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Sf* ^ y ' vrr- . v yi. ' V'-:. . '- ^"STZ- jj@j^^BBfl SKssissiKSKs^sssjsssssKEisssssSjjHESSsss^SssssEKisSiSKSSifissKSfiSSHSSKSsss^teSS The Abbeville Press and Bannefl BY WW& W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S, C? WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906. ^ ESTABLISHED 184? HORSES IN OUR ARM'S Ho A CAVALRY SOLDIER WRITES WITH FEELING CONCERNING THEM. C " hoi A Recruit Hsrse Is Very Like a Recruit wh Soldier?Intelligence Displayed by tht Animals ? Thalr Lore of Play?Poor Dandy's Grief. ; onj Perhaps few persons are on more inti sate twius with the horse family in gen- tin eral than some old cavalry soldiers. To to be the friend of his horse the soldier must pUj be a good one. A horse was never known cep to favor a bad one with hi? confidence, for ma horses are infallible judges of soldiers. _ In the old frontier days cavalry soldiers thought far inor? of their horses than they *or do now, for their lives often depended on them, and If a man neglected his horsq he fev was sure to have to march on foot before the long, which is very distasteful to a cavalryman. Indeed, It was necessary to guard ^. the forage wagon and the water holes to prevent men stealing more than their alIowatice for their horses. Even now, if onmo orflv haired fellows at tife "stables" of a cavalry troop, you will be aee tfaey bare BOt forgotten to be greedy pre on bebnlf of their mounts, Bho A recruit bores is like a recruit soldier, coa apt to be clumsy, unevenly gaited, saucy ? and conceited. The old horses in the stable yard treat him exactly as old soldiers treat recruit They attempt to frighten him 606 by biting at him, kicking him, chasing wil ,y him.from one oorner of the yard to an> lug < other, pulling bis mane and ears?in fact, bee they, try to make his life miserable in very*way. This Insts for a few days only; & fi then the new horse geti a chum, and they mu make an-agreement to stand by each other. . This offensive and defensive alliance pre a 8 vents the rest of the herd from taking any more liberties with the recruit. sho The "chum business" is one of the most lnsi remarkable features of horse life in the fro; army. The "chums" are inseparable. &a ppp soon as the herd is turned out into the yard the chums seek out eaoh other, aa if . '" ? irirnntn? "nrmfah." and remain to- . fv? ?? ? 0 , fetber &ll day. Looking into the yard at ex? ny time, one p#p see them rubblDg noses, 8611 blinking at one another or following each ma. Other around the yard. TftkP 3 new horse cou iway from bis ohum and be will greatly apt rpwnt it. Tie bim near the stables and be pi~ Will whinny plaintively to bis chum, who Will answer frovo pfre corral. He All horses in oof service are taught to T lie down. 4- new horse, when flfst thrpwn (fit In tba tiding ball, with straps the usp pi kas Which be little nqsp^cts, is greatly sur - prised. This painless throwing of horses. is very effective in disciplining morally, for the horse soon realizes that he is complete.- "HP )y mastered, and after be has been thrown ver * namber of times a marked change takes ten place in biff temperament. abc Soldier* wbo abuse their horses in any nnr way are severely punished. There is, in? deed, no eight more obnoxious to a good cavalryman than to soe a horae abused- g Tba Old cavalry horse seems to have 9 gnat disdain for a pew soldfer. Wbep ridden by a rac*?>t, ftp appears as if a littla innulted, and X am supp (hat some of anc thesa old boraes can tell a reoruit frqi# # Tbi veteran as quiokly as can the adjutapt ai ma 'guard monntlng." ope It 18 customary to tarn all the horset 0f j out to grasce?or"to herd,"as itisoalled? a 8 pnder a guard whenever the grass is good and the weather pleasant. The horses regard "herd time" as a proper occasion for 0UI tan and frolic. They enjoy the herd at Bu loach as a lot of schoolboys do their reoea?. g s In every troop era uu^ old horses thai the re full of mischief op herd and are invet- oac erate stampeders, It they cap only gpfi thf | gQ zest of the herd to follow them and rag ,t ahead of the herders, they are delighted, Jbo herd guards have to watch these old ei rogue* vigilantly, for once they obtain a ",? tart, a stampede Is sure to follow. Then, nel If no obstacle pravppta, the herd will run lsr : tor hoars?herds bare bgjn known to ran 40 ml lee before they oould be stopped. Most bold and daring riding on the part of tb? y 1?erd guards feaulred to head off a oay- on airy stampede &p<J turn the leaders. . Horses soon learn a>J ffoe trumpet callg. * "Stable call" in the afternoon Is the favor* bro He one, I imagine, as Jjb means dlpnojr. P0' A trumpeter's horse in a oertajn troop ai per a western post was condemned for dlaabjf- a I' Ity and sold to a milkman. One day, wben but the milkman was driving near the drill ground where the troop wqb drilling, his horse at the sounding of the "charge" by T ~ #A? ^ka f?AAn Of OAllVCa VUO UUUJpCb UUIUCU VUU Vk vwuav^ . the funny eight of a milk cart charging "or with a troop of cavalry oaused great merri- his jnent to all ezoept the milkman. not Pnrifig the Geronlmo campaign some yes years ago is ^rlzona, a remarkable Mas- (0 (ration of bow great an affection can exist ?ell between a soldier and bis horse occurred In a troop In wblob I was sejvJpg. An old Irish sergeant) bad a splendid browp horse ~~ soiled Dandy, to which be was so singular- Pe? ly attached that the care sod caresses he the bestowed on It would bava satisfied the adc most exacting sweetheart. Tbe beautiful age and intelligent animal seemed to be ai* mu most human, so muob did ha appreciate the affection of bis master. Now It happened that during a long _ march the sergeant became very tipsy by drinking some fiery Mexican mescal. an Reeling in the saddle to and fro he jerked f?r the borse's sensitive mouth with tbe oruel lug eurb till it bled profusely, and every little the While his sharp spars would tear Dandy's 0V( flanks. Suffering all this pain, the hora? 0Q calmly walked in ranks without showing . . any resentment and apparently knowing that his master was out of bis senses. Shortly after this happened we were r flred upon from an ambush. The sergeant, who was in the lead, was shot dead In tbo addle while riding along the brink of on* tre of those steep canyons which abound it) In that part of Arizona. So he pitched bead wa foremost out of his saddle down hundreds drc d feet into the canyon bed. a?( During the next few days Ddndy ate al> ^ most nothing and appeared dull and listless. A11 the men heing mounted, he was led end a pack saddle put on him. About an< week later, as we were riding along tbj off, brink of enotber canyon, very similar to dn that la which Uanrjys master tiau rouna pa] grave, tbe oommand was baited for a rest, and tbe men, dismounting, lot tbeijr | horse* graze 00 tbe few bunches of <Jrjr g T grow in tbe vicinity. [ Presently we saw Dandy walk to tbe f sdge of tbe cliff and look down Into tba onj black canyon depths. There was some- on! thing In tbe horse's manner that attracted P& attention, and we were silently watching Bit him when be crouchod on his haunohes, I id gave a qolok spring far ont Into the air: jq pvpr the edge of the cliff and went turning _,n end twisting down 500 feet to be dashed! to death on tbs bowlder* in the paoyop! bed. - - i "As clear a syiolde^afl I have ever ,n een," our captainr?ftld. Poor Dandy 1 His heart was broken I ^ Can it be that the horse is passing away w* from as? Let us hope not. If be is, wa M are losing a noble friend.?A Cavalry Sol' pU ilmr In Yeath's Cona pantoa. | THE KITCHEN RANGE. w to Economize on the Ua? ( Coal?Building: Fires. >ne of the most fruitful sources < lsehold waste and extravagance coal bin, and tons of fuel are os? ere a single one would give tl ae results. Open drafts' and a ranj 1 to the covers of glowing cools ni y bum a needless amount of coa : burn out the range at the san: le. A shovelful of coal or eufflclei lightly cover the fire will accon }h as much as a half scuttleful, e: >ting In the Increase of the co< n's trade. 'or a small range nut cool is bes a large one, small egg ooaL Re i coal makes a hotter fire, wit ,*er cinders, than the white ash, an latter burns more slowly.' F< se reasons an equal mixture of tt > 1b a wise economy. The ash( en from the fire should never t own into the can until they ai ed. The cinders thus obtained ca J ~ * 4-1 ?V usea oil ujtf uie at lillico ttucu u. atest heat Is not needed. But the aid always be added after the free 1 la well aglow. . third of a cupful of kerosene wit Ich to saturate the kindling an 1 before putting It In the rang 1 facilitate the housejn&Jd'P mon work, whether or not the fire ha n kept overnight Kerosene ahoul er, however, be poured directly ln< itove, either from tbe cup or cai ; best way is to lay the wood o hovel and cover it there with th and then add a sprinkling to velful of coaL Many housekeepei lire their kitchens against accidei n this cause by leaving a part of ful pf pll for the servant's use an 4-1***. ?wof In fho ofnrornnm fpoj' 1W tuv 9VV4VAWM. handful of sug&r wiH revise a ilring Are as quickly &s will Ken e, but happy the housewife whoe Id Is ignorant of?the fact This a< nts In many cases for the rapid dii earance of the kitchen sugar suj tr to Make Buckwheat Shcrrteaki ake two cupfuls of nice soar mil t^hly churned buttermilk Is th f), add half a level teaspoonful ( a (mprp ^he milk very sou. 1 a level teaspoonfuj qf salt Ad aciegt bpckwhcat flour to paake j stiff bfrttef. Pour tbis Ipto a bu 2d tin and bake Immediately fc ut 30 minutes. Serve with buttf I maple sirup. Bow to Make Gnlact Hen Pie. 'one the guinea ben and rub- we D pounaea mace, mispuje uuu ycj and salt (use a teaspoonful of sa I half a teaspoonful of palxpfl pplqps en spread oyer a layer of forcemei de by chopping two pupceg of ban f teaspoonful of pgrsley $nd the pe< balf a leraop. Mince Very pne, &d easonlng of salt, cayenne and mac nd all thoroughly together frith si ices of crumbs and two beaten egg tter a raised pie mold and line wit tiff, short crust Then spread wit forcemeat Put In the guinea mea iking it well In. Wet the edges, pi a cover of the paste, bru^fr pvt h egg Qx>d bake four hotirs. In tt &ntime mgke gpptf, strong grav m the bones, pour It tbropgj? & fui Into the bole at the top, and the pi eady for use. DA..? rUmi Tash and scrub tbe, clams. Put tbei tbe broiler and over a clear fire. A y begin to open take them from ti tier and remove the upper shel ar oyer a little melted liutyer an ?i8 yrlth a quarter of a lemop. Ad Ittle pfrpppefl parsley ^o the melte ter. Serve tbe cl?ma YPW f?ot. How to Tell Age of Horiei. be popular Idea that the age of se can always be told by looking t teeth, says a veterinary surgeon, I entirely correct After tbe eight ir the horse baa no more new teetl that the tooth method Is jjselesg fc Ing tbe age of t> horse which Is moi n 8 years old. As soon as the set c th Is complete, however, a wrlnkl rfna <-? onnpir nn thp nnner edee c lower eyelid, and a new wrinkle I led each year, so $,at to get at tt ) of a horse over 8 years pld yo 8t figure the teeth plus the wrinkle Hpiv to Broil Dam. 'ut Borne slices of ham a quarter c Inch thick, lay them In hot watt half an hour or give them a scali In a pan over the Are. Then tai m up and lay them on a grldlro sr bright coals, then take the sll? a hot dish, butter them freely, sprh pepper over and serve. How Plran Cijt Glut. lut glassware Is both yata&ble M lutiful and should be careful! ated when cleaned. It shouL tb? flret place, be washed In wan ter to which have been added a fe >ps of that Invaluable cleanslu >nt ammonia. Havlnir thorouehl sed tbem, brush each piece separat with a soft brush dipped In whltln i then, when the powder Is washe , polish the glasses, which shoul iln for a minute or two, with tisst per, which puts on a ppjegdld gloss Pow to Steir Carrot*. Icrape some carrots and boll t U-ly cooked, place In a stewpan wll s ounce of butter, a couple of sma ions, minced fine; a Uttle cboppf rsley, with pepper and salt to t&st nmer slowly for half an hour, tht & some flour to thicken the grav ueeze over all a Uttle lemon Jul< d serve. to Fr^ Eeli, Ifter cleaning the eels well cut the pieces.^?'? Inches long. Wash the d wipe them dry. Roll them >eat flour or rolled cracker and fi other fish. In hot lard or beef drl ig, salted. They should be brow All 0Ttg Md fehorwighly done. VITALITY OF SEEDS ?f IMPORTANT RE8ULTS OF SCIENTIF INVESTIGATION. 18 , id ^ (utucM mt 8m6 Holding Siupend Their Germinating Powers For One Hi S" dred and Fifty Teari and Then Sprlngi ,lf to Ufe Under Proper Treatment. ie Not long ago It was generally bellev that grains of wheat from Egyptian torn Q" had been made to germinate, and the c* teemed therefore to be no limit to t dormant life of a seed. When these stor! were proved to be without fonndatlo there was a general tendency to d Is belle ^ all of a similar kind. Now, however, ^ seems established that seedtf'may live, n <d der proper oonditions, a great many yea: >r perhaps for oentarles, and when we oo ie elder that under these circumstances t ,a protoplasm within the seed actnally mai je tains its vitality, this faot is very slgni .san*. On the question of how seeds i eomplUb this, maoh light has been tbroy 11 by recent experiments of C. de Candol] ie the Frenoh botanist, whloh be desorlbei y Le Revue Soientiflque. Some parts b bis article are as follows: "Seeds that bave retained their pern jj Dating power are said to possess 'late ^ life.' This expression lacks precision, f ? we may ask whether the life of the see " la completely arrested or If It la only i tarded, and the answers would not be t i* same in aU cases. d "We owe to Messrs. Van Tiegbem a' :o Bonnier the following experiment, whl i. prove* that seeds can, In fact, live foi ,D oertaln time tbis retarded life. Three lc e of the same number of peas and bea 1 were placed, the first in the open air, t. a leoond In a sealed glass tube oontalnli 18 ordinary air, the third In a sealed tn it containing'only pare oarbonlo tocld gi a kt tbe end of two years the seeds of t d first lot bad sensibly Increased In weigh and nearly all had retained their germlnc D log power.' Those preserved In tbe, oo inore^sed less in weight ai germinated in J?w number than the pi oeding. Moreover, the air contained the tube with them had changed In 001 * position. Its proportion of oxygen hi > fallen to 11.4 per cent, and there w mixed with It 8.8 per cent of oarbonloaci As to the seeds kept In the oarbonlc no] " none of them could germinate, and tb< k weight had not changed." ie Experiments are then deoorlbed by 1 >f de Candolle that relate fo the wondorf r) power of refllstanoe to cold displayed. I j spedij. Experiments already made by ot m ?hnw that, f.hnaA uwda miiv cmrmlna after buying ()pen exposed tp 4 tamper v tyre of 1,008 kelqw *eifo, oeptl?n?<}B. Vc a tfop researches of Piotot In bis cejebrat it low temperature laboratory in Berlin sbc that at such a point obemioal action toti iy oeases. Henoe the active life of t ..seeds in question must have been real 11 suspended, and nevertheless they we y able to germinate when planted. In 1 jf de Candolle's own experiments seeds we subjected once a day for 118 days to a tei '* Rerature of 878 to 688 below rero, for 8 " 80 bonr? *>t> a fclrfip, notwltbstandli 1. this harsji treatniwjt, they sprouted wb> 3) planted If the l)fe of the seeds, bowevt d WPT* really susppndpd they must be at e. to Jive out of pop tact wltb air far a oerta 2 time. In order to see whether tbey oou _ do this, M. de Candolle kept seeds nnd . mercury from one to three months wit ont killing them. " In this state of suspended life a seed t, in a ohomioal condition, aooordlng to 1 it de Candolle, somewhat resembling that >r ?p explosive mixture?that, is, it Is rte) ie (fa pbpraloaj action (growth), bpt that a . tlon will ppfc bpgjp up til the pujrqundli * obp^ftlpna w right. tn the' e^plotl * tftpgp ajrp oppdltlqps of dryness, tpmpej le ture, etc., Just v they are with the see A seed, then, la a little bomb, only wa! lng to be touohed off to release Its store energy and send out a discharge In tJ n shape of a sprout. M. de Candolle i g marks on this as follows: |Q "This state of obemloal and vital Inert j may last a long time, perhaps even lnde ' nltely. It Is at least, as It ribems to is ^ the only way of explaining the preserv ? tjop of seeds dur|ng a great pumbef <1 j-ears. Ca-ses are kpo^n where they ha germfDated after a period so long thai [p lmposslbjp ft} bpl^prip ?Jf>t ihey h* opntlnppd In llfp, properly (peaking, fl the lpterv^l, no jpfttter ftow slowly $ prooesses of life pa ay have gope on. 5e frp some remarkable examples: 'J* "A. P- de CandoUe mentions seeds lb 11 sprouted very w?U after more than i years. >r "Girardin* has seen beans sprout tb e bad lain In the storehouse of Tournefo ,f more than 100 years. [e "In 1850 Robert Brown lowed, fro onrioslty, some seeds from the oolleotii . of Sir .Hans Sloane, where they had i 9 malned for more than 150 years. He sc ie oeeded In making several germinate, u j>iqrt}on}af pnp qf l?plqmhin?n sppplosu 5. (a water illy), of whloh the plan has bo preserved in the British museum, when ww It ft few ywpi tawi( ,ffhe alleged germination pf momo >r wheftt )s, as is now generally known, b . ? baseless fable. It appears, besides, th tb* wheat was always sterilised before t e Ing put into the sarcophagi, whloh pi B oluded all possibility of Its growth. B it to make up for thy falsity of this sto > divers well authenticated faots show tb seeds oan preserve their power of sproutii after an extremely prolonged sojourn b neath the oarth?that is to say, in shelt ,j from atmoepherio Influences. ' ,:Th'e rao*t extraordinary oqpp of tt . kind is that observed several years sin ^ by Pfofpssor De Heldrploh, dlrootor qf t 33 Botanic sarden at Athens. While bota w lilcg In the neighborhood of the mines \g Laurium this savant dlsoovered, In 187 ly 4 glauolura that he took at onoe to be a nc e. rpeolea, and h? described It under t ? name of glanoium. This plant made I J appearanoe on a piece of land from whli : had recently been removed a thlok layer rubbish coming from the ancient workli w r the neighboring mines. This laj wnpti ^eep ^ Ipae* },$Q0 year* o) Unless we believe in spontaneous genei tlon, it seems neoefs^ry to suppose tb 11] this glauolum ma?t be a gpecles th&t fl Jj Utf>d long ?*g? (P the locality, whose see j] bad been preserved In the earth and ru ^ bish that ooverod them. "?Literary I e. ?Mt . , _,_t (D A Bishop Dtfradi Tobaoco. 7- Another Btalwart defender of tbe hat of smoking is the bishop of Manchesti He has publicly stated that he has fou: tobacco to act a useful port in pnt?hll him tp t|lscha*^j his ministerial dutli m When he was roughing it in the wilds o) Australia, he often smoked a pipe wi [0 tfcp"pionws q( civilisation" whom met there, and he found that, as they i J together puffing away, their hearts open P qnto one another as they never woe n hay* dona if tbara had boon no smohq ftlv lhsofc~W wtznteitar QomMo. I I - *"te miocJinu nst, >. " t Maat JBIM Coald B? Expert** on Mm ^ W?ddln* Day? ( It's beneath a Voman's dignity to keep (rack of keys. < A girl who has been .bridesmaid four ^ times, and thereby out herself off from all j prospects of matrimony says, this is what *** happens at every wedding: The bride ng gives minute and particular diraotlona about the packing of her trunk. She knows to within Che one hundredth of an lnoh ed the exact location of every frill and furb? b? low and looks on while various mem ben 1 ire of the family assist In cramming the trays 6 h? In and forcing tbe lid down. Methods of [04 accomplishing this differ?sometimes It ? closes easily and sometimes it fa necessary fc to jump up and down or sit on It. Then t the bride to be orders some one to put a t " strap around it, but one person leaves it n" to another until the moment for departure * arrives. At this juncture tbe discovery is * made that- the trunk is not looked, the * be keys are missing ^nd everybody wonders ' where the strap can be. ' fl* Twenty minutes until train time. ' ^ "Where's your trunk key?" someone asked tbe groom. "My dear, they are ask- a le? ing for the key to your trunk. Where is J In ltr K - ? .. . n ?? "Thesey (in some perplexity). wny ? ?why, on my key ring, of coarse, the lit- * "* tl.e silver one you gave me that time; don't b n* ytm remember, dear?" "Certainly?on the keyring." To the 0 d< anxious searchers, 41 You'll find the trunk 0 j?" key on a small, heart shaped key ring, my ? he Wife says," replies the happy young man. 5 ''But where is that?" comes In oborus. ? ajJ Mt'm sure J don't know,''' falters the P ob bride almostln tears. "Oh, never mind. * ' There,"there; bother the trunk. What do ** we caref" says the groom. J" %he bride baa a happy thought. "George^ . I have two keys to that trunk." ; "Well, you're a wise little woman," In t b? tones of pride from the young husband, !" Is* while the aunts and cousins say, "She ha* *! h? another key." * lfc' "But they were both on the nme key ' '** ring," continues the bride, and the gaper- n n' a] anxiety is redoubled- 8 1(1 ffhp girl y?ho has beep a bridesmaid four 8 >6* limes says the first time this happened the * ln key turned up at the last minute inside of ~ D* the trunk, and after that she has always b ^ looked there the first thing and has nettr 0 m failed to find It?Chicago Record. . ' d. P J TOILET SUGGESTIONS. " & .. Uinta From a Beamty Doctor That WIS . |mprore Poor Comple^on^. ^ frepkles are due to an excess of coloring 0 Ij. matter deposited In thp second layer pf thp 7 it skin qndorneath the puticle. They ew ^ lft. paused by aq exoess of iroq lq the Wood. 0 ,W It tbP7 ftW qqt of yery (fork oolor, the; 0 can be bleached out,' but If they are of tht a (W pronounced brown species, .their removal & j. will oonsist in destroying the outer layers 1 tj, of the skin. t) jy A paste composed of vinegar, honey and g irf bitter almonds Is said to be good for re- b jj moving freckles. ' f, in As a general thing the blood Is not re- j n. sponsible for the different blemishes which r, to appear on the face. Dirt gets into th* v 3g pores of the skin, and the results an prqp . an t}oq pf spiflp sqrf. ' ' J ' ' * )r fimples should be opened with a needii n ,jp pf sharp fcnlfe, the secretion squeezed oat 4 lp anfl & lotion of a wineglass of strong vine- p Id far? two ounoes of glycerin and half a f, gj pint of distilled water applied. 0 jj. For people tronbled with moist or oily a skin, a hot soapsuds bath onco a week Is 4 jj recommended, using castlle soap, aa It is g U of a drying nature. Bay rum and camphor n 0f may be used by such persons, as they dry ? the oil somewhat, when thp camphor y a. would paroh other compip^lqqs. ^bp opl- 0 nmfopndin thp stems of flowering lettpot * y\ refines thp skin flpd absorbs the oU. Rub t, ^ the milky juice oojleoted from broken g 4 stems of garden lettnoe ovar the face at y l|! oigbt, allowlug It to dry on. tl 0j Wrinkles depend on the attenuation of 4 ^ the skin and the reduction in bulk of tbf 0 ^ underlying snrfaclal portions of the body. m They are not a dis ase, but are the result! ti jg of worry, grimaces, poor health, etc, 4 A. Wrinkles ought not to appear before the ? ie< fiftieth year, but how often we see then) 4 a. at 25. The more delicate the skin the morj ^ 0j -nbject It is to these ^lsflguremeE|t?.-7 ? ^ .hiladelpjito ^mes. """ y J| ' ?r- ? ? w yp PlMMf Bc?im of Drou** Wffc n lp The particulars of the maimer in ifhloh fcl be M- Alexandre Pumas spent his last day, fc' ft, given by those who were present at Villa n Cbampfieur, at Marly, are interestinf. P t The Improvement which bad been noted in 1 oo the morning continued the wnoie any, se u (bat the members of the family felt their 0 at hopes revive. The doctors seem to have 1( rt been rather skeptical, but Mme. Dumas n and tb? daughters of the oelsbrated writer & m were overjoyed. ' n 5D The patient was oheerfal and smiling, o- fie even joked, and had, In the mqrnlng, A to- turned everybody out of the room by an ? In ^flfeotlpp^t? ^eboke. He said: "This Is b m really too much. What are you all doing, * an sitting about In my ?oom t It if really *- 1( 11 traordlnary. C^npqt I be left alone In zpjf t] BWH flpartmentf Jfly children, you reailjr li 37 take advantage of my good nature." 8 Qt They were aU going out, but hs called at tHem baok again, smiling, and everybody 11 *- Uughed with him. At noon, however, h# ^ e- sent them to the dining room for break* P ut fast and asked for a cup of tea for him* " ry self. As he had done In the early morning, * at he took the oup in both hands and drank * ig the tea without any difficulty. Mms. Du- d ? mas trembled with mingled joy ^n^ fear J ' ?r she dared not believe In vyhat seemed so r extraordinary ^n Improvement. J It was close upon 7 o'clock when thf oe obange ocourred; the patient suddenly e^' b hp perienoed two successive nervous tremor*, q- and fell back dead lu the dootor's arms.? n of London Standard. 8, * 'w It Dom Make a Difference. J u- Q In Munster recently a man reoelr?d i; Djj three years' penal servitude for attempting ? af to poison bis wife by administering to beg b Q sulphate of zlno In yvhUky. At Leeds ? n ei woman ^ats condemned to 80 years' penal h ijjt servitude for attempting to murder her huo- gi band by administering poison In fcla food. a 4t It Is certainly difficult to account for this vast difference in the punishment In two f< such qlmllar o^ses, and a lady correspond- g b. ?n| Insinuates that to the woman were B1 jl given 80 years hecause the judges, being y men, naturally regard the orlme as more g heinous in a wife than in a husband. My own opinion, after reading the reports, is |i that the woman got no more than she de- ^ served, but the man a good deal 4wf.-r n j London Truth. 0Jj : ^ Good Timpir, f of Good temper is the most oontented, the t< fch most comfortable state of the soul; tha a h? greatest happiness hath for those who poa< a iat sess it and for those who feel Its influence, tl od With gentleness In his own character, ? kid oomfort in his home and good temper In i: M his wife, the earthly felicity of man la a eomplete.?Anon. t) ????IM i meax of natube. . flONTANA'8 PUZZLIN3 AND CONTRADICTORY WELL the limmtr It* Water PreeiM and la the Winter the lee Kelts aad the Water Become* Warm?A Mynterloaa Current of Atr. Seven miles to the north and a little to ha ?aet of the Cheyenne agency In Custer ounty, Moru, is a well filled with Ice that idtes much curiosity among the rancher* cd cattlemen of that section. Every cow* ay who visits the well has mnch to tell nd Invariably advances his own ezplanalon. Many ingenious theories are given rhlch tend to Indicate that mankind of II degrees of scientific knowledge put artfe an effort to find the origin of things, lowever, they all agree that the ice forms a the well during the summer and that I actually thaws during the winter. This pparent contradiction of the natural laws hat govern the outside world has carried tie fame of this well for miles around and eople have traveled great distances to fitness the formation of icicles during ths ,ot weather of July. This well la within a few hundred feet f the summit of Little Wolf mountains, n the north slope, at the very beginning f Greenleaf creek, which empties Into loeebud eight miles from where the Roseud joins the Yellowstone river. This I ah /\# fVa tw rtnrtaln 4 a nnn eainl wl+W m VllliVU UA VU? IHMUUVmU iO WTWOU TT4MA Towth of tall pise*. Fourteen years ago three men prospect- Qg for silver, mistaking certain colors is he rocks, began sinking a shaft. At IB set it was disagreeably cold, at 90 feet be cold had Increased so rapidly that they rere thoroughly frightened. They could m1 currents of oold air rushing up from lie crevicea in the rock. They imagined hey were digging into some mysterious inderground cavern. They had heard Jul pough of wonderful adventures of diging into oaves and underground, lakes, nd being alone in this wilderness, where, he very stillness permitted 4hs ears to ear and the mind to imagine all manner f grewsome powers hid beneath the rook, rv ttimvinuhl* flllpH t.hom with fMP nf Ira. ending danger that they abandoned th# rork which has since gained such renown. The summits of Little "Wolf mountain* re oQvered with scoria, which has all the ppoar&nce and texture of a good grade erf Qing. It Is usually red, but varies in oolr through all the shades down to black, tese varying colors give the beautiful Lnts to the thousands of bnttes through* ut the bad lands. sIn comparatively reent geological times vast beds of ignite oal were farmed over the eastern half of iontana, extending Into western Dakota. *he burning of thwie beds of coal was the eginning of the bad land formation. The ne deposits of filay above the ooal were urned as brick are burned in % kiln 404 armed the scoria. Wfyor? the heat was reater an^ TP?* Band were present It pelted ancl p^ixed with the ooal and ooal eh, forming h^rge cinderllke rocks, which pp nopaepuaes mwasen tor imrm. am m oal turned out from beneath the day, or baked into scoria and melted into cinera, it broke into small divisions and fell romlacuously down into the pita thus armed. Volcanic ash 1* found soaltered y er the Little Wolf mountains and th# wtern portion of Montana. It tt(uft have rifted with the wind (ram pewerful eruplone in the Bqoky flipuntains, m there are o indications of any voloauio action la bp vioinity of the ice well. The Little mt mountains are merely a rough range f huttee apparently of the same origin as U the bad land buttes. Their summits, swering above all the other buttes, hs*e lven them the name ef mountains, but hey are only of slightly over 4,000 feel al* itilde. If ice were to be put into the well urlng the winter, it would keep throughut the summer nearly as well as if rtored way in ordinary icehouses. Bychaqpe n%r cure has formed almost the identical oaa* ltions that man has made use of to presrve ioe throughout the hot weather. The baft Is the cavity in which to store the se. The yoleanlc ash, filling into the open pace between the loosely plied rook, serve* be purpose of saw^Wt in keeping out the rarm draft* of air- The altitude and the orth slope are fevorable to the preeervaIon of the ioe. Tall, dense forest prevents be heating of the surface rook lay the diBct rays c5 the sun. The rooks are too orous for the water to soak up, so to peak, from beneath. The facts are that in ?any places near the tops of the buttes, n the sides where the rooks have fallen vnafilv t)i?r nm narfantlv Hrr trrr v#v?v.| ?v/ "" f? wny feet below the surface, being moismed by the winter now and rain m it lay fall and ran down from above. Daring the winter the well U "*?ir lied with snow. Enough water from the M-ly spring rains finds its way through etween the rocks to ml* with the snow nd frepse Into one solid mass of ioa. The ie in the well is formed by the oold of lie winter season, bat does not begin la )rm sometimes till the winter is half one. In torn, it is melted by the heat of the rammer, bat does not begin to molt until tie summer is half over. In the early art of the summer it is still freezing io lie well, and during the first half of the 'inter it 1b still melting. The well aets a refrigerator. It receives the heat lowly and then gives it off Just as slowly, f the earth received and gave off heat Bodily, the hottest weather would be In une and the ooldest In December?in ict, the seasons follow nearly a month ehlnd the sun. It is a fact that if on ahot day you walk ?pidly into the oare to where the loe is it mIs as though a strong current of oold Lr were blowing against your faoe. The insation is so deoidedly real that it re- , ulres careful demonstration to prove to tie oontmry, and even then it almost semsas though the demonstration has oen a mistake. It can be easily tested by sing smoke, or better still, a rathe? eavy colored gla* Again, if one should bond without the entranoe to the oare on very warm day near enough to feel any raft that may be stirring, none can be alt oomlng from the oave. If one should band directly Above the ioe well on a Hot, bill day, even patting the toe down to lie Tory opening Into the well, no upward ! raft of oool air can be felt, but 90 down lto the well and 030 would state podthr*- ; r that them was an upward draft of as* PWol7 <X^d %ir?Boston Advertiser. Effect ot Water Teetk, Herr Rww haa collected Btatletioa In Of aria and Herr Foerberg In Sweden which ind to prove that the water we drink haa q Important Influence on the teeth. Carles, | r decay In teeth, 1b leu oommon where tie water Li 'hard" owing to the preaeno* f chalk and magnesium salts, lite hard* r the water the better th? Prob* bly the preset of Ujne la Ui watai e&eflt* th* bonee tn |?n?raL HOW TO BE HEALTHY. Rwlea to B? Observed In tke Mattto ' of Diet uA Exercise. Positively avoid a habitual diet com* posed, too ezcloalvely of one kind of food, such as meats or cereals. Such a diet leads Inevitably to disease. Many cases of sickness, palpitations, Scurvy, stln diseases and headache are directly due to this Improper diet. Bear In mind that sugar and all sugared or slrupy substances, unless sparingly used, are the most Injurious of the foods In ordinary use. They render digestion Imperfect and by their seductive taste are liable to in doc? overeating. > Eat sparingly of fruit, preserves, voal, pork, young lamb, kid, ham, bacon, sugar, vinegar, spices, fats, oils, fried foods, pastries, cakes, rich desserts, strong gravies, hot freshly baked bread and foods which forin adherent pastes. Avoid cold drinks at mealtime, except in hot days. Avoid uncomfortably hot drinks. Avoid, eating at Irregular hours. Never overrule your appetite, whfch' Is the best Index of the amount of food you need, except In the course of diseases that require a special diet Satisfy your appetite, not your gluttony; satisfy your thirst; not your craving. Salt your food sufficiently, because salt Is an aid to digestion, but not more than needed to salt the taste. Eat less rapidly and chew your food mors. The stomach wants only well chewed food. The teeth were made for that special purpose. If they are poor or missing, seek the dentist's aid. Avoid violent exercise and severe mental exertion just after meal, but a moderate exercise, as walking, will aid digestion. Wash your hands with soap aad water before each meal, even If they do not appear unclean. a f Brush your teeth Inside and outside at least once a day, and rinse your mouth after each meaL When your stomach Is out of order,, give It a rest by fasting half a day or by taking only a little fluid food. Remember that the wholesomeet meats are Deer, mutton ana poultry and that 6eef and mutton a^e most easily digested and wholesome when broiled, roaste? or stewed, not fried. Remember that pure water ia the ] most natural and wholesome beverage. A glass of pure water every morning 1 before breakfast will go far toward ^ preventing sickness and extending life toward the century mark. ' t How to Make Turkey Shortcake. f Make a biscuit dough and bake it In ' a shallow square tin, as for fruit shortcake. Take ode cupful of cold turkey, 1 minced; beat with one cupful of gravy and season with one-half teaspoonful ; of salt and one saltspoonful of pepper. When the crust Is done, spUt and put' i * Kftfrn/uin 4Via lavnvi fhfl UIC UiCOft la^ Vt D| yviu %?JV sauce over It und garnish with parsley, j Bsw ta Mftkt Potato Nciti. ' Lattice potatoes are an excellent accompaniment to the fish course and aft r a few trial efforts are easily prepar- 4 ed. Wash and pare the potatoes and let them stand for a time in ice water. Cot them Into very narrow strips, throwing them into tee water as they are cut Then drain and thoroughly 3 dry enough to pack into a strainer which is about the size of a teacup and j force into the middle of the potatoes a < nailer strainer. Fry this In deep, ( ery hot f%t When a golden brown, remove the two strainers and stand the 1 nntitn neat Ml nrtft bPOWn DflDer. Re peat the process until there is a nest | for each person. Before serving place them on a tin in the oven to beat. Fill ' the nests with fish a la relne and serve on a bed of cress. j , How to Maho Tooth Powder. Take balf an otlnce each of powder- i d orris root and prepared cbalk and add to them one teaspoonfnl of blear- ' bonate of soda. Mix thoroughly. The soda acts as ap antiacld and neutralizes the acids of the mouth, while j the chalk and orris are gritty enough ; to remove any particles of food which may cling to the teeth. How to Treat the Lips. The lips should never be rubbed with Btron^scent, such as eau de cologne or vinegar or lemon. Friction is also very bad for their well being. Lips m%j be only a pale pink, but If they are smooth and soft they will look attractive. Rouge Is also very bad for the lips. Some women have a stupid way of "biting the color into their 'Inaa thla nnwlflp ntUfN Vy*. wy viw*,? *M?W a Wee make tbe skin very sensitive, but It also thickens and swells tbe lips till they lose all charm. How to llnkf R?w Beef Tea. This la ordered In some Illnesses. Take one-quarter pound of lean beef, hred It finely and place In a jar with one-quarter pint of cold water. Coyer It and allow It to stand for two hours. 8traln off tbe liquid and use at once, as it will not keep. It should be served In a colored glass. Haw to Bake Onloaia, r>aoi oi* inrcA nnlons. nut them in a I saucepan and cover with boiling water and let them boll for 15 minutes. Pour 1 off the water and cover them with cold water. Then drain them again when they are cooL Put them In a baking 1 dish or agate pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper, pour over them one cupful of hot milk and add one tahlespoonful ' bf butter In small pieces, cover with buttered paper and bake until tender, j Serve with roast turkey or chicken. ~ "Vf Bow to Make Ctogk Car*. Boiled Unseed tea made rather thin and sweetened with sugar candy and flavored with lemon Juice and rind is excellent for a cough. Boll soma black flpaolah Uoorloa with tt, GEMS IN VbKSt. ... HH " p ? Tin Little Street*. J^B| "Tomorrow I'll da it," says Bonnie. t^B|H "I will by and by," says Seth. .nHI "Not now?pretty soon," says Jennicn "In a minute," says little Beth. Ob, dear little people, remember . That, true as the stars in the iky," ^' T> The lit tie-streets of Tomorrow, { Pretty Soon and By-and-by I B|H Lead, one and all,- H| As straight, they say, SHB Aa the King's highway, ; 4.# To the city of Not at AU1 > ?Annie H-Donnell in Yonth's Comp?n1? B If I Were Too. 11 were yon, I'd see my path of doty H Jo plain and straight, without a wyf or bend* fc.nd walk upon it, without swerve or falter,. rrom life's beginning straightway to ita end. JSOHD ['d be so strong, so falthfu} and-so true, . would, if I ware you. -i i werw jou? A u irvo upuxi a piiMmw tad save ap money for a rainy day A ind never bay a pretty gown or Jewel J . - * >r take a bit of pleasure by the way, MB Ind then I'd be ao tfheerfal, never blue, ; -^j [ would. If I wen yoa / |^H I1 were yoa and friend* that knew yoa Ian* g0* "2 " tfould hart andwotmd, advloe nnaiked would I'd still forbear and cherish all their virtoea Lnd ever with them In oontentmeilt live.. - " % VB| I'd be ee faithful, constant throw gh aadv. JQj^H ! would, if 1 ware you-v > j^9 Y1 ware yoa and found acme gentle w<Jman Vbo gave you sweetness, trust and sympathy; '' ; would not turn to them for?oonaolation, lut seek alone the barren friendiihlp tree, .' |g QB| !ior try to find a broader mental view.' Lb, no; 1 would not?not if I were you. MB b.nd \f man ahould help you with hit Htiwg' !.'o stronger purpose or to braver deed ; ' Tr| I'd do wlthoat his presehoe and incentive, Lest all the goes!pa' tongues thereby ahould"- " Although it take ttsjm life Ita pleasures few-^ would, if I wore you. -^9 XI were you, I'd stay In old incloenrea . -,r, &gH tad be consistent all the way along, s'o matter what the str ess and strain of lite is, '-H remptationa, trials, sorrows, loas among. U1 this and more I'd do, > ... I : would. If I wets you. | -M 3ut for myaelf, aa 1 am Jest a woman, ! H| I'll take what help and gladneas I can find* I H ?mbUa n Kanlnt A I .IUI uiOJiu m ynxigo iaj nuouiuw Ind nil my way to hard heroic# bin^ ?\j Jon tent to think, with kindly deeds aa latrn, . \ While hare I dwell I low no hop* of heaven* . > . .-'jWH ind so, wtthal, at last I may not jne '.I 'U got doing aa?I would if I were yon. WU ?Anna Olcott Onmrtrnlltt. , ' 1 Child and Mother. 5 mother, my lore, if you'U gire raa yonr haaA 'IBM And go when I aak you to wander, [ will lead yon away to a beautiful land, ' , v.^^H The dreamland that's Waiting otrt yonderL', We'll walk in the sweet poay garden oat there J Where moonlight and starlight an* streaming ! Lnd the flowers and the hirda are filling th* . ' With the fragrance ui muale ofdreamlpg, (/ ' rhere'll b? no little, tired oat boy to undreat ; . tiH| No questions or cara to fcerplex you; > rhere'll be no little brnlaes or btnnpe to mr ^8 jH reee - "-I <9^1 Nor patching of stocking* to ye* yoo, Tor I'll rock yon away on the sUvet d*W stream - Sj And ling yon uleep when yon're weary, fcnd no one shall know of car beautiful dream ' Bat yoa and yoor own little dearie. " . 9 Lnd when I am tired I'll n?t!e my head I I In the boeom that's soothed me eo often, lnd the wide awake (tars (ball flag in 'my ?t?al'' i^H| A song whlok my dre&ming'sbau soften. to, mother, ay love, tot ae take yoa* dee* hand, mt And away through the itarllghtwe'll wanr . 9 kvay through the mist to the'beantlful la?4 jH The dreamland that'e waiting out yonder I ?Eogene Field. - B The Xl?er, , - B kfy mirror tells me that my face la fair, , And can I doubt bat that U tells me trnef <9 tfy mirror says that I have golden hair ' '".Mm And oheeks like the wild rose and eyea of blue. v' ;3H <jfl [ say, "Do I indeed these charms poaasaa, 'aB D trusty glassf" My mirror answers "Yea." . then lovers' tolas this heart all freefrea oar* Have surfeited with flattery's cloying fwea^ .J9| Unto my mirror do I straight repair And ory: "O mirror, is this all deceit? ~ 9 Say, do I merit praise and fond caress V fjfl rhen dotb my tmtj mirror answer "i*- j, Deem me sot vain, I pray, for well I know That when life's skies have lost their tm} [ z^oat one day unto my mirror go I And Bay, "Oh, tell me, mirror, is M trm jIH That every day vij youthful eharmi grow lesat" - .'3M Then must my trusty mirror answer "Y?L" ! And, oh, I trust that in that later day, Jj The time of silvered hair and sight, '^9 When I unto my looking glass shall say, 1 "O mirror, with my beauty's waning Ugh* 1 Dotb honor also fail and virtue got" Then may mine truthful mirror answer "Nal ?Margaret F. Mfturo in MoOlure's Mngasina. , t* Each In His Own Kama. j A fire mist and a planet, A crystal and a oell, A jellyfish and a'atfarlan And caves vbct the cave men dwell Then a sense of few and beauty And a faee turned from the clod? i . V Bean a eall it evolution, . And others oall it God. i >:jB A haze on the far horizon, ~ ? The infinite, tender sky; The ripe, rich tints of the oornfldd* . And the wild geeee sailing high ' / And all over upland and lowland j The charm of the goldsnrod? I . . Borne of us oall it autumn. And others oall it GkxL Like the tides oa a orescent seabeaeh . ' , J When the moon la new and thin, > Into our hearts high yearnings Come welling and surging in. Come from the mystio ocean, Whose rim no foot has trod? Scare of us call it longing, , 1 And others call it GocL 3 I -iJ. A Dlcket froten oa dntr. > A mother starved for her broed, 1 \ ' Socrates drinking the hemlock And Jesus on the rood, The million who, humble and namelse* Th? straight, hard pathway trod? Borne oall It consecration, J f And others oall It God. ?W. H. OarruLk In Christian Register. 1 I Tan o'o tal$ o' martial heroes till th' tod 4Gabriel's horn An declaim a boat your statesmen till jan'ti hoar so, r 3ut they ain't th' biggeat heroes that into Ik* world was born, For compared with some their work la mighty coarse. rh' real heroes wear no tokens bnt th' blisters on their ban's. They're th' toilers that aboun in every olime. they're th' very bone an ainoo o' all times aa o' all lan's. They 're th man who keep a-hnstlln all th' time. ?Omaha World-Herald. * ' God's glory Ilea not out of reooh. The mosa we crash beneath our feet, The pebbles on the wet sea beach, Have solemn meanings,strange and swacfc ?Owaa iUreditfc. il