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. VOL. XLIX. CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1890. NO. 15. | _ " ' : WHERE SHE COMES. With heavy elders overhung; ? Half hid in clover masses. An old fence rambles on, among The tangled meadow-grasses. It makes a shade for lady-fern . Which nestles close beside it; While clematis, at every turn. ' And roses almost hide it. j'n shade of overhanging sprays And down n sunny hollow. By hazel-copse, und woodlaud ways, The winding fence I follow; By rose, and thorn, and fragrant dew, In search of something sweeter? The orchard-gap, where she comes through, And I go down to meet her! The sunlight slants across tho fence. Where lichens gray it over, And stirs a hundred dreamy scents From fern, and mint, and clover; But though the air is sweet to-day, I know of something sweeter: That she can only corno this way. And I am sure to meet her! And so, while chipmunks run a match To tell the wrens who's coming, And all across the brier patch There sounds a drowsy humming? The hum of honey-seoking bees? I seek for something sweeter: A gap, amongst the apple-trees, Where I am going to meet her! ?Charles B. Going, in Scribncr. A NATURAL, TRAP. CY FRANK GILLETTE. * I liad been riding several hours through the hot dust of a Southern Arizona plain on the trip from Antelope to the home ranch. I had not seen a living thing except the scurrying lizards, when I noticed ahead a man on horseback, riding rapidly toward me. At that point the trail led across a great cactus plain known as Lonesome Valley. It was not a valley at all in the usual sense of the word, but a broad, - level sweep of sandy desert stretching between two abrupt ranges of mountains. There was not a tree on it more than ten feet high, but I will venture to say that there were more varieties of cactus, and more of those villainous plants to the square yard, than could be found in any other spot on the globe. Southern Arizona is the garden of the cactus, and this desert must have been its own particular hot-bed. I had been in the country scarcely six months, but I Vin/l ntran.1v iipniiiml n hnrrnr nf ract.ns thorns, nn(i guided ray horse along the trail with a care winch did not admit of great s|>eed. The rider whom I saw approaching rae in Lonesome Valley evidently had no 6uch fear, llis animal, which he was urging forward at a rapid lope, swerved easily to the right and left,threading the mazes of the cactus growth with the trained sense of a Mexican pony. As they approached I Nmade out that the rider was a Mexican. At a still closer view I saw that he was a rather goodlooking Mexican, but poorly dressed, and that evidently he was on a journey. He had with him a canteen, a pair of worn, gre sy blankets, aud a lightly packed gunny sack. His horse was a homely, sharp boned animal, built for speed and endurance, forced marches, and long stages without water; but at present he was certainly tired. I will not say "tired out," for these ponies are never tired out until they arc dead. \ The man checked his rapid pace as we ncared each other, aud I thoDght, was about to pass with the customary bueuos dins, when he cast a quick glance at my horse, and reined in his owu. I halted also. "You haf verm fine hoss there, scnor," he said, iu a tone of the utmost politeness. My horse, which I called Montezuma, was, in fact, a larger and better shaped animal than is often seeu in that country. I had picked him out for that reason I'll inj iu>t >imi iw iiuu tit i uu time prided myself not a little on my choice. lie was, indeed, n horse of ex-1 cellent nppearaucc and action, but he I had some, defects. Ilia very build showed that he was a Northern or an Eastern horse, and not native born, and I found that he was by no means equal to the native breed in endurance or wiry strength. He could not travel as far nor go so long without water, nor was he assure footed. However, lie made an imposing appeal ance, and served me very well in my rides, which were chiefly for pleasure. He pricked up his cars, and the polite Mexican said again, "You haf verra fine hoss, senor." "Yes, he's a very good hcrsc," I re- ! plied, not very cordially, but still with courtesy, for it seemed to me polite to be courteous to a man who was probably the only human being within ten miles. "He no born in thecs countree? I sec no hoss lika heem in Arizona, nevare. But, senor," with a glance at his own j sharp-boned, panting beast, "there is one verra eggsccllautn Mexicana hoss. I rida heem now one, two, three day. I rida heem verra bard, and sec!" He toucher! the animal lightly with his spurs, lifted the hand with which he ] held the reins, and leaned forward. The horse sprang instantly into a furious lope, as if he had but just been saddled for the first time. The Mexican wheeled him gracefully in a long circle through the cactus plants, and drew him in again on his haunches by 1113* side. "All, scnor, he is the one boss of one mcellion 1 He go and go and go, and j Devare stop. He drink only the oue time a day, and he eat, ah, so lectio! In one year he no eat so niucha as a burro. But perhaps the scnor," and here his face wore a most persuasive smile, "will lika to cggschange? The senor will gif to ! to me hees hoss, and I will gif to hecm j my magnifico Chihuahua." "No; I do not wish to trade horses at | all," I said, with less cordiality than before, as I began to feel decidedly uneasy J iu the presence of this smiling foreigner. "No?" he said, in a tone of regret, j Then, after a moment, his face lighting ap, he added: "Ah, but the scrior has ncvarc tried hecm! lie does not know j Chihuahua. If ho try hcem only the once, lie sco that I tella heem tLo truth." He threw himself to the ground and came toward ne, smiling. I now saw his plan. He was a desperate man, probably flying to Mexico to escape the consequences of some crime. My horse had attracted him at first sight. Either he needed it to help him on his journey, cr thongh1. he might sell it for a good sum across the border. It seemed to mo an excellent plan to go at once without losiag any more time in useless conversation. I turned quickly in the saddle, murmured a somewhat unnecessary "Good-by," and spurred Montezuma toward homo. The horse was fresh, and started away in good shape; but in an instant the Mexican had sprung into his saddle, and was nftcr me. There was now no doubt as to his intentions. As I looked back I saw that his face had lost, its smile, and taken on a cruel, sullen look. He dug his spurs into his horse, and the animal sprang into the same furious gallop that I had seen before. My heart sank as I realized that it was perhaps a race of life and death. The defects of my horse came to my mind with startling distinctness. How gladly would I have exchanged hiui for the boniest cow pctiy in the country! The Mexican's horse was not gaining on us now, for Montezuma was freoh; but could lie outrun that relentless pursuer on a five mile stretch? Then what if Montezuma should stumble and throw me to the ground head foremost? At the thought of this I turned again to the front. I could not afford to watch my pursuer. I must keep a clear lookout ahead. If I could only guide my horse safely around every hole nnd stone aud across every wash, perhaps we could yet pull away from the scoundrel behind me. At this moment something struck me a terrific blow in the back of the head. I thought I had been shot, and turned slowly to look at my ranrderer. The end of a heavy, worn lasso was just slipping off the saddie behind me, and the Mexican. with an exclamation, was reeling it in, evidently making ready to throw again. He had seen that my horse was gaining, and accordingly had recourse to that most effective long-range weapon, the lariat. His first throw had missed inc by an inch, and he was cursing himself for his clumsiness. I was not a thrower of the "lass." myself, but 1 was familiar with its powers. One of the rough sports of cowboys,after work, is to "rope" one another. Inn wild race in and out of the corral one of (hem tries to throw his rope so as to cnsircle the man ahead without catching the horse at the same time. If successful he drags him to the ground, more or less roughly. But is only play, rough as it is. It would be no play to be caught ; by the cruel rope which the wrcteh was < coiling on his left arm. I watched him .-is if fascinated. Ho reached for the loop, opened it wide, 'turned sidewisc in the saddle and swung it round his head. If it caught mc I should be dragged headlong to the , ground. If I leaned close to the horse it would close over us both, and we would go down together. In either . case certain injury or death threatened me. In utter despair I pulled up iny , horse and stopped.The Mexican rode swiftly up, coiling , his lasso as he came. The hard bok gave way to the same smile that ho had .1 worn before, but I thought I detected , something dim in it at this time. . Again, with that horrible politeness, he ' said: , "Ah, the senor is too queek?he no wait to say adios! But the hoss, he is , as I say, he is vcrra fast. Will the senor ( no try my hoss now? Si, si, I think he , will hka try Chihuahm now. He's hoss is mucha tired, lie lika little rest!" In the same graceful way as before ho threw himself to the ground, and instantly caught Montezuma by the bridle. I was entirely unarmed. I had no doubt ' that the Mexican was well armed and J | quite ready to kill me if 1 attacked him. i ' 1 dismounted slowly, with bad grace. To ruy surprise, the Mexican handed ino the bridle of his horse with a bow. ^ "Now, you shall tty my Chihuahua! There is no more bctt ire in thccs couutrec. You will so say, eef you will try ' lieesn only." Hut 1 had no heart :o mount. I had ' little doubt that the beist which was now j leering at me with a vicious eye would back me oil at the first jump. The Mexican waited a moment out of sheer courtesy, then mounted Montezuma and ! started gracefully off. He did not push him to his utmost at fi*st, but went down the road carefully, as if tryiug him. Then lie turned and ca ne back at a somewhat better pace. I stood like a dummy, holding the 1 bridle of his horse, and watching him. 1 His ridiug was a magnificent exhibi- ] tion, but I was not in i condition to ad- ] ; mire it. 1 i As if satisfied with the powers of Mon- 3 1 tn7iimn ho turiipil nirnin nnil o?nno flnwn prist me at full speed. As lie pissed, he shouted a few words in Spanish to his lior.se. The beast jerked back from me, struck at me with his forefeet, and was after his master in an instant. The Mexican had tu-ned in the saddle and whs watching us with interest. As his horse broke away from ine, a smile ' spread over the man's face which 1 was more than a sinile of politeness, and he raised his hat in a sweeping bow of derision. I stood there as if paralyzed, on Lonesome Valley Desert, fifteen miles from i home, and watched the villaiu ride my horse toward Mexico. But the Mexican eared too much for theatrical display. Ilis people arc the most perfect riders in the world, and my enemy was uo exception to the rule. But he made a mistake in assuming that all horses are as sure-footed as ho was secure in his seat. This is true of Mexican 1 ponies, the only ones he had ever ridden, 1 but it was not true of Montezuma. ] As the Mexican spurred him deep, 1 still looking hack over his shoulder at ' me, Montezuma came to a gully or wash, f There arc thousands of them ucross t every road and trail in the Southwest. This one was not more than three feet deep and live feet across. A native horse would have jumped it or leaped into it safely, even if it were six feet deep. Hut Montezuma, as ho came to the wash, made no effort to jump over, but plunged in with his forefeet set together. As he struck the bottom, which was of rock loosely covered with sand, his knees doubled under him like straws. The best rider in the world would not have kept his seat. The Mexican, still glancing back at his own horse, went off as if hurled from a catapult. Montezuma jumped up, shook himself and limped slowly away. I involuntarily ran forward. The Mexican did not rise, and I guess he was dead or stunned. As I drew nearer, however, I could see that lie was not dead, hut very much alive. He lay on his hack with his right arm stretched out over Ins Jieaa, una was writhing to and fro, as if in great pain. The man certainly was in a serious pre- 1 dicaracut. When Montezuma stumbled, 1 he had been thrown straight upon a large fish-hook cactus?a low cylindrical variety, completely covered with long recurring cvcrlapping horny spines, of ; needle sharpness and most tenacious 1 strength. They resemble enormous bone I fish-hooks in everything J>ut the barb. If the Mexican had struck this cactus ' head foremost,he would have been killed j outright. As it was, his right arm had 1 been thrust deep into the long curving ' thorns, and they had closed into hi3 arm &nd hand, holding thcqi iu a grip of i steel. As he lay- thero writhing on the ground, his arm transfixed in a dozen ' places with these inflexible hooks, I saw my enemy delivered into my power. It ( only remained to take advantage of the 1 fortunate Hccideut which had humbled 1 him. I first searched him and took possession of his knife ntid revolver. Then, very slowly, I freed his arm, cutting i away the softer parts of the plant rather than trying the almost impossible task of cutting through the thorns. i As the Mexican rose, I retreated to Montezuma's back, and covered the man i with the revolver. My precautions were te/tlrica TTio nrm tvnu anrfltnorl woll JM gashed in a dozen places by the cruel hooks. He painfully removed thc3e, and bound his ariu in a bandana that he to3k from his pocket. I motioned to him to walk ahead of me, toward the ranch. We made a slow and . sorry procession; the furious Mexican iu front, Montezuma limping painfully, and myself behind, the otter horse following at some distance. But a sense of triumph sustained me through the long journey. At the ranch we dressed the villain's arm, set a guard over him and sent for the SherilL Ho cams, identified him as a daring horse-thief, wanted for several offences in the northern part of the territory, aud relieved us of his company. ? Youth's Companion. The Japanese Wrist Check. The theatres of Japan begin in the morning and last until sundown. The audience sit on the lloor, and the people are as much affected us children by the plays. Whole families come and spend the cut ire day in the theatre. Some of them briny their provisions with them. nn<l others have them served from the neighboring tea-houses. In some theatres, when a person wishes to leave the hull and come back again, he is not given a return check as with us. There is no passiug o( your ticket to newsboys in Japan. The doorkeeper takes hold ol the right hand of the man going out and stamps on his wrist the mark of the theatre. When the playgoer returns he presents his wrist, the seal of the theatre is shown and he is admitted.?New Yor\ Journal. , Pigeons as War Messengers. Major-Gcuep.il Cameron, of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, was , recently instrumental in organizing a ] homing pigeon club in connection with the Canadian Militia. The first practical , test was made the other day and it illus- , trated the uses to which the birds could . be put in the event of war. Ten homing pigeons were sent out the day before by j express from Kingston. Next morning, , in the presence of the military otlicers } :iud Sir Hector Langcvin, the birds were j given their liberty. A dispatch from . General Cameron at Kingston says that , six pigeons arrived there at 1 o'clock, covering the distance from Ottawa, 120 ( miles, in two hours aud fifteen minutes, , Two arrived fifteen miuutes later.? , New York Times. j ? ( What the Ilumhie Penny Docs. i The humble peuny is a potent factor in 1 our modern civilization. Wc all know ' the wonders it has achieved in the dc- ] partments of the post and the newspa- < per press, and it is now doing ns marvel- 1 ous a work in our means of locomotion. 1 In the last financial year the North 1 Metropolitan Tramways Company nlotic t carried as many as 70,000.000 passengers it penny fares, so that the aggregate, i number who traveled in London by oin- ] ...... ........ i.? i UI17M^ Ul Vill KM I I I >.41/ lllinb UU 3UIUU- J tiling prodigious. Cheapness has fos- 1 tered tratlic in such an extraordinary way t that, although conveyances are constant- < [y multiplied, they aru all better filled than in the days of high fares.?London < Pall Mall Gazette. < m I Hot Water for a Soro Tliroat. 1 "Let me say, for the benefit of your ] readers who arc addicted to using a gar- ' gle of salt water every time their throat ' feels sore, that it is the very worst thing < they could possibly do," said Dr. IIopc, i jf the Metropolitan Throat Hospital. ' "Salt irritates the membranes and injures 1 lieui, and some of the most aggravated t rases of throat trouble that have come 1 inder my observarion were made chronic jy the use of salt. The very best remedy ' 'or a sore throat that results from a sini- s jlc cold or a fatgued voice is a gargle of 1 lot water, just as hot as it can be borne. 3 This gargle is soothing and stimulating 1 ind need only be tried onco or twice to c est the cflicuc.v."?Neeo York World. * ?25,000 A TRIP. THE COST OF RUNNING A IilG OCEAN STEAMSHIP. The Receipt* Arc Considerably Greater, and the Great Ships 1'itdoubtedly Pay?Details That Will Astonish People. The magnificent stctynship Nonnannia is not quite ns big as the twin-screw boats of the White Star and Ionian lines,4but her expense account, owing to the greater length of her voyage, is just as formidable. The cost of running her from her dock in the New Jersey town of Hobokcn to her dock irt the German town of Hamburg, is about'the same as the cost of funning the City of Paris from New York to Liverpool. When the Normannia starts ou r.u eastward voyage she carries nearly .'MOO . -r 1 i. li.inl/aps IOUS Ol Ul'ill ill IIUI ^.nvuii '1 Mitiinvi . i Some of this is American and some tor- I eign 3offc coal, and it costs about $3.50 a tou. The sooty stokers daily shovel into her roaring red furnaces between 250 and 300 tons. The expenditure for coal runs just short of $1000 a day, or nearly $8000 for the voyage. The cost of the gallons ind gallons off oil used to keep her ponderous triple-eypans-ion engines, her dynamos, her numerous smaller engines, her pumps, nud so on, running smoothly, combined with the coal bill, is $8500. ' The salaries of thp fcfig ship's company are uot an unimportant factor in the expense account. Among the 300 persons who look after the working of the racer and the comfort, of her passengers are, besides cool-hcaded ,Captain Ilebich, eight officers, one surgeon, twenty-live engineers nnd machinists, two pursers, live boatswains, twenty-eight seamen, 114 firemen, sixty-five waiters nnd waitresses, twenty-two cooks, bakers and assistants, two carpenters, one barber and fourteen skilled musicians. The total wages of these for a trip of eight days is about $2000, not counting perquisites. Captain Ilcbich receives the highest salary. It varies betwecu $3000 and $-1000 a year, and depends somewhat on the earnings of the ship, of which lie receives a small percentage. This is the way the skippers of all the colossal racing craft are paid, and it is not likely that auy of them arc going to ccusc racing, or to be censured for it, as long as a fast trip means mo^ey in their pockets and in the coffers of their company. Every hour the Captain of the City ol New York saves means a saving in coal alone of $50. Next in importance to the Captain ot an ocean speeder is the chief engineer, lie is not as fr|suucQikt..-Yiaible to.Jhj cabin passengers as his gold-laced stipe nor, ana noooay maices inuca mss over him, but he is, in the opinion of his employers, a very big man indeed. He is the man who makes the great ship "git up and git." He submits daily reports of how things are going on down below to the Captain. He tells how many tons of coal ho is using, how much indicated horse power he obtains, and the number of revolutions the ship's propellers make a minute. If ho doesn't get as much speed out of the clanking twin giants as the Captain thinks he ought to, the Captain pats him on the back and tells him to whoop her up, like a good fellow. It is essential to the Captain's interest that lie should be friendly with the Ijo3s of the mighty machines. For his great work the chief engineer receives $160 a month and his board, which is eipial to that of the cabin passengers. The chiet officer receives $80 a mouth, which is more than the captains of many steamships of the second class get. The food and drirk consumed by passengers aud crew during a recent trip of the Normannia cost about ^16,000. This is the complete list of the things that were necessary to make life aboard the luxurious floating hotel something like a dream: Two thousand five hunrlrcfl bottles of red wine, 2000 bottles of [thine wine, 2000 bottles of champagne, 1200 bottles of cordials, 15,000 bottles jf beer, eighty kegs of beer, 400 bottles A ale and porter, 2500 bottles of mineral water, 37,000 gallons of drinking water, r0,000 pounds of potatoes, 16,000 [>ouuds of beans, peas, and so on, 2500 :ans of fruit, 1500 pounds of jellies, tarts ind biscuits, forty-five baskets of vegeables, 7000 pounds of butter, 1200 pounds of cheese, 10,000 eggs, 3500 pounds of sugar, 1500 pounds of coffee, 1000 pounds of tea, 250 pounds of chocolate, 150 gallons of milk, 10,000 ipplcs, 1200 oranges, 1000 lemons, 400 glasses of preserved fruits, 120 barrels of lour, 3ixty-five gallons of ice cieam, 17,J00 pounds of beef, 12,000 pounds of mutton, 1800 pounds of ham, smoked beef and bolognas, 1000 pounds of veal, 700 pounds of bacon, 600 pounds of pork, 600 pounds of game, 500 pounds jf canned meat, 250 pounds of lamb, thirty barrels of preserved meat, twenty jarrcls of salt pork, 16,000 pounds of ish, 450 chickens, 180 ducks, sixty airkeys, sixty partridges, and fifty geese. From the foregoing facts aud ligurcs t may be safely said that one trip of the tformunniu costs the Hamburg-American iuc not less thau #25,000. To offset ;his expenditure, which does not include ;hc cost of iusurauce,thc Normannia must ;arry many passengers and some freight, l'lic number of her passengers varies, of :ourso, according to the season. She :arries in midsummer sometimes nearly >00 first and second cabin and about 100 steerage voyagers. The average price of a first cabin passage is abcut *110, anrl that of a second cabin about i>60. The average price of steerage ac:ommodations is $22. The receipts from all classes of passengers on a good nidsummer trip arc over $50,000. Usually the Norrnnnuia curries 800 tons )f freight, which, at the transportation ate of $10 a ton, amounts to $8000. Hie cost of loading and unloading is jorne by the company. In tho dull seaion theb ig twiu-sercw ships de not make nuch, but their receipts throughout the ,rear are large enough to warrant the dccaration that they arc great, successes linanrially, and that they are the passenger ihips of the future.?New York Sun, HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. velvet pudding. Here is a recipe for velvet pudding: Take three cups sweet milk, bring to a boil, sweeten and thicken with cornstarch. Remove from stove and add the yolks of two eggs well beaten, with one cup desiccated cocoanut. Beat the whites still and place on top. Brown slightly in a hot oven.?New York World. a celebrated chocolate pudding. An old cook celebrated for her desserts, makes chocolate pudding this way: A quart of milk is put in a double boiler, and when it boils two squares of chocolate arc added. The mixture is stirred constantly until the chocolate is dissolved, and then it is boiled for five minutes.. Then it should be removed from the lire and allowed to cool for fifteen minutes. In the mean time the yolks of six eggs and the whites of two arc beaten quite ngnt, ana cigat taoicspoumius ui i sugar and one of vanil'a are mixed in I with them. When the milk is cool all the ingredients are combined and put in a ; pudding dish. It is to be baked in a moderate oven, and when it i9 tirm in the centre it is done. Put the pudding dish in a pan of water and the custard will get watery. Make a meringue of the remaining whites of eggs and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Spread it on the pudding when it is baked and return to the oven to brown a little. PICKLES SWEET AND PICKLES 60UH. In pickling, it is always safer to use a porcclaiu or agate iron-ware kettle; but if a brass utensil is the only one available, it should first be well scoured with salt and water, and the pickles never be allowed to remain in it very long. A good cider vinegar is a necessity and it should be both clear and strong. The fruit or vegetables, too, must be fresh and tirm, for if at all withered the pickles are sure to be flabby. Take plenty of time to the work, aud when completed either keep the jars in a dark place, or else wrap them in blue or brown paper. If it is desired to have the pickles very green, line the kettle with grape leaves, or sprinkle with powdered alum?the proportion being a teaspoonful to a gallon of water?but many good housewives do not consider it necessary to "green" eveu their cucumbers, as it adds nothing to the flavor and gives them a "shoppy" look not ulways desirable. For those vegetables that are to be laid in salt and water before pickling the old directiou "brine strong enough to | bear up an egg" is as good as any, and this calls for about one quart of salt to three gallons of water. Lay a plate on pipkles to keep tfiein well under the vinegar. If scum ever appears on top, turn off the vinegar and wash the pickles thoroughly. Then boil the vinegar and skira off all froth, continuing the Goiling as long as the scum rise3. Throw back over the pickles while still hot. An easy method of putting up the tiny cucumbers known as gherkins is recommended as follows: Soak them in brine for forty-eight hours, then to each one hundred gherkins allow an ounce of mustnrd-seed, an ouuce of cloves, a tablespoonful of salt, a cupful of sugar, and two small red peppers. I> > the spices up in thin muslin bags, using two bags to each hundred pickles. Place the cucumbers in a kettle on the stove and cover them with vinegar. Drop in the bags of spice, slice the peppers and heat all together slowly. When scalding hot they arc ready to pack away in a stone jar, but should be examined a week or i ten days later and any soft onc3 extracted. Chow-chow is always a favorite pickle, and a nice recipe is, one head of cauliflower separated into tiny sprays; one ?f olinnfl s>ii/>iimhniv nnfi nint. of IjUtllb VI OUVVU vuv?t>Mvv?Mf J -- . small onions, cut in half; ouo quart ol green tomatoes sliced; four green peppers sliced; five pints of vinegar, two , cups of granulated sugar, one teaspoon- i ful each of ground cinnamon, cloves, I mace and celery seeds, and four table- | spoonfuls of ground mustard. Mix all tho condiments together except the mus- j tard, and tic them in two small muslin bags.- Place these and the vegetables in a preserving kettle aud pour over thcra the cold vinegar, into which has beeq stirred the sugar and mustard. Bring to the scaldiug point, boil for half an hour, and then set away in glass jars or bottles. One of the most delicious pickles, and one that seems comparatively little known, is made of green tomatoes. To one gallon of green tomatoes take six onions, one quart of vinegar, two cups of sugar, one tablespoonfuleach of mustard, black pepper and salt; two teaspoon fills each of allspice and ground cloves. Slice, but do not peel the tomatoes. Peel and chop the onions \ery line. Put u layej of tomatoes iu the kettle aud sprinkle with onion, sugar and spice. Then more tomatoes, and more sugar, spice, etc., alternating, until all arc in. Heat slowly and stew gently for three-quarters of au hour after they begin to boil. This pickle should be put up in small jars, as it does not keep long after being opened. It Is a most appetizing accoaipauimcnt for cold meat. A cii-nnt Tiir-lrlo nniiil fn that made of citrons, can bo concoctcil from the rinds of watermelons, the portion of that fruit which is often thrown - away. Boil two pounds of rinds in clear water until quite tender. Drain them well, Mufcea syrup of two pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar, half an ounce of mace, an ounce of cinnamon, and some roots of ginger boiled until thiclc. Pour over the melonrinds while very hot. Drain oil the syrup the next day, heat it again, and again pour it over boiling hot. Repeat this for three days in succession, after which it may be left on and the pickles sot away. They will keep for two years.? American Ayrimlturint. E. D. E N. Southworth, the writer of stories, has, it is said, au income of $10,000 a year from the sale of her works. I United States Minister Phelps owns $1,000,000 in real estate iu aud about Washing to."'. AN EMPEROR'S ROYS. HOW THE YOUNG HOTIENZOI* LEItNS A IlE ItEAUED. The Spartan Manners of Frederick the Great's Household Are Still in Fashion at the Schloss ? All Arc Early Itiscrs. Plain living carried to the length of affectation has always been :i characteristic of the Royal House of Prussia. Frederick the Great, the domestic idol of the family, had a hard time of it a hundred years ago. lie often wasn't able to cat his food, it was so bad, or sleep in his bed because it was so hard. Ilis regal papa used to chase the Priuce's music teacher around the royal halls with a big stick, driving the unhappy man to take refuge, in his terror, up chimneys and under beds. fPVw? imnrneflion fttmr cinnn lino Imon that because Frederick the Great turned out such a swagger king, the sort of training he received must be the best. X ft jfpwi TriD OERMAN IMPERIAL FA Mil,T. The present Emperor is a regular innrtinet. lie believes in the sort of mill ho himself was put through, nud thinks there is nothing like it. Ilis little sons, two of them not yet out of long clothes, nrn litm-nllu DnAnn.fpd hv Triilitnrv rnlrq. ?.v, ..... I -- -J ? J The royal nursery is a small barrack room, where everything is done with iron discipline and regularity. The children rise at dawn and go to bed at about C o'clock. The three eldest arc under the care of a still and starched military tutor of the most Prussian typo. Ilis orders must l>c obeyed with military alacrity. Disobedience would bo looked on by the Emperor as mutiny and punished accordingly. SALUTING TIIEIR FATHER. The little Crown Prince William has never been told that there is any difference between himself and his brothers in rank or prospects. This is by his father's orders, yet being a youth of an inquiring turn of mind, he has found out that he is to bo an Emperor sonic day. The knowledge has given him a great sense of his own importance, and he now struts about trailing his small sword with considerable self comnjaccucy. EMTEROR ANI> CROWN rRINCE. Prince Eitel Frederick, when lie is not at his lessons or taking exercise, nasse3 his time conducting extensive military operations with huge armies of tin soldiers, aud whenever part of them arc slain the dead arc always Prussia's cucmics. If the Emperor William doesn't spare liis children lie doesn't spare himself or the Empress, either, lie doesn't hold the ordinary German view of the restricted sphere of the Iiausfrnu. She is Colonel of a regiment, lias a uuifcrm, and, what is more, wears it on review days. Perhaps, though, the fact she is proudest of is that she has borne five sons to Germany who will be able ouc day to fight for the Fatherland. She and her husband have begun the multifarious duties of the day at G o'clock in tho moruing. They can be seen walk-' iug in the Thicrgartcn, even in midwinter, at 8 o'clock. During the day the Empress, m addition to all the important court fuuclious and engagements which she lias to attend to, assists the Emperor as a sort of private confidential secretary. As her husband has to a Very great extent taken the reins of the Empire iuto his own hands, and is very fond of putting his fingers into a great many pics, she has plenty to do. A recent Uovcrnmcut report states that at the close of 1SS9 there were 108 cotton mills at work in India. They contained 22,150 looms, 2,000,992 spindles, and worked up 3-47,000,000 pounds of cotton during the year, employing I 42,120 men. women and children. | The young princes arc dressed and j brought up in a plainer fashion thau the i families of ordinary well-to-do people. I Tlicro isn't a "Little Lord Fuuntlcroy'' in the family.? Ntu> York Sun. * Iowa's Coal Palace. Corn nnd culture have for a long timo been staple products in Iown. Having bceonic foremost in the production of the former, Iowa is now about to take a step in another direction and exhibit to the States her rccources for "light, heat and power"?in a word, her vast store of bituminous product. The palace idea just now is the prevalent one, and so while her corn palace has been built in the region of her great corn belt, and her blue glass palace located in the centre of her best meadows, it is natural that Ottumwa, being in the centre of the coal fields, should be chosen as the sito for her coal palace, a unique nnd massive structure which has just been constructed. Primarily the coal palace represents the couutics adjacent to it so productive of cheap fuel. Secondarily, but of no less importance, it represents the best of the numerous manufactories of the Hawkeye State, for it is "The Iowa Coal Palace and Industrial Exhibit." The coal region of Iowa is not extensively mentioned iu the geographies, perhaps, and ' A PALACE MADE OF COAL, yet ten counties in the State last year infocd over three nDd one-half million t tons of coal, employed in the mines' nearly eight thousand men and paid for lnl?A^ olnnn mnrn linn n mtlllnn nn/l n | half dollara. It is not so startling tbcn, tb.it Iowa, so well known' ns an agrii cultural State, can buijd a palace of coal 1 lateen from her own borders, and thus I prove to the sisterhood her wonderful j variety resources. j jTbc palace is an imposing structure 230 feet in length and 130 in width, tho ' main tower being 200 feet in height. The architecture is a compromise between the gothic and the Byzantine. Tho palace is two stories in height, the first being about 20 feet to tho celling, the other reaching to the top of the structure, varying from 10 to 60 feet. The main entrance is on Main street, through the grand arches in tho tower to the right, .whose summit is near the grand tower. - % That tower is 36 feet wide and of the same proportions as tho one to the left, which faces a unique and beautiful sunken garden on Washington street. The rear end js beautified by twin semi-circular turrets, one of which can be seen at the cxtrcmo right. A couple of similar towers, somewhat more elongated, just out from the other side toward the opposite or Washington end of the palace, while a similar tower to that first de. -^hn \fnin afvncf nnfMnPP fcUllMl'll) iUlLUIIf?? bUV illUIIIDVIVVII VUV4M?VV| symmetrizes the palace on the opposite side. In this tower is the stage, 30x36, and main hall, with the balconies ascending direct from the stage, gives the building au auditorium with a seating capacity of from 4000 to COCO. On cither side of the maiu room or nave of tlje building arc the spaces above and below for the exhibits of the nino surrounding counties and from abroad. A Baby's Tragedy. r ^ v ^ ' Night. i. IK' / > i Morning. ?/ Sparrows as Narscs. In (lie Jersey City ferry-house of (lie Pnvonin Ferry, a few days ago, the passengers watched with much interest a ilock of sparrows taking care of one of their number, who was evidently very sick. There was much chippcriug among the birds, until it was finally settled to put the patient behind the top cornice of a pillar. The sick bird was I thcu carried between three of its coinj pan ions and deftly dropped into the I chosen place, men a ciozcn sparrows j perched on the telegraph wire and chipj pored loudly at the passengers beneath. ' Wlicn last seen the sick sparrow was bundled up iu some straw.?Ntw York World. " ' There arc at present 1300 beet sugar factories in Europe, and they consume 21,000,000 tons of beets every year. Their annual output of sugar amounts to 2,000,000 Jons. It is said that over $30,000,000 arc expended for labor and fuel, and that $100,000,001) !'re paid to farmers for bucta, '