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VOL. XLIX. CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1890. NO. 15. |
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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.
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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
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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- ]
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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. <
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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