smsE&EWm mtmmmm wjBGEFmmWm Wr? r'-rcrff"1 i-i'' r17i IMG GRIZZLIES. leoeore Eoosevclt, the Sportsman Statesman, Tells of the Habits of the Bij Beasts. IS. 0XLY DANGEROUS (JAME. ?Tfcej- Have a Chance They Will Eua Like EafcLits, bat if Cornered They Tight Desperately. II BEST WAIS OP BAGGIXG THEM. ithasJIaiiy lives as a Cat, the Tentnroui Hnnter iloit iaoot Accurately. both of noses and ears. Another and ordi narily successful method is to toll the ani mal to baits and lie in wait beside the lat ter. In this kind of hunting a steer, an old horse or an elk carcass is left at some likely spot where the hunter lies ambushed and awaits for the approach of the bear. It is customary to allow him to feed on the car cass two or three nights undisturbed first. If he is a shy brute he rarely makes his ap pearance until midnight, and unless there is a full moon it is impossible to get a shot at him. "Where they arc not much hunted, however, bears will come to those carcasses quite early in the afternoon. I have ob tained several tinder such circumstances. The Unsportsmanlike Jlethod. A jjreat many bear are killed bv trapping. This is perfectly legitimate if they are be ing killed as a matter of business for their hides or for the bounty or as vermin, but it is not sport at alL Xo snnrtsmnn hss anv right to kill a trapped bear and claim the animal as of his own killing. If he cannot shoot one legitimately by still hunting or in some other lawful kind of chase and has to OUR BOYS AN D GIRLS. PRINTING BANK NOTES. J - . "" gerous &lf Oj United n( grizzly 1 1 i true tl m rwiUTTKJ. rOR THE EISrATCH.1 P"i f HE only really dan- I - . -' gerous came of the United States is the Jy bear. It is that the cougar will tinder very ex ceptional circum stances assail the hun ter, and so will the bull moose if his pur suer blunders too near him; but with th of these animals the element of danger so small that it may be practically dis carded. "With the grizzly it is different. Any 32i who makes a practice of hunting this eat shaggy mountain king must make up s aaiad that on certain occasions he will ive to show nerve and good shooting in -der to bring down a charging bear. Still, le darner lias become much exaggerated. ee average grizzlv has but one idea when e sees a man, and that is to get away; it ill ran as quickly as a rabbit. Even 1. an wounded a great many bears abso tt ily refuse to fight, seeking refuge only i flight. Xevertbeless, there are plenty of 'idles that will fight when wounded and iT-nered, rnd there are a very lew which ill take the offensive themselves without ny particular provocation. Charced by a " oanded Grizzly. Personallv, I have never been charged ot once, and this was by a grizzly which I id truce wounded and bad approached within 40 yards, late one evening when I ?d scrolled away from camp more with the one of knocking, the head off a rouse than with the expecta ob of seeing any larger game. This ear came at me most resolutely, although neofmv shots nicked the point of his eart. end although one of the four bullets oici I put into him would have ultimately roved fetaL All of the other bears I have killed arted to run, or fell at the first fire.so that iey had no chance of showing fight. It is, owcveT.very ungate fora man to generalize s aoyj kind of shooting, and particularly in ear snooting, merely from his own experi aee. Thus, I know one gentleman, an offi- r ,f the United States army, who has lUdsix gr'zzlies, three of them charging ia$ before they were wounded or even fired L The incidents of the three charges were rificsly alike; that is, he stumbled on the ar in each case at tolerable close quarters, from 10 to 20 yards away from him. and eh time the instant the animal saw him it lloped toward him like a locomotive, ly to be rolled over by a well-placed rifle ail A s ilan y Llmasa Cat. The grizzly is very tenacious of life, and treat are his vitality and pugnacity that 'ght'ng bear will continue charging when body is lairly riddled with bullets. A in the brain or spine will, of course, g one down in its tracks, but even a et through the heart ill not prevent enragsd grizzly from making good its Tge at clo"e quarters. A man was once led near my ranch by a grizzly under culiar circumstances. He was one of a ip!of men who bad been coming down s Little 3Iissouri on a raft at the time of - ' t I ;sft ASwif if It Was a Lucky Shot. tMpr rely upon his guide setting a trap for the animal, then for heaven's sake let him hand the guide the rifle and have him finish the work he lias begun. Shooting a trapped bear for sport is a thoroughly unsportsman like proceeding, and stands only a degree or two higher than that foulest of butcheries, shooting a swimming deer in the water -from a boat. In spite of the great bulk, formidable teeth, and enormous claws of the grizzly, it is normally a frugivorous and insectivor ous animal, feedinc on berries, nuts and the insects it obtains under stones and logs.1 At times, however, it becomes a flesh-cater, and it then attacks the largest animals, whether -wild or tame. Xot only horses, cattle and elk, but even the bison itself has fallen victim to a hungry grizzly. Like all bears, however, it has an especial taste for pork. In the Yellowstone-Park the pigs in the sties near the hotels have on a number of occasions been carried off by bears which have leaped the wall, seized the poor squeal ing piggy and bundled him out to his doom over the fence. A grewsome trait of the bear is his habit of eating his prey alive, with bland indifference to its yelling pro- Homer Xoe Tells the Tonne People the Se crets or the Work Duties ot the Ed ETaver The Presses and Other Machin ery Alloy's Chances. W1UTTES FOE THE DISrATCII.l HE men who make the beautiful designs for bank bills are called engravers. They not only execute that par ticular kind of work, but it is apart of their business to make de signs for bonds, stock ""SgS ( certificates, postage nrA rnrpnnp sfjlTTinS- checks, drafts, bills of exchange, tickets for railways, bridges and ferry companies; in fact, they do all kinds of fine engraving from a postage stamp to a 530,000 bond. First of all, in making a bank notc,amodel is made partly in India ink and partly by pasting together impressions of small pieces of leather work and jcycliodal do signs. This is almost an exact representa tion of what the bank note is to be; some thing after the fashion that an architect makes his plans for a building, only it is made on heavier paper and executed with the brush. These designers are so clever in their art that you might well mistake some of their designs for the engravings them selves. Each Man Has His Particular Post. A bank bill is never engraved by one man, but by a number of men. Each en graver is skilled in his own particular branch of work; one man may be expert in engraving portraits, another in making the old English and other fancy letters you al ways see on the bills, another in the "script" or writing stylo of letter phrases like: "Will pay the bearer," or "payable to the bearer on demand." The engravers all start on their respective kinds of work so as to finish about the same time. Very much in the same style as a railroad is built. Several gangs of men, working simultaneously on different sec tions of the road, complete the enterprise sooner than one gang of laborers engaged on the whole route. So each engraver is given a small part of the bill to execute. He engraves it on a piece of steel known as die steel, not quite as large as a postal card. Each piece is hardened and afterward taken iin on the periphery of a soft steel cylinder. known as a rolL This, in turn, is hardened like a razor grandfather all working in an establish ment at the same time. Bow a Boy May learn It. To be a successful engraver a boy must have good ideas of perspective, and must bo painstaking, patient, and clever in both writing and drawing. Ho will commence to learn the art At the age of 16, and, until he is of age, will receive but small compen sation. At firt he is only an assistant to the regular workman. After a time he will be allowed to make small drawings. If he shows a special fitness for letter work he will be given general phrases to copy, such as "United States of America," "State of Hew York," "State of Ohio," or such set phrases as "510," "51,000," etc .Most ot the boys who are encaged in this work iu 2Jew York attend the classes at the Cooper Union Institute in the evenings OVER A MILE A MINUTE. ft Printing Bank Kotes by Hand. where they study in the art class and after ward attend the Art League. Working, practically, at their profession during the day aud studying at their classes in the evening they have every chance of becom ing skilful engravers. The pay of engravers ranges from ?23 to 5100 a week, sometimes more. Quite a large proportion receive 550, and the man who receives 5100 a week, or more, must be an exceptionally clever person. The best qualified workmen are those who can execute portraits. Rattlesnakes on a Bill. Engravers are called upon to make vignettes of railroad locomotives, agricul tural scenes, river views, street cars, marine subjects, animals, such as dogs and horses, aud subjects of an allegorical character. Ask your father to show you a 51 note, and then sec how many rattlesnakes there are on the face of it; then ask him to show you a 5100 note, and see how many snakes tbe"re arc on that. Although engravers are ob liged constantly to make use of their eyes. they seldom suffer from eye troubles, and you will rarely see them wearing specta- The Speed Made by Hudson Elver Iceboats They Outstrip the Fastest Ballroad Trains llow They Are Made and Man aged TTonderfnl Records. rWEITTEN FOB THE PISFATCn.l Ice yachting has been a favorite winter sport on the Hudson river since revolu tionary times; but the completeness and speed which iceboat? have reached are the results of the last half century's improve ments. The first boats of this kind were merely rough frames mounted on skates, and the pastime was originally enjoyed only by boys. In 1833 Edward Souths ick, of Pough keepsie, built the first ice yacht of any note in this country, and he followed the boys' example by fastening skates to its timbers. Simon Wheeler, also of Poughkeepsie, con structed an iceboat in 1845 with runners of pot metal made expressly for it. Since then improvements have been made every year, until now the runners are made of the finest polished steel, and the fastest boats frequently run ten miles in less than ten minutes. With all the improvements in method of construction, the ground plan of the iceboat has not changed materially since its earliest days. The basis is now, as it always has been, a large wooden cross, made of substantial timbers. Basswooil the Best Material. The upper part of the cross is the bow of THE 8CBAMBLE FOB BABGAIN8. Shopkeeper' Knowleage ot Woman Nature Responsible for Bad Taste. IWBITTEX FOB THIS DISPATCU.1 Perhaps at no season of the year are there more bargain hunters abroad than at pres ent. Is the alleged cheapne.s of an article ever a compensation for the scramble to get it or the satisfaction of possession? Has not this rage for buying bargains become a species of gambling? Does it not in the end engender careless expenditure? Have you honestly ever been satisfied with one of these so-called wonderful bargains? Has not the wool proved shoddy, the silk crack ing, the leather poor and the kid worse than vile? It is really pitiable to see a horde of re spectably dressed women, jostling each other to buy goods marked "below cost," or goods for which they have not the slight est use, simply because they are cheap. Women have created an enormous demand for bargains and shopkeepers must supply that demand, hence all sorts of, spurious articles arc put on sale and the result is that homes are filled with rags and tazs of remnants and women dress abominably in colors or stuffs not in any way suitable to them, but purchased because they were such bargains. Men are better shoppers than women. simply because thev will buy good articles and are very cautious about examining these tempting goods. Did you ever hear a man declaim about his great bargain in shoes or the overcoat he got below cost? Not he. He buys the best his purse will permit, and in consequence the average man is better dressed than the average woman. The women who shop six months ahead y 0 1 -gggfa- - M M m ,,,,. . -, -,. rJ WEITTErf FOR THE DISPATCH BY MARY E. WILKINS. Hi. Xhis, in turn, is uaraenea i you win rareiy see ineni wearine spe and the complete note is then j cles. They know too well that they tests. Theodoke KaosEVELT. UTILIZING OLD DBESSES. Where u UTLWV &t -V M '6 Picjm. '?? M'i.Tlfif. ' I WwvC l! Mte, m&W w - w aw, &VAt ' W MX- Hconomy Is Necessary Thinking Ahead Is Very Valuable. IWEITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH. 3 In a family where there are children it is both desirable and economical to make over dresses. But there is no reason why such gowns need be constant evidence in their appearance of their second estate. Hade up prettily and becomingly, they will often be as attractive as the same dresses in new cloth would be. Wherever such management is practiced it is well to consider the purchase of new cloth in that light and not to buy that which cannot be adapted for children's dresses, black being the only color wholly unsuited to childish faces. Another point is to buy only all-wool materials when selecting a "stuff" dress. Materials in which wool is mixed with cotton, linen or silk rarely wear evenly, are apt to fade in streaks and can never be rccolorcd success fully. When an adult's dress is to be remade for a child the skirt should be ripped apart careiuiiy pressed in the A fC) QWf Sfefe THE START OF A KACE. In TJncomforiaUc Quarters. ic freshets. Thev stopped at our ranch Ret lu-ch. Both of them were rather i-.noking customers. When they had ilen ihe.r fill they pushed off their raft ain and continued down stream; but a uple of davs l.i.r one of them turned up ith the iniormation that the other had a killed bv a bear. They had Ken the animal and had fol- wed it imo a little bain or vallev less an 100 vard across and filled with dense iderbrosu. Their utmost endea ors failed enable them to catch a climpse of the ario this tlrckcoer, and "after circling umJiind rourdaud throwing stones into t no purpose one of the men announced s intention of crawling in after the bear. Jis companion nni nn f rated with him in w, and he w nUl oll M four5) dragging nis tie after h.m and peering ahead in the oom among tue dirk, twisted stems of the line Si. IJcicre he had gone a dozen .nil le came ngn on the bear, so close at nd that he had re.ther time to shoot nor .nHcii as call out Irefore the great paw of n. bear mahed n his .Jfull like an egg icll. His conipaiion finallv got the bod? i'. but the bear scaped statliless. Very Iw Good B?ar l)ogs The best way to hunt the grizzlv is with a sk of thoroughly trained, large and fierce -!. Ordinary hounds not speciallv trained rihe work are laltnles, being "entirclv lable to hold the great animal at bay and ,c prceedingly difficult to get a 'pack hith can do really effective work. In fact know of the existence of but one or two uen The only legitimate methods of hunt- c the bear ordinarily in vogue are still- ctt..g proper, ajd lving in wait at a bait. s-il' hunting one goes aljroad earlyin the .-ningorlate in the evening and hunts -jghllie localities where the bear is .Kt itiom lound feeding, keeping a sharp an.-uiis ami trying to creep uji on the aacgy menster unobserved. Tin; liest time for pursuing this sport is in h-ipnng when the snow is on the ground lu wIh'U the bears have just emerged from their ho'.e and are roaming with lmngrv eagerness all over the land. Successfully to iik a bear tries all the hunter's knowledge u eran, ior aiinougn its signt is not and washed and same way that flannel is treated. The waist is generally too worn and its pieces too small to be worth using. Any well woven, all-wool dress goods will come out of a washing looking like new if it has been carefully ironed on the wrong side till dry. This is especially trne of tricots, cashmeres and flannels. The skirt of a remade dress should always be lined, as the material is not quite so strong as new goods and will tear more easily when the wearer romps and plavs. Old'cambric which has been washed will answer the purpose and, if new is ucd, it is well to wet it first as it is ppt to shrink more than the goods if the dress is dampened. The least w orn pieces of the cloth should be kept for the waist, and especially for the sleeies, which sharp elbows so quickly break through. . A new lining is preferable for the waist, so that it may be both warm and strong, and this lining should also be Bhrunk before cutting. If there is not enough cloth two dresses of harmonious coloring can often be dextrouslv combined into one. When only a little cloth is lack ing a trifle of upw goods can be used with its shades matching or contrasting. Goods of an entirely different pattern or weann"' are the prettiest for the bands, belts! sleeves, jackets or sash that mav be needed to eke out the dress, thus plaid and striped, combining with plain cloth, spotted with shaggy and light tints with dark. When a re-made dress is for school and daily wear it should be made in a plain way. Velvet or silk should not be used for its trimming, but fancy stitching in wash silks are not objectionable. Such a dress should be washed occasionallv to free it from all the spots that w ill appear on any child's dress, and, if simply made, it can be laundried about as easily as a wash dress. Agxes B. Okhsbee. A BANKNOTE MUNIING PRESS. ELECiEicrrr by the gallon. A Wonderful Little Rattery Invented by a aian l'rom tho South. Electricity can, according to the Chicago TrJnnc, be purchased by the gallon and carried home like oiL So says Walter A. Crow dus, a Southern inventor. Sir. Crow dus believes he has discovered a means in dependent of the steam engine and dynamo for generating electricity of sufficient power to furnish light, run pump3 and propel street cars. He produces electricity bv chemical action. The dimensions of his small battery, one-eighth horse power arc six inches. The coer is of hard rubber. Within are four compartments, each con taining a cup. To charge the generator the intentor filled the cups with a mixture of bulphuric acid aud water. The cover was then fastened on with knohs. The inventor said that was all that was necessary at any time to charge the battery, and any servant could do it. The battery was then connected with a sewing machine by means of two insulated wire, a switch was turned and the machine was ruuning. A slight movement of the switch made it possible to regulate the bpeed as desired. The battery was next coLnecteJ with an incandescent light burner. It furnished a strong, steady light. Connection was next made with a pair of carriage lamps with good results. They could be stored in the cellar, and connected with auy number of burners required. The inventor claims he has proved by experi ment that his generator is available lor operating street cars. made up from these rolls. The rolls, by great pressure, are impressed onto a large plate which, when finished, becomes the bank note that you are accustomed to see. Slaking the Lace Work Patterns. A-very curious machine used by engrav ers in their work is called the geometric lathe. It is with the aid of this machine that the peculiar and intricate lace-work patterns so familiar on our paper money are made. It looks very much like a scroll saw, with a revolving bed and numerous little cogs, pins and thumb screws. Pro jecting over the bed is an arm carrying a finely tempered cteel graver. Still more curious is it that it is impossible for the operator on this instrument to reproduce ex actly the cutting he has made, of wnich he has neglected to keep the record or combi nation, if one of the thumb screws is turned the hundredth part of an. inch it changes the entire design. Alter the engravers have finished their work upon the die it goes to the hardening room, w here, by means of furnace heat and certain chemicals, it is made so hard that even a file will not scratch it. Then the die is put in the transfer press, and an ex act impression is made in the circumference of a soft roll of steel. This is hardened similar to the die, and transfered to the printing press. The first plate-printiug presses, and those in general use to-day, consisted of two metal rollers, between which is a slab of iron running on four guide wheels. The press looks something like a four-armed windmill. Printing In using this their living largely through their eyes, and on that occount they are very careful in their use of those valuable instruments. Jf other people were equally careful in caring for their eyes we should have little use for the opticians. Homer Lee. President Homer Lee Bank Note Company. BAHAHAS INSTEAD OP POTATOES. Underwear Department. Winter underwear for ladies, gents and children in scarlet, camel's hair, natural wnnl find mriA fMncinir inf .Iiabiv it l-l rtieolarly good it possesses the keenest I J. Lynch's, 438-iW Market Btreet. ihssu a Bill by Man Power. press the printer first puts his plate on a small gas-stove, called a "jigger," rolls over the surface of the plate with ink, removing the surplus with a piece of mosquito netting and the remainder with his hand. Then he polishes the plate by rubbing it over with the soft part of lm hand covered with whiting. He does this till it shines like a mirror, leaving tho engraved lines full of ink. History informs us that bank notes were first printed by the Chinese, 209", B. C, and, even in "that earlv day, plates were polished by the palm of the hand in the manner just described. But now the Chinese are trying to learn the art of bank note engraving from Americans. Some time since I assisted in furnishing the Japauese Government with an outfit which, in time, will enable them to become expert "bank note engravers. The Japanese, being jiavuraiiy anisuc, win nut maKC me poorest engravers in the world. After the plate has been polished the printer places it in the press, where it re ceives a sheet of paper placed by a female assistant. Then he gives a hard pull, the plate passes between the cylinders and the impression is made. I'inlshlnz Vp the Notes. Bank note sheets after being printed are taken to the drying room, where the steam heated temperature is 250 above zero. They remain here one night. In the morn ing the sheets are examined for imperfec tions Imperfect and torn sheets are thrown aside. Perfect sheets are put in packages of 1,000 with a slip ot paper to indicate each hundred, are then put between mill-boards and pressed in an hydraulic press. Then the bills arc numbered by tLe automatic.. numucring macuinc. costal notes go through a similar process, with the differ ence that thev arc printed on a steam-plate printing machine, of which the following is an illustration. By a single movement the plate is auto matically inked, wiped off aud polished, and the sheet is printed, counted, delivered and laid between tissue sheets. A piece of clean cloth passing over the wiping and polishing apparatus is fed into the machine and a corresponding amount of soiled rag similar to a mosquito net is taken up; the labor of but one person is required to feed the press. The profession of an engraver is a good vocation fdt a boy, provided, of course, he has the genius for the work. It is consid ered a privilege to learu the business, and the ranks of the profession are largely sup plied by the sons and relatives ot engravers themselves. I have seen as many as three generations in a family father, son and A Prediction That the Tropical Fruit Will Soon Re on Every Table. fct. Louis Globe-Democrat.3 The banana is only now beginning to be appreciated, and will be much better liked when people learn to cook this delicious fruit and prepare it for food as it is used in countries where tho plant grows. It the South, in Mexico aud in the West Indies the banana is fried like the sweet potato, baked like the Irish potato, is made into pies, is mashed up into a paste and dried, is preserved, and in auy and everv way is good. There is more nourishment in the banana than in the potato. The same land that will grow 1,000 pounds of potatoes has been proven by actual experiment capable of growing 44,000 pounds of 'bananas. Even now this fruit is cheap, but ten years from now bananas will be universally eaten in the United States, and will furnish a deli cious substitute on the family table for the potato. YOUNG BLAINE'S BABE 0FPEE. He Conld Rave Had SS.000 a Tear Merely for tl Use of Ills Xame. , There is a story about young Blaine which, although strictly true, has not found its way into print, says Charles (J. Frost in the St Louis Globe-Democrat. A publishing firm, seeing the use Russell Harrison's name was being put to for advertising pur poses, offered young Blaine 55,000 a year to euii a pcnouicai wnicn W33 to pirculate freely among a branch of the civil service. It was explained frankly that it was his name, and not his services, that was being bargained for, and a promise was made that everything should be very pleasant in deed. The vonnsr man's ineomn wi tin... nn f now, not a fourth the amount offered, but to me surprise ot tnoso maKing tne oner it was not entertained for a moment. The papers have been a trifle hard generally on the Sec retary's son and his unfortunate matrimo nial venture, but his action in this particu lar seems to show that ho has more self respect and regard for his father than is generally supposed. the boat and the lower part is the stern, and in the best boats these timbers arc now generally of basswood. The length of the cross piece depends largely upon the amount of sail to be carried. In one of the newest boats built the "runner planlc," as the cross piece is technically called, is 20 1 feet long, the length from runner plank to rudder post is 19 feet C inches, the length over all (including the bowsprit) is 3G feet 6 inches, and the spread of sail is 445 square feet A runner is im movably fixed under each end of the run ner plank, and a movable runner is put under the lower end of the cross, at the stern and attached to a tiller. This mova ble runner is the rudder. On this founda tion the builder can construct any sort of Platform or cabin that suits his fancy; but as the larger and finer boats are usu ally built for racing, the upper works are made as light as possible. The platform, or deck, is never more than a few inches from the ice, and there should be sufficient rail to keep m place the many roDes anu blankets that are always necessary for com fort The sloop rig is the one most in favor for iceboats that is, one mast to carry the mainsail, and a bowsprit to carry the j lb. The mast is "stepped" where the two main timbers cross, or, if the boat is to be a racer, it -may be put a little further for ward. Wire rigging is generally used, and most good boats have two sets of runners one set for smooth ice and one set for rough. Cost From Ten Dollars Up. The runner "shoes" are usually about three feet long, and the boat may cost any where from 510 or 15 for the roughest up into the thousands. The finest ice yachts have hulls of hard wood, wire rigging, the best duck for sails, brass cleats and blocks, lull sets of colors, expensive spars and polished steel runners. The method of sailing an iceboat is much like that ot sailing a sloop, and an experi enced boatman soon finds himself at home on the ice. The speed being very high in n good wind, the boat answers her helm promptly, and a too sudden shifting of the tiller is likely to be followed by disaster. In a light breeze two passengers "are enough for most boats, but in a heavy blow six or eight persons are necessary to keep the boat down on the ice. Unless there is enough weight forward the windward runner often make a great mistake. You know them. In February they are buying ginghams, cnallies, muslins and foulards for the summer wear. In August thev are pricin sealskins. Six months after "date things look very different Styles change rapidlv. And the bargain counters are responsible - .... UynuB ui uauiy uressea women one sees pouring in and out of the shops: re sponsible for the tawdry effect of cheap furs, cheap feathers, cheap artificial flowers cneap hats and saddest of all, imitation jewelry. It is said that the word tawdry is very properly derived from St Audrey, on whose day fairs were IipM !. , i,; . loving dames were induced to buy worth less s tuff because it was cheap. Do not buy anything just because it looks pretty. That is a foolish plan. I knew a womn who was not happy until she pos sessed a pink bonnet which was offered at a very low price. She frightened herself when she pnt it on and returned to the milliner.begging her to change it "O, no'" said that astute person, "I had too much trouble getting rid of that bonnet I don't W? 1.t,ac' "Why w,iat the matter with it? 'It was so unbecoming to every lady who tried it od that I was obliged to mark it away down to sell it. " Edith Sessions Tuppee. "Where's Uncle Davy?" asked Sarah Cobb of her mother. She had run over bareheaded, and come hastily in the north door; her hands were all purple with grape juice; she had been making grape jelly. "He's out under the butternut tree. "Why?" "Oh, Car'line's run away again. I tied her up just as strong as I knew how to the fiont gate with a piece of clothesline, and gave her two cookies and her doll, to keep her amused while I made the grape jelly. I don't see how in the world she untied that knot. Davy's got to go an' hunt her up." "He'll go," said Mrs. Whitman; "he 'most cried 'cause you tied her up the-other day. He told me he thought Sarah was too bad. He jest sets his eyes by Car'line. Davy, Davy!" Mrs. Whitman stood in the door and called loudly, but she had to call several times before Davy heard. He wa3 very busy, indeed, gathering in his winter store of butternuts, and wanted to get them all gathered by 5 o'clock, because he was going to & party that evening. It was his first evening party. Davy had planned to go in the house about 5 o'clock and commence his preparations, and it was about a quarter be fore 5 when he heard his mother's voice calling him. He obeyed her rather hesitatingly. "1 shan't get the but'nuts picked belore it's time to black my shoes," ne thought, as he went Davy was only 12 years old, and small for his age, though he was an uncle. His mother and his married sister. Sarah, little Caroline's mother, were waiting ior him in the door. ' 'Ton must go right off and hunt up Car' line; she's run away," his mother called out, as he came in sight. "Don't stop a minute." Sarah was almost crying. "Here 'tis almost 5 o'clock," she exclaimed, "an' back of the rocking chair; then somebody went across the floor, and the door was opened. "Who is it?" asked a gentle, drawing voice. Mrs. Wheelock was very tall and pale, with pale sweeps of hair over her ears, and a mildly bewildered, specta cled face. "It's Davy Whitman," replied Davy. "Have vou seen Car'line?" "What?" Mrs. Wheelock was not dear, but she was as slow of comprehension as a heavy sleeper. "My sister Sarah's little girl has run away, .nave you sepn ner go oy nerer "'So, I dun know a3 I have," repeated Mrs. Wheelock, slowly, while her look of bewilderment deepened. "I ain't been settin' to the window sense dinner. When did " But Davy was gone, and sha stood staring after him. She stood there quite a while before she went back to her rocking chair. The Wheelock house was the last in that direction for a mile. Davy walked on about half a mile, then he stopped before a narrow lane that led over through the fields to tha woods. "I'm a-goin' up the lane," he said. "I'm 'fraid she went into the woods." The dusk was increasing fast; however, the full moon was rising, and it would be still light enough to see the white tire a long way ahead. Davy trudged on. He emerged from the lane into a cart path through the woods. It was darker there. He called all the time at short intervals: "Car'line! Car'line! Here's Uncle Davyl Car'line!" But there was no sound in response. Davy's voice grew husky as he went on; if seemed to him he was walking miles, bnt he did not know how many. It was now quite dark except for the moon, but that lighted tne open space quite brightly, lie had had a plan of takinjr a circuit through the woods and coming ont Into a point further down, on the road. lie knew there was a path, but somehow he bad missed it, and did not come ont, although he was constantly expecting to. At last ho sat down on a rock in an open HIS CUBE TOE THE BLUES. A E0YAL C0FFE SEBVICE. How Lawyer Achorn of lloston Profits by Heine 31 mc. Sophia Zela's Hnsband. Boston Globe.: Edgar O. Achorn, the lawyer, received a small package one day last week from Sweeden, the contents of which now occu pies an honored position on the sideboard of his newhouis iu Brooklinc. Tne pack age contained a beautiful afterdinner coffee service which money could not buv. Mr. Achon's wife, Mine. Sophie Zela, the. operauo star, is now woman, sinirincr in grand opera at Stockholm. She is a great favorite with the royal family, and rhis ser vice was a present to her from King Oscar. The associations connected with it enhance its real value. When Osctr's favorite daughter, Eugenia, was married, this coffee set was among the presents whieh ha show ered upon her. It is of the finest ch'na,and the decorations are most dainty and elabor ate, in green and gold. Xach piece has the name of the princess in letters of gold upon the side. Among ths Pranks of the I'oolUh Thoie is none more absurdthan promiscu ous dosing. Sor instance, inconceivable damage is dono to the bowels and liver by mineral cathartics and violent vegetable purgatives. What theso cannot do, namelv, thoroughly regulate the organs named, IIo's tetter's Stomach Hitters can and do. Besides tliis.lt will prcvont and eradicate malaiij, rheumatism.kiduey complaint and la grippe. Use it with steadiness. f ' .. I .-"" " " tJ"wJT5-;s5P 55"ii ' ZHIUJI An Ice Boat Under Bail. leaves the ice, and sometimes rises to a angle of 45. In such a case the helms man brings the boat up in the wind's eye to get her down again. Iceboats seldom go completely over, on account of their breadth of beam, and when they do the passengers are merely spilled out on the lee side and slide along until their impetus is gone. Even when the boats are flying at the rate of a mile a minute these spellings are not often dangerous, the deck being so close to the ice. It is always safest, how ever, to stick to the boat and put all the weight on the windward side. C.-.u Heat tho Railroad Trains. It is not at all uncommon for ice yachts to travel faster than a mile a minute, and they frequently pass the swiftest trains on the Hudson Eiver Bailroad. Twenty-five years ago the Snow flake ran nine miles north from Xcwburg dock in eight min utes, and in 1872 the Whiz sailed from Xcw Hamburg to Poughkeepsie, nine miles, in eight minutes. In later years these records have often been equaled and sometimes exceeded. Poughkeepsie still is, as it has been for half a century, the headquarters of ice yachting in tliis country. Among the fa mous nuason ltiver cluos are the Pough keepsie, the Hudson Biver, the New Ham burg, and the Carthage Landing. The JTorth Shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club, ut Red Bank, X. ,T.j was organized iu 1881. Xcarly eerjt city and town along theHud son has a little" fleet of ice yachts. The sport was first brought into prominence in 18G6, when the famous "ice yacht expedi tion" was made. In that year tho Haze, the Minnehaha, and the Snowflake, all belonging to the Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Association, sailed from Poughkeepsie to Albany, and accounts of this then wonder ful achievement were printed in all the principal newspapers of the world. WILLIAM UET3DALE. A Tretty little Eqnirrel In a Chtstnut Tree Was the Medicine. For two years a red squirrel has made his home in our chestnuts, says the Gardiner Journal There is always a remarkable dis crepancy between our crop of ripe chestnuts and that promised by the growing crop; and we have more than half suspected that he knew someting about it, but if he does ne never tells. He looks as honest as an editor, and ap pears as happy as a palace-car conductor. But appearances are deceptive. He may have his troubles, though he never tells them. We love the chap as one of our own household. We buy peanuts for him, and still he seems to think no more of us than any other man or woman. We call him "our squirrel," but still our ownership does not prevent him the largest liberty. He has as cunning a home as you ever saw, in the heart of a chestnut half-way down our walk. We have a saying: "The Lord takes care of the lame and the lazy," and though "our squirrel" is neither lame nor lazy, he seems to be well cared for. To the bustling, thrifty business man he would seem to be leading as useless a life as it is possible for one to lead; but we verilv be lieve he docs us more good than a doctor. When ne feci poor and blue, we will find him, perhaps, sitting with his tail thrown i'auntily over his back, on a limb.above our lead, and he will say to us, as plain as squirrels can: "Look at me how happy I know even where the next meal will come from; bnt this is such a blessed world. I have faith that He w ho cares for the spar rows will not forget the squirrels." Abashed and ashamed we say to him with an affected air: "Why should you or any one else be blue? We are ashamed that you should talk of such a thing" Though skies grow daik above the lestiess sea, God's eifts aro measureless; and it shall be Eternal sunshine in tho grateful heart. When the rheumatism racks onr aged frame we go out and watch our pet jumping from tree to tree, and his.lithcness is so con tagious we forget that we ever had an ache or pain. Bless his little downy head, we hone he may live to scatter nuts above our grave! May faithfjil seasons load his trees with chestnut", and may blessings throng around his pathway. the TTsaisa ot tnrcLE davs HOW TO TBEAT LOBBYISTS. A Wise Man From Kentucky Lays Down tho Law for Law Slakers. Waslilrgton Post.3 The Hon. Ash Caruth, of Kentucky, and the Hon. J. A. Geissenhainer, of New Jer sey, were discussing the invitation extended by the World's Fair people to Congressmen to go out to Chicago to see how the great show is coming on. Mr. Geissenhainer said he didn't like to go in vie of the fact that the Fair folks would ask Congress for a big appropriation and would, of course, expect all who went to vote for it "That reminds me." said Mr. Caruth, "of an incident in the Kentucky Legislature. There ued to be au old fellow who had been a member for so many years that he had become a sort of advisor general to everybody. Whenever anybody got into any sort of trouble and didn't know exactly what to do, he would go to this advisor gen eral and lay the case before him. His ad vice was always eminently practical and directly to the point. One day a member came to him and said he had been offered a sum of money to vote for a certain bill. He .was uncertain what to do, but rather thought he should go gunning for the. lobbyist. t " 'Do nothing of the kind,' said the prac tical old advisor general. 'Take his money and Tote against nis bill' " that little bit of a thing! Go right off, Davy." Davy looked startled, then inquired, "Which way do you s'pose she went? "Oh, dear, I don't know! Oh, dear!" "I'll tell yon what to do," said Mrs. Whitman with the air of a managing gen eral. She was not a very old woman, al though her hair was gray and she covered it with a high black cap and a severe black frontpiece. She always wore a large, stiffly starched apron. " "Sarah and I will go up the road," said she, "an' you, Davy, go down. An' don't yon take Towser, be cause that last time Car'line run away, an' you took him to track her, he tracked a woodehuek instead, an' you went a wild goose chase for two hours. You stop at Mis' Briggs' when you get there an' you stop at Mis' Smith's an' Mis' Whcelock's, an' vou keep on till vou find her no matter how far you have to go. "I can't see how she untied that knot," said Sarah. Her pretty face was all streaked with tears and grape juice. Her mother took a corner of her apron and wiped it forcibly as they started up the road. "You keep calm," said she. "She'll be found." Uncle Davy shut Towser in the barn. Then he walked briskly down the road. There was not n house lor some distance, but he peered carefully over tho stone walls across the fields. Caroline was five years old. She wa3 very fair and chubby, with carefully brushed reddish curls, and a little blue ribbon to keep them out of her eyes. She always wore a nice little white tire in the afternoon. Davy strained his eyes for a glimpse of that white tire and those shin ing eyes among the bright October under growth. The road was very dusty. He kicked up a white cloud as he walked. "Sha'nt have any time to black mv shoes," he thought, woefully. Uncle Davy was a very particular boy, and needed a great deal of time for everj thing. When he reached the Briggs house he asked: "Have vou seen anything of Car'line?" "Car'line." repeated Mrs. Briges. "Yes, Car'line, Sarah's little girl. She's run away an' I'm tryin' to find Her." "When did she go?" "I don't know a little while ago." "Well, I declare," said Mrs. Briggs. "I dun know but I did see her. There was a little mite of a thing run by a little while ago in a white tire an' I wondered who she was." "Which way was she goin'?" asked Davy, eagerly. "Oh. she was goin' down the road. She' couldn't have gone back, 'cause I've been sittin' here eiery minute, an' I should have seen her. I ain't been in the house but once to get a spool of thread, an' then I wasn't gone long 'nough for a mouse to get past You keep right on an you'll find her." Uncle Davy was out of the yard before the last words were out of Mrs. Briggs' inoutii. He hurried up the road, looked mole nopefully for that little white tire it seamed to him that he must see it. Many a time had he pursued his little niece, Caro line, when she had run away, and had al ways found her easily. Caroline, although she had a venturesome spirit, never ran very far. But to-night it began to seem as if sue had. Her Uncle Davy reached the Smith house and went to the door to in quire. But the door was locked and all the curtains wcro drawn; the Smiths were evi dently all away. Davy kept on to the Wheelock house; that was a quarter of a mile farther; there was still no sign of that little white tire. He ran through the weedy yard to tho door and knocked. JSobody answered, although he could tee quite distinctly the motion of a rocking chair beyond the kitchen window, aud knew there was somebody at home. He knocked ngain louder; nobody came. He could still see tlia-tall back of the rock ing chair sway. Finally he went boldly to the window and pounded on it; a startled face turned toward him from tha calico space to rest a minute. "I've Jest got to," he said to himself. His legs trembled under him and he was pantinc for breath. In a few minutes he called ajriln: "Car' line, Car'liue, Car'Hnsi llere's Undo Divyf Where be you, Car'line?" but he could scarcely speak. Davy was a slender boy, and, besides, lie was worn by anxiety for Caroline, of whom he was very fond, and agitated, too, by a secret remorse. He put his head down on his knees and groaned. Ho had completely forzotten the party, even the blacked shoes, the best clothes, and the bergamut hair oil ho proposed to ask his mother for. "I ain't never goin' home without her, anyhow," he said, but his voice was little more than a whisper. Tho sharp notes of the autumn insects ran togetherin his cars. Uncle Davy had not found Caroline, but he was so worn out that he felt asleep. It was a long time nftT that when a cold nose and a sh-irp bark awakened him. It was Tower. who for once had tracked folks insteadof woodchucks'. Davy satup straight and everything camo back to him. Ho heard noises and nw lights moving through tho trees. "They're after Car'line," he thoujht with a pang, "they ain't found her yet." Davy staggered to his feet, thero was a crash throush the underbrush, and his lather took him by the arm. "Ilcro he W." ho shouted, and there was a glad shout in response. Then Sarah's husband and Mr. Rritrr-s e.ime nn. "Ain't you found her yet?" panted Davy, half sobb"ing. "Found who?" cried his father, shaking Win. Car'line." "Car'line he was found all riuht. She wan'tloas. Sho didn't ran far. She went back to the house whilst her mother was gone, an' Sarah found her eatin grape Jelly when she got back. She'd eic a whole tumbler, but I suess It won't hurt her any. It's you we're huntin' for. It' 13 o'clock at night. What did vou come in here fort" "I was hnntin' for Car'line." Davy was so tired and bewildered now that he was cry ing like a baby, although he was 12 years old. His father grasped his little cold hand fast and pulled him alon-r, "Well, there's no use standln talkm'," said lie. "You'd better net home. Mother's got some supper waitin for you, Mr. Briggs' team is down here a little ptece, so it won't take long, and you won't nave to walk." Davy would not have walked far. fiarah'a hnsband took bold of his other hand, and he and his father nearly carried him between them to Mr. Briggs' wni-on. which was tied under an oak tree. "It's lucky he ain't no older," said Mr. Briggs, as he got in, "or he'd irot hi death with rheumatiz, sleepin out tbrro side of that swamp." Davy fell asleep again as soon as the wagon wis under way. He never knew how hegot homo nor how his father pulled off hi little'damp Jacket and wrapped him In his own coat, hut the flash of lishts in his face and his mother's voice awakened him thoroughly when ho got home. Sarah was over at her mother's waiting, and Car'line had been pnt to bed on the sitting room lounge. Sarah hugged him and cried, bnt his mother hnrried him into the bedroom una took oil" his damp clothes and rolled him in hot blankets, then ho sat out by the kitchen stovo with his fret in the oven nnd drank a great bowl of ginger tea and ate a plate of milk toast, of which he was especi allv fond. Everybody stood around him and petted him. Tney didn't liavo the party to-nig'it," said Ills mother, "thev were so unset aDoutvou. They're go'n' to have it to-morrow night, so you won't loe that." Sarah fcanol over and stroked Daw's lit tle damp head lovingly. "To think of Uncle Davy's soing out to find Car'line an' s-tiivlng out till midnight!" she said tear fully. "Sister'd never lorjfive herself If any thing had happened to him." Uncle Davy looked up at her suddenly, his honest face gleamed out of the folds of the hltiikct. "You mustn't feci so bad, fcarah," said he. "I untied Car'line." Col I Iron Hits for Horses. If anyone would realize the effect of a cold bit in the mouth of a horse on a frosty morning, let him try the contact of a piece of iron at a temperature below freezing point on his own tongue. The effect on the horse is not simply momen tary. Food eaten subsequently is mastirated with difficulty, and the repeti tion of the irritation dav after day causes a los of appetite and strength. Many a horse has become worthless from no other cause but this. India rubber bits are now so com mon that there is no excuse for their not being used. v )
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