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WT?T
Tlussla is tightening her grip on the
Halknn Peninsula.
The collapse of the copper syndicate
is ouo of (.lie monumental failures of tho
gV
The Atlanta Coimtttution thinks that
diphtheria Ts a more destructive tcourga
thnu yellow ever.
No child born in Aspinwall on the
Isthmus of Panama haa ever reached the
go of twenty-ouo years.
Tho rabbit nest is again making head
way In Australia. Tho menus taken to
eradicate it have proved insufficient.
A Chicago paper announces that Jay
Oould will have control of a road Irora
tha Pacific to tho Atlantic in twolve
months.
Tho countries betweou Texas and
Cnpo Horn contain about C5,OOO,O0O
people, and their territory is ubout
twica as large as ours.
. Tho Atlanta Conititu'um announce
that the natives in New- England aro
gradually decreasing, and tho French
and Irish nre taking their places, both
in 'tho manufacturing and rural dis
tricts. A newppaper correspondent roam
ing about l'aris in search of unpublished
gossip about tho first Napoleon, has un
earthed tho fact that tho great man once
pawned his watch in order to pay for a
si -cent dinner.
It has been tho aim oi G.ct .'itain,in
which, in tho opinion of critics of its
savul policy it has not altogether suc
ceeded, to maintain nu effective navy
equal in strength to tint combined navies
of any two other powers. '
Crime is decreasing in Fngland, if
petrol statistics can bo relied on. With
iu fivo years female convicts have been
rcducod one-half, and there aro, in pro
portion to population, fewer arrests of
Loth soxos than over before.
A society has boon formed in Now
. York which, for an annual fee of $,
undertakes to attond to tho legal a Tairs
' of its members, furnish thorn all noces
tarjr ndvUe and prosecute or defend nil
m tious brought by or againBt thoiu.
A Chicago turgoon testified in a crimi
nal case tho other day that he hud prop
erly set the defendant's broken nose, but
- that the patient was morbidly afraid that
his beauty wouid bo spoiled and that to
case his mind tho witness hud twice
tlLeufterrobrokcn nnd resot the noso.
Tombstone, Arizona, is famous for its
apt names. Its leading newspaper is
called tho E;.iln)h, and tho Bhcriir of
the county is Colonel Slaughter. Ho
defeated Mu'or lilood by two votes at n
recent election. Captaiu CutU was also
a raudidate, but was nowhero in tha
Suva.
Industrial enterprises are multiplying
Ju the South beyond all precedent, do
clares GouJ,Ui't Hun. Capital is rushing
in ; all sorts of manufacturing enterprises
are springing up. Very few mishaps
occur. Land keeps low, and railroad
dmildiug is opening up the territory all
t'uo time.
Vaccination is compulsory in England
mid optional iu France. Iu tho largo
cities of, France the number of deaths
from siullpox was l!l.5ii, or 0.31 por
1000 of the living population. In tho
large cities of England during the turns
period the cumber of deaths was 332, or
O.OI per 1000.
Says tho Chicago AVtrs : "The 'ladies
of tho White House' have been gifted
.with sensible- names, worthy of imita
tion iu American families. Martha,
Mary, Abigail, F.lia, - Elizabeth, Mar
. garet, . Sarah, Jane, Harriet, Dorothy,
Julia, Letitiu, Emily, Angelica, Louisa,
Lucy, Frances and L'uroliue are all good,
womanly names."
According to the Examiner, there are
houses in Suu Francisco to which victims
of tho morphine habit resort. They are
cared for until their money gives out,
when they are kicked out of doors. A
hypodermic syringo is called u "gun,"
and a woman who is employed to give
ihu injections is known as the "guuucr."
I uch bhot costs five cents.
When the truin, bearing Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland on their way from Washington
to Now York stopped at tho depot iu
Philadelphia, George W. Childs took
occasion to present Sirs. Cleve'aud with
throe gilt-edged copies of tho Public
J.etlije; with blue peucil marks i.rouud
the column editorial eulogizing the lady
lately of tho White House.
Two of the most prominent elements
in the character of the Into John Erics
son, inventor, wcro his absolute- accu
racy iu tho matter of the smallest details
uud his perfect self-reliaucu. He was a
marvelous draughtsman and always drew
his own designs, lie never allowed
anything to intcrfero with his verifies
' of every detail, So stroug was his
oo upou himself that ho is suid
i to have employed a counselor, but
s to have conducted his own patent
St.
Warnino,
When naked branches stretch o'erhend,
And crisp leaves crackle under tread;
When winter mutes the songbirds throats,
Bavs for a fevr and frosty notes,
Be not deceived, for everywhere
Doth Nature for her change prepare,
New tonga will suund, new bud b blown,
When Spring shall come to claim Its own.
And thou, Within whose maldnn breast
No lover's BoUl finds peace and rest;
Who feared not Love's name or dart,
'Tia winter weather with thy boart. '
Ah, aelf-deceivedl thy Spring must comev
The chords awake that now lie dumb
Break not, my heart, till time bath shown
If I may claim thee for my own.
Stejyhen Junior, in Unce a Week.
THE COWBOY'S outfit.
A FKATUItE OP F1IONTIKU Mm FAST
DI8A1TKAKIMI.
People all over western Kansas nnd No
Man's Land are full of stories and rem
iniscences of cowboy life. In fact, a
plenty of tho citizens of these Western
village! served ns cowboys at one time
and another before they became mer
chants, professional men, etc., in somo
favorite location for a town silo. Ono
hears on every hand expressions that
woro technical in tho cowboys' camp.
Landlord Osgood calls his guests to
bacakfast in the morning with tho aonir
; that tho cowboy sings while ridinn-
1 . . I LI. ..11 ,.?,.! , .,
iwuuu tiis i-iiiuu nv iiigiib io Keep tlictu
from getting frightened and stamped
ing, thus:
liny a a a a Yo-o o-o Hay-a-a-a Yo-o-o-o
breakfast
When anything it tied up it is said to
be roped, from tho term which the cow
boy nppliod to the use of tho lasso. A
man's household good? nre termud, an
outfit. Bo is his kit of tools, it a me
chanic; his library nnd appliances, if a
turgoon or lawyer; hit sale, desk", etc.,
if a banker. Ho, too, is tho clhiuo he
associates with socinlly. He belongs to
poker outfit if ho .lays cards with
regularity, or to a pious outfit if ho goes
to church.
Feoplo in tho East have often ro.id of
tho cowboy when on a spree "shooting
up iu the town" or lynching a horse
thief, but not very many know anything
about the real lifo of tho cowboy, nnd
of what his outiit is composed or what
it costs.
Tho most import nut article in tho cow
boy's outfit is Iho chuck wagon, or tho
wagon over which ihu cook preside. It
is a common prairie schooucr, with hoops
over it to stretch a innvns roof on, so
that such perishable goods as salt, sugar
and flour can bo protected from tho
weather. At tho back is a cupboard,
where such thing a baking powder,
pepper, colfce, dishes, etc., are kept.
There are pots and frying pans a plenty,
and the larder is always well tuppliud.
Bacon is generally preferred to salt rk,
and fresh I ccf is kept constantly on hand
by killing a stoor from tho herd as oc
casion rcmiircs. The owners of tho herd
supply the food, nud a :t h . tools ns
shovels, axci, etc.
The shovel, it is interesting to know,
is generally of much more use than tho
axe. When taking a wagon across the
streams it is very often necessary to cut
down tho banks on either sido to form
an iucliucd piano, for perpendicular
banks three and four feo! high are com
mon. Then, too, the stieams very often
run under ground. Tho bed of a creek
may bo covered with sand nnd gravel
burning hot, but by digging two or
three feet sometimes as much as six or
eight pure, tweet water may bo had iu
abundance.
Timber for fuel may bo had iu somo
parte of a range and not in others, but
wheu it is ubundaut tho cowboy's cook
generally prefers tho ancient bulTulo
chips, which ho calls Kansas or prairie
coal.
Next to the chuck "wagon among the
t ea Is ol the cowboy is his pony. Tho
Texas pony is a marvel to an Eastern
man. It weighs from 500 to 1100 pounds
only, but it cautirs away for foity or
fifty miles witli a well-grown man, say
from 130 to 1 70 pounds Weight, on its
back, and then rustles for its feed and
comes up frcshfor another runter of tho
same longth ne day. Tho cowboys
tell of much greater feats of strength
nnd endurance than this, but tho H :n
reporter saw this much dime.
Each cowboy, however is suppliod
with six ponies by tho ownor, bocauso
while a pony can stand several duys of
hard riding iu succession, it is more
economical to have several on hand nnd
give each a chance to rest butwen rides.
The ponies aro worth only from $J0 to
$:t0 each. They are a vicious lot nnd
buck ecstatically eery time they uro
mounted.
Tho cowman supplies tho cowboy
with four blankets, saddle, bridlo, ami
huso, as well as ponies, but tho cowboy
who has any style about him scorns bolh
tho sadddlo and the lasso furnished by
tho company. Tho company's saddle
is simply a substantial nkeletou costing
not more than 10. The cowboy buys
his own, and it costs $"o at least. U is
made of stamped and embroidered
leather, and everything about it is of
the very best tjuulity. Ono lirm iu
Wichita, Kansas, has made a gicat
fortune by first making tho very best
saddle that cau be mado by human
skill, and then charging these prices for
it. The cowboy pays the price because
he is sure of getting tho best saddle
mado.
The company lasso is made of raw
hide. It cost 10. It does very well in
fine weather; iu a rainstorm it ;t stiff
and awkward to handle. The cowboy
leaves it with tho outfit, ami takes his
own. This is undo of horsehair, uud ia
always us flexible as a bit of cottou
twine and strong onough to hold an
elephant. It lias a raiigo in tho hands
of a man of skill of sixty feet the
noose cau be droppoa over a steer's horns
at that distance. lis costs tho cowboy
from :10 to 1.5. To learn to use tho
lasso requiies constant practice lor from
four weeks to six months, according to
the individual. t'f couise. some men
Dever become experts, while others seem
to be "boru with mpes iu their hands."
tlther essentials of the cowboy outiit
are the repeating rifle ami the six f hooicr.
A ood ri e costs .vji and u go. id six
shooter but little less. The cowboy must
have ivory or other fancy handle, and
tho mountings must l e of goM a d
silver. Ji t liiis weapon, althoii;;i fan y,
is deady iu the lijit hand. '1 lie 1 ast
ern man comes here expecting to find
every cowboy au expert with tho re
yoher, and U somewhat astonished to
find that not ono in ten can be so classed.
The reputation of the few clings to the
wholo. Une of the best revolver shots
in the Indian Territory is Dave Oeber,
a half breed living with tho 1'corias. Ho
can hit a target the tine of a mnn's head
six times in rapid succession while riding
his pony at full speed at a distance of
200 yards. Having learned to shoot
while riding on horseback, he cannot
shoot so well standing on foot and aim
ing deliberately, nnd that is ono of tho
peculiarities of the cowboy marksman.
To return to tho pony flappings, tho
spurs of a cowboy are worth mentioning.
A cheap pair mado of malcablo cost iron
can bo bought for twenty-live cents.
The funcy sours cost from to $ a pair.
They aro plated with silver, and en
graved in fancy designs, sometimes, but
the part to which the cowboy directs his
attention when buying is tho rowel or
wheel, and tho bell. The wheel must
hnve long nnd substantial spokes. The
bell it a little piece of stceV shaped like
the clapper of a bell. It it secured to
tho fork that holds the rowel. For
business purpo cs it is dropped in be
tween tw o spokes of tho rowel aud thus
prevents the rowell turning. Having
done tlrs, the cowboy can drop down
over tho side of his pony, catching the
rowel in his (addle to support ouo end
of his body, hanging to tho pommel with
I ono hand to support the other, and work
ing me trigger o: ins six-siiooter under
tho neck of his pony to make things in - !
foresting for tho enemy. In tho days
when Indians were in tho habit of ,
stampeding hctds at every opportunity!
the rowel aud bell wcro of great impor- j
tance in a running fight. I
Tho article of wearing npparel which
is tho pride of the cowboy's heart is his
hut. A good broad-brimmed hatcanuot '
b3 bought for less than $i. Tho very i
best cost $20. That is for the hat. Tho
hat band it bought extra. A leather '
rband with a clinkinif brass chain at- i
taclied may bo had foe. a dollar. A cord
of braided gold laco, such as a cowboy
would wear iu society, costs from $7.50
to 10. City Hoc irder Georgo A. Make, ',
o ' lloavcr City, No Stan's Laud, wears a '
head outfit that cost $27.50, of which
tho braided-gold cord cost $7.50. iiube
Chilcott, who runs tho Heaver livery
stable, has another hat and band of tho
samo sort. Both men wore once cow i
boys.
Hut it is not altoKUhcj;.as a mutter of
fancy that expensive hiits are bought.
The broad brim is a great protection to
the back of tho neck and the face when
riding iu a storm across the ran go. A
storm on the range is liko a gale at sea.
The wind sweeps unimpeded over the
lo ol prairie, aud drives tho rain or snow
ngaiust tho cowboy almost with the
force of a charge of liirdshot. Tho best
hat tho ouo that is at auco warm and
waterproof is good enough on euch !
occasions, but none too good.
Next to his hat tho cowboy is proud i
of ills boots. They must bo hand mado, !
of the best and softest of leather, and
they must have long legs and heels that
will throw tho French heel of n lady's :
boot entirely in tho shade. Heels from
an inch to an inch and a ju u tcr high aro
tho proper tiling for cowboys who wish
to attend a dance in this country. Boots
of this sort cost from $12-to 1.5.
Singular enough, the cowboy cares ns
littlo for the quality of his suit of o'othes
ns he docs about the cost of his pony. A
$12 suit of storo clothes, such as would
cost say $0 iu New York, nre good
enough for him, while his suit of flannels
will not cost nbove $4. In some parts of
tho country, leather trousers that aro
laced, instead of sewed up, ou Iho outer
scams, are in U'O. They cost from $0 to
7 a pair, and are valued because they
wear well, and because snakes cannot
bilo through them. Then, too, tho
cowboy usually has a pair of slickers,
blickors are called oilskins by seafaring
men. They arc mado of duck, and aro
mado waterproof by a soaking in oil.
As might bo inferred, from what has
been wiittcn, tho bill of fare of Iho cow
boy consists chietly of bread and bacon
and beef nnd coffee. Itutlor nnd milk
are almost unknown, although there aro
tlu usa ids of cows ou the rango. tleorgo
lliuke told tho reporter, however, that
on a range where ho was in charge ho
fitted up n milk houso over a spriug near
where the outfit had its headquarters,
and having bought a churn nnd some
j pans, kept tliu outfit supplied with but
I ter ami tweet milk. Every outfit ni ght
bo supplied but tor tlie dislike of milk
ing which every tow boy evinces.
Tho diet of beef uud pork is always
varied with game, tao. There is gou
crally one shot guu with the (uttitlor
prairie chickens, while deer, autclope,
and jack lajjbtts are Miot iu numbers
with rifles and six-shooters. Out of ten
men iu the ngiuaw outfit, Dave liebcr
said at least two weut hunting every
h'unday.
The dally experience of the cowboy is
monotonous in most respects, but not
(infrequently he has enough excitement
iu fifteen minutes to lust most men a
lifetime, liy day ho must keep tho cat
tlo moving slowly about so that they
will have smiio evcrcise. Due herd of
Will in the I'eoriu reservation, which tho
reporter saw, had a range of ton miles.
They wcro driven over the most of
this nud I ac!; onco a day. At niyht
when the cattlo lie dowu to sleep a
small hunch like the S. 10 will be left to
c;iio for itself. AN ith a herd like the
Saginaw I'ompany's, ;',5(io string, two
men rodo constantly around the herd all
night sinking iu a monotonous chant
iliiy aa-a Vo o-o-o o, llay a a-a-Vo o-o-o
o. To atop for a minute was ex
tremely dangerous, for the cattle, miss
ing the song to which they were accus
tomed, would become uueasy. Tho
cow boys stand watches of two hours'
lengih at night.
Sometimes through carclessnc-t, but
often in spite of tare, the cattle will
become alarmed. It is us if they saw a
g'uort, the cowboys say. Iu an instant
there are thousands on their feet, and
away they go iu a mad gallop, struiht
to dostructiou, if they cannot be turned.
This is the moment that tries the ueive
of tho cowboy. He must get them to
circling running iu a circhi and thcie
is but ouo way to do it. They will
blindly folhyv a leader, and he liK.-st be
that leader. Spurring his pony into a
wilder gallop tliau that of the cuttle, he
lit ict ride iu ahead of the frightened
i lieid and continue without a tiemor iu
j his voice his song of "llay a a-a yo o-o-'
o o; hay a a a-yo-o o-o-o," eveu though
it is h s own dcalh knell, for should I g
puny clip on the wet grass, or put t
lout iu the hole of u badger or a piu i
dog. ho will go dowu under the feel of
the frightened cattlo aud have the life
trampled out of him before he has
time to think. A ood many cow
boys havo died that wav, they lay, but
no one haa ever thought of ere ting a
monument over their graves.
Sometimes there are cattle in the herd
that will not follow the cowboy leader as
ho strives to make them circle. Theso
tangents, as they aro called, must be
shot down instantly, and it for this
reason that the cowboy must learn to
handle tho six shooter as well at tho
lariat.
The cowboy generally sleept in tho
open air. He may crawl under a chuck
wagon In case of rain, but he usually
sleeps out. Whero the cattle remain in
a definite locality for a length of time he
may build a house or shanty where there
is timber. Tents are used sometimes.
The kiugs ot the craft get $50 and even
$75 a month. Tho tenderfoot starts in
at whatever ho can get $10 or $12 or
$1 a month. JVcte York Hun,
Rnisinir Crows for Profit.
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Pie-iyun sayt that an ingenious agricul
tural person who lives not very far from
lioston has hit upon a new and decidedly
profitable industry. There has recently
arisen a demand for crows' heads, hith
erto deemed valueless, and it it hit pur
pose to BUpnly it. Ten cents apiece tho
county authorities have offered for the
crania of those interesting birds, 'Trom
whoso destructive propensities the far
mers' crops havo been suffering seriously
of late years. Under ordinary circum
stan es this bounty would not leave a
very largo margin of profit for tho re
cipient. It costs something, you see, to
kill a crow. Thcro is tho ammunition,
in tho first place, which is expensive,
and one cannot count upon slaying even
a single inky-feathered fowl for each
charge of shot and powder. Besides,
the sportsman's time must be reckoned
in the count, lint tho enterprising
speculator above referred to has devised
a scheme by which a maximum percent
age of gain is to be secured without
any risk worth speaking ot. He has set
up a chicken incubator of the most im
proved pattern, in which is placed as
fast as it is laid tho product of about one
hundred hen-crows that have been
trapped and confined, in company with
perhaps a dozen cock-crows. Within
fifteen days the littlo creatures are
hatched, and a fortnight later they are
ready to be decapitated. For be it un
derstood, the head of a crow-chick is
worth just as much as that of an adult of
tho species. At the uniform rate of ten
for a dollar, dead, they pay the pro
ducer excellently. In the way of food,
while alive, tho stock requiies very
little, yielding, under tho circumstances
described, a constant supply of eggs
during eight mouths of tho year. It is
this prolific quality of tho crow that has
rendered it objectionable from the agri
cultural point of view. Since tho county
was so anxious to obtain crows' heads,
it must be considered fortunate that the
ingenious gentleman in question should
have been able to till the requisition so
satisfactorily. Then, too, tho feathers
have been salable' for mourning hats, and
occasionally the carcasses have found a
market w th the friends of defeated poli
ticians. A Celebrated Focnt.
Fnvid Everett was a distant relative ol
tho lato Edward Everett, lie was born
iu 1'iiiiceton, Mass., in 1700. In the
winter previous to entering Dartmouth
College, in 17U1, when a teacher in the
grammar school at New Ipswich, he pre
pared this little poem to bo recited at an
exhibition got up in the academy stylo,
composed expressly for Ephraim H. Far
rar, to bo spoken by him on tho occasion,
whoa only seven years of age ;
You'd scarco expect one of my age
To sMak in public on the stago;
Anil if I chance to fall below
D.'innstlieiiHS or Cioero,
l'ou't view mo with a critic's eye,
lint pass my imperfections by;
Lare streams from Utile fountains flow;
Tall oaks from littlo acorns grow;
Ami though I now am small and young,
I II' ju'lment weak, and faehle tongue,
Yet all great luurned men, like me,
Once learned to read their ADC,
Hut why may not Columbia's soil
Konr men as great as Britain's islo
K.xeee 1 what Greece ami Koine have dons,
Or any land beneuth tin sun.'
Mayn't Massachusetts boast as great
A any other sister Statu
Or wliHre's the town, go far and near,
That does not find a rival heref
Or where' tho boy but threo feot high
Who's made improvement more tbau If
Those thought! inspire my youthful mind
To be the greatest of mankind;
(iroat, not liko C rsar, stained with blool,
But only great as I am good.
Farrar was writing mister iu 1813 in
the elementary school of Law-son Lyon,
located on the north side of Dr. Chan
ning's church in lioston, whore sons of
the most distinguished families were
ed ucated. Ch i:a . o LlcritlJ.
A Novel Legal Case.
Tho most novel legal case in the judi
cial annals of North Carolina has been
tried at Wilmington. A photographer,
iu order to secure some striking local
scencj, requested Policeman I lowland to
procure a colored boy aud come into hit
studio. Ollicer Howland hailed a pass
ing colored boy aud together they
entered the tent. The photographer
grouped his sub erts, requesting the
o licer to collar the youth, raise his club
and look ollicinlly severe. Several photo
graphs were t:tken. Ono was given to
the boy and another was hung out as an
advertisement. This was too Btrikiug
lor tho father of the lad, who swore out
a warrant before the Justico charging
Ollicer Howland with assault and bat
tery. Tho warrant was duly served.
Howland, accompanied by counsel, ap
peared' before a magistrate. The ollicer
was lined. Han Fiaucijco Chrouich:
Tho Demand for Diamonds.
licceut reports from Bru.il and Asia
i show that the world is not losing iutcr
I est iu the diuiuoud, uud that speculators
I and i upilalists aro not haunted by auy
i such fear. A syndicate of American
capitalists recently obtained important
concessions from tho Brazilian Oovcru-
ment with the purpose of developing
new diamond lieidd iu the northern part
of that country, so marvelously rich in
minerals, 'the old Indian mines have
not, escaped the prospector's watchful
eye, and it is probable that tbeso will
eio long be worked more cxteusively.
!-ome weeks since au expedition visited
a portion of the Deccun, where diamonds
are said to have been found two or Hires
Lcnturies ago, but met with no encour
aging signs, la the South African fields
ijow localities are being discovered from
time to time, and still the world hunger!
for more diamonds. -:k-' JitiUic,
A NATURAL BONE-SETTER.
EEMARKABLB OPERATIONS BY
AN UNTUTOBED WOMAN.
Sho In Entirely Without Profes
sional Training Sncccse "With
Apparently Incurable Cases.
Anzonia is a littlo picturesque village
near Vittoria, in Northeastern Italy, not
far from the Austrian Tyrol. It is the
home of a noted woman, whose fame
has spread throughout all Europe by her
skill to relieve human suffering. Kegina
dal Cin was born in the village of cn--denciano,
near Conrgllano, Venctia,
April 4, 1819. Her parents were Lorenzo
Marchesinl and Jlarianna Sandonella,
both of whom belonged to the peasantry
of Venetia. Following the vocation of
her mother, Iicgina, from early child
hood, displayed a taste for setting dis
located bones.
At first practioing her art on chickens
and animals, liegina's first operation,
strange to say, was upon her mother.
One day, as she was going to a neighbor
ing village, the wagon upset and her leg
was broken. Kegina, who was now
nine years old, following her mother's
direction, set the limb. Her mother
was carried home and confined to her
house for forty dayt, during which her
daughter became her nurse.
A year later Kegina went to live with
her brother at Vittoria, where the began
to see operations in tho hospital and ac
quired her celebrated delicacy of touch.
At the age of eighteen sho married
Lorenzo dal Cin, a poor peasaut, and
was shortly left a widow with one ton,
who became a priest. Among her early
operations was one upon a poor fellow
in the village of Alpago, who was con
fined to his bed by fractured legs. Tho
doctors had ordered mnputatiou when
Ilegina, appearing at tho time, declared
she could save both leut, and in short
time the man was able to walk. Doc
tors enraged at being thus outrivaled,
had her arrested and taken before the
Tribune for practicing without a license.
Her advocate was the patient whom she
had just cured. Iicgina was pardoned,
but ordered to practice no more. Yet
patientt came to her day by day, declar
ing they would tee no one else. The
theory of her skill was tho "reduction of
the femur." A poltico of marshmallow
and bran was applied and continued for
a longer or shorter time, accordingly as
the dislocation was new or old. When
the bone bad attained a certain softness
the manipulation begun and the dis
membered parts placed aright, the force
being used at the proper time, and un
consciously to the patient, all being done
without chloroform and without caus
ing pain. It must be remarked, how
ever, that she possessed an almost su
perhuman strength in her fingers, equal
to that of two men.
Another wonderful cure was in tho
case of Dr. Bcllim, an invalid from hip
dislocation, of twenty years' standing.
Dr. Bellim was one of the physicians
whose prejudice, twenty-five years be
foro, she had sought to overcome. From
1S43 to 1Su8 she continued to practice
her profession, in which her only desire
was to excel. From patients of ample
means she always expected liberal com
pensation, but the poor she charged
nothing. Again summoned before the
tribunal at Vittoria for practicing with
out a license, she was condemned to two
months' imprisonment. The case was
carried to the higher Court at Yet ice
whero defending herself with great skill,
she said: "Gentlemen, you know very
well how to name the bones, I do not;
but I can see them, aud you can not."
She was acquitted amid great rejoicing.
A lady of Yenico, whoso daughter was
suffering from luxation of the femur,
sent for liegina, nnd the young lady in a
short time was able to lay aside her
crutches.
The physicians of Venice, after an in
terview, now each presented her with a
certificate. Honors still awaited her.
Jlr. Cauenida, a rich banker of Trieste,
whose daughter had suffered from in
fancy with tho same disease, and who
had consulted all the best physicians ot
the great Capital without finding any
benefit, sent for l.egiua, who operated
on the daughter, and in a short time she
was cured. Operations began to multi
ply. Wonderful cures were effe ted.
liegina was tendered an ovation. Sur
rounded on the streets and everywhere
Hailed with enthusiasm, she would smile
and bid them "Thank Cod, for it is to
Him I hold the gift." The municipality
invited her to operate in the City Hos
pital before a number of physicians, and
she secured their warm approval, and
they rewarded her with a certificate
The Mayor now gave her a grand din
ner, at which were present the elite of
the city aud many physicians. They
applauded her everywhere, as if she
wero Caribaldi or some other liberator of
the country.
The day of her departure a deputation
of patients, headed by Mr. Valerio, who
had been cured of luxation of twenty
years' standing, presented her with a
magnificent album, containing over four
thousand signatures, including those of
eighty physicians, beautifully dedicated
in lines of gold. The muucipality of
Trieste presented her with I Oil Napoleons
in gold, one-half of which she dis
tributed to tho poor. The profession of
fered her 300 llorius a year and a villa to
remain.
It was a fete day at Vittoria when the
Italian Government sent Kegina a dip
loma allowing her to practice. .Music
sounded ou the streets, national airs
wero sung. A young miiu whom sho
had cured of luxation of the femur wrote
two poems, which were rendered at the
theatre during the afteruoou and eveu
iog. Mr. Isaac It. Itobinsoti, of Montague
Terrace, Brooklyn, who was rendered
lame from a sickness during infancy,
while traveling abroad, sought her at
her home, uud was benefited to the ex
tent of being able to walk without the
use of a high shoe. The cases cited are
all cures, yet iu some instances relaxation
took place after tuatmuut, us to which
she said: "1 only beuiu to cure; you
mu.t do tho rest," meaning the contin
uance of bandages, etc. Incurable
patients sought her door. Discerning
their condition, a single touch telling
her the coudiliou of the bone, she dis
missed them with a sweet smile, often
handing them a coin.
Though now seventy years old, day
by day she is visited by Italians, Aus
triaus, French, l'russiaus, Ifussiaiis,
l'olus, Greeks and Turks. She shows no
distinction to patients. -r-EroMyrk aijk.
IIOISKIIOLD AFFAIRS.
Hammock for Drapery.
The Mexican hammocks, or the ordi
nary ones sold in the shops for about a
dollar, can be utilized for drapery.
They come in good colors; combina
tions of black, yellow, red and blue,
t ut the mesh across at each end to as
to leave the twisted heads for tassels.
Full tho hammock out and stretch it as
much as possible. Turn the upper end
over, like a fringe-work, and pass the
curtain rod, in and out, through the
meshes. Wheu h-ng, it may be neces
sary to tack the meshes at intervals until
the hammock htt lost its stiffness. Loop
with the pieces of rope that come with
thB hammock, and attach the twisted
ends as tassels. Housewife.
Rooms Ornamrntml With Flutter
ing Hut ter flies.
A novel idea for the ornamentation of
an apartment is to fill the air with flutter
ing butterflies of every hue. Get tho
Japanese napkins of stained paper or
squares of colored tissue paper. Two
colors can be used, one placed over the
other, to form the wings ; when slightly
crimped and dashed with specks of
water-color they are improved. The
squares should be cut of the requisite sie
aud fastened with a small clothes pin.
These must be painted brown nnd zoned
with yellow. Feelers of wire may bo
added. The butterflies should be strung
at intervals on invisiblo wires placed at
uneven distances across the room. These
airy nothings flutter like living things
with every passing zephyr. A Dent piu
can be fastened to the center of the body
to secure them to the wire. They may
be also pinned on lace curtains or on
picture wires as if just alighting.
Picayune.
How to Broil.
Broiling appears to have been the
earliest method of cooking. Whether
we broil steaks, chops, fish or fowl, the
process is the samo. The object is to
cook without burning or loss of juice.
Tough meats are unsuitable for broiling,
and tender meats may bo spoiled by
wrong cooking. Trim olf part of tho
fat where there is much, and wipe the
moisture from the surface. Grease the
wires of the broiler to prevent sticking.
Lay the meat on evenly, hold close to
plenty of bright, red coals, while you
count ten, turn the broiler so the other
tide of the meat is next the fire, coupt
nnd turn, and to on. Bleak au inch
thick will be cooked rare in five minutes,
well done in eight or ten; chop3 or small
birds require eight or ten; fish a longci
time. Albumen, the chief substance in
meat, hardens under heat, so the saving
of juice depends on quickly tearing the
outsido. Always serve hot meut on a
hot dish. Sturdy Oak:
Drylnjr reaches.
One of the most important things in
the process is to have good fruit, neither
too r.pe nor too green and hard.
In the second place, good trays, such
as they dry raisins on, are almost indis
pensable. Y'ou handle them easily; they
are more convenient than cloth or plank,
because you can carry them from the
room where the fruit is prepared and
placed on the trays to tho sulphur bath.
Care must be taken to place the sul
phur pan far enough below tho trays to
preveut burning.
To make a scaffold to place your trays
on, set stakes in the ground about two
feot high, uailing fence bonrds at the top
in rows two feet apart. Tho trays should
face to tho southwest, so as to get tho
full benefit of the afternoon sun.
Sawed redwood shakes make very
good trnys. They should be nailed with
wrought nails to a rim of one-inch
square lumber.
Have a room to handle and store your
fruit as it is driod. Mako it moth proof,
with tight walls and screens over the
doon aud wiudows.
The doors aud wiudows should be
closed at night and opened every day to
facilitate drying.
To make bright, clean, merchantable
fruit, have all your trays of an even size.
File them up every night to keep out
tho dampness nnd tho moths; uncover
them in tho morning after sunrise.
Do not let your fruit get too dry on
the trays, but examine it critically, for
when some are perfectly dry other pieces
will be partly dry. Carry tho fruit iuto
tho storeroom aud bulk it, turning it
over every two days to equalize the
dampness, aud whenever it is dry
enough to Keep, sack it at once and keep
it bright and clean. California liural
I'l'tii.
Iteclpes.
S jl asu Pu:. Ono egg, ouo pint of
milk, cracker rolled fine, ono cup of
sifted squash, nutmeg and cinnamon to
tosto.
Omelktvu Ft hi One. One egg, ono
tablespoonful of milk, one teaspoon of
sugar and a pinch of salt; beat all to
gether and fry iu hot butter; roll it up
as it sets aud do not burn.
CtnN Biikai). One cup of flour,
three cups of coru meal, threo eggs, one
tablespoonful of sugar, one-half cup of
butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, ouo pint of milk aud a pinch of
salt.
(i One cup and a half of corn
meal, ' the same of Hour, the same of
sweet milk, two well-beaten eggs, a
picco of butter the size of an egg, a
littlo salt, add two tea-poonfuls of bak
ing powder with u littlo of tho flour;
butler tho gem pans, well; lill two
thirds full; bake iu a quick oven ubout
thirty miuutes; servo hot.
Indian I'i hdim:. Ouo quart milk,
two heaping tablespooufuls of Iudiuu
meal, four of sugar, one of butter, threo
eggs, ouo teaspoon salt aud half teaspoon
ginger. lion too miiu, surung uio
meal into it and coos uuouc iweivu
minutes; stir tho butter into the meal
uud milk, uud wheu cool add tho beateu
eg.js, salt, sugar uud ginger. Baku
slowly one hour.
Kt'l'KKMK lK Sl'lilMl ClIfi'KKN. Trim
tho tillels out of six young, large chick
ens, lard close and tine, and put iu bruis
ing pau to cook thoroughly without
browning; keep covered; make a sauce
by melting half u pound of good butter;
nix with it ono cupful of flour, dilute
with ouo piut of chicken broth and one
pint of hot cream, season with salt and
red pepper, let come to a boil, when it
should be taken from the raugo; then
stir and ? eat to a creamy smooth-appearing
sauce, range the iilletsot chicken
ou a plate, str.iiu this s:uiceover, garnish
with slices of trullies ou top aud luucy
Bhaped cut Uicet of red tongue on tides,
aud serve, . ...
IN THE DARK.
Oh, in the depths of midnight
What fancies hannt the brain,
When even the sigh of the sleeper
Sounds like a sob of pain.
A sense of awe and of wonder
I may never well define.
For tho thought that come in the shadows
Never come in the shine.
he old clock down in the parlor,
Like a sleepless mourner grieves,
And the seconds drip in the silence
As the rain drips from the eaves.
And I think of the bands thatalgnal
The hours there in the gloom,
And wonder what angel watchers
Wait in the darkened room.
And I think of the smiling faces
That used to watch and wait,
Till the click of the clock was answered
By the click of the open gate.
They are not there now in the evening
Morning or noon not there;
Yet I know that they keep their virgil
And wait for me somewhere.
James H'hitcomb lliley.
iimorc OF THE PAT.
Kegular "healers" Physicians.
A cable road The bed of the Atlantic.
The "beefy" nobleman Sir Loin
Bteak.
A woman should never wear n rufllo on
her temper.
Always work wilh good prospects
Mitsionarics.
Never take cold at their work
Draughtsmen. Not conspicuously full of cracks
Pouted houses.
- It is conceded that a fiddler is up to
his chin in business.
"Are you through with your lungsl"
asked tho cigarette of the youth.
It may sound somewhat contradictory,
but the first thing in a boot is tho last.
"Why is the letter S like a sewing
machine?" "Because it makes needles
needless."
St. Louis boasts of a dwarf barber less
than four feet high, lie must be a little
shaver. Statettntn.
Practical jokers are a very unprofitable
lot. They never buy; their business it
to sell. Hoche.ter Poit.
The greatest weather profit of this sea
son is . tho money saved by young men
who didn't go sleigh-riding.
Cholly "I always sleep well." Miss
Snyder "So I should judge. You never
seem more than half awake." Hem York
Swn.
Upper-Ten Child ".My papa it
abroad. Is yours?" Lower-Ten Child
"Yep. Mine it at large ag'in." Neio
York WetUy.
Tho Betting tun is a vory warm affair,
but for really hot heat commend us to
the totting hen when the gets wet.
Commeiviat AJoertiscr.
Bjones "I hear Do Garr,- gave Miss
Ilapidde a pound of caramels with his
love." Mcrritt "Yes; he told me she
accepted the caramels." N?to York Sun.
The early bird is quite as apt to catch
the malaria as the worm; the moral of
which seems to bo that previousness rt
a vicious sort of a virtuo after all.
Commercial Advertiser.
Scientist (in restaurant) "Bring me
a decoction of burnt peas, sweetened
with glucoso nnd lightened with chalk
aud water." Waiter (vociferously)
Co ico fur ono!" Timi.
First Bohemian (pcnsiyely, ovor hi,,,,
logwood and water) "After all, " deal
boy, lifo is a dream." Second Bohemian
"Yes; and the trouble is we onlygatsiC
tha nightmare part of if."
Mrs. I'pperten "Well, Jane, I am""
sorry you have do ided to leave me; but
if you are going to hotter yourself, of
course " Jane "It isn't that, ma'am;
I am going to get married."
A writer in tho World re ommendt
that executions by means ot electricity
bo called "ihanatcloctrizatlon." What't
the uso of adding unnecessary terrors to
the tbiug? JJinjIiamton Jiepubliain.
If you have a toothache have your
tooth pulled, but do not tuink it necos
taiy or even right to aitempt to cure an
ea acliu by having your car pullod.
What is one man's meat is another's
poison. Commercial Advert iier.
Said a great admirer of tha preacher
his church had dismissed : "That was a
fine sermon, and well timed, too."
"Yes," replied tho clergyman, "it was
certainly well timed. About half tho
congregation had their watchis outmost
of the timo I was talking."
Teacher (geography class) "Very
good. Now, children, to morrow you
must ull bring small bottles of tweet oil
wilh you." Head Girl "What ure they
for?' "To lubricato your jaws, my
dear. We aro to begin ou the lakes of
-Maine." 1'hiluddh a H&or t.
Cf all editorial writers, Horace
Greeley was, most noted for illegiblo
copy. Ou ono occasion tho "modern
Franklin" penned something about
"Suburban .ourualism advancing," but
the typesetter, thinking it one of hit
fumous agricultural articles, launched
out wildly with the words; "rfuperb
Jerusalem arti.hokcs." -J:'joeh.
The Oldest Twius.
Tho oldest living twins in tho United
States wero boru in this century iu Phila
delphia County. Their names are John
uud Samuel Nice, and they beir such
rcscmbluuco to each other thut it is al
most impossible to distinguish them
apart. O. o resides in Germaucown und
tho other ' in Jenkiutowu. They were
born on May II, W5. They both
learned cabinet making, aud iu 182i '
they opened au undertaker's establish
ment at tho corner of Main street and
Vu-h:ui;tou avenue, Germuntowu, and
remained ill re until the close of the
Civil War. They have long siuco rotired
irom active business pursuits.
Both men hive married twice, both
ure widowers, aud each has tho tame
number of descendants. Within the
past few years they havo become quite
deaf. Tli-y enjoy comparatively good
health, and are as aetivo us men iu the
prime of life. Neither has ever used
tobacco iu any form or tusted liquor.
This, they claim, is the causa of their
long life. Ilesides boing tho oldest
twin.-", tliey believe that they tie the
oldest undeitakois In the country, and
to have owucd tho oldest burial estab
lishment in the United States, it dating
rack to Wd,l'MMilM ficwrd.