wina—— SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EYERY-DAY LIFE. Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven- tures Which Show that Truth is Stranger than Fietion. TweLve years ago Bryee R. Blair, Jr, sone of a prominent citizen of Carbon- dale, Penn., went to Colorado to seek his fortune. His parents heard regularly from him for three years. The last time he wrote them he was in Marysvale, Idaho. since then. His father bas been stantly searching for him for nine years. Not long ago he inserted an advertise. mont in a Salt Lake newspaper, describ saying that he was left-handed, and ask- ing for information concerning the miss. ing young man. A reply to this adver- tisement was received from a man in Ralt Lake City, who said his name was Bryce R. Blair, answering exactly the description of the Carbondale man, even to being left handed, was living at Lan. der, Wy., and had been there about nine years. Young Blair's parents, while un- able to account for the long absence of their son, had no doubt that they had found him at last. The clue was fol- lowed up. but, although the Bryce Blair in Lander is the exact double of the Car- bondale man of the same name, in age, size, weight and peculiarities, he proved that he was the son of James Blair of Nebraska, and was not even in the remotest degree to his missing name. suke. Maxy have read the which has been made that the new min- ing town of “Creede, Col., has electric lights,” but few are aware of the pheno- menal time occupied in the construction of the plant. I'he idea of equipping the plant was conceived at noon, Febru- ary 1. Before the day the Creede Electric Light and Power Com- pany was organized and incorporated, supplies were ordered and placed aboard a special train of cars at Denver and evervthing necessary for the complete equipment of a model electric light plant, for arc and incandescent lighting by midnight of were on their way to the modern mining camp Creede was in sight Tuesday ) related announcement wos over the same day night, February 2 and by daybreak the following morning «4 gang put to work breaking ground and getting the founda tions of the cady. Tl work progressed night and day and the electric current was turned on at 11.10 p. m., Saturday, February 6 laborers was OL power Linuse 1 v + i The tual time occupied in completing the plant, erecting the buildings and placing the machinery in position was from Feb ruary 3, 7 a. m., to February 6. 11.15 Pp m., less than a week after the machin. ery was purchased in Degver. over 300 miles away. and this young town was given the latest luxary of civili Tae New Zealand Herald desperate fight between a me shark which occurred in Manukau H bor. Henry Jacobson, who is « mploy ed at the North Manukau Heads as be light kes per, was out in his boat six miles down the harbor, struck by a squall and sw cupant left dived. and endea dt wwe the last, He th grasped an 3 mer, strick tide was r harbor ¢ Hue. a. i a ars On , about when it was and the Jacobson without Oar. Al wit for | anning he Gistance of howe: drawn, shark, rip : water became red A further attack was agsin stabbed the monste ear the ts and it swam away. At that in siczht Jacol hauled into the boat, watertw desnerately r its side open with Diood made ¢ baat cams an nied, was ny been minutes, y hours and thirty Ax amusing story geologist, Clarence King. gation he made of in [tah He mndertook instance of cert pit posed to buy the property, which represented to be of Appearances were cor in its favor. the walls on every hand gleamed bright: ly with shining ore in the light thrown by the lamps and the sides of the drifts were equally beautiful to the eye of the ob- serving expert. However, whi ex. amining the rock more critically, he noticed by chance a coarse thread hang ing out of it. Ordinarily threads do not grow in rock, and the finding of this one led to the discovery of for the fuct was developed that the own- er of the mine had taken a great quanti- ty of galena, reduced it to powder, made it with water into a plaster, and carefully stuccoed the entire walls of shaft and drifts with the mnuterinl The plaster was carried for this in gunn sacks, a thread from which got mised in with it. an alleged silver mine task at the who the HI capitaiisis [rr Wis y CRoOTmMoUs Yaiue., very much taaniy On the way down the shaft the whole swindle: purpose | before a erim- ol A wosas was arra’gp inal court in Pari=z on an accusation having poured molten load into the ear of her husband while he was lying in a deonken sleep. The defense maintained that the deed of which the defendant was aecused was utterly umpossible becnose the sleeper would have been immediately awanened through the terrible pain caused by the molten lead. This had not happened. but the man had contin. wed in bis sleep. To prove this theory, twe medical men were enlled as export witnesses. To prove their point the doctors poured molten lead into the enrs of (wo sleeping dogs. The poor brutes immediately jumped up with a piteous howl of pain, rolled about in contortion so fearful us to be utterly indescribable, Death at last released them of their ter. rible sufferings. It is a pity, comments the Chicago Herald, that the murderers responsible at law {or their savage cruelty. No doubt a defense for the ac. cused could have been made without tor. turing to death two creatures as sensi- tive to pain ns man himself. Tur unearthing of the petrified body of a woman from a grave in the Phillips. burg (N. J.) cemetery has caused a son- sation st that place. The body is that of Mrs. James De Long, former wife of one of the oldest residents of Central New Jersey, She was buried sixteen years ago. When workmen exhumed the remains preparatory to removal to a cemetery at Somerville, whore Mr. De Long now lives, thoy were astonished to find that the casket and contents were in a perfoct | state of preservation. The woman's body was turned entirely to stone, and she seemed like a marble statue. The weight of the body is 600 pounds. The { petrification was caused by the peculiar properties of a spring which gushed ucross the cothin, i Ax interesting little story, with a touch | of romance and a possible bearing on the “affinity” notion, 1s that of the marriage in Lincoln, Neb., of Isanc Rakestraw, of { Genova. Neb. , and Mrs, Catherine Raines, of Silver Creek, Col. bride and groom { being each sixty-cight years old Forty in their na- The course of their later hey from years ago they were lovers tive village in Ohio, love ran a little lumpy, course of their lives led y did not see or hear of each carly youth until a Mrs. Raines had had three husbands and Mr. Rakestraw four wives in the means time, but at the meeting both were un. 1 he old love blazed fu- and apart other months fow axxo encumbered. iously, and the two were married, and it is possible, considering their ages. that the story may ond all right their liv- Ing happily ever afterward. 3 Dy I'merz is a good story told of the powers of the Rev. W. H. Gladden, the evangelist Mr. Gladden was brought into prominence by his work at the Tarentum There the religious fervor ran so high that it was a common occurrence for pur- at the powered and remain insen time summer lust camp me eting. sons meetings to become over sible for some One instance is recalled of a man , becoming excited, . ' then fell shouted © Glo unconscious, remain- an hour. On exclamation condition for ted the ving that “(rlory,” but coming to by saying *‘ry, had been set to say he comp! 8 : Lis mouth the 1 } ed, the sho at was first syllable animation and the BUS Dee BORPS Were reston d when lips had to complete the word. Ax Australian pearl diver his experiences in the Century the strange effects the invariable bad one of of tompeor working at the bottom of th Supposed te The Pross ure ins«id 10 dre affecting the lungs, iver SOmMe IMAZInAry wrong-goi } boat abo pulled up, v th ing the Hour Was marrie patent from among n ors, but pre fel He red man + single bad A Fis el urred at C Ney is sisi arson and a Ivns, La rv for the dog after an a betwoen 3 bulld "ey £ in a victo battle. I onch other as soon as they were role hour's he animals sprang at ROG he bulld "ey grasped the right fore leg and chewed on it till the lynx died of mustion and loss of blood bit the dog in many pinces, but failed bulldog « When the bulidog was he made straignt for Chinatown whipped every dog he met des elop 0 staving powers finally victorious and Tug real quarry at Mentone valuabl A human skeleton, measuring stems ¥ eld ne sone pala olithic dis coveries, seven feet, was some time ago dug up while tunnelling was going on, but a still more important find has now Penetration into the rocky cliff opened the entrance to a grotto. | nder the soil luv three skeletons, of which the largest was of enormous size, while all three were abnormal, been { made. Tur voung child of James Barr, two and a half miles east of Brownsville, Ohio, met with a somewhat singular death the other day The little girl was playing with a pet mouse, which bit her on the tongue, The tongue position of hangman has been publish: d in the Vienna tfhicial Gazette, The sal ary offered is 3220 por annum, with £50 for lodging and $100 for two assistants, | Candidates must give certifieate of abil ity, experience and good charactor, Tae dairy writers are having lots of fun in England over un artificial ulder boys und girls to manipulate. Probably | the cows will thunk the teachers for let. | ting the lenrneis have something as tough | us rubber to do their first pulling on. A weary hermit, who dwelt nese Springfield, Ohio, hasstarted for western | ludinua with a cart made of old buggy | whee!s and shafts, to which ho himself was horncesed as though ho were a | horse, RELIABLE RECIPES. Crean Pie.——Beat one egg with one. half cup of sugur, stir in nearly a pint of boiling milk, in which dissolve one and one-half tablespoonfuls of ecorn- starch; let cool and add lemon essence. Bake with one crust. —[ Louise, 1b. Rion Asoen Cake. —Whites of eleven eggs beaten until you can turn the digh bottom side up; then add gradually one and one-half cups of granulated sugar and one teaspoonful vanilla; then udd one cup of Hour, which must be sifted throe times with one teaspoonful of cream tartar, added the last time; beat all well together and bake in a greased tin which has a tunnel) forty minutes in a moderate oven. When done invert the pan on two other tins and let stund until cold. Streak ror IxvarLios minced fine and formed steak, sensoncd with salt and pepper, and broiled over bright, clear coals, is very Rich, juiey beef, into un havo become tired of A fine mutton chop, an ordinary steak. cut rather thick, fwo other I'he broiler that the fairly charred by heat. They are, therefore, of no afterward the chop when it is done, season carefully and very palatable dish. should be held so nearthe fire ps become the 3 R X ogi de vaiua move ornire und serve us soon as possible A very juice stiffened to with the ften be eaten 1a i 1 we refused, strong beef tea or beef a jelly by boillug a ealf's foot ’ cold when a hot boef tea wil Allow one calf's f to three ! Chop the meat, which should be clear, lean into oot about LE of, pieces Let the calf's foot be thoroughly washed and split. [et the moat and calf's foot simmer with a tablespoonful of butter in the bottom of the broth pot till they ure browned. Then put them in just enough cold water to cover them. and | them come slowly to the boiling point MKIim i weil et the broth thoroughly and for five y hiudl a} iat it hol sjow. hours. It iy, COVEers i closely . should fiover boil with the pot rand led it violently, me bubbles rs ng ; Strain it stand overnight. Morning remove any grease that n have risen to the top I'he stock sh ale jelly :. 3% DO Ba deid SRK a quart when done Omaha and the Crow, "Thera in I nited Stat crow makes hin in Omahs Baby Language The matron of ling institution rogated the othe most convinced if little babies were | they would {« to themselves Wi 6B CUrious In it. sounds predominate and gestures would form half the conversa tion or studied the of these little sprites and seen their big, bright e twinkle and their chubby little fingers and dimpled hands resticss= ly move without ceasing, day in and day out? Their language be cute enongh and all monousyllables. Without much talk they manage to communicate with each other so us understood, and curious little sounds will their pleasure, disgust, contempt. love or hate. Of course wo call it ‘baby talk or ‘infants’ prattie,” but if they were to work out their own wav of communica tion it would be a regular built language, and a concige one, too. | Philadelphia Press. language of their own 1 1 soft and simpla would Have vou ov faces eYeR would : in Do GLDIrES i Infantry Can Endorse More Than Cavalry. On a march infantry wiil endure the fatigue much better than cavalry, and in a long distance the foot soldiers will outiiiarch the horsemen. Those who doubt this statement should remember that a horse in army service carries about 270 poands weight, while the soldier car: ries only his gun and from twenty to forty poands. Notwithstanding the fact that a ten minutes’ halt is made in every hour for stragglers to catch up, cavalry straggle more to the rear than infantry do, and the care of a horse on a long march is a serious matter. The horses are picked animals, but even the be horso is liable to fall lame from the loss of a shoo, or a stone in his hoof, or from some other cause which at first may be entirely unperceived by the rider. (lilobe- Democrat, FOR THE LADIES, ———— A NEW MATERIAL, A new material is called Llama cloth | and it is the hardest thing imaginable to distinguish from fine all wool challies. It has an all wool finish in cream and light shades and the printed designs are dainty and “Frenchy.” Garlouds of | gay small flowers are the most popular | designs, und they have a Wattenn effect that is really charming. They are thirtv.one inches wide, and come almost as cheap as the ordinary cotton challie of years past. New York Press, ASHION FOR 1 * The hair is still worn in Greek fushion combed well up from the aeck and back Chars arranged inn thut goes outward in a point iH of nn from the and then heavy coil like the When the | is n small, round snail this | but oc- | shi is in itself beautiful @ urrangoment rat badly CASON 1 he Hes wii griotesqg 1, coiftare with shevks Os ul a narrow it with har. } i nbsoiule is wast, 11 not New York Adver Vi 1 . 1 Flowers are mm Wing more and more popular as a trimming for e 1h vening cos i. 3 3 old. fashioned Howers at clinging with fumes Even find events to the An attractive chiffon costuge is of pale themselvie nable society a cartain timidity graceful folds of some filmy gown vellow made over a foundation of vellow The chiffon is draped i and is trionged wind loosely over } rinnds i , which reach from the the bottom of the gown af the bodice is outlined | vellow on ellow sash falls over the chiffon back and the bodice is t shine sit t Bape is oul FORGES, Und 8 races na cap over the should whic the fashionable thes vy ini them some 1 off the b American Dai R ner than over, ut glass are new Italian don faience prominent in gar Spec kint favorites woolen goois, silk Black be olin wraps fisiers wii worn fra 1 sna} sid ankard. shaped sicuder and fankard-sha ped * cut-ginss pitchers. Yellow holds its own among the large vases for palms and plants n Aa : oa new olectric shade which profuises to be pop ilar. Powder bluo isn Fancy colored hats, such as pale green or blue, will be trimmed in jot with black velvet ties, Small pieces of gilded famiture paint. ed with corn-flowers nnd carnations are amoung things desirable Flower glove fasteners are something new. White enamelled daisies on a foundation of silver ure seen. Pansies, violets, diminutive tulips and rosebuds are used : Baby ribbons are the ribbons of fash. | fon. They ure, ns their name implies, | the narrow ribbons used for babies, and | are rendered serviceable for children of | larger growth in roscttes, and in parallel | rows, Black-ribbed velvets with a stripe of | enlor between the ribs will be worn for skirts this seaspn. These are made plain; | the only trimming. when trimming ot aii | is ured. is a band of Jeathered silk around | the bottom, : Pink is greatly worn. Even pink cloth | hats are seen, with clusters of ostrich | feathers and trimmed with jot. Viek | and black is a popular combination, Muck silk petticonts have pink silk flounces veiled «ith black lace. The silk shoestring is Inid apon the Siver and gilt nt present, At the end of cach cord is a diminutive rosette, Twisted cord of black and silver or black and gilt is highly poplar The princess to be a leading favorite during the coming sea #00. reign is oer, the fashion gown promises Long basques are being replaced by corsagos, with the skirt draped up on them ordrawn straight over their extreme edge. u single flut fold being laid where it joins the bodice Striped fabrics continue to be cut on The best modistes made them front of , throwing the lines out on either such an series of angles. This gives a bell.shaped with a deep gored seam up the the. skir side in way ns to form u acute to the rkirt and an appearance of effect slenderness to the WEnrer, A late nove round eo r that f impes is simply a finish with rill the waist of effect of the low White lace is iL Gee ils low on jo sila sUrrounaGIng ¢e of nn dress | ns well us . tmpes Bonnet string are worn long on side Light siring } ¥ fast one nabie than Mauve, pale i blue, are They are soften the outlines of the lac New wkets ye lon worn thought gowns inserted nre ns useful and trousers resemble ntrodue eles | on the n rachan out the 10 nj Insti OVOr Down gowns ste] cufis with lig cuts of wo Wearing ¢ THE COST OF ARMED PEACE. Europe Is Poorer hy at Least $1,000,. 000,000 a Year by It. FONE (NN mes ning Doure ten Limes } are Wi Faiied i i en in the Dosierous days were irequaent ¢ business of comparative: sanders phalanx and Coesnr's WOTe imposed of pic ked men, opted the soldier's career and fol- until they were retired or kille . the 0 f Chares V.. un Philip i of Adolphus PVorenne, varied in numbers from vear to YOar The of Napoleon & Ol gunrd and of many of his line fought through a and he regulated the vin® 8 consoription according each ve rs needs, But our generation has witneseed the expansion in Europe od a military svstom as severe in tim peace as the old military systems were of perpetual levy en 1 ii. ines « frustavas MAJOTILy regiments of Cam- ¢ the dozen pRigns quota © each fo y of in war-time, a sort mines, Mensures which have been deemed unjustifiable, excopt in the most threatening emergency, are now onee standard of war has been fixed standard of proce, {Under the new sys. tom every edgible man is at a given age and converted for three or five vears propriately named goosc-step, summoned to fight at any time until he is 40 or HO vears old. this system needs no comment. To esti: wate the sum we must reckon in not only the money actually spent on food, clothes, lodging, arms and ammunition, the salaries of officers and the stipend of and repairing of fortifications, but alse the wealth which these idle multitudes could produce, were they profitably em. ployed. This computed. Europe is poor. er by not less than §1,000,000,000 a year, Her armed peace during the last twent onrs has oust her as much as she pa or all Napoleon's torrifio pg from Lodi to Waterloo, JOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. is > ICIRE TARIXG ef ’ 1 ‘ome, Johnny, Cone, The fond mother sai “Your medicine's ready Come, lif t up your head. iJ . “This little dose three times A day T'hat vou may be well and At play in a week vou should seek. Then Johnny smiled § Hix medicine took, And said h meaning MIR 1 Ha - i es theaties a hands i «forts to ket i ve saliva and : inughed bistled the funui He dived unde: hide and sek srous sein FU bOerance Keeping mmediate pursa OX ing LAYOK ‘ Go look aganm af Stink espoar thre sat orid little mouse a La Tosca stick. Who are my You gear 3 184 i ice who live in to hare a sori i lighted the gas 80 we Onnl each other and be quite comfortable Do vou that red mous trap over in that core w, what | want to say is this Lh " nor? You do? Net there by Jane at your request? “Quite right. Now 1 want to ask vou if you think that was quite {air of you! ‘You hear a mouse in here nights, don't and 3 re afraid He comes in to pick up the crambs of your sand. wich that vou eat every night before you at's ull. He doesn’t do any damage; but you're afraid. Come out here, im, and show yourself. Ah! hero he is.”" as a little brown mouse ran up on the desk beside the fairy, “Here he is. Ferocious looking, isn’t he? Wicked eyvs, So extremely large, too. His body, 1 mean, not his eves. See how he He says with fear, probably with rage, however. “Look at him well BONres you so, Seven vou you reunre trembles That's what brothers he has lost by those frightful traps and now vou have set one forhim, But of course he ought to die. eh, Miss Trixie?” “No, indeed,” oried Trix, “if ho really isn't any bigger than that, but you see, fairy. 1 thought’ “Dent me. mise,” eried a voice in Trixie's car, “whatever are you jabber. ing about fairies and mice and all that” and Nora shook Trix till bo: oyes flow wide oper and she saw daylight shining into the room. “Where's the mouse, Nora?” “In the trap, sure,” said Nora, ‘but i's mot dead at all. I'll take him doxa to the eat.” **No, no,” eried Trix as she sprang out of bead and ran to the trap; “he shall go frea,” She releaswd the spring and a little shiny-eyed brown mouse jumped vot and ran away to the corner. “Cheep, cheep,” he said as he disap. perred, and Trix felt sure that was Th's way of saying 1 "
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