THE AMERICA S CUP DEFENDER, COLUMBIA - . IOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOQ Details of the Race I Between Columbia § and Shamrock. | OOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOQOO Jv MEMORABLE !!<([ contest may con y) fl I fidently be expected n) LW when Sir Thomaa "fjZjLl\ Lipton comes over '''J/fIT /S\\ here in the fall to 'iSml/lliwl \ I!m p " race r. be the tenth since the proud day when the eagle first ac quired a right to perch upon that trophy. But it is not time to be frightened yet. The British papers are doing their best to scare us, but SIR THOMAS J. LIPTON. (Challenger for the Amorlea.C'B Cup.) *e should keep up our courage for the present. That the Shamrock, Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, is a dan gerous craft is hardly to bo doubted, but that she will defeat the Columbia is not yet a foregone conclusion. We (A satl was dropped over the stern to prevent photographers getting a picture of the lines of the yacht.) have been told that the Shamrock had a concealed centreboard, and that this ■was what would beat us. We have read that she had a way of putting her chain cable up her sleeve and taking it out for the purpose of the race; that she had a hollow keel in which all sorts of dangerous expedients could be concealed, and that she was in general a craft more filled with mys teries than our own Fetimore Cooper's Water Witch. But the lines of a yacht, like murder, will out. Her dimensions may be kept secret, yet they, too, will ultimately be known WM. FIFE, JH., THE DESIONEB. CAPT. WBISOE. CArT. UOOARTR. (The Shamrock's iloalgner and her two skippers.) with something approaching exactness. The dimensions of the Columbia have been obtained from men who have had means of learning them, and are trustworthy. They put the yacht's length over all as 131 feet; beam, 22 feet 2 inches, and draught, 19 feet 10 inches. Her painted water line measured 89 feet G inches, and it was believed that she would float, when all rigged, at about 89 feet 8 or 9 inches. The following table of dimen sions of the two yachts is taken from the London Daily News. Columbia. Shamrock. Ft. In. Ft. In. Length over all 131 4 132 2 Water-line length. 89 10 89 C Beam 24 24 6 Draught 20 20 Displacement Columbia, 149W tons; Shamrock, 147 tons. Sail area—Columbia, 13,940 square feet, Shamrock, 14,125 square feet. The Columbia, which is the third cup defender designed by Nathaniel Green Herreshoff, is owned jointly by Commodore .T. Pierpont Morgan and C. Oliver Iselin, both of the New York Yacht Club. Roughly speaking, Bbe will cost to build and run about 3225,000 for the season, of which the Herreshoffs will receive about 8110,- 000, which includes the hull, rigging, sails and extra spars. The Columbia in C. Oliver Iseliu has a capable amateur manager. His famous racing flag, the black and red swallow-tail, has been carried tri umphantly to victory on the Titania, Vigilant and Defender. No patriotic Americau doubts he will be successful this year. He has in Mrs. Iselin the most charming mascot in the world. His aids are Woodbury Kane, Herbert C. Leeds and Newberry D. Thome, all excellent yachtsmen. His skipper, Charles Barr, is one of the smartest in the world. He is a Scotchman, but has long been natur alized. He is the only man of foreign birth who will sail on Columbia. He is thirty-five years old, and was born at Gourock on the Clyde. In Chief Mate Allen, Captain Barr has a thor oughly able and experienced officer. The orew of Columbia hail from Deer Islo, Me., and a better lot of seamen never broke a biscuit. There are thirty-nine all told, and ten of them sailed on Defender. Many 0 [ them have been captains and mates 0 f coasting vessels. They are a lithe THE nULL OF THE COLUMBIA. agile lot, and handle the Columbia to perfection. The Shamrock's skippers, Hogarth and Wringe, aro men just a little over thirty years of age, and yet both bave been sailing in class matches for sev eral years. Hogarth lias had charge of most of Fairlie's successful boats, and Wringe made another boat of Ailsa when he took her over from Jay. The designer has, therefore, complete confidence in them. The crew con sists of uo fewer than fifty men, thirty Scotchmen and the rest Englishmen— four officers, boatswain, two boats wain's mates, carpenter, carpenter's mate, sailmaker, nine leading seamen, twenty-seven able seamen, two stew ards and two cooks. In addition, Tom Batsey and six sailmakers will look after the canvas. Of the ship's company, only ten have not sailed in America's Cup contests before. The contests between two such yaohts as Columbia and Shammok, manned by such men, cannot fail to be of magnificent interest. Simplicity of li|tl Woman. The natives of the Philippine Islands—that is the pnre bred natives or aborigines—are called Tagals. They are of the Malay raoe and are aboat as wild and unsophisticated as any of the savage peoples of the world. They are not an ill-favored race, and some of the women are very pretty. TAGAL PEASANT GIRL. The illustration is made from a photo graph of a native Tagal peasant girl. Her family evidently has had the bene< fit of contact with civilization, as hei dress indicates. Some of the Tagal women dress elaborately, but in the country places, it is said, they are wholly unconscious of the feeling oi mo'desty as applied to dress so com mon with the women of Europe. Fight. Uetwecn Cnmelp. Two camels were brought into the grounds at the back of the palace and made to face each other. They were male animals, whose vicious tenden cies had made it necessary for them to be kept from the rest of the cattle and who had been carefully fed in the chieftain's fighting stock as being especially powerful animals. At a signal from the prince the creatures were let loose and shambled toward each other. At first they mere ly feinted and skirmished about in clumsy fashion, their long, awkward legs an irresistibly ludicrous sight. Presently they begau to foam at the mouth, their faces became contorted with fury, and a sort of fencing match took place. Their heads darted from side to side, and they strove to seize each othor with their teeth. They groaned and roared furiously, aud the specta tors were soon worked up to a high pitch of excitement. At length one camel seized his enemy by the leg, while the other, a large, long-haired animal, retaliated by laying hold of his opponent's ear. Blood flowed freely, and opinion was divided as to which camel would be the vic tor. At last the long-haired camel, whose grip on his odversary's ear was not very firm, suddenly let go, but the other continued to hold onto his an tagonist's leg uud even to drag hia» about, roaring with pain. The prince eventually gave the or der to separate the combatants, but it required the efforts of nearly u dozen men with ropes, chsius aud cudgels to put an eud to the affray. Even then the wound ou the leg of the van quished cauiel was so serious that 1 believe the poor creature was crippled for months.—London Globe. ftoetlie** Mignon Found. T'je Goethe Society, of Vienna, has just discovered the real story that lies back of Goethe's beautiful creotion of "Miguon," which has passed into so mauy songs aud eveu into an opera. This story runs that in 17GI an Ital ian equilibrist, named Caratta, went to Goettingen with his troupe. In his company was a child, evidently of good family,who took her part with marked reluctance. The report soou spread that the child had been kidnapped by Caratta, but he tied, and escajjed all inquiry. The fate of the eleven-year-old Pe cronella, as she was called, caused a great sensation in Goettingen. Young poets of the town wrote ou the theme, ind Daniel Schiebler, one of the uni versity students, collected these poems into a volume. Soon after Scliiebler went to Leipsic, where he was thrown much with Goethe, And told him the sad tale of little P< tronella. A decade later this Petronella became one of the most charming of poetic creations. —Goethe's "Miguou." A Strange Spring. Perhaps the most extraordinary spring in the world is that which gushes up from the truuk of au oak tree at Ouchy, Switzerland. The tree is> an old one aud of immense size, and it is a mystery just how the water ever forced iti way up through the trunk from a hole through which the little stream of clear, cool water, babbles out as from a faucet. The villagers regard this tree as endowed with miraculous properties and many vii>it)rs come to Ouchy to see the vtrange sight. FOR THE HOUSEWIVES. To Soften Hard Water. To soften hard water, take one ounce of quick lime to four gallons of water. Stir it thoroughly, aud when it is settled pour off the clear solution and it will be enough to add to two barrels of hard watar. To Ci an a White Ktraw Hat. Try this plan: First brush it well with clean water, to remove all dust, and allow it to dry, than dissolve one teaspoonful of oxalic acid in a quart of boiling water; dip the hat into this and rub well. Dry, and then stiffeu with white of egg or a clean transpar ent size. If necessary, press the brim with a hot irou. Some people do not dip the hat into the water, but merely well wipe it over with the mixture and afterward wipe it with clean wa ter to remove auy stickiness there may be. To Remove Stain A. To remove stains from whito gciods: Perspiratiou stains a e removed by applying a strong solution of soda; rinse well and dry. Mildew is easily taken out with chloride of lime. Rasp berry and stiawberry stains will dis appear if boiling hot soft water is poured over them. All other fruit stains are removed with oxali; acid. Oxalic acid will also remove leather and ink stains. Tea, coffee and choc olate stains may be removed by using boiliug hot soft water. If of long standiug soak in glycerine and wksh the latter out with cold water Foi orange aud lemon stains use diluted ammonia. To remove red iron rnst make a thick paste of lemon or pie plaut juice, salt and starch aud expose to the sun. Try oxalic acid for black iron rust. Use alcohol or molasse9 for grass stains. Blood stains can be removed by soaking in cold soap suds to which a little keroseue has been added. Use kerosene, machine oil 01 vaseline for tar or fresh paint, and afteiward wash with soap aud cold water.—New York Journal. Tlie Science of If ouaokeeplng. The labor of hou9ec!eaniug can nowadays be fairly reduced to a Bcieuce. Before opening the cam paign against dirt there are some small preliminary hints that, if heeded, will do much toward lessening the work. For instance, the housekeeper should beforehand go over every room with a notebook and pencil, jotting down a list of the things which are to be done in each place. When the list has beeu finished,all the meuding and small repairs in each room should be gone over—all the torn embroidery, curtains or linen should be putin order, broken vases or china mended or replaced, and ehairs that need an extra screw be fixed. In the linen cupboard the linen that is to be used in each room should be systematically laid out, each piece on its particular shelf. This ariay should include clean curtains, towels, bed spreads, cushion covers aud doilies. When this has beeu done the house cleaner will know just where to find each clean article as it is needed. IlrcipM. Spiced Currants—Make a syrup of three pounds of sugar, oue piut of good vinegar, two tablespoonfuls each of cinnamon and cloves aud one-half a teaspoonful of salt. Add six pounds of currants and boil for half au hour. Cocoanut Drops—Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth. Mix iu lightly oue cup of powdered sugar aud one cup of freshly grated cocoa nut. Drop pieces the size of a hick oiv nut onto buttered paper. Bake iu a moderate oven. Suuderliu Muffins—Sift one piut flour with two teaspooufuls bilking powder, one-half teaspoouful salt aud one teaspoonful sugar; beat three eggs; add almost a pint of milk, then stir the milk aud eggs into the flour. Bake in gem tius iu a very hot oven. French Broilel Steak—Cut the steak an iuch thick, dip into melted butter aud lay ou a hot gridiron aud broil over a hot fire. Just before re moving from the fire sprinkle over n little pepper aud salt. Pour over the steak a sauce made by mixing butter and minced parsley to a cream and a few drops of le.non juice. Serve very hot. Cherry Consomme—Put over fire three pints water, one cup sugar, a two-inch piece of ciunamou and thin rind of one lemon. Boil five minutes, add oue quart sour cherries aud boil till cherries are soft. Cool, strain, add the crushed pulp and juice on orange and put ou ice till dinner time. Stone one quart sweet cheriies aud put iu pretty glass bowl with cracked ice. When serving the consomme add a teaspoonful of cherries to each cup. Compote of Raspberries—Pick over carefully one and a half quarts rasp berries; put them in a glass dish nnd set on ice; shortly before serving sprinkle over two tablespoonfuls sugar; press out the juice of oue piut raspberries; put the liquid with the same quantity of sugar over the fire and boil ten minutes; lot It get cold and pour the syrup just before serv ing over the raspberries. Curiaut juice may be used instead of raspberry juice. A compote may also be pie pared with half currants and hal. # laspben ie». « liinesp Names for Foreign Land*. In making treaties with China each foreign country has choseu its own name. England is YiugKwo.the flour ishing country; France is Fa Kwo, the I law-abiding country; the United Simes, Mei Kwo, the beautiful coun try; Germany, Je K-vo, the virtuous country; Italy, I Kwo, the country of justice; Japan is Ji Kwo, the laud of the suu, but prefers to be called Ji Pen. the laud "112 th««isiucr «nn. TALKING WISE- When tbe daylight fades away Aud the sunset colors play O'er tbe mountain in tbe west- Thai's the time I like the best; When I've done up every chore, Gatherln' jest outside the store. With tb" good old cbums I prize, Settin' 'round an' lalkln' wise. 'Lections an' monopolists, Base ball gam sand fights with fists. Naval victories, war on land, Trusts, Imperialism and All the rest! If vou'd come 'round You'd enjoy it. I'll be bound. It 'ud fill you wltb surprise If you heard us talkin' wise. Golf Is what some people like. Others fish or ride a bike; Some play ball or sail a boat; Some 11 sing by ear or note. But us folks our pleasure finds Jes' improvln' of our minds, When the busy daylight dies, Settln' 'round an' talkin' wise. 'Course, we're amncboors. That's aU. But I've heard big men an' small Meetln' to debate fur pay— Made their daily bread that way. 'Twan't no more convlncin' than What'll pass from man toman When we folks extempor.**e Benin' 'round an' talkin' wise. —Washington Star. HUMOHOU3. \ Tommy—Say, paw. Mr. Figg— Well? "How big is the universe?" "As big as all out doors, of course." He—l wish I couhl be a kissing bug a little while. She—Ob, well, there might be a little kissing bee, you know. Williams—The baseball profession seems to Ie gettiug overcrowded. Hopkins—Yes, the colleges are turn ing out more ."layers thuu the clubs can use. "Do you mean to say that you will recognize Aguinaldo as a dictator?" asked the rebellious Filipino. "I can't help myself," was the sorrowing re ply, "I'm the official stenographer." Mr. Kildby—Who is making that infernal jaugle on the piano? Mrs. Kiddby—That is Constance at her ex ercise. Mr. Kiddby Well,for heaven's sake, tell her to get her exercise some other way. "When a man pays attention to a woman," says the' Manayuuk Phil osopher, "it's generally a sign that he wishes to marry her, and when he doesn't pay attention to her it's often a sign that he has married her." "Freddie," said his mother, severe ly, "didn't I tell you that you shouldn't ride your bicycle today, be cause you were naughty?" "ibis isn't my bicj-cle," said irreddie; "it's Tommy Jones's. We've exchanged just for touay." "Your hair isn't wet, uncle, is it?," asked little Tommy. "No, of course not," replied the amused relative; "what makes you think my hair is wet?" "Because I heard mamma say you had a bard time to keep your head above water." Maudie's papa is night editor on a newspaper, a taut which Maudie ap parently hasn't learned, for when some one asked ber a few days ago what her father did for a living, she replied: "I div it up. I link he's a burglar, 'tause he's out all ni^ht." Little four-year-old Flossie was looking at a picture book aud finally said: "Jlamrna, why do men hunt lious aud tigers?" "Because tbe}' are cruel and kill sheep and poor lit tle innocent lambs," replied her mother. "Theu why don't they hunt the butchers, too?" she asked. Mrs. Newham—Oh, John, there was such a tender-hearted tramp here today! Mr. Newham Tender-hearted! Mrs. X.—Yes. I asked him to weed the garden to pay for the dinner I had given him. aud he said he was a botanist, and that it hurt his feelings to destroy living plants. "When I can't sleep at night," said she, "I say to my husband, 'Oh. read me one of my dear minister's ser mons!' And he has not lead live minutes wbe.i lam sound asleep!" The "dear minister" said, of course, that he was delighted to hear it; al though it was not wholly for that pur pose tbe sermons were published. To Work Cleopatra** Mine*. "Yes, we've got a concession from the Egyptian government, which gives us the right to mine for emeralds and other precious stones on tire coast of the Red Sea for the next five years," said a well known Bond street jeweler. "I have Dot yet signed the conces sion, but it's all right. Egyptian emeralds? Here's a basketful, or at least of ore or talcose schist, from which the emeralds are derived. Here's a fine piece of emerald, now, aud here, aud here." To tbe uninitiated eye they were not exactly Hashing green fires, aud the reporter wanted to know if tbe color was coming by a later mail. "Color? Some of these have been lying out there in the legion of the Nile these two thousand years, and th<> s in's taken they Mandeville 80013 ">OO years ajo as 'a country of fair emeralds.' "/\ here are the mines? 111 the centre of a great mineral field formed by a depression in a loug range of mountains which runs all along the Bed Se.i coast. There are two maiu emeia'd mining centres. That of Sikail, approached from the sea by the Wadi Jatnal, is the largest aud most extensive, aud some ten miles north of these are the Jabel Abbara n.uoi." —London Leader