prevail there. Finally the minimum flow of each river is more than equal to the irrigating of its bonier lauds, and the Colorado will prove, as has the Nile, the means of rendering productive and habitable its adjacent rainless regions, that otherwise would be worse than waste. The lesser irrigation enterprises that have been launched upon the Colorado In the past have found their chief obstacle to lie in the accumulation in their canals of the sediment with which the water is so heavily charged. This silt is mostly worn from the canon walls and carried down from the upper courses of the river. The nf.tiio lntter is so flat through the desert that a diversion canal must have so slight a fall and so low a Telocity that it cannot clear itself of the precipitated sediment. By its present plans the Government expects to utilize this extraneous matter by impounding it upon some of the vast gravelly expanses, where there is little foil at present, by means of high dams, thus securing falls for the canals, increasing the irrigable land, and eliminating much of the silt at the same tine. The plans of the Government hydro Two Years and Four Months Picture There/was Welti at This Point./ graphers, as now outline!, call for a series of reservoirs along tlie river, to be formed by building Jigh dams at points where the opportunities for stor-1 age appear favorable. Each dam is j to be provided witli a sluiceway j through its base, in (rder that the waters may be drawn off as desired, j and also to provide a m-ans of flushing j out the surplus accumulations ol' sediment Canals of greaj size, and of a declivity sufficient to ,-arry the silt in suspension and not eiolve destructive! erosion, will run froir the tops of the dams. The faH of the rive- is so slight that! reservoirs of enormous capacity may ! be constructed withoit involving dams j of impracticable height. Each rcser- j voir will gradually (11 with sediment, | and when this occuis its surface will j be drawn down froti twenty to forty j feet, thus converting all the reservoir j site, excent the rk-pr channel, into | 'arming land. Then, whenever desired, the sluices raiy be closed and irrigation and fertilisation accomplished as cheaply and with better effect than by the natural overflow upon which the Kile Valley depends. It has been estimated, as a result of recent analyses, that water from the Colorado sufficient'to cover an acre of kind to the depth of three feet con' \ --- w _ ? r I I tains fertilizer to the value 01 mora than ten dollars. Thin annual inundation. then, ofja deep allnvi il soil that is made up of little but fertilizers in the first plaeo, fin conjunctu.-i: with the semi-tropic climate and additional irrigation as/tlie crops may demand, will make tannine; possible the year round, and lit is confidently expected that an acreage production will be attained witliout precedent in history. I Four or more dams, from 100 to 300 ; feet In height", are to be constructed, I and from leach is to run- a main irri- I gating canlal having a bottom width of j not less than eighty feet and a depth of 1 fifteen feet or over. These canals will \ in themselves afford a direct and effl- i cieut system of navigation, making the ! slow and uncertain river boating of j < to-day a thing of the past. i The power to be developed at each : dam will not be the least item of its 1 usefulness. On account of the abuua- 1 anee of water, the Installment of tur- I 1 bine plants is considered feasible, and ?i ^-77? ??! : , . ,r -The First Soaking. tLye power generated will be in propor- | tion to the height of the darn. This , efectrical energy will be used in oper- j a'ing river steamers?through the med.um of storage batteries?running trol- | ley lines, and pumping water to the j sections of the country -nhere the to- 1 1 pograpby of the intervening country ' J Till not permit of canals. It is even j proposed to operate the desert divis- ; 1 ions of the transcontinental rail- ; 1 Toads with electricity from these river j I plants, and a transmission line to , 1 Jerome, Arizona, for the use of the j I United Verde copper mine at that , ' point, is one of the possibilities. Both ! ' schemes are eminently practicable, and ' 1 the saving of fuel to the companies in- ' tcrestcd would be immense, to say j 1 ! ( _ 1 - . 1 Sugar-Cane on a Desert Ranch ' ' I 1 nothing of the value of an assured | continuity of service. j < The outside cost of this splendid sys- I tem of desert irrigation is placed by | < the engineers at $22,000,030, while the i values to be created?literally created j ! ?through its agency are beyond the ! < possibilities of computation. Irrigated ( land, as such, in California- and Ari- j zona has sold as high as $1800 an acre, i and under the poorest of water systems ; an acre is never worth less than $100. ' | Based even on the latter figure the j 1 1,200,000 acres to be reclaimed would | | we worth $120,000,000. Electrical en- I < ergy to exceed 250,000 horse-power, ! conservatively worth $100,000,000, will \ be easily developed, and the improve- j | ment ot navigation cannot be reckoned i i at less than $10,000,000. This gives a I < ; I ^ | ^ a I < I ? Before the Taking of This ler Vegetation Nor Water 'I neat little total ot $230,000,000 to bo : added to the National wealth on the completion of the system as now out- ! lined, a sum beside which the expend!- ; ' ture necessary to bring it into being J seems as nothing.?Review of Reviews. : Confederal) Generals >iow Living. j , An authoritative list of the surviv- | ing generals of the Southern Confeder- | ( acy Ls furnished by General Marcus j J. Wright, a Confederate veteran em- ! ployed by the War Department. All j , the full rank generals had died In ; 1S93, when Beauregard passed away, j There are now four surviving lieuten- j ant generals?Simon B. Burner, j Stephen D. Lee, Alexander P. Stewart and Joseph Wheeler. Of major gen- 1 ends there are eleven and of briga- j dier generals tifty-one. The surviving staff officers of Confederacy shrunk j one-half in number during the p;ist aeoade and tbeir disappearance i>as now become very rapid. Ten years ago the desert of Rechna ! Do:ib, in India, had not a single inhabitant, but to-day there are 800.000 living in comfort on it. Irrigation is responsible. The average density of population the world over is about ten persona to one square kilometer. 1 f-jousehold x patters Du*ter? and Dish Cloths. A bolt of cheese cloth should be as essential a feature of the young housekeeper's menage as the bolt of homespun linen was of grandmother's. Nothing makes better dusters; it serves as glass and china towtfing, and is an ideal fabric for the disii cloth. Tufled Furniture. A pointed brush is the only one with which tufted furniture can be properly cared for. To attempt to do without it is the mo3t extravagant economy, since moths delight in taking up their abode in the little nests of dust which can not be dislodged by a round end brush or whisk broom. To Cover Jellies or Jauia. Tour melted paraffin directly onto the jam or .jelly, being particular to have it touth the glass on alj sides, so that the air may be perfectly excluded, then over the top of the glass fit a paper which has been slashed about the edges and brushed on the under side with white of egg; the egg-white will act as a mucilage and preservative. This combination covering will insure the continued freshness of jam md jelly and keep it from shrinking. A Novel Hammock. A novt-1 porch hammock is a chair :ouch. The frame, three and a half Teet wide and six and a half feet long, s suspended at each corner by a stout :haiu. This frame, is then covered svith a thick mat, placed inside a denim :over and tufted. Over this mat or ?reat cushion is spread any heavy, at:ractive tapestry and the swinging' :ouch is then supplied with numerous porch cushions. Upon the great porches )f large country houses two or three of these comfortable couches are swung from the ceilings. Avoiding Files. Wire screens for doors and windows ire among the necessities for the kitchen, if one would be rid of flies. Still more essential is absolute cleanliness in the disposal of garbage, says the Chicago News. A wooden garbage pail is apt to absorb odors and impurih'nc nnp pan do. A ealvanized pail with a cover is the best,'though a big tin kerosene can with improved bail of strong wire is often used in farm kitchens. Never leave it standing in the kitchen. When the work is Sntehed set it outside the door and :over. Scald out every time it is emptied and dry it in the sun.?Mirror and Farmer. Homfe-3Iade Garden Tools. Here are some ingenious little homemade contrivances for the garden sent in by readers who devised them and used them in their own gardening. A Simple Lawn Sprinkler?A spading fork stuck securely into the ground and the nozzle of the hose put through the bandle of the fork makes a good substitute for a lawn sprinkler. An Easy Weeding Device?If seedseds are too wide to be easily weeded from the sides get an inch board, eight .nches wide, and long enough to reach icross the bed from path to path. This should be set up on end cleats made ligli enough to raise it above the young plants. Then saw a small box from :oruer to corner, diagonally, putting a :hree-inch cleat under the bottom front Mid. This, placed upon the -board, makes acomfortablehigh-backed chair, 'rom which one can weed on either side without injuring the plants with )ne's clothes. An Oyster Can For Weeds?To remove tiny weeds and loosen the soil lbout rose bushes without injury, to the rootlets, use an oyster can, resting the bottom against the palm of one land and working with the sharp, cir *v. AIIHI AC non ;uiar, uycii muuiu ui mc vm*. A Handy Little Sieve?This is made from an ordinary cigar box. The bottom is taken out and in its place wire window screening stretched, the edges )? which are doubled over and tacked jn to the sides of the frame close to the bottom. For sifting the top soil for 1 small seed bed or box, as well as covering the seed, it is invaluable. A Pancake Turner For Weeds?One jf the best weeding tools is a small 3tiff pancake turner. It slips easily under plants and cuts the roots of the small, fine weeds. A Use For Old Bottles?For covering rose or other cuttings take large bottles. Saturate a woolen string with kerosene and tie it where you wish the small neck of the bottle broken off; apply a match and it will break off smoothly. These are also excellent for covering a delicate plant when first planted. Heliotropes have been saved Ln this way when they were almost dead. Chocolate Frosting?Beat the whites jf three eggs to a standing froth with a cupful of powdered sugar. When stiff whip in three tablespoonfuls of finely powdered chocolate with a teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat five minutes. i--.il c. +TT-n V riUL OIIUYV UUUJ> ? xaivc auvut cupfuls of bread dough, add half a cupful of butter, mix in one cupful of currants and raisins or any kind of fruit, steam them half an hour, roll them in powdered sugar and serve hot with whipped cream. Carolina Cake?Cream one cupful of butter with two cupfuls of sugar; add half a cupful of milk. Mix one teaspoonful of baking powder with three cupfuls of Hour, sift thoroughly and add it with the beaten white of eight eggs. Flavor to taste and bake in a loaf. Ilhubarb Muffins?Place in bottom of greased pie tin enough rhubarb to half fill it; then cover with the following: One egg, one cup of sweet milk, pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of baking pow dot* ami one-half cup of flour, tablespoonful of melted lard. Bake until brown and tender; reverse 011 plate, spread with butter, sugar and nutmeg. Serve with ci<eani or without, as suiU taste. WHY JAPS ARE COOP SOLDIERS . They Are Cgfid to Living Crowded To- | gether?Diet is Plain. As the Japanese soldiers lire crowded indiscriminately into th? houses of the country, often twenty or more sleeping side by side on mats in small, illy ventilated rooms, with open fires c in the rooms, it is surprising that they j ^ do not fall ill in large numbers. r j TLe same conditions would kill oil t i Caucasian troops by the score, for not 1 | only has all this Korean and Manchur! inn country been scourged with pesti- s i lential diseases peculiar to the East, ? | from time to time, but the people, i | knowing nothing of medicine, disin! fection, necessity of isolation and san- ; * I itary measures, follow none of them. [ c J so that their houses should be filled j j with as many baleful germs as they are j knowu to be with predatory insects J i visible to the naked eye. Certainly, we ; | must assume that Japanese troops are j f j less susceptible to the attacks of the ; j bacilli than the men of Western coun- j ; tries, ill order to explain tueir ireeuum j ^ from contagious disease up to this j time, but tliere may possibly be ad- j ; vanced some otlier reasons tending to j | show why they are so unusually j I scourge free for an army living in the r i field. ! i To begin with, their diet is extremely plain and simple, consisting, as it ( does, of rice, fresh fish and uusweet- j ened tea, with now and then a small : amount of tinned beef, fresh beef, t ! chickens and eggs thrown in a? lux- ] I unes. Their food is in no way differ- i I ent from what they have been accus-, < | tomed to. and it is prepared, cooked 1 I and served exactly at it is at home. In j J opposition to this, other civilized arm-' * j ies immediately begiu living on highly j I concentrated*and heating food in the j field. Lacking variety and craving the ; j things they are accustomed-to at home, j j they drink large quantities of lye strong coffee and gorge themselves ( with hardtack, bacon, stringy canned j beef and jam, and in consequence ] ! bring oc a whole train of stomachic I and* intestinal troubles, and by gen- 1 I eral loss of tonicity in the system open ! i the door for worse diseases. i Again, we And the Japanese soldier j ' furnished with a metal bottle, in place of a water canteen, which permits him ' to boil his water easily. That he al ways does this is hardly probable, but in view of the fact that the Japanese ! prefer hot water to cold, when they I are in camp or stop by the wayside for ( I a long wait, they will always be found1 j sipping hot water from their aluminI mn drinking cups, it may be safely said that they run less rislc of contracting disease from the water they drink j than the average army. Of course . what they like more than anything els? ] | as a beverage is a very weak concoc \ I tiou of plain hot green tea, and be I tween the damage done to the stomach i 1 by half a dozen tiny cups of weak tea 3 I and a quart of inky black coffee, such 1 { as the American soldier constantly im' bibes, there can be no comparison. 1 ! The fact should not be lost sight of 1 j that the Japanese soldier, by his prefi erence for hot drinks, never chills his ( j stomach when he is over heated and * ! perspiring, and this, in itself, makes for a better general physical condition 1 j than that of the soldier who feverish- j I ly drinks large quantities of cold'wa1 tor from every spring, creek and pond j along the wayside. Taking possession j j | of large towns Jby American and Brit ' isli troops always increases the num- j j ber on the sick report with a jump, be , | cause these soldiers are prone to look ? i generously upon the flowing bowl, anc t | their selection of beverages whicli | cheer are usually those of the mosl | f j fiery quality obtainable. The Japan- I j ese soiuier, ou iue i-ituuaij, snuvm im- i ?i I bibes anything except his mildly alco j ( I Iiolic sake, which, it is true, does in a I toxicate if taken in large quantities but whose after effects are'not appar cntly a general disarrangement of th? internal functions.?Leslie's Weekly. Lincoln's Inaagural Hat. When Lincoln was inaugurated the nrst time there was one little incident that impressed those who saw it. The President-elect came forward on thf , platform prepared at the east front ol j the Capitol, with his natural awkward I ness increased by the momentous cirj eunistances of the occasion and by 3 j i gorgeous wardrobe in which it was evi I dent lie fcelt exceedingly uncomforta- | ! ble. The stiff dress coat, waistcoat ! >.nd pantaloons of black broadclotl* \ J were enough of themselves to disturb J ; his mental and physical equanimity, ' I but to these were added other in- j j cumbrances in the shape of a brand- j | new silk hat and a ponderous gold- j j headed cane. The cane he managed to put away in J a corner, but the disposition of the hat | perplexed him greatly. It was too j good to throw away, too fine, as he ' | thought, to rest upon the rough ! i boards, so, for a minute at least, poor ! ? Lincoln stood there in the gaze of the i s assembled thousands, grasping the hat I desneratelv and seeking in vain for a I 1 safe place to deposit it. Douglas, who J j sat immediately in the rear, saw the | embarrassment of his rival, and. rising, I I took the shining beaver from its sorely j | bothered owner and held it during the ! I delivery of the inaugural address. Probably had Stephen A. Douglas ! been told, five years before, that, he | was destined to hold the hat of Abra- I ham Lincoln while that individual was ' appearing for the first time as the | President of the United States, the ! '"Little Giant" would have laughed at ! the very idea.?Chicago News. Olher Meats Than Turksy. i It is always desirable to have on the ! j Thanksgiving table some specimen of wild game, which formed so prominent a feature of the Thanksgivings of colonial times. A fat haunch of venison, roasted, or several brace of partridges, j represent that wild food, which was : once so common, but has long since j become luxurious fare. Barberry jel- ' iy iieeas no apoiojjy u> u native oi x>c>y England. The del!"ious acid of this i fruit made this jeWj favorite before j the red currant was ..own. Black j( f current jelly, or barberry, is quite j generally preferred to red currant to j serve with venison by English and ( New England housewives. An Irish Ledger. A. ledger kept in the Irish language 1 was produced at the Roscommon As- j sizes, iu Ireland, and the witness had , to go on the bench to trauslate tha , terms for the judge. ( ---? ,--r. 1IN0R EVENTSOFTHEWEEK WASHINGTON. Official advices have been received a8 lie Navy Department from Rear-Ad* niral Stirliug, who commands the fleet >f United States warships at Woosung, he port of Shanghai, confirming the re>ort with regard to the disarming of he Russian warships in Shanghai har)or. Rear-Admiral John-Crittenden Wation. affectionately known in the navy is "Able Seaman Johnny," was retired .'or age. Lieutenant-General Chaffee returned: rom an extended inspection tour, cov'rinir m\ I ask than miles, in whicfr le visited thirty-eight army posts. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. A Uundre<l persons lost their lives in ( Are which destroyed the city of Bilang, in the Philippines. Severe measures are to be used to >ut down the present insurrections i? he Philippine Islauds. DOMESTIC. "Phil" Weiuseiiner resigned the presdency of the Building Trades Alliance md William P. Nason, a stonecutter, vas elected his successor. A policeman was stabbed by * gang >f pickpockets in Washington Square, S'ew York City. Edward P. Bryan, general manager >f the New York City Interborougli Xapid Transit Company, consented to neet in conference representatives of he brotherhoods of locomotive engi* leers and firemen. The final splicing of the Seattle-Sitka government cable was made off Seatle. A gas explosion wrecked a two-story juilding at Cass Lake, Minn., used as i saloon, and the proprietor was taken 'rora the ruins fatally hurt. Four persons were badly hurt in a collision between passenger and ,'reight trains on the Texas and Pacific Railway near Fort Worth, Tex. Admitting his guilt after his arrest, {Villiam F. Fuller, bookkeeper of the Second National Bank, of Baltimore, \Id., was committed to jail for stealng $2:300 from the bank. The bursting of a rendering vat at >he Dalton Packing Company's plant it Negauuee. Mich., fatally scalded :wo employes. Following a quarrel, Assistant City Solicitor Harry F. Payer was seriously ' itabbed in the neck at Cleveland, Ohio, jy his father-in-law, Thomas Graves. Connecticut Populists at their State :onventlon instructed a committee to ?lace a full ticket in nomination. The Archbishop of Canterbury ar ived in New York City on the Celtic um was greetcu ?y oisuup rouer, iu? Rev. Morgan Dix and Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. A Baltimore and Ohio engine jlunged into the Potomac River "at Luke, Md., and Fireman F. R. Kooken vas killed. In a head-on collision of trolley cars it Pittsford, N. Y., thirty-five persons ,vere hurt, but none fatally. It was announced that there were >ver 20D cases of typhoid fever in the 3ronx, New York City. Dr. Edmoud J. James, president of STorthwestern University, has been elected president of the University of Illinois. A Santa Fe passenger train was litched near Topeka, -Kan., and four )eople were injured, one fatally. Visiting Austrian merchants and nanufacturers expressed astonishment it the development of the technical irts as applied to every day life which hey see in New York City. The New York Grand Jury indicted wo striking butchers for rioting. ? Magistrate Richard C. Folk was shot md killed at Providence. S. C., by bounty Supervisor W. H Beale, after i quarrel. The house of a nou-union miner at Oolomite. Ala., was wrecked by dynanite, the first violence in connection vith the miner's strike iu the Birminglara district. Wash-outs in the desert east of Bag lad, Cal.. have caused great damage >n the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Three of the Morse oil wells, at Jenlings. La., were set on lire by friction 11 the pipes, aud fears were enterained for the whole field. Writs were issued for the arrest of wenty-eight Cripple Creek (Col.) citi:ens for their participation in tiae de)orting of the union men aud sympahizers. The Exposition officials at St. Louis, Ho., deny that there is auy thought of >pening the Fair gates on'Suuday. f An inspector from Washington. D. 1, has been investigating alleged irregularities in the postotfice at Linoeuniville. S. I. Drawing for the Fort Totten Indian eservation lands began at Devil'* L.ake, N. D. FOREIGN. Russia has given to Great Britain assurance that 110 discrimination is ihowu in the search of neutral vessels. Eight transatlantic shipping compares began a conference at Frankfort vith a view to end the passenger rate var. Ninety thousand more Russian troops frere ordered to tlie front. Advices from Cliefoo say that the Japanese renewed the attack on Port > Vrtliur on August 27, and steamer? jring word of heavy firing. The American school for boys at Srzerouui has been burned. It is beieved the tire was accidental. "riie Pope received Cardinal Satolli's jersonal account of his visit to America Liid expressed great satisfaction at the oyalty and affection shown to himself. By the upsetting of tbeir boat, Didaer Dion. Will roil Frizier, Ovid La Forest and tli& hitter's son were lrowncd at Notre Dame du Portage; 3an. The German Minister of Posts stated that he does not regard as feasible Postmaster-General Payne's suggestion of a two-cent postage rate be :iveen the United States, CI or many ami Jreat Britain. Tbe Prussian Government's ofifc?v to juy out the Hi born ia Coal Company ivas rejected by the stockholders. iv'i.-i-- Georse of Greece has be stowed ;i decoration on Mr. George Surroajrh Torrey. the American artist. London is sending home a full tide >f American travelers. In commemoration of liis son's birth he Czar has set aside fiuuls to provide LOO scholarships for sons of soldiers ? ind sailors and to provide for their families. Thi1 Baltic fleet, with the exception of the battleship Orel, started ou a taa iavo' cruise.