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MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.
This Is Said of Icelanders Who
Have Settled in Dakota.
They Are av Hardy mmo) Cheerf nl Peopls
and Are Noted for Their 1J oneaty
- and Kalthfalne Kaally
A mericaDlxed.
There is hftre alarg Icelandic popula
tion, says a Milton (NT. D.) communica
tion. No other people who have come
to this country are better equipped to
become citizeais. The first settlements
were male by the Scandinavians, prin
cipally Norwegians.
The Icelanders are, as we ee them
here, the most frugal and industrious
people in the world. They never fail
to utilize everything of value in life,
from the shortest straw t the latest
minute of time. They are at work al
ways, all of them, from the baby just
out of the cradle to the witiiered and
hobbling' great-grand father. Every
family makes sure tJiat its own necesi
t iots are provided for. Kavh keeps a few
sheep, some pigs, an abundance of hens,
at least one or two cows, etc, but noth
ing that consumes without producing
something in return. Most luxuries are
new to them on their arrival, and they
take to new articles, either of food or
raiment, only when forced by theirnew
surroundings to do so. They live w ith
in themselves, and always have some
thing to sell chickens, eggs, butter,
mittens, socks, knit want ui usees, log
gins, hoods, yams, cloth, ear tips, ajid,
of course, farm pnoducus.
All work incessantly but moderately
during daylight; and at night, lhile
visiting as if they had just met after a
long separation, knit, spin, weave, sew,
work out rude implements, card wool,
make butter and manufacture gar
ments. Of course, the cloth for tlnese
garments is homemade. When some
thing is absolutely needed from the
store, the Icelander secures it by bar
tering an article of home manufacture
he never pays out money if it can be
avoided.
The butter here is much like that
common to old Iceland that is, rancid.
It is not the rancidity of the American
butterniaker where butter, sweet at
first, has begun to spoil but a peculiar
sourness resulting from keeping the
milk and cream until fi '.ed. It is
very disagreeable to Americans at first,
but it kees far better than what we
call "good butter. Itutter, according
to the reports of the United States de
partment of agriculture, is of the high
est form, bulk for bulk, of nutriment.
The Icelanders seem to ha.ve known this
always, and, although their "boot&h is
strong enough to drive a dot; out of a
tanyard. it is just as nutritious as the
"gilt-edged creamery of their Yankee
neighbors, and costs less In labor before
and lesH in care after making.
There is absolutely no picture in
American life carrying so erfeet an
idea of domestic contentment and hap
piness as one may see in any ordinary
Icelandic home. They are frank,
cheerful and kind never noisy and
have no vaulting ambitions, no false
pride, no false modesty. This tatter
lack of prudery may account for their
virtue and, in part, for their simple
happiness.
The Icelander has no complex the
ories or philosophy. He thinks the first
man was an Icelander and was born in
Iceland. lie scouts the idea that the
Norsemen discovered either America
or his own bleak little mole in the
arctic seud. He says he was always on
the latter, and always knew aliout the
former and about Greenland and Eu
rope. He claims with pride that noth
ing good in the pular form of govern
ment is new with America, or that the
United States is entitled to credit for
the invention of a republic. He says
he had a better republic than this for
400 years, and that a long thousand
years in Iceland did not develop so many
sins, crooks and forms of maladminis
tration as a year in America.
All Icelanders, of course, are very
hardy. They are troubled, at first, by
the extreme heat of our summers, but
finally liecomc acclimated. They do
not move about, and never return to
Iceland. They become Americanized
even uore easily than the Norwegians,
if that is ossible, and make reliable,
eaceful citizens. The young women
are the most kindly,, faithful and quiet
servants procurable, and all of them are
honest. N. Y. Times.
VENDETTAS IN SICILY.
StUl Preralent, sad the gllghteet TriBe
Hrlnga Them Oau
In Sicily, young men who are eligible
partis have to exercise extreme care in
their demeanor toward young unmar
ried ladies. To dance with them so
often as to le remarked, to attempt to
talk to them alone, is, to use the in
genious expression of an Italian friend
of mine, expected to make you their
future-in-law. In the lower classes,
says the New York Mercury, a vendetta,
lesults if a man pays attention to an
unmarried girl without marrying her.
Vendettas are quite prevalent still. I
heard a characteristic and rather amus
ing story about one the other day. A
gentleman's coachman did his part in a
vendetta and was sent to prison for a
term there being no capital punish
ment in Sicily. His master went to
visit him in prison, and asked if he
could do anything for him. "Yes, sig
.nor; if you will pay half a franc a day
for me I can have a better room and bet
ter food, and a shave." He attached
most importance to the sliaVe. If a roau
sees his brother being murdered, not
more than anyone else in the crowd
will he do anything to bring the of
fender to justice. He may not even
interfere. But he will take it upon
himself as a sacred duty to kill the mur
derer whenever he has him at his mercy.
A Free Pre la Aaetrta.
Austria's new ministry has sent a
circular to all public prosecutors re
jrinding them that the freedom of the
press is guaranteed by the constitution,
and warning them that the illegal prac
tice of confiscating newspapers, on the
ground that they incite to hatred and
contempt, will no longer be tolerated.
A Lawyer's Confession.
A famous advocate confessed him
self: "I am never so happy as when
I am defending a prisoner I know to be
guilty; for if he is convicted, he will get
his deserts; and if I get him off, it will
be a tribute to my skill."
FIGHTING MOTHS IN CARPETS.
Ldqatda Wtaleta Are Reparnaat to the le
stroyer of Woven Oootls.
Carpets were never cheaper nor bet
ter than now. but until times are better
we shall have to take care of our old car
pets. The moth ia the great enemy to
be fought and defeated. There are ef
ficacious remedies. One is to steep one
fourth of a pound of cayenne pepi r in
one gallon of water, then adding two
drachms of strychnia powder. Strain
and pour this into a shallow vessel,
such as a large, tinned-iron milk pan.
Holl the carpet up and set each end al
ternately in this mixture for ten min
utes, or long enough to insure the sat
uration of its edges for about an inch.
Do this after beating the carpet, . The
ends should likewise be treated. lie
sure the carpet is dry before tacking
down, as the wet poison might injure
the fingers while tacking. When done
with the liquid throw where it possibly
cannot harin' anybody, or bottle and
label for future use, marking it "Carpet
moth poison." This preparation will
not stain the carpet nor corrode metals
in contact with the carpet.
Another mixture calls for one pound
of quassia chips, one-fourth of a pound
of cayenne pepper, steeped in two gal
lons of. water, strained and used as
above.
When the carpet to be treated is not
to be taken up. spray ends, edges, mar
gins and corners with the atomizer.
Perhaps two or three applications
might be better than one with the atom
izer. The carpet moth loves the bindings
and margins of a carpet. Ingrains or
three-plya may be treated successfully
while down by wringing a cloth out of
hot water, laying it over the bindings
and edges and ironing with a hot iron.
This will destroy both moth and eggs.
This method is not effectual with mo
quet tes or other heavy carpets, as the
heat will not sufficiently penetrate
them, besides which, ironing injures
the pile of velvet; still, the tacks can
be drawn occasionally and the carpet
laid over on its edge, one side at a time,
and steamed on the wrong side. Then
wipe the floor under the carpet as far
as the arm can reach with hot cayenne
tea. Also wipe the edge and bindings
of carpet with a hot rag, rubbing bard
before renailing. Some recommend
sprinkling salt around the sides of the
room before nailing down the sides of
the carpet, but this seems wrong, be
cause the salt will surely attract too
much moisture.
He on the lookout for the Buffalo car
pet beetle as early in the year as Feb
ruary and March. Look out for them on
the windows and window sills, and over
all woolen clothing Dot in frequent use.
The moth has a special liking for red
carpet. But the pest comes also later
in the year, being sometimes brought
into the house in flowers. It has a par
ticular love for the blossoms of the
spirea. It is a good plan, where the
moths are unusually had to saturate
the floor with benzine, or preferably,
we think, with spirits of turpentine,
which is not so inflamable nor volatile,
and then lay newspapers down under
the carpet. This prevents an attack
from the underside. It is important to
remember that the moth always abhors
the light, which is death to the eggs
and larvae, and is really tJie best thing
with which to circumvent them.
Corrosive sublimate and alcohol in
the proportions of GO grains of the fonn
' er to one pint of the latter is useful for
treating the edges of the seams of the
carpet where the pest is bad, but the
poison is so deadly that great caution
is required in its use, especially where
babies are around.
The moths deposit their eggs in the
early spring. This, therefore, is the sea
son to put away furs and woolen goods
for tlte summer. It is not the moth, but
the larvae, that does the harm.
Thoroughly beat the goods with a rat
tan and air them for several hours in
the sunlight if possible. Wrap up in a
newspaper perfectly tight. If this work
is done properly there will be no need
of an air-tight chest or cedar chest.
Moths donot have any fear of cedar or
moth balls, but they will not go through
paper or cotton textiles. Indeed, a cot
ton bag or other wrapping is just as
good as paper. Once a month take out
the goods and examine them in the sun
light and give them a good beating.
When the moths are not so bad, as in
some seasons and local itions, this
monthly inspection may not be neces
sary. But this is really the fur dealers
fiecret of preserving their stock. Cam
phor is bad for fur, as it impairs their
beauty by turning them light. Camphor
may be sprinkled among the woolens,
but secure wrapping in paper or cotton
is good enough. The above method may
be used to preserve feathers also. Good
Housekeeping.
A Dismayed Hostess.
It was Miss Katie Rooney'a first ap
pearance as table girl when company
had been invited to dinner, but it was
company upon whom the mistress
wished to make the best impression pos
sible. Katie was overflowing with rol
licking Irish spirits and humor, but it
had been emphatically impressed upon
her that she must curb these propensi
ties during the progress of the dinner,
and be the embodiment of quiet dignity.
All went well until Katie went to remove
the soup plates when she carelessly sent
a stream of soup over the back of one
of the gentlemen. Instead of manifest
ing the least dismay or chagrin, Katie
clapped her free hand to her grinning
mouth and said, with an indescribable
chuckle, and in a hoarse but painfully
distinct whisper to her mistress: "Ain't
. Oi a dandy, mum?" Then she shot out
of the dining-room, giving utterance
to a wild bowl of rollicking laughter as
f he ran. Detroit Free Press.
WISE SAYINGS.
The game of life looks cheerful when
one carries in one's heart the unaliena
ble treasure. Coleridge,
Too many, through want of prudence,
are golden apprentices, silver journey
men and copper masters. Whitefield.
Mental pleasures never clog; unlike
those of the body, tbey are increased
by repetition, approved of by reflection,
and strengthened by 'enjoyment, Col
ton. Order is the sanity of the mind, the
health of the body, the peace of the city,
the security of the state. At the beams
to a bouse, as the bones to the micro
cosm of man, so is order to all thing-.
Southj. . . --
A TEKK0K TO RATS.
An Odd Character of the
Coast.
Pacific
IJko the Pled Piper of ltamella He
Wields a Straage laflueuee Over
the Rodeats His Peeallar
Haslaess.
A queer counterpart of the Pied
Piper of Hamelin has been visiting the
futaports of the" Pacific coast latelv,
driving or drawing h-des of rats from
the ships at the w liarves and occasion
elly from the warehouses and i
hotels. He seems to have a strange
influence over rats and n-adily -tauu-s
and makes pets of strange ruts, lie is
not a ratcatcher, for, while there is no
doubt of the thoroughness with which
he rids a ship or a house of rats, he docs
not catch them, nor does he care what
becomes of them. He only undertakt-s
to drive them away. More than th:s.
he claims to lie able to bring the rat.s
buck again, and it is said he has done
this in two or three instances where a
ship's captain has played him fal-.
and, being rid of the rats, has failed to
live up to bis bargain with the rat
banner.
He is. or has been, a seafaring man.
His name is Joe. Peoples, though he is
known along the wharves as Rough-on-Rats.
Usually he has his pockets full
of rata not pets of long acquaintance,
but ordinary rats which he has caught
recently, and which he keeps to use in
Jhis peculiar business. He says there is
no art about handling rats, and that
tbey will not bite if properly handled,
but either he exercises some strange
power over the animals, or else he has
learned a secret of handling them that
is not likely to become common prx
erty. It is the same w ith a rat as with
a nettle, he says. If you pick tip a rat
as though not afraid of it the animal
will not bite; and if you place, it back
on the ground and let it run away of
its own accord it will be equally harm
less. But if, having gone so far as to
get hold of a rat, you place it on the
floor and draw your hand away sharply,
the rat will, as likely as not, take a
piece of your hand away with it. At
any rate, this is part of Mr. People's
peculiar theories.
How he drives out the rats he is will
ing to explain in art, hut the main
secret he naturally reserves. lie selects
a lively old rat, ties a little Im-11. like a
sleigh bell, with wire around its nex-k,
paints its back with phospl torus, then
drenches it in some liquid not divulged,
and turns it loose. The rat runs
through all its accustomed hauut. ln.L
all its late comrades run ahead of it.
They don't like its blazing back and its
alarm bell. But mere than anything
else, Mr. Pe ples says, they don't like
the smell it brings with him.
Mr. Peoples doctored rats smell like
a whole cageful of ferrets. Hats jar
ticularly dislike ferrets, and never stop
to investigate when there is the slight
est suggestion of one. leing near. Or
dinary rat catdlicrs corroborate Mr.
Peoples in this. The consequence is.
and it is a consequence, in fact as well
as in logic, that the doctored rat drives
every other rat before it, and where
the doctored rat has once leeu no rat
will venture afterward while the smell
lasts, and Mr. Peoples guarantees the
smell for one year. The unfortunate
rat with the. hell, its illuminated back,
and its terrible smell, seeks its old
friends in every hole and corner, anil
wherever it goes it is the last rat that
will go there in a year. Mr. Peoples
says he has frequently known rats to
jump overboard from a ship in their
efforts to escape from a doctored rat,
and many witnesses bear him out in
this statement. There is no question
of his success in entirely clearing a
number of ships and warehouses at
Seattle, Tacoina, Portland, Port Town
send and other ports on the coast, which
were formerly overrun w ith rats.
For his claim that he can bring lKick
the rats there seems to lie only Mr.
Peoples word. He names two or three
shiis plying up and down the. coast
on which he had played his second trick.
The captains told him. after the rats
had all left their ships, that tJtey
guessed he hadn't done much toward it
and offered to compromise. Mr. Peo
ples says he just doctored half a dozen
rats with a different kind of medicine
and set them free on these ships, and
scattered some of the same kind of
stuff about the holds, and he avers that
in a little while there w ill tie four times
as many rats ou the ships as formerly,
and he will charge four times as much
to charm them awav. N. Y. Sun.
Polltihlair Wood.
Mahogany and all polished wood
of any kind is apt to become very du'l
and tarnishtd. and the regul.ir opera
tion of rubbing it up is not one that is
dear to the average maid, yet if it is al
lowed to go too long uncared for, the
trouble of reviving it is endless. Thi'
best and easiest way of polishing woh1
is to make a "dolly" of rags, finally
tying it up tightly in a piece of soft
flannel; this should be slightly sprin
kled with linseed oil; over it tie a cloth
rag on which put a few drops of spirits
of wine; rub all the woodwork quickly
with this prepared material, and pol
ish quickly as you proceed with a soft
silk or flannel rag. Both the oil and
the spirit should be very sjiaringly ap
plied, as they would otherwise mois
en the wood too much and produce
smears; bur if the operat ion is briskly
done, according to these instructions,
no polish, however elaborate, will bring
about the same brightness. Detroit
Free Press.
How Tides Prodlet Storms.
Fresh interest has recently lieen de
veloped in the fact that West Indian
hurricanes, and other great storms at
sea, frequently produce a remarkable
effect upon the tides along neighboring
coasts. When a tempest is approaching,
or passing out on the ocean, the tides
are noticeably higher than usual, as if
the water had been driven in a vast
wave before the storm. The influence
extends to a great distance from the
cyclonic storm center, so that the pos
sibility exists of foretelling the ap
proach of a dangerous hurricane by
means of indications furnished by tide
gages situated far away from the place
then occupied by the whirling w-inds-The
fact that the tidal wave outstrips
the advancing storm shows how ex
tremely sensitive the surface of the sea
is to the changes of pressure brought
to bear upon it by the never-resting atmosphere.
BRONCHO BOB WAS SUSPECTED.
He Had Iteen Too Lour Among Civilized
People to Inspire I'ontideare.
A sojourn of mrr a month in the
cast had m.'tde Bronco Bob no less an
obj-ct of suspicion among his old com
panions than li- had Im-cu a lion during
his visit. But a place was made for
hini at the card table. wWre the u-u-il
jraine of draw joker was in progress.
"tiimme a stack o' red chips," he said,
carelessly.
lie was accommodata-d and the game
proceeded in sil "K-e.
"I don't see cz lie talks no different,"
said Pluto Pete, in a w hisjier to t he man
iirxt to him.
"Jist wait. said Thrvc-Fingered Sam.
"It'll come out sooner or later. He'll
lie takin ginin-r ale on the side er savin
VyctheT jis' tor show off. An ez soon
he licgiiis It sling eny serciety
tin nin' here thur's goin" 1t lie trouble
(i foot thick. Whut'll yer hev ter
drink?
"Some rt-d liquor. replied Bronco
l!oli. when his turn to sjx'ak came.
As they drew cards Three-Fingered
Sam muttered:
"Wants nothia" but red eliijis an calls
fur red I'm ii r. Seems ter me souie
ImkIv's gettin purty blamed hectic
aroun' here."
Bronco Boli let the limit, and w hen all
the others had sijrtiifitl their intention
to stay out Pluto Pete shoved in the
requisite miiiilx r of chips and queried:
"Whiitcher got?"
"Nothin much." was Bronco Bob's
nonchalant reply. .Iest. a red flush, all
liearts."
Three-Fingered Sam had pulled his
gun in a jiffy.
"Ixnik here." ho said, in a husky voice.
ye"e bin mixin weth the elight an
dawdlin' weth he cream dclly cream,
but ver might cz well understand thet
ef yer scttin out ter start a four hun
dred in this settlement ye'll he, ter git
along without the ot her ittm.
"W butcher mean?" asked Broncho
Iioh.
"Whut I mean is thet ef ye re try in
ter ring in a pink tea unl-eknow nst
we're dead onter ye an we won't stand
it." Detroit Free Press.
SAVED HIS MONEY.
Sharp Trteks Played by an Arizona l-a w
jer on a hUcr Kobber.
While Tom Fitch, the oraWir and
politician, was practicing law in Toml
stone, A. T. If had tn-csision to visit
IMiocnix. (Mi the way there the staire
was held up by a h'lie iiighw ayuiaii.
who not. only lobbed th.- mail and ex
picss Inix. but -arched all of the
pa.-ngcrs. The fellow found almt
f2.r..O in the express lox and Fitch lost
Clt.0. IicsmIcs a gold watch and cliain.
While still in P'locnix tlie roblier was
c:ipt tired, and hearing t hat Fitch was in
town sent for him. Fitch's face ap
jiearcd familiar, but the highwayman
had forgotten where he had s-eii it. and
Fitch said nothing almut the matter.
"What will you defend me for?" he
asked.
"Well. I'll tell you what I'll do." said
Fitch. "I'll defend you for $5oo, but I'll
agree to get you out and free on a writ
of halieas corpus for flMO."
"All right; it's a go."
The fellow told Fitch where his
money was concealed, and the attorney
found it- As stMin as he had it safely
stowed away in his grijisaek he started
home for Tombstone, and left the rob
ber to take care of himself.
A couple of months later Fitch mas
nearly frighteDed out of his wits to see
the roblier walk into his office.
"I see you recognize me." said he,
"but you needn't feel alarmed. You
robbed me
"Yes, but. you roblied me first." ex
claimed Fitch. "1 was cm that stage."
"Well. I didn't come to reproach you
for anything of the sort, 1 have esoajicd
from jail, and all I want is nioney
c-nough to get back to my old home in
Pennsylvania, where I will lead an hon
est life."
"Why. certainly, my liov. d.-clared
Fitch. "Wait riiriit here till I can go to
the bank and get it."
Fitch returned a moment later with
the sheriff and saved $ltM. San Fran
cisco Post,
A Qneen's Scientific Kiperlmenl.
The king of Portugal and his cutir"
court are rejiMving oer the zeal and in
dustry with which Queen Anie.'ie is di
verting herself to the study of the
Koentgen light. Her majesty puts in
all her time now in photographing Kin--tarlos
and the ladies and gentlemen of
the court in order to discover what
their skeletons are like. For several
years the queen has ln-en a rapt student
of medicine, and in her enthusiastic
pursuit, of medical science and by her
exH-riments has reduced sonic of her
hulics in waiting almost to death's
door. Now that the queen has a new
hobby, the Portuguese court rejoie-s,
especially the king, as thequetii was al
ways insisting tqioti his trying new
methods discovered by herselt for re
ducing his growing corpulency. It i
even said that inconsequence the king's
gratitude to Koentgen the professo- is
to lie invited to the court at Lislm. au l
will reecie a h:gh decoration from his
majesty. Washington Times.
Talirarlzinir Koentcen Rays.
Roentgen ras arc In-coming vulgar
ized rapid !y. Prof. Brouardei, of thr?
municipal ialioratory of Paris has u-d
them to find the contents of infernal
machines, and has sc-en nails, screwy,
cartridges and even the grains of mw'cr
in a liomb. An Knglishman asserts
that he can tell pure claret from adul
terated by the use of the rays. In l-r-lin
they have lieen introduced in a new
farce. An Knglish photographer w ho
sent out a picture of a foot show ing uu
imliedded needle, received a telegram
from a customer, saying: "Photograms
received very tame. Send more sensa
tional ones, such as interior of belly,
liacklione. brains, liver, kidne s, heart,
lungs, soul. N. Y. Sun.
Hlgn Waterworks.
The highest system of waterworks in
the world is to lie conducted this spring
in Altman, Col. The altitude is about
11.00O feet. Work was liegun recently.
The main pumping station will lie lo
cated nt Grassy, a mile and a half lielow
rml I, out i feet lower than Altman. A
second station will placed 50 feet
higher than the first, anil will throw
the water inU tanks aliove the town.
The water is for domestic use and for
fire purposes. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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