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Work baa already begun ou tho cloy
bnth census.
j An International Congress of Geogra
phers is to bexhcld In Paris during tbe
Bummer.
TUi'flcbraska Supremo Court has de
lved that, mortgages on growing corn aro
iuvah.
-J Tbo Louisvlllo Cmirier-Journal rails for
. free delivery mail system for tho farm
og?mniunities. ' About fifteen companies aro reported
io have been organized during tlio past
few we As I o build cotton . mills in the
South. '
m Tlio New York Telegram estimates that
thero has been in thrco years a twenty
flyo per cent, decrease in prison inmntcs
iu prohibit bin Iowa.
One may stand on top of tiie Eiffel
Toner iu Paris, they say, and bo entirely
out of a heavy storm that rages at a lower
level. The structure is 984 feet high.
. ' . . . a ,
Tlstatoment is made, says the At
" 'lahta Constitution, that not more than five
eminent scientists in tho United States re
ject tho Darwinian theory of evolution.
Our country is not altogether defence
less on. land. Tlio Centennial demon
strated fh'at 70,000 militiamen' can be as
sembled in Nryv York within fifteen'
hourg
Tho Chicago Jmimcil thinks that tho
couiiu-ccisus may sU .v a i'c crease in tho
population of somo of tho States. It pre
dirts a falling off in some of tho New'
England States and ill the two Carolinus.
BotlsjFrnuce and England have decided
that the female sex has not tho necessary
intelligence to mako proper use of tho
ballot. And still American girls run af
ter those fellows 1 indignantly exclaims
the Detroit Fret I'ress.
At a recent banquet in New York Gov
ernor Buckuer, of Kentucky , Tid that
after the surronJerat Appomattox General
Grant followed lifiif into tho woods, and
offered bho tho use of all his funds and
food for tho comfort of himself and bis
men.'
. .Cincinnati firemen gave a ball the othc
evening and an alarm left the maids and
matrons without partners while tho fire
men worked for three hours in w Hito ties
and "swallow tail coats in the line of
duty. Both the ladies and the fire were
nut out.
Thc.revival of the spelling bee promises,
thinks the Atlanta Constitution, no end
of innocent and hearty amusement. There
is moYo genuine enjoyment in one of
these contests than there is in a hundred
-walking matches or other tests of physical
Th Vs of tho foreign ministers at
ikiiiihiua, must have been hik'hlv
ored to receive portions of the Stuto
er at their homes. This was tho
nearest approach to recognition that they
have any hopo of iu a country where the
' wooiau is never deemed worthy to appear
' ' in public.
It is of .some interest to recall tho fact
that Ramsey says in his "Life of Wash
' ingtou" that Washington's mother "was
from tho influence of long established
habits so far from being partial to tbe
American rflution that she often re
gretted the side her son had taken in the
controversy between her King and her
country."
A railway company in Texas, which
has 7,000,000 acres of good land to sell
on easy terms, has agents drumming
among the disappointed boomers. As all
Oklahoma contains less thau 1 900,000
acres, there should be no trouble, remarks
the Detroit Free Press, in accommodating
the overflow. "Thero is a little food for
thought, too," it adds, "in the possession
of so much laud by a railway corpora
tion." The Cherokee outlet is the next section
of the boomer's promised land. His ad
vauco guard is already the"re, announces
the Washington Star, dodging the United
States army, fighting over worthless
claims, nud, as1 iu Oklahoma, swallowing
great. . Quantities of alkali dusfu tho
water and air. Alkali wute4 the
Oklahoma cities is now very' fpcnsjve,
. and, after drinkiug, the imbiber heartily
wishes that be hadn't.
- The ancient Japanese custom of Hari
Karl, or Happy Despatch, has received a
sil-buck. jfoT centuries it has been tbe
v custom f 'fVlicials of high rank who may
jfc-, hwo offendTa their sovereign to disem
bowel themselves upon intimation from
the Mikado. Not long ugo an old and
trusted ollicial wouuded tho feelings of
the monarch nnd the next day au officer
brought bhu the fatal sword, a niag
" Ccwit weapon incrusted with rare jew
The culprit received tho sword,
1 ia valuables and took the steamer
-rn roulu to Paris, whero he
Mr i-.-.i ,.r v., . 4'iii 11111
LOOK SEAWARD, SENTINEL!
Look seaward, Sontlnel, and tell the laud
What you behold
BKKTINEI,,
I se the deep-plowed furrows of the main
Bristling with harvest; funnel, and keel,
and shroud,
Heaving and hurrying hither through gale
and cloud,
Winged by their burdens; argosies of grain,
Hocks of strange breed and herds of south
ern strain.
Fantastic stud's nnd fruits of tropic bloom,
Antarctic fleece and equatorial spice,
Cargoes of cotton, nnd flax, and silk, and
rice.
Food for the hearth and staples for tlio
loom;
Hugs vats of sugar, casks of wine and oil,
Summoned from every sea to one sole shnro
By Empire's sceptre; tho converging store
Of TjjaJb'a pacific universal spoil.
And lieaving and hurrying hitherward to
. bring
Tribute from every sone, they lift their
voices,
And as a strong man revels and rejoices,
They loudly and lustily chant, and this the
song they sing:
CHORUS OF HOMK-COJI1NU SHIPS.
From the uttermost bound
Of the wind and tho foam
From creek and from sound,
We aro hastening home.
We are laden with treasure
. From ransacked seas,
To eharin your leisure,
To grace your ease.
We have trodden the billows,
And tracked the ford,
To soften your pillows,
To heap your board.
. The hills have lieeu shattered,
Tho forests scattered,
Our white snils tattered, " ' '
To swell your hoard,
Is it blossom, orfrult, or
Seed, you crave?
.lie land Is your suitor,
Tho sea your slave.
Wo have raced with the swallows,
And threaded tho fl'ies
Where tho walrus wallows
'Mid melting snows;
Sought regions torrid
And realms of sleet.
To gem your forehead,
To swathe your feet.
And behold, now we tender,
With pennons unfurled,
For your comfort and splendor, .
The wealth of the world.
Alfred Austin, in National Review.
BLACK CLOUD'S SON.
A GOVERNMENT ItlDER's STOUY.
There will never be another Indian out
break serious enough to call for the ac
tion of a full regiment of soldiers iu sup
pressing it. The extermination of the
bulTalo was the death-blow to the hostile
Indian. Added to that, the building of
tho railroad Hues flooded tho West with
emigrants, miners, hunters and tourists,
and tUe Iudian found himself hedged iu
by circumstances. Tho red mau is no
longer a warrior, lie is down, and down
pretty low, and it is tho beginning of the
end. lie is doomed to follow the 'buffalo,
and his total extinction will be regretted
only by tho few philanthropists who
argued for him as a theory, and never
came in physical contact.
No human being ever came nearer
being a fiend than au Apache Indian. The
Pawnees, Blackfect and Cheyeimes were
wicked enough, but the Apache had
traits of his own a liendisliuess which
other tribes might imitate but could not
equal. Ho was born crafty ami cruel. He
never bad the slightest feeling of mercy
or pity from the cradle to the grave. He
was never so much amused as when assist
ing to torture some living thing, lie was
never so satisfied as when planning to
take life.
A year previous to the timo General
Custer was ordered West to begin a vigor
ous campaign ngainst the Indiaus.'thc
Apaches were in their clorv. aud thev
boasted that they could defeat any force
of aoldicrs sent ngainst them. I was
scouting and mail-carrying in Texas for
tho Government, and after' many close
Bhavcs was finally captured by tho red
imps. It is of that incident 1 nui going
to write.
A mouth orc my capture I was out
on a scout ou tho Il'io Pecos Hiver, our
party uuiuberiug eighteen men. We
were well mounted nnd moving quickly
from point to point. One day at nooii
we went into camp in a grove of cottou
woods, and before I had unsaddled the
Lieutenant in command informed me
that he had lost his revolver from its
holster during tho last mile of our ride,
and asked me to ride back in search. In
stead of riding I returned on foot, and
had tho luck to find tho weapon only
about a quarter of a mile away. I then
cut across un elbow to reach the grove,
and when within stone's throw came sud
denly upon auludiau pony in a dry gulch,
and at tiiD samo instaut discovered his
owner crouched behind a boulder with
his back to me and his face to tho grove.
I had him under my ritle before lie could
turn bis head. Indeed, my linger was on
the trigger when I saw that he was a hoy.
Ho had a ritle iu bis hands, but I called
out to him to lay it down or 1 would lire,
and after a moment's hesitation he
obeyed. Then, as 1 kept him covered at
a distance of only seven or eight feet, 1
called to the men iu the grove, and
Beveral of them came hurrying down iu
respouse.
I had captured a son of Black Cloud,
Cliief of one of tiie Apache bands, uud
theboywas named after his father. lie
was only fourteen years old, and his
presence there exemplified the ruling traits
of Apache character. Three hours before
he had discovered our party while out
hunting with a party of his own. They
dared not make an open attack, but the
young Chief had sent his people away
and theu cut across the country to the
grove, planuiug that we would halt
there. Single-handed aud alone he was
going to pick oil the Lieutenant, and
then make his escape to boast of i.. We
had splendid horses and were all old
campaigners, and the boy would uot have
had ouc chuuue iu ten to gut away. He
must have realized it, Bnd yot ho waa
willing in run the risks. He was greatly
chagrined and cast down by his capture.
Wc had finished our scout and wero on
our way back to Fort MeKavett, and wc
determined, to carry him in prisoner.
When he was informed of this he earnestly
begged mo to kill him, saying that he
could never hold up his head among his
people again. Had lie been wounded
and rendered helpless it would not have
been so bad; lint to bo taken as ho was
woukl forever disgrace him. We bound
him fast to his pony, secured the animal
against a brcuk for liberty, aud act out
lor the fort.
Tlio boy was sullen and defiant for a
time, refusing to answer any questions,
but after a while, when I had told him
that ho would not be harmed, and that
his nipt 111-0 under tbo circumstances re
dounded to his credit, ho thawed out a
little. Three hours after his capture wc
got sight of a singlo Indian a mile away
to our right on a knoll, nnd as we halted
young Black Cloud informed m that it
was one of his tribe, who wanted to have
a talk with us. Signals were exchanged
between tho two, and the stranger soon
canio galloping in. Ho was one of the
hunting party, nnd had been dodging us
for twenty miles to find out If the boy
bad been captured. Ho was a fine look
ing fellow, nnd ns he halted In our midst,
and saw the ignoble situat icn of tho boy
Ins first thought was to fight for him. 1
called his attention to the fact that any
move of his would result in the death of
them both, and then explained how the
youth was captured. Knowing the con
ceit of the tribe I spread it on very thick,
alleging that it required our whole force
to make the capture, and it was not ac
I'omplisiied then without a hard fitrht.
This falsehood made tho boy my friend
for life, while it put the other in better
humor. I stated that young Black Cloud
would bo taken to the "fort and held
prisoner uutil exchnnged for somo white
captive, aud gave my word that ho would
bo well treated meanwhile. He sent a
message to his father to the effect that he
was not afraid, nnd hoped to be at lib
erty in a few days, and two hours later
wo had him safely lodged in the guard
house nt the fort. His capture was looked
upon as a good thiuff. for we knew that
his tribe would gladly cxcliange two or
three white prisoners for him.
Two weeks after tho capture of young
Black Cloud 1 was called Into tho
Colonel's ollicc one evening, and asked if
I thought it possible to get through to
Fort Concho with despatches. The
country was then in the possession of the
hostilcs. 1 ho Pecos warriors had come
down out of New Mexico to make com
mon cause against tho white's, nnd the
Kioways, Cheyenncs, ChickRsaws, Semi
nolcs, and Shawnees were all out iu the
country to tho north nnd east. The
Apaches had us almost in a state of siege,
being seen every day within five miles of
the post, and the chances of making a
sixty-mile ride across the plains lying be
tween the two forts without running
against a party of host ilea was not ono in
fifty. At such perilous times a Govern
ment rider is not commanded to go. He
is asked certain questions, however, in a
manner which decides him to make the
attempt. I left tlio post at 9 o'clock at
uight of an August evening perfectly satis
lied tluit I should be dead or a prisoner
before midnight. I had a bronco of tire
less gait, a rifle aud revolver, and I car
vied only five or six pounds extra weight.
Bofore setting out I went in to see young
Black Cloud aud ny good-by. I had
spent much of my time iu his company,
and we bad become pretty good friends.
When I told him of my journey he took
from his neck a buckskin string, to which
was attached tho tooth of a grizzly bear,
and handed it ho nie with the remark:
"You cannot get through. You will
be captured or killed. If not shot down,
show this to my people. They will know
who it belongs to. They may trade you
for me, aud I shall thus get back to uiv
tiibe."
A thunder storm was coming up 11s I
took my departure. Instead of holding
due north, ou the direct route, I rode to
the east for five miles and then held
away for Concho direct. The storm now
broke, and for a full hour I rode ahead
at a steady gallop, one moment in dark
ness so black that I could not see the
cms of my horse, and the next in a blaze
of light so brilliant that it blinded me.
By the time the storm had passed I was
a good fifteen miles from the fort, and
ns 1 had seen nothing to alarm me I be
gau to hope, that I would get through all
right. It was between lOand 11 o'clock,
and I had pulled my broncho down to a
walk for the first time, when bo suddenly
uttered a snort of alarm and started olf
with wild jumps. Three or four rifles
cracked, and as the reports readied me
tho horse fell in a heap uud flung me fur
over his head. I was momentarily stunned
by the fall, and before I had made a move
to get up I was seized by at least three
Indians, who were not a minute in bind
ing my hands uud feet. When I got a
clear head once more it was to realize
that the Apaches had me a secure prisoner,
and that, there were six or seven warriors
about me. The moon came up iu a clear
sky a little latter, and then I made out
that I had run directly into a temporary
camp. The shots fired utter me had
brought down my horse, and he lay groan
ing uud floundering a few yards uwuy.
The Indians knew that I was a white
man, but they didn't know who llicy had
got bold of uutil morning came. During
the interval I lay on the wet ground
guarded by two of the warriors, uud al
most immediately after iny capture tw'o
men were scut oil in ditfereut directions
with news of it. A party of twelve
Apaches arrived just before daylight aud
ten more at sunrise, and among tile latter
1 recognized Black Cloud, father of the
boy. One of the men bad recognized
me as "The-wlute-niuu-who-hurries," as
the Government riders wero called, and
in being iu tho party who captured the
Chief's son. No oue ever saw such a mad
lot of redskins before or since. They
wunted to torture me, and yet they
realized that through me the boy could
obtain his liberty. The Chief ut first
declared that he had disowned his son,
aud that he mighi rot iu confinement be
fore he Vioukl exchange a white prisoner
for him. When I called bis attention
the charm young Black Cloud had given
me tho old man pretended to believe that
it wns a sign tho boy was dead, and
ho ordered my immcdinto torture. I
was jerked to a sitting position, my boots
cut off, and the devils wero about to use
their knives on my feet when the old man
changed his mind and restrained them.
Thesight of me before them was thesamo
as a pail of fresh Mood placed before
ravenous wolves, and I expected to be
knifed or tomahawked every moment for
tho first half hour. When they had
cooled down a littlo Black Cloud de
manded tlio particulars of his boy's enp
ture. I saw that he felt degraded over
the event, and was ready to disown tho
youth, and I made out a strong defence
for the little chap to save my own Bcnlp.
It was finally decided to sparo my life
for a few days, and I was conducted to a
camp in tlio foot-hills between the two
forts. Here a council was held, and I had a
close shave of it. While Black Cloud
wrnntcd his son back, some of his advisers
contended that ho Bhould wait until se
curing some cheaper prisoner. They in
sisted on making me out n very import
ant personnge, nnd it wns well known
that I had killed or wounded several of
tho tribe in different scrimmnges. An
other tiling that bothered them was how
to make the exchange and not get
beaten. Treacherous and deceitful to
the last degree themselves,tliey would not
credit tho whites with having Bny honor.
It was argued, too, that tho commander
of the fort would exchange the boy for a
private soldier or any sort of prisoner,
and that I had done them too much dam
age to bo set nt liberty. There were
three days in which my fate was unde
cided, nud during the last day a stake
was driven and fagots collected for a lire
to torture nie. I had no voice
in tho council, being bound and
under guard, but it was nt length
decided to make the exchange. So cau
tious and fearful were tho Indians that it
took a week to effect what might have
been done in a day. I wroto a note to
the commandant explaining the situation.
This was carried iu by a squaw, who was
permitted to gee und converse with young
Black Cloud. He replied that ho would
exchange. Tho Apaches then wanted
the boy turned loose before they released
me, but this I would not hear to, know
ing they would murder me. It was finally
arranged that ho was to bo escorted a
mile outside tlio fort and turned loose ou
his horso. I was to be taken to within a
milo of the fort, nnd turned loose on foot.
The parties were to occupy eminences
half a mile apart, and the hour was to bo
9 o'clock in tiie morning. This plan was
carried out. Twenty soldiers camo out
with the boy, and about the same num
ber of Apaches escorted me. The treach
ery of the copper-faced fiends was soon
exemplified. They had posted five war
riors in a dry run to shoot me down ns I
made for the fort. The boy doubtless
suspected some such move, for as soon as
released he camo galloping straight for
me, and after a "how how" and a hand
shako he insisted that I walk beside his
pony until we reached tho gate of tho
fort. When I was safe he waved his
hand and rode away to be received with
yells and cheers, and it was then we saw
the treacherous rascals creeping out of
the cover where they had been stationed.
A year later, after a fight in which over
forty of the bravest Apache warriors had
gone to earth, I found youug Black Cloud
among the dead, having been bit four
times. He had a Winchester nnd a re
volver from which every cartridge had
been fired. JVeio York Hun.
Desirrtctlon of tlio Birds.
There is a subject to which I would
call attention, says a correspondent of
the New York Timet, namely, tho mania
for making collections of birds' eggs. It
has become a great evil in this section
aud unless cheeked soon will, I think,
prove worse than the English sparrows or
anything else. Different writers have en
couraged children to make collections of
eggs aud have dwelt on their beauty, and
tiie result is that swarms of boys are
scouring all the country iu tho vicinity of
towns for eggs. Every egg is taken and
hardly a ucst escapes destruction. A year
ago I determined to put a stop to it if
possible. I found that the law forbids
the robbing of nil nests other than those
of crows, blackbirds, hawks, uud owls,
making it a misdemeanor and also provid
ing a penalty of r'5 for each offense. This,
added to tho line of imprisonment or
both for the misdemeanor, makes rather
serious business of egg collecting. And
I found several persons who agreed to
help me, had the law published in the
local papers and also read in Sunday
school, along with a warning that all
found guilty would bo punished. It
worked well. Only a few were found to
continue collecting, and a second personal
notice to them was hII that was necessary.
A Bufi'iilo Census.
A report is being prepared for the
Miiilhsouian Institution, by I'roiessor W.
T. llornaday, which will snow the habits
of the American bison and its gradually
decreasing ruuire, and give interesting
details concerning the reduction of iw
numbers from countless thousands a quar
ter of a century iil'o the. slaughter of
1808 to 187- taking off three aud a half
millions to less than 7."D at the present
time. The buffalo now left include 2J.'i
head iu a domesticated state, viz. : 110
bead belonging to C. J. Jones, of Garden
City, Kau. ; U5 head owned by O. Allard,
011 the Flathead Indian Ueservatiou,
Molilalia; 18 head with Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show; 115 bead ou Charles
Goodnight's ranch 111 ar Clarendon, Texas,
and several small herds of two to livu
bead. The wild herds, so far as known,
are as follows: Near Peace liiver, Can
ada, probably 2U0 head, though consid
erably more accordiug to some estimates;
iu Yelhmslone National Park, as counted
no longer ugo thau February l'ith, 200
head; iu the Pan Handle of Texas, 30
head; ou the Bed Desert, Southern
Wyoming, 20 head ; iu iho Jiussel Shell
country, Montana, 111 head; in South
western Dakota, 5 head. r'-i'icntoit (Ar. JK)
American,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
APPBTI7.1MO FISH FIB.
Fish pie made as follows we think
very appetizing: Cut any solid fish in
neat pieces, clearing it of bono and skin;
mix finely shredded parsley, powdered
marjoram, salt and pepper, and strew this
seasoning over tiie fish; dip tho pieces of
fish in warmed butter and put them in a
pie dish, leaving room for liquid to flow
between ; beat, well four or five eggs and
mix them with half a pint to a pint of
cream or good milk. Put halved oysters
or sardines between the pieces of fish;
pour the cream over, cover with a light
paste, brush it over with egg nnd bake.
A'eia York Worbl.
THE 11KST CHOCOLATE.
If you have a large or rather elaborate
dessert chocolate may be served with,
say, tlio third course, as an accompani
ment to the remaining part of the meal;
or, if tlio dessert be light, chocolate may
be served tho last thing with whipped
emim and n sweet waifer. A Senator's
wife who is said to serve the best chocolate
in Washington gave the following recipe
to Miss Edith Ingulls: Three-quarters of
n cako of chocolate, one quart of cold
water, ono quart of sweet, rich milk,
sugar to taste. Grate or scrape the
chocolate and mix with the water,
thoroughly and smoothly; then sweeten
and allow to bod until it is quite a thick
paste. Boil the milk separately nnd stir
it into tho chocolate mixture and cook a
few miuules longer.
ORNAMENTAL FROSTIXS ON CAKE.
To do ornamental frosting, such ns
confectioners put on cakes, one needs a
frosting bag nnd tubes or frosting points,
The bug is of very thin rubber sheeting
nnd shaped liko a cone or fuuuel. At
the end of the funnel is a small hole.
The tube or point is put inside the bag
nud pressed firmly into and through this
little aperture. lhen the bag is partly
filled with frosting, which is squeezed
through the point ou to the cake. Some
points nre simply round tubes, others
liave got teeth that cause the frosting to
assume the form of leaves, crinkled lines
and other devices. A supply of points
of various shanes can be procured at any
housefurnishiug store, and one can make
threo of tho rubber bags out of a quarter
of a yard of sheeting. After the neces
sary practice one can ice cakes very nice
ly. Washington Star.
ECHMIERKASE.
. Improperly-made schmierknse, or cot
tage-cheese as it is sometimes called, is
not fit to cat. Vhen made 111 the fol
lowing manner, our folks think it a treat:
Take thick "loppered" milk; set it on 01
near the fire uutil it curds. Great care
should bo taken that the milk docs not
become hot, as that would harden it and
render it unfit to cat blood-heat is about
tho right temperature for tho milk.
When the milk has sufficiently curdled to
show' like little islands in the whey, pom
into a coarse lineu bag and hang up to
drain. This will take some hours. Do
no press the curd, but when the whey
has been all drained from tho curd, re
move from the bag nud set in tho cellat
till wanted for use. It will keep several
days. Serve witli sweet cream poured
over it, and season with pepper and salt.
Some like sugar on it. Prairie Farmer,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Ten common-sized eggs weigh one
pound.
Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or
flour weigh oue ounce.
For nose bleed, get plenty of powdered
alum up into the nostrils.
To restore gilt frames, rub with a
spongo moisteued in turpentine.
When dress silk becomes wet pat it be
tween the hands to dry quickly.
If tho cover is removed from soap
dishes tiie soap will not get soft.
Rub your lamp chimney with suit to
increase the brilliancy of the light.
Sandpaper applied to tho yellow keys
of tho piano will restore tho color.
Tissuo or printing paper is the best
tiling for polishing glass or tinware.
The best of tea makes but an indiffer
ent decoction unless the water is fresh.
For corus and bunions nothing is as
cooling us the beaten white of au egg.
Cucumbers cut into stripes and laid in
places infested with nuts will drive them
uwuy.
Patient rubbing with chloroform will
remove paiut from black silk or any other
material.
Young veal may be told by the bone in
tiie cutlet. If it is very small tho veal is
not good.
Crockery that has been "soaked" with
grease may be cleaned by slow boiling iu
weak lye.
A solution of ahnu, teu grains to an
ounce of water, is excellent for bathing
tender feet.
Egg shells crushed and shaken iu 11
glass bottle half filled with water will
clean it quickly.
Lemon juice will remove from the throat
this dark stains often caused by wealing
black fur next it.
Brooms dipped iu boiling suds once a
week w ill last longer and do better ser
vice than without.
When boiling cabbage Set a vessel con
taining vinegar on the stove aud the
smell of cabbage will not be apparent.
Salt extracts the juices from incut iu
cooking. Steaks ought not therefore to
be salted uutil they have Veil broiled.
Olive oil saturated with camphor makes
au excellent application for inflammatory
swellings, also for rubbing rheumatic
joints.
Cocoanut oil is said to increase tho
growth of thecyebrows; apply it smoothly
with a cainel's-bair brush at night just
before retiring.
When troubled with neuralgic pains
heat a fiat-iron, put a double, fold of
flannel 011 tho painful part, then move
the iron to and fro ou the flannel. The
puiu will ccu.su utmost immediately.
THE LAND OF TIIE MALAY.
THE MIXED PEOPLE AND STRANGE
COSTUMES OF SINGAPORE.
Huge Fans to Modify I be Tropic Heat
Dress of Malay Women An In
dian Bullock Cart.
Singapore, writes Frank 8. Carpenter,
is just eighty miles north of the Equator.
Its climate is the same the year round.
Its run rises and sets at the samo Hours
each day the year through, and its flow
ers ever bloom and its trees arc always
green. The natives in many cases wenr
nothing but waist cloths, and all Euro
peans are dressed in white duck coats and
whito pantaloons. They wear hats of
pith or cork, the rims of which arc as big
around as a dish-pan and which rise in
two stories to protect the head from the
sun. I attended church ut the English
Cathedral last night and listened to a,scr
vico under forty great punkahs or fans,
which were pulled to and fro by men
stationed on the outside of the church.
This Cathedral had au audience room
about 120 feet long and it was, I judge,
sevcuty-five feet from the floor to the roof.
Below the ceiling there was a network of
iron rods nnd to these, by ropes, were
fastened these huge fans, each of which
was alrout four feet wide and eighteen
feet long. They consisted of strips of
wide cotton cloth, weighted and hung
from black-walnut poles, nnd it was by
ropes attached to these poles and stretched
over pulleys in tlio windows of the church,
that the natives outside kept them going
and cooled those engaged in devotion.
The dining tables in the hotels have these
punkah fans over them and upon the
steamers there are punkahs In the cabins,
which are pulled during tlio meals.
Singapore is an island fourteen miles
wido and twenty-seven miles long. It
lies Just half way around the world from
New York, and it Is tlio half-way Station
between the Pacific and the Indian
Ocean. The population of Singapore is
made up of the natives of all these coun
tries, and you find here a mixture of yel
lows and blacks, of Hindoo turbans and
Chinese pigtails, of coffee-colored Malays
and of pale, white Caucasians from Eu
rope. The costumes are as strange as tin
skins, and all the queer outfits of South
ern Asia jostle each other ujion the
streets and tramp upon one another's
heels upon tho highways.
The women of Singapore are of a dozen
different types, ranging from the rosy
cheeked English girl, in a suit made by
Redfcrn or Worth, to the beauty from
Borneo, whose sole costume, is a strip of
cloth. I saw a black woman to-day who
had holes in the lobes of each of her ears
as big around as my thumb, and I noted
that another woman used her ear holes as
bouqiiet-holders. Both of these women
were Klings and they cumc from South
ern India. They were straight, graceful,
and by no means bad lookiug, but their
chief dress consisted of jewelry.
They had great bracelets of gold on
their wrists and their ankles. Their ears
were riveted with gold, and above these
great ring-like lobes littlo gold nuts aud
bolts were put through tho ears so that
they were bound with pins of gold from
lobe to tip. One of the maidens hnd each
of her nostrils riveted with these screw
rings and a great ring of gold hanging
down from the centre of the nose. The
gold shone out all the brighter against
the blackness of the skin, and the jew
elry was tho more prominent from the
scantiness of their costumes. These were
merely a single skirt aud a sort of a scarf
of cotton which was stretched arouud the
shoulder and under ono arm, and tied iu
a knot at tho side. Four yards of cloth
would have made the whole suit, and
they wore neither hats nor bonnets. 1
noticed another of these women who had
a large, pear-shaped pearl fastened to a
rivet anil hanging dpwn from one nostril
almost to her upper lip.
The Malay women, so far as I have
seen, are not as good looking as the In
dians, though this country wns originally
populated by them, and there are now
more Malays thau any other Asiatic ex
cept the Chinese. The Malays live, as a
rule, in the poorest of one-story thatched
huts, and thero is a Mulay village within
three miles, of this city which is passed on
the way to the steamers. It is the picture
of poverty uud desoiution. The Malays
will not work, nud they live like savages.
Slowly but surely the Chinese are crowd
ing them out of their owu country, nud
there are now 86,000 Chinamen here iu
Singapore. The population of the citv is
13i,()U0, and the Chinese, the Indians
and the Europeans do the business.
This road across tbe island of Singa
pore wus lined with jungle, which was
at times so thick that you could not see
more than two feet beyond the roadway,
and when it is rcmbcred that about
threo hundred people are killed every
year here by timers, and that the lower
part of the Muluy Peninsula is the home
of the wild beast, it will be seen that the
possibilities were both numerous ami un
pleasant. We passed through a number
of Malay Chinese villages, and we saw
many Mack-skinned uutives of Java
working upon the roadway. Now aud
then wo would meet a carl drawn by
heavy Indian bullocks with great humps
of fat six inches high above their shoul
ders aud with their black-skinned driver
iu a tmbuu sitting or standing upon the
heavy cart tongue. These bullocks push
the cart aloiisr with the front of their
shoulders. Their yokes do not come
around the necks us do thoxc of our oxen
uud tljey Ki t over the ground three times
as fust. They are t.:e beasts of burden
f this part of tjie world. Thev do all
the carting and hauling and they are
among the most picturesque sights of
tins picturesque countrv. I he drivers
arc straight, lean, irv men, who scowl at
you us you I diss und who, illi ull their
black skills, have features as regular as
the best you will find in jourcily. 1
snapped my camera upon one of them as
he passed and the black skinned driver
swore at me iu HiiidoMuucc as I did so.
An eminent phy-ii iaii statis that lie
ured a consumptive cough with hot but
termilk, lie nl-o f jjnd t very benefit i.tl
iu the case of a patient recovering front
Oli.'.'estive fever.
MORNING IN THE COUNTRTf.
Shrill crows the cock, a misty light creeps in
At windows looking on the eastern sky,
The cattle low, and pigs and cows begin
To raise their voices in discordant cry,
When Farmer John, with many a lusty
yawn,
Deserts his bed and stalks into the dawn.
With ears a-point, sulnlued but joyous neigh
Comes faithful Dick his outstretched hand
to "nose,"
While Bmuty, springing from her couch of
hay,
Sweeps circling round, loud baying as she
goes;
A hundred voices answer to his call,
The robin's treble winding through It all.
With liberal hand he takes from stack and
store,
And smiling feeds his trooping flocks and
herds,
Each known by iinme; the weak he lingers
o'er
With soothing touch and kindly, cheering
words.
From him they learn obedience and trust,
They teach him that the gentle are the just.
Compared to his what pleasure may they
know
Who in dull round of cent-per-cent en
gager About his feet the fragrant blossoms blow
E'en while the thunders o'er the hill-tops
rage.
Here thick-leaved maples grateful shades ex
tend, There cowslip blossoms o'er the brooklet
bend.
The sloping uplands clothed in emerald
sheen.
The solemn woods, the fields of velvet corn.
The clover meadows stretching gay between,
The lark in carol to the dewy morn,
These, these aro yours, with all their cluster
ing charms,
Great hearted tillers of our country's
farms.
Aud hero among these rich, sequestered
scenes,
Au independent, peaceful path you tread;
No tainting substance e'er your sky terrenes,
Nor marshaled chimneys turn your airs to
lead,
Above you bend the blue unsullied dome,
Tho sun unveiled looks smiling on your
home.
Cluirlc E. Banks, in Farmer's Voice.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The magician's means of support is
sleight.
A remark is always rued when it gets a
fellow into trouble.
Order is Nature's first law, and it has
never been repealed.
Promissory notes Tuning tho fiddle
before the performance.
If you are out in a driving storm, don't
attempt to hold the rains.
A largo head does not always hold
brains tlio hogs-head, for instance.
The less head a man has the more fre
qently he loses it. Oil City BlUzard.
Many a man's work gets a week bchiud
by his having a weak back. Boston Cou
rier. The rain is no deadhead. When it
drives into our streets it lays down th
dust. Binghamton Itejiutlican.
Now that bustles are going out o)
fashion, it is so be hoped that tbe Indiani
will leave off their war whoops.
It is a little girl of five who makes the
discovery that the shad is a porcupine
turned inside out. Boston Transcript.
The sportsman eupid whets his darts
Ami dons his Iilit-st suiting
To sally forth midst fluttering hearts,
Cpon his summer shooting.
Iu luauy cases people who boast that
they play cards for fun only, get merely
the fun while the other mau gets the
money. Merchant Traveler.
Live within my income?
Very much I doubt it;
What I'd like to know is
How to live without it.
J ud ye.
It is said to bo an omen of ill-luck to
sit thirteen at dinuer. This is particu
larly true if all nro hungry, and prepara
tions have been made for only five.
Bauir.
The physician who asserts that disease
may be spread by kissing evidently refers
to a complaint known as palpitation of
the heart. And let her spread. A'orrw
toien JUrald.
Let us then bo up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
If we eai.uot tlo the tibuiug,
Possibly, we may cut bait.
H'nsniiifuii Critic.
When a cabinet-maker anil an under
taker lire located side by side, it is a
forcible reminder of the shortness of the
distance from the cradle to the grave.
Mcrrhant Tiaetlor.
New Yorker "Tho gauio out West is
fast disappearing, so I ' understand."
Western Man "Guess not. The offi
cers at the f routier post have uot quit
playing poker." Hiting:
Photographer "Now, sir, the expos
ure is about to be made. Put on a
pleasant expression. Think of some
thing agreeable your wife, for instance."
The same (a moment later) " Good
heavens, str! You have cracked the
camera." Ihirlimjton Free Press.
WUimpleby (at the musicale) "Who
is that distinguished-looking mau over
there; he seems to uttruet much atten
tion?" Pod-.inhy "Ah! 1 must present
you. He is the author of that six-column
article telling how to pronounce tho word
vase' " S'W it it? Jjathcr Jtijiorttr.
A fort 11 ne in u Beggar's Shanty.
l-Vlice Yiarl, agetl seventy-two, a pro
fessional beggar, died ill New Orleans a few
days ago of debility und neglect in au old
bounty. She had lived there over twenty
years iu abject poverty, supporting her
self by begging, which she followed us a
regular prolt ssiou. The coroner discov
ered hidden arouud her sluuity $38,000,
of which $2500 w;is iu gold, secreted in
1111 old flower put iu the yard ami ;it,000
iu gold, bonds, stocks anil securities, con
cealed iu the walls. The woman was be
lieved to be in destitute circumstances.
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