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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
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PRINTING BANK NOTES.
J - . "" gerous
&lf Oj United
n( grizzly
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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
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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
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WEITTErf FOR THE DISPATCH
BY MARY E. WILKINS.
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and the complete note is then j cles. They know too well that they
tests.
Theodoke KaosEVELT.
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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
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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.
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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.
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