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Or may follow the northern Mar; We may oarry a chart on ahipboard Aa we aall o'er the seas afar. But. whether by star or by compass We may guide our boats on our way. The Krlm Cape of Storms Is before us. And we'll see it ahead some day. How the prow may point is no matter. Nor of what the cargo may be. It we sail on the northern ocean r away on the southern sea; It matters not what is the pilot. To w hat guidance our course conform; No vessel sails o'er the sea of life But must pass the Cape of Storms. Sometimes w can first sight the head land On the dfcttant horizon's brim; We niter the dangerous waters With our vessels all taut and trim; But often the cape In Its icrimness Will before us suddenly rise. Because of the clouds that have hid It Or the blinding sun In our eyes. Our souls will be That are hurled face : caught In the waters gainst the Soorm Cape's Our pleasures and fears. Joys, our hopes and Will Join in the maddening race. Our prayers, desires, our penitent griefs, Our longings and passionate pain. Be dashed to spray on the stormy eaiw And fly back in our face like rain. But there's always hope for the sailor. There is ever a passage through; ' No soul goes down at the Cape of Storms If the life and the heart be true. If in purpoav the soul should be stead fast. If faithful In mind and in will. The boat will glide to the other side. Where the ocean: of life Is still. Philadelphia Ledger. THE IUVER UF UNTRUTH. BY WIXFIKLD CLARKE. Across Arizona from east to west, like a great artery, tlowa the Gila river. Down from the north cornea the Haw.sa 3 ampa and empties into it. There is an odd tradition connected with the iiai&a y am pa. It is that he who drinks of its waters will never thereafter be able to tell the truth. Politician sometimes come long distances, it is said, just out of curiosity, and if, perchance, found drinking' of the water, claim thaUthey had heard it was beneficial to the liver. NewBpajier men flee from its vicinity as they would from a plague; yet it is only a tradition and no person knows whence it sprung. Some years ago, George Washington Thompson, .t most carefully reared and altogether exemplary young man, came to California from an eastern state, lie came for the purpose of making his fortune. In this he has been successful, but oh! at what a fearful cost. The story is & sad one, indeed. I'revious to his coming to California, and, in fact, for mime time thereafter, George Washington Thomimon had never even heard of the liaayama river. How different might his fate have Wen had lie never heard of it. In choosing the mining company pro motion business as an occupation Mr. Thompson was actuated more, perhas, by the thought that he could thus achieve sooner the goal of his ambition, than by the loftier thought of the good he might do the-miuing interests of the great and grow ing west. Hut he wa-s young and tired by all those various de-t-ires which crowd the mind of tile young. His first venture in the mining com pany promotion business waa also his his last one. He secured an option upon some very promising mining claims in Arizona. Some wealthy men in Ixs An geles, under the Bjell of his glowing en thusiasm, having joyfully consented to back him, he net out upon the journey to Arizona to examine the property and report to his backers. Chance threw George Washington Thompson into the company of an elder ly cattleman from the Aravaija coun try soon after he left Los Angelee. They occupied the same seat in the pmoker. The cattleman conceived! a violent dis gust for the young man because he smoked cigars which the train boy had for sale. George bought six of these alleged cigars, for which he paid a half dollar, and gave one to the cattleman. The cattleman' lighted it, heroically stayed by it through three puffs and one profuse expectoration, and then tossed it out of the window. "However did ye git imbued with the notion this yere pertie'ler slice of coyote pasture nerded disinfection?" he asked. George looked at the inusive shoul ders and square-turned jaw of the cat tleman, and decided that if any insult was intended by this remark it waa not intended for him, but for the train boy. So he Overlooked M. and very kindly told the cattleman all about him Hclf and his mining company promo tion ventjre. while the train sjed on across the glistening sand wastes that t-t retch ont on either side- from the Salton basin to Yuma. The cattleman had taken a p'pe and some tobaoco from his pocltet, and the smoke seemed to soothe him, so that he was able to curb a strong desire to throw George out of the window. It was an old pipe, which the cattleman.had used for a long time, and he had not been smoking long Wfore the screws in the window casings l.e gaai to start and the venwring on the ceiling commenced to peel up, but the smoke was very quieting very quiet ing, indeed to the old cattleman. "Assumin' that I git ye correct inter preted," he finally obseirved, "you'll eventually round up, I opinion, some where up'n lh llassayampa country, eh ? That the idea? You'll observe the lay-out conctrnin nome likely pros pects fexr mineral, with the intention of lic.kerin off 'em to a flock o tender feet, op in the city, ef I'm follerin yer conversational trail anyways close. Do 1 M-ein to git my brand on your pln all proper?" "I think so ye, I an almoet sure you lo," replied George Washington Thompson, wishbap he had at least some sort of au idea of what his companion was talking about. " Hoped yer notion the first throw, did I? Ever in fen ted them parts to any alarm in extent afore?" "I don't think I understand," said George. "Possibly you mean " "Oh, you lose my trail, eh? WelU don't let uve stampede ye none, but, without, inteudii' no iusult un feeliu', all f r.eudly-like, seein as how you've re--cent struck this here rau-e. provide you allows me, I'll perceed to speak t-hort and pointed-like concernin'of the water gallopin gehosiphat! here's w here I cut out from th herd. Xo teil in' when, I'll run onto yer trail agin. 'HI 18 A lUIHlR WIOM TBI TBCTH MAKES FRKZ ADD ALL ABK BLATB8 BKBIDB. EBENSBURG, PA., young Man. He gathered his efTects and left the ear, while George Washington Thoiuj son sat gazing out of the window ut the miserable adolte houses of the Ari zona tow n. Who will say that it was not the hand of fate that brought the words of the old cattleman to so abrupt au end, just as the note of warning wa upon his lips? Surely, whoa all of this sad tale is told, there will be none to say that any man's hand had aught tu do with the undoing of George Washington Thompson. 'Twas fate, and fate alone. Next day he reached his destination, a lid entered upon his work of investiga tion with as much earnestness as an other man would who knew what he waa about. George even imagined that he did know w hat he was about. There may have been an evil glitter in the mine-owner's ey'e an he led George down to the river to show him the mill site. It was a hot day an Arizona hot day. The water was clear and cool and extremely inviting, and, though George had been repeatedly warned that be could never hoje. to do business in Arizona if he was once seen drinking wuter, the stream seemed to tempt him a? it bubbled ajid gurgled along. Watch ing until his companion's back was turned to him, he fell upon his knees at the water's edge and drank his fill. In Pba-nix, w here he stopped for a few days on his way back to the city, George was regarded as a very impor tant personage. This may have been due to several causes. "Yes," said he, speaking generally to a group of natives in the hotel ortice, "we shall expend something like half a million, on the property at once, in order to see what it js likely to be worth. If it shows up at all as we expect there will be no stop in the work, and after we get a railroad in, then we will soon have the waterworks and the mill go ing. A million will cover the whole pre liminary work. I think." These few statements, in connection with the fact which George, in an un guarded moment allowed to leak out, that Cecil Rhodes was one of the back ers of the enterprise, and that the Rothschilds would also have an interest in the venture, seemed to heighten the respect for George until it amounted to reverence almost. Seeing how matters stood, George then rather reluctantly admitted that he had given up the management of one of the South African mines in order to give his personal attention to this neav work. The rejKjrt prepared by George for his backers proved a great surprise for even the mot sanguine among them. One day, some weeks after George's return, there was a meeting in the pri vate office of a bank. It was a private lueeting, and even George himself was not asked to be present. A report wa to be considered. It was not George's report. "Gentlemen," began a pompous old financier, as he arose, holding in one hand a formidable-looking document, while he gently stroked his luxuriant M-hiskers with the other, "I have here the report of the expert sent by the Bonanza Mining & Milling company to confirm the report of George Washin;' ton Thompson. As president of the l!o nanza Mining & Milling company if becomes my privilege to acquaint you. the members of said Bonanza Mining Milling company, with the contents of this report. Before doing so. however. I wish to remark merely by way of preparing you for -what may follow that George Washington Thompson" here he paused and s-urveyed the rnem btrs of the Bonanza Mining & Milling company as though to see if all were prepared to receive the remark "is the worst liar I ever knew!" Entirely overcome by the effort thus far expended, the president of the Bo nanza Mining & Milling company was obliged to sit down at this juncture and the secretary was called upon to read the report of the expert. George Washington Thompson must have feJt keenly the position in whifh he found himself after the disorgani zation of the Bonanza Mining & Mill ing company, for he shortly thereafter went to San Diego, and from there "soon came a report that he. had joined the church. Not long thereafter, however, came rumors of a scandal. The church ex pelled him. He had been teaching a Sunday school class that. Paul was n bold buccaneer who sailed the sea plundering rich-laden vessels, and that John the Baptist once tried to interest certain wealthy merchants of Carthage in a snide mining deal over in Cale donia. Poor Oeorge! His is, indeed, a sad story, and though he ha amassed a vast fortune in the real estate business people seem to lack confidence in him to some extent. Even his statement thnt the prince of Wales and party will come over and join him on a rhinoceros hunt in Alaska next summer is discredited. Ran Francisco Argonaut. The Highest Clou (la. During the past year a committee of the British Association for the Ad vancement of Science has been en gaged in measuring the height of clouds with the aid of photography. Simul taneous pictures of a cloud are made by two cameras placed 600 feet apfirt and connected by telegraph wires. From the sinonnt of displacement of the cloud caused by viewing it alter nately from each end of the 600-foot bnse line, its height can be calculated. Some of the "mackerel-sky" clouds pho tographed were 1 miles high. The loftiest clouds whose elevation was thus measured belonged to the type known as cirrus or "curl-cloud," the height le ing a little more than 17 miles. Youth's Companion. The earliest spoons were made of horn. Specimens of ivory and bone have been found in the abodes of the cave dwellers and lake dwellers all over Europe. Spoons of gold and silver are mentioned as having been used at Nero's table. In Saxon times every guest brought his own knife and spoon, the host providing a towel or cloth for wiping each at the close of the repast. A man's ancestors are not always lesponsible for his ill temper; some times the responsibility lies with the ancestors of his wife. Atchison Globe. -No man wants to be a woman longer than it would take to show his wife that he can improve on her methods. FRIDAY, APHIL 2, RODE A BUFFALO. Bow a Half-Breed Won the Heart ot a Famous OowgirL Tie Koolkardr Esrapadc Mlajhit Have Hrsallcd Ulsastroasl, Bat Ksrlisf favored the Cowboy. The. recent wedding of Myrtle Morri mu, the famous Nowliu county (S. D.) girl broncho buster, and Frank Dupree, a part blood Sioux, created quite a sen sation among the aristocracy on the Sioux reservation and in adjacent ter ritory. Miss Morrison is u handsome young cowgirl, noted far and near for her proficiency in the art of horse training. She has had many admirers among the frontier beaux, but always declared that the would never marry any man who could not ride, shoot and throw a lariat letter thaii she could, and as such men are extremely scarce it apjieared probable that Miss Myrtle was doomed to lead a life of single blessedness. However, last fall, hay being scarce on the upper Bad river range, her father removed his family and stock to Big Plum creek, a tribu tary of the Cheyenne river. Here Myrtle first made the acquaintance of the good-looking, daring young half breed who since has become her hus band. Frank Dupree is &silenriid horseman, a thorough cow hand, and apparently devoid of fear. The Dnprees are among the wealthiest stockmen in the Mate, counting their cattle by the thou sands, and Frank, like many other half bloods of that section, has received a ti fair education. Still, Myrtle was not much attracted toward the swarthy youth until one dcy they happened to le riding together and came in sight of a herd of 60 or 70 buffalo, which the Dupree family have raised on their own range from a ftAv calen caught years ngo when buffalo meat was the princi pal article of diet for the entire Sioux nation. The young couple rode up quite close to the herd before the animaks wre aware of their presence, uud Frank, in . spirit of bravado, urged his broncho alongside of a huge bull buffalo and sprang from his saddle to the animal's back. In an instant the herd was stam peding aerobs the prairie with the old bull leading the van. Dupree's fool hardineti had placed him in an ex tiremely dangerous predicament. If he jumped or fell from the buffalo's lack he would certainly lc trampled to death by the pursuing herd, and if he retained his Feat until the animal le camc tired and sulky it wasequally cer tain that the brute would make a fu rious assault upon him the moment he dismounted. So all he could do was to cling to the animal's back and await an opport unity io escape. But it was not until the herd had run fully two miles that he saw the least chance of leaving the Itack of the novel steed and escaping alive. Fortune at last favored him, and the animal ran for some dis tance along a deep, narrow washout, with almost perpendicular sides re -wiling to a height of fully 20 feet. Hen Frank started from his seat and slid down the banks of the depression ju.ct in time to escape l-ing trampled upon by the closely following herd. Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her companion's horse, and was hutryinr after the rapidly retreating buffalo. She reached the spot where Frank had dis mounted just as he was climbing, dirty and lelraggled, to the top of the ravine. The powlioy did not feel very proud of his exploit, but nevertheless the little exploit hd touched a tender spot ir the girl's heart, and a short time ago the lells of the Cherry Creek mission church announced the wedding of this typical frontier couple. Chicago Chron icle. EFFECT OF N.USIC. The Nervous byntem Iniloenced by Iif fereut twioila of Kouatljt- Tbe old story that Saul when out of temper used to summon David to play the harp, and found the. music to le a s dative, may prove to be more than a simple historic incident, for lioth Char cot and Tarchanovv have declared that musical sounds are a remedial ageucy in disease which no physician can af ford to ignore, says the New York Herald. Mr. Wart hin, of Michigan, who has given a great deal of t bought to t his sub ject, asserts that different kinds of sounds are more effective than drugs in the cure of disease. For instance, he boldly assures us that the music of Valkyrie will increase perspiration, and, therefore, cure certain forms of r.ilment caused by checkin;- its tlov. The 0erative energy is not the music as KiK-h, "but the ieculiar vilirations mude by it. Tannhauser, on the other hand, is a vibratory sotorific and in duces a serene state of mind and luidy. M. Coriveaud, of Paris, asserts that violin playing is at least a temporary remedy for sciatica. He adduces the in stance of a patient who found almos instant relief in that way and who suc cessfully resorted to it whenever threat ened with an attack. Perhaps this in an appal to the im agination, but what matters it if the patient is cured? Perhaps, again, there is a law hidden soiue.w here in the pile of apparent imossibilities one which will some time le discovered for our benefit. We never smile with increduli ty at anything in these wonder-working da vs. Apricot Toa.t. A good way to make apricot toast is to Hlice down a milk roll ubout one half inoh thick, and fry these slices in butter till of a golden brown; mean while turn the liquor from a tin of canned apricots into a delicately clean pan, add one ounce of powdered sugar and a wineglassful of sherry or liquor, as you please. Place a half apricot on each slice of fried toast, cupside iqier most. place a kernel in each cup. Mir the sirup, etc., which stum Id have iioiled up, over the apricots and toast, place a teaiioonfuI of thick cream into each apricot and serve hot. St. Louis Re public. One Object Ion. Salesman (to proiq-ctive buyer) Yea, madam, this caret is fine goods and it can't be beat in this town. Lady Then I don't w ant it. We can't afford to send it out of town every time we wish it beaten. L'p-to-Date, SI.OO and 1897. lRMA'S BETROTHAL. In one of the turret rooms of Reitzen berg caslle a young girl arrayed in a simple dress and white apron sat sew ing indust rious'y. At the sound of foot steps she paused in her work; at tiie sight of a hussar officer in uniform she i oldened with vexation. "et there was nothing in Albrecht vou licitzenberg's apicarance to annoy her; on the con trary, he was young, very good-looking, tali and of diguitied bearing. "Will you allow me to come in?" he asked, standing on the threshold. The girl took up her work again. "You can come in if you wish," she said, indifferently. He walked across the room. "I have a projxKsal to make to you. Baroness Irma. Will you give me your atten tion for a little while?" She looked at him indignantly. She had a sweet, oval face and deep gray eyes. "1 prefer not to listen to vou. Count Albrecht." "I thought that you would say so!" (there was something like a ring of triumph in his voice) "but indeed my protosal is very harmless. Let us come to an understanding." There was uncertainty, distrust, in her eyes. "Yes." continued the young officer, "I know that you have every reason to le offended. Y'ou have been most unfairly treated." "I have Wen invited to this house under false pretenses. I came here lo calise I thought that the visit would give pleasure to Frau von Wolde. who tills, or is suposed to fill, the place of my mother. I am sorry to speak disre t.)ect fully of your cousin, but " "Not at all. You are perfectly right, and my relative, Fran von Wolde. is ii. Cue plot and has been from the begin ning. I know all alxnit it now. My old uncle has just enlightened me. I. as the heir of IJeitzenlerg castle you will ex cuse my mentioning my name first have rei-eived orders to offer my hand and my debts in marriage to Iir.roness Irma von Buehovv. who. on attaining her majority, will become possessed of so large a fortune that she could free the Reitzenberg estate with a stroke of her pen. Now, hear me out; this lady was to have tteen kept in ignorance of the plan, but that her friend anil chaeron could not resist the tempta tion of giv ing her a hint as to how mat ters stand after she. had liecomc the guest of the castle. Is this so?" "Yes." She stood by his side now. and I he sunlight just touched the coils of her auburn hair. "I have leen deceived; cruelly deceived." "I'uder the circumstances, nothing remains for me but to give you the op xrt unit v of expressing your opinion as to this tyrannous family compact even more decidedly than you have done already. Baroness Irma of Ruchow. will vv ill you consent to give me your hand in marriage?" "Count Albrecht of Reitzenberg. I thank you for the honor which you have shown me. I will not." They stood facing each other, and as Irma looked at her strange wooer she saw a faint smile in his eyes. Her own linger was beginning to evajorate; he lcally was liehaving well, considering that the Keitzenlergs were renowned for their hasty tempos. "You admit," she said, after a pause, "that I have been awkwardly placed." "I admit that you have Iteen inhos pitably, almminably treated! I blush to think that a member of our family could have dreamed of such a scheme. I n order to show yi.u how penitent I am. now that I have received my dismissal. I will immediately leave this house and rid you of my presence." "If you do that. Count Albrecht. I shall le worse off than ever. You don't know your cousin. Frau von Wolde. She will insist uion my remaining here for three months, as was arranged, she will reproach me for your absence, she will argue and make me dislike you more than ever, if " "If possible?" His good humor was irresistible; she burst into a merry laugh. For another half hour the rejected suitor remained in conversation with the heiress, and at the end of that time they, too, had made a plot. Albrecht was to remain at the castle, he and the Baironess Irma were to pretend to be on amicable terms, and the two con spirabirs (the count and the chajertiie were not to learn until the last day of the visit expired that their hopes had failed. "I w ill endeavor to make your visit as little irksome to you as possible," ex plained the heir of Reitzenlerg; "and we can liehave as if there were no en mity letweeu us." "Yes." (and there was still a little doubt in her voice and manner). "1 think I can trust you." "Come," he said, gently, "Baroness Irma. is it a truce letweem us signed and sealed ?" He took her hand in his, and, landing over it, raised her fingers to his lips. The master of the castle was the first to begiu hostilities. One day, toward the end of the three months visit, Irma came into the drawing-room to find tlu w hole party awaiting her arrival, and in an instant she erceived that something was wrong. Frau von Wolde had been shedding tears, the old count's brow vv as clouded with anger, and Albrecht Irma hardly dared look at him, so clianged was his asect. It was too clear that the termination of the pleas ant companionship of the last few vv eeks wan to be w ar. "My dear Baroness Irma," said the count, advancing to meet his young guest with ceremonious politeness, "I amexeeedingly pleased tosee you. Your visit here has given me great satisfac tion. Y'ou honored this house with your presence, with the full consent of your guardian and my esteemed cousin, Frau von Wolde. I had hoped, not without grounds, that the friend ship between you and my heir was gradually rieninif into a deeper and more lasting feeling. The alliance is one which must give satisfaction to all interested in our families. Imagine my distress on hearing to-day from my iephew that you have refused his pro IosaJ of marriage." Irma looked toward Count Albrecht; something that she read in his wrath ful mien made her hesitate as she an- postage per ear In advance. swered: "It is quiie true; we ar trieiids. aud nothing more." "it cannot le. my dear young ladv, that so young a maiden should have given aw ay her preference w it hout Ihe consent or know ledge of her guardian? Answer me candidly: Are vour af fections already engaged?" The color surged into Irnia's cheeks and left them ale again. She glaiu-ed at Frau von Wolde. 1 here was uo help for her there. "This is a quest ion hich you have no right to ask. Count Kchzen lerg, and which I refuse to aiiMrr. I must lieg you to excuse me." "Baroness Ruchow is right!" Imrst in Albrecht. "She has suffered enough at our hands already. She shall not In thwarted in her vv ill. If she h rs me with her friendship. I accept it grate fully. Listen to me, my uncle. Iretuse to be a party to your scheme." The forest spread its vv ide vv ingv even as far as the catie garden. Irma loved the green paths aud quiet shades, and here she came with her look the morn ing aft-r her interview with t he count, and pretended to read. But. though she kept her eyes on t he pages, she read there only Count Albreeht's pan iu.' words he accepted her offer of friend ship gratefully! Driven to bay. a.- it were, in order to save her. that v as what he had said. During Ihe last iliree months she had come to undcrTand something of his uj.richtn.-ss. LN hiirti sense of honor. He would never n.arrv a woman though she were a piin-.-s to whom he could nut give his low. "It was my fortune." sighed Irma. "that made him nearly hate me at first." Dil he hate her now ? She shut her lok and wandered sti!l further iuto the woods, down a hillside covered with fern and moss, toward the stream that ran lietvveen high nn-ks. chattering ;:itd foaming on its wav. On the fuithei side of the stream was a tract of j.eii couotry, (lotted with clumps ,.f trees and underwood and bright v i.li heather. The steppii.g stones were half covered with waler to day; the current was running fiercer than its wont. She bethought herself of a rustic bridge a few yards further down. The bridge hung high in the air. sup ported by rough pine stems; it was a picturesque but a fragile affair. Half way at-ross Irma put her hand on the rail bow noisy the stream w:u-! it suap(ed off at her touch, one v.vlcn plank tottered under her feet, another fell with a splash into the water U l..v. She had plenty of courage; she was Iirht and active. She knew, moreover, that she could easily leap that tormid ible looking gap and gain the bank. She was al.otit to make the attempt, when she w as stopM-d by a peremptory shout : "Gently, gently! dump from that projecting stem; it is safe!" She looked up; ou the edge of the heather-covered rock sUhm! Albrecht Reitzen'ierg. She paused uncertain, half inclined to retrace her steps. Perceiving her hesi tation, he raised his voi-e and shouted still louder altove the clamor of the rushing water: "Can yon hear me. Baroness Irma?" She nod led assent. "Step there to the left. Do not look back." Involuntarily she obeyed. He held out his arms. The gulf yawned letween them. He could le of no help. "The stem will lear your weight. Do not Ik- in too great a hurry." "Why does he look so grav e ?" t bought Irma. "Is he still augry?" "I had better return the way I came. Count Albrecht. Io not trouble on my account." "No; do as I direct you. You s which is the liest place to stand? Drop your Itoolt it might le in your w ay and jump as far as you can. Now!" One spring, and Irma was safe on the. moss and heather, while the plank on which she had thought, to stand slipjied slowly out surely into the foam ing water. Albrecht held her hands clasped in his. "Thank Heaven that yu are safe!" he cried. "Oh, Irma. my Irma. I could not stop you! I came just too late for that. I could only look on in airony. Are you frightened? Are you hint?" "I am not hurt. I did not know that it was dangerous. I did not, indeed." She saw him turn pale at t he t lioilcht of her eril. and the tears which she had not shed for herself fell fast for hisdis tress. "The bridge should have I wen de stroyed long ago; it shall lie done to day. I did not dare to join you or to speak to you until you had pa-sed the1 worst. If you had leen killed ah! I cannot U'.ir to think of it 1 should never have known another day's happi ness, and it would have been my fault--mine! How could I let you wander alout alone when I was lougiuir to be with you? My Irma. my best U-lovoi! Thank Heaven that I have you safe at last. Surely we, have played at l.-itur friends and enemies long enough! Ixnik at me and say that you love me!" When he had made her an offer of marriage three long montlis ago she had Iteen ready w it h her refusal. Now, w hen her w hole, heart w as his. she could find no words amid her tears except: "I love you! I love you!" It was enough for him. "My briile, my w ife!" he said, and held her in !iis arms. The green ferns rustled ami whis pered, the Ieeches tossed their Itontrhs in the sunlight, the red squirrels played in the oak trees, the whole wood was full of life aud joy at that moment when the lovers plighted their t rot h. Woman at Home. Homemade Mlnro-Meat. Six pounds of lieef boiled, then chopcd tine with two uiids of met. a quarter eck of apples cut fine, three pounds of raisins, two of currants, three-quarters of a pound of citron, one pint of brandy, one of wine. Sweeten and spice to taste, as some like more spice than others. I use cloves, cinna mon and nutmeg. Add cider as you use the mince-meat. Philadelphia Press. A I'ntzln. She There is one thing aliout poll tics I could never understand. He What is that? She Why is it that in making up tickets they always use a slate? Wouldn't a sheet of paper, and a i.en or jencU be more convenient? Brooklyn Life. AdvertiiingRateti. i ium isrs.aod ralolacirealatioa of U "A""M" eonmenai It to the favorable cf?T" lMn wboM vora wlU b Marted at the follow ing low rates: l loeh, S 'Iroes. ...... a t aa inch, J months..... - M I loch, sooths i tinch I?., ....:7.i:;'." tZ t Inches, e months T Inches, 1 yr .V..".V.V"J!1 life Inches, e months 1 inches. I .. . "T i eoiomo. monti;:::;:::::;; jff J H column. months 4a Xoulomn. 1 year """"" column, iUui;:::: 22 1 comma, I year nT":: itS ", Brst Insertion, kje. per llae sntweqnent Insertions. c per line 'n',:u?u"- "J t-xior . NoUeas. axM Auditor's rottee rmm V and similar oikM ."."V.." " a. a. .. liet.lutions or proceoalnas ot sit eoroerai cS? zr'r4 "'tion. V-ZTSZ iY.J.W' !'" ot limited or iMI fL '"lerest "u l ,id torasadrerttsaaeala. d Jub rnnun ef all kinds neatly ana ",t?,1u"T cKecated at the Icwest price. Aa don'tyoa lortcet it. r m AN EXPENSIVE EEL POT. The Uaeer Ufllrr of m Grrsl bCTrra- rsl liaskoat. One of the mo.-t startling possibili ties of the new ehips of the United States navy was xhowu by the recent accident to the Umlcship Texas attho navy yard in New York, w hen the con nections of a sea-cock gave way, and the engine rooms and some other com Iart uivuts of 1 1- ship were flooded w ith, waUr from the Kma river. Vh,-n tilt. water came pouring through the hoi- in the idiip'a bottom the engineer in (-Wire of the starboard ngine-room, which felt the first force) of the ruslu closed the doors leading to the jM,rt engiiie-rMiu and then made a hurried eit t. t!,e deck. The water, c.mii.tr in through an ajcr1ure mora than 13 inches in diameter, s-pouted up like a snitdl geyser until the ship had gone dou n as far as the r.iud under her keel would -rinit. and then the flow was only suiVieieni u. make up for the leakage from tl,e engine room to th other compartments. The discipline on the rh:p was per feet, and. although all theelectric light were put out, .miitf to the flooding of the lighting apparatus, there w-as no disorder. It ws uctii after the light- had Urn ret-iored through con nections with the system on toardtha battleship Indiana, which w lying r.esr the Tea. and the pii-nps had be run tailing the hip. that the fact was made clear that I'ncle Sam 'a cruisers could 1 put t. other uses beside th killing of -,..ie and the destrucUon of proptrty. The engine r..in was fulK.f wriggling, squirming, twisting eels, to oay nolh ini.' of large nuiuUrs of rmall fish, which had l.cen sucked in by the rush ing water. As an eel trap, in short, the. Texas w as a complete success. While the pumjs were at work the surface of the water was continually stirred by the strangers who had in vaded the precincts devoted to the ma chinery, and the flapping and jumping of the fish, with the smooth, sinuous, gliding mt:on of the eels, made a pic ture under the glare of the e lectric lamps which those who saw it will not som forget. After the water had Wen lowered in the engine-room u that the crack-shaft and crank-pits were v isible. the disturb ance lieeame greater, as. although the pump ehau-ting the water had a suc tion aperture almost large as the ho!s through which the eels had roaj- their way ir.ut the ship, a lsrge tumlier of tl i m cscap-d the drought, and were left r-lran.V-d in the mud which had set tled in 1h. pit.. TLece were cour ted on as a t.a-is for a fish dinner for "Jacky." and although Ihcre were not enough, left to make a meal f .r the 41) .aid odd men on board, it was evident that. a one of the men ut it: "There is no need for us to starve, for all we have to do is to open tlie s-ae.H-k. take the lonnet off the flange, and the engine room ill catch nil the fish needed." Youth9 Compan ion. STATE RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA. 1'rublrm Soc-eef ully teolved There with. Adiaotajce to All 4 oncerned. The probh m of state railways fceetns to have le-oiiie successfully solved in New South Wales, w here the annual r; Krt of the railway commissioner shows that the total traffic earnings from the colonial railways aud tram ways amounted to t: 3.1W.5S ud th cN-ndit ures to iri.7is.17l, leaving a balance after av ing working extenes of ir I.r:l.-li7. This, the commi-fcioiicrs slate, makes an accumulated increase -f A- r!.."..':.4irt paid into the treasury dtiring the mst eight years to meet the interest on capital. From that sum. however, there had to le deducted i' j7."..ooi. installments in repayment of the vote of A" l.o;ii.ooo made to the de partment for the reconstruction and improvement of the ernia nent war. the Ivalaiwe. ".7.4 13. Wing the ir. cresiscd net earnings since the comml-sioi-crs t.H.j, ,,tli,-e. The year has been ne of considerable difficulty, the con tinuance of the commercial dcprcsi-n, the drought (which has caused the loss 'f l'i.ooo.tmo sheep) iind tlie Newcastle c.al strike havii.g seriously affected the traffic. Nevertheless, the revenue for the railways alone during the pas year was f2.so.417. and the working expenses 1.551.svs or S'.O? tier cent, of the gross revenue, ami a return of IT .1 ? sl,;ii;ji. pi erice ier cent. 11 1 oti the total capital cost. Ftim?.t :'ig the amount i on w hicb the railway department has 10 pay interest at 3.7.'W per t-nt. the d partment would have t to pcov ide !.?..-.. .V.m to meet its obliga tions, and after paying the working ev ienses it had prov ided the w hole of that sum except 27.h".i. which had to lie made up out of t he general revenue. If. however, to the cost of 3t.fi59.9'S i were added "2.t"2.Cll. provided out of he consolidated revenue, and the de-1-cntures repaid, on wh:ch there wa .10 interest charge, the .k-ficiency in interest would Im- lOV.oort. The rev enue for the year decreased 57.7s7, w hile the vvorkirf ricnsi-s were re duced l.-..7ol. The actual decrease was 1 1 1 . 04 '.'.. in ihe carriage of wool, grain and flour, hides. s4tir and tallow, but the increase 'n other branches, seiz ing out of the improved coimIi 1 ion of th" colony, h ssened it to the amount state-!. At the fsiw t'me the work of improv ing the various lines, modifying gradi ents and curves. etc has Wen ysten atieolly carried on. the railways now Wing equal to any in the world, show irr what skillful mannn-mont can ichieve tinder adverse circumstance. Th.ire are. however, numerous indicn tnins of improvement, and the eommis ? irners look forward to a large-ly in creased revenue during the preseTit vear. John Plummer's Australian Let ters. The Srnia Uatrr Damlae-sa. Fifty millions of dollars are annual ly invested in this country in soda inaking apparatus, and the soda water trust is capitalized at $ 1 .1.OOO.OuO. The late John Maimers, of New- Y'ork, originated in IsX! the idea of manu facturing gas with which to charge water. The names of those two bene factors of mankind the man who first stirred together a little common bak ing sod.i and tartaric acid in water, and the other, probably a woman, who was struck with the idea of dropping some ice cream into her glass of soda water have not been preserved. Chi cago Record. "-vaFB-ui lark OUa
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