THE STORM. CnM Mow t'ie gate fmm out the Xoi-th- Willi mom I In1 torcst, vnlo unci mimr. Fierce spirits wander boldly forth, Onni ministers Kcrenm. ni cvriv door. Airilitlt til" t fllKWxl " lull linn l i u ) l r (iod keep I h; helpless pom- In 1 1 i k I t . Cold oiorp the waves along the hole. . Wiiil shout. I lie breakers in tlirir glee; Fierce swells the voice of ocean roar, Orim stalk tin- shades nloim t In" leu. A vra i MHt tlir storm's tenipctin.ils might Cod guard t lit" sen tossed ships to inulil. ht rstn.T a. wAnnr. ( old mi! nip Imntd to rattling hall; Wild voices rnll in every nust : Fierce form resist t lie slmiiluiij gale; (irim luces t.matd tlie Hen nre Ihnist. (Hi. (ioil, iiKiiinit tlie oi'eiiri H iniuht I'roWVt the staggering ships to-night. Ah. cold tlip sen's imiiIiI'ix p, nmt i hill The winds Unit wildly limvl illld fling. A wrci k hip tossed and forms now xtill To Npiir and mainstay sadly cling. Ah. yi'M, for nye, from tempest iniijht Thine own a re wifely housed to-night. TrjE DOUKOBORS' UGLY VISITOR. g i BY C. A. STEPHENS. MY uu lip PS? mm "KF.H Quakers" niid Kusslnu Doilklioii ' ors nre synonymous terms. Five thou sand of this sect emigrated from the ' Coucastw provinces if Kiissln to Ainer leu during the win ter Mini spring of jS'.Kt. For several years they hud suf fered rt relentless prosecution because tiieir religious until forbids tlicm'to lake life, and hence prohibits them from serving ns sol diers In (lie Itnsslim (truly. Pernils Hlon to emigrate was tit first with held, hut nt lenj.Mli It was obtained from tlie (V.:1f, through the interces sion of the author-philanthropist. Count I.eo Tolstoi, anil of prominent Quakers ill F.ngiuml ami America. The Canadian (iovcrnnienl, bellev III!? the Doitkhobors would he good set tlers, inmle them welcome anil iiccord- eil them fannlnj? lands In three districts to the north anil northwest of Wliinipej?. Owlnj? to the .conlisca 1 1on of their property hy the Kitsslnn Oovorninent. nearly all lhe immigrants arrived In America very poor, the ex penses of transportation having hceti defrayed largely hy Count Tolstoi and sympathetic friends in Fngklnd and elsewhere. The Dollkhobors are vegetarians hy reason of their unwillingness to slaughter domestic anlinals, poultry, game or food. Such of them as tell 111 nt the iiuariiutlue station refused to take beef tea, or extracts from meat. These people nre mainly farmers, and when the spring opened they be j?iin worklnj? with great cheerfulness on their new homesteads; hut as the soil, climate, seed, birds and beasts In .Manitoba are different from those which they had been accustomed to In Southeastern Russia, they had much to learu In their first season, ami their efforts did not all prosper. I'.ut they Hceiu possessed of an abounding in dustry, and will doubtless do as well as their cogeucrs, the Mennonltes, when they shall have become accus tomed to the country. Due Doukhobor family, consist Inj? of Wnsseil Ib.uilg. a y-miiij? man twen ty years of n;?e; his mother. Sospatra ltomlf?; his yomij?cr sister, IVIula, ami n little brother, Tlmofen, had a queer adventure with a family of bears. The Homljrs hail settled In the Iau phin Lake district of Manitoba, and there were llvln.? with th.'iu at this time two jjirls, named Marbn and Ku ilochi Kodashau, whose father mid brother were nt work on the railroad. Vassell Itoinij; was thcrel'oru the only ffrown-up man at the new place. The seasons of growth and harvest nre very short In this northern rctflon; but crops ?rev with correspoiidin; rapidity. I'.y June AVassell. a gardener by tralniiiK, was kept very busy sprout Ini? his new clearings and hlll lnj; his potatoes and other root crops. In this work his sister and mother aided him. About this time they began to be greatly troubled and embarrassed by one of those large bears which, in and nccr the woodland districts, have sometimes been found so formidable that they have been misnamed "griz zlies." The creature emerged, one af ternoon, from the willows bordering llm little farm, and walked toward Wlissell, who was at work with a "bush hook." Tlie young man stopped work in as tonishment, which speedily changed to apprehension. As lie perceived the size of the newcomer, he backed away and mail " a circuit to reach the shelter of tlie log hovel. Mother Sosp:itra, who was transplanting ttiriiip. near Hie house door, also saw the bear, and calling sharply to the girls, who were cutting willow shoots lor chiilr-mak-llig, summoned them to the house. These people had never seen a large bear before. Tlie beast npproaelieil the place where Wassell had been at work, mid sniffed the i;prouts which he had mown down. It then walked through his potatoes, took a look at a hot lied, la which garden vegetables were growing, and left the clearing on the other side. It did not exhibit any ferocity: lis visit seemed prompted merely by lliqlllsltiveiicss. Wnsscll did not possess a gun, hail never used such a weapon, anil was quite content to get out of the bear's way. The whole family, who had taken refuge Indoors, uow came forth to discuss the bear, ainl to express hopes that lr would not come again or molest their two cows ami six sheep. These animals were nearer the lake In a kind of pasture enclosed by tl brush fence. Wassell went Immedi ately to drive them home to the shi d near the log house. The bear appears to have been n fe male, which had a lair and a cub not far away. J wo days later, at sunset, I'ehighi ltomig, who had gone to drive home the cows, saw the beast on the hike tthorc, licking tqi tish roe. Mother Sospatra also saw It the next morn ing, grabbing for eels at the mouth of it brook near by. .The woman had gone there to dig for eels herself, and was somewhat discomfited to ttnd her tishliig pluce "Jumped," bo to tqieak, by ho formidable a claimant. In all their movements tlie Ilomlgs now felt obliged to be on the lookout lor tiictr ugly neighbor, but had no thought of attempting to hunt or kill It. About the beginning of July, how ever, & different coiuplexlou was put on their attitude toward the bear. A loud bawling was heard In the direc tion of tho enclosed pasture and Inline dlately tin! two cows appeared, run ning In terror to the shed, followed by five of the cossets. One sheep was missing, nml on hastening to tlie pas ture, Wassell and I'ehighi found where tlie coset had been killed. They passed timidly through a gap In the hedge and came in sight of tlie bear, eating the sheep, among willow clumps near the brook. They say that It gave vent to several hideous roars when It per ceived them, and came shutlllug toward them, Its front covered with bits of gory wool. Tlie young Poiikhobor mid ills sis ter beat: a hasty retreat, and thence lorlh the family were In great trou ble ami perplexity. They dared not turn their cows mid sheep out to feed, and were obliged to cut fodder for them. Worse still, the bear, having tasted mutton, was not long content to leave the cossets undisturbed In the shed near the house. I'earlug an attack, Wassell had cut poles ami strengthened the shed as much as he could, driving large slakes into the ground and laying n close wall of poles between them; but when, one night not long after, tlie bear was minded to taste mutton again, it came ami tore down the fence with n noise that struck terror to the hearts of the peaceful Immigrants. The bellow ing of the affrighted cows seeking es cape from tlie shed lidded to tile alarm, and together the family passed a bad lilglit.laiiieiiting the loss of their stock, yet not darlug to venture forth in de fence of It. When morning came they found that the cows and four of the sheep had eseaed to the bushes along the lake shore, but tnat one sheep had been car ried oJT by the bear. - Kxcept three other Doukhobor fam ilies, living at a little distance, there was no one to whom Wassell could apply for aid; and these neighbors were as much at a loss as the Komlgs how to deal with (lie beast of prey. For a time they could think of noth ing better than, to make the fence stronger, and tried hard to do so; but the bear, now with a raging appetite for mutton, broke Into tli; shed re peatedly, till but one cosset remained of the little flock. The fence having proved quite incap able of resisting the bear's prodigious strength, they bethought themselves of protecting the shed with a deep ditch around It. In digging llils. the industry of the entire family and their neighbors was strikingly oxmplilled. They excavated In two days a trench, or moat, in tlie deep, black soli, ten feet in width and nearly as deeii. en- loslng the shed on all sides. The ditch had nearly perpendicular sides, and the bottom soon became miry, and a foot 'or more of water was collected l-i It. To carry fodder and water to the cows ami sheep In the shed, Wassell was obliged to cross ou a log which served as a tem porary bridge. Mother Sospatra heard the bear about the place during the following night, and in the morning they saw that It had worn u path around the outside margin of the ditch; but It had Hot succeeded in crosslm? It. The next night tlie beast walked round And round the house, and as thi poor people were In great fear lest it should burst in their door, they kindled a tire as quickly as possible. At sight of the gleam through tlie lit tle window, the hear made off. Plain ly, it had walked round the cow-shed a great many times that night; and the next lllol'lllllir Wassell saw wlieo. Ill one place, the earth beneath tlie top turf had caved Into the trench under the brute's welirht. Tills gave the young Iioukhobor a hint that the creature might probably be entrapped, ami he now made his first offensive movement ntrnlnst the boar by getting down into the trench i ml digging away tlie earth under the fop turf lor a considerable distance. Tlie path which tlie bear had trodden was thus undermined on one side, ami the consequence was that on tlie suc ceeding night the beast actually tum bled In to the tremh. Pelagla had been awaKe and looking out, ami thi ol hers were speedily loused bv the bear's roars. ltclug very heavy, II sunk into tin- mite to the depth of Its legs. Tlie night was dark, and to the bear's growling were added the fright- cued lowings nf the cows; the hubbub was Indeed so great that the family dared not stir forth. When il.-iv- tlawncd Wassell ventured to approach the ditch, and then saw that the ene my's prospects or jrettiug out were bad. The beast was wallowing In sticky, black mud: ami although it made prodigious efforts to clamber up, the soft earth yielded to its claws. ami It was unable to gain the top of tlie excavation. Wassell kept at a distance and none of the women left the house that day, lest the bear should suddenly get out ami, in its fury, rush upon them. (inly toward night did Wassell venture to throw bundles of fodder across tlie trench to the c..lllo: he dared not try to cross with water for them, and was In much perplexity. J Miring tlie night following, a little bear, ns huge as u pug dog, came ;o the trench, attracted probably by (in roars ol the old one, and either fell or scrambled down to It. Wassell saw It there in the morning, paddling about In the mire. hither from his religious scruples nyulust taking life or because, he puu- posscd no adequate weapon, the young settler made no effort to kill the bear; mid during nil that day the family re lualncd In jeopardy. They saw no other way than to allow the bear to slaive there, but feared, meantime, that their cows would .perish for want of water. Toward evening on I he third day. however, affairs took a turn from the appearance on the scene of two young Canadian sportsmen, who were shoot ing from a skiff along the lake shore. They had seen the smoke of the Douk hohors' house and landed In tho hope of procuring milk. These young Nlm risls were unable to understand what Wassell said to them, but they went to the ditch with him, and roared with laughter when they saw the situation. Ilclng troubled by no scruples about taking life, one of them Immediately put an end to the Doukhohors' trou bles, and also the bears', with three shots from his carbine. Tlie bears were so coated with mud that the hunters abandoned their Intention of securing the skins, and advised Was sell to fill In the trench nml bury the carcasses where they lay Jocosely telling him that he would always know where his bears were! (ieneratlons hence this, will t o doubt be one of the stories which the Itomlgs of Manitoba will tell their children how ; rand pa Wassell entrapped the prodigious hear. Youth's Companion. ARRAICN5 THE PEERAGE. Tho KiibIIiiIi NolilllIT Haven't Hone Murli Worth Dolus. The death of the Duke of Argyll has brought out the falsity of the assump tion that men of hereditary wealth can be trusted to do tlie Intellectual work that docs not directly pay. And this is simply because tlie I Mike really did something In that way. A irdlng to Carlyle. the l'.ritlsh peerage, was in its origin a kind of glorified civil service. In which the titles were certillcates of success in tlie most arduous competi tive examinations. Still, according to him, "I he merit system" broke down In Its application to tlie l'.ritlsh peer age In the reign of Charles I. Since then a Lord has nothing to do 'v.s such" except "to exist benulifully." As tlie lords have all the chances of edu cavlon that F.nghiml affords, ami u 'th ing to' do but what they may choos to do, what treasures of learned leis ure ami research we ought to owe to them. The career of the I Mike of Ar gyll ought l ot to have been an excep tion In his order at all. but simply an illustration of the rule. And yet la wns the only duke in Great Kritaln who within living memory has amount ed to anything. It is true that the Marquis of Salisbury might have been a duke if he had uot regarded his niar qulsate as a prouder title than n new dukedom could furnish. And doubt less the Marquis of Salisbury amounts to something. When lit- was l.ojd Itobeit Cecil, Hageiiot said to him that lie was the only member of the Ib'it Ish aristocracy who had shown the capacity of earning his own llvfiig. Tills he had had to do for a season, and had done it. in the character of a political writer: and tin re Is no doubt that he would have made n political success If he had been a commoner. Mis existence is fully justilicd. So Is that of Lord lhiscbery, ,ts a public speaker ami as a writer, if not yet fully as n politician. Here nre three out of live hundred members of the House of Lords. Perhaps an ordin arily well-Informed observer might manage to pick out .1 half dozen more lords who might fairly be called dis tinguished for something else than be lug lords, barring the new men, who owe their titles to their achievements. Put that Is a sorry showing for so many holders of what may lie called is-rpeliially endowed fellowships. From "The Point of View;" In Scrlb ucr'M Maga.iuc. A St mime Miihnn. A brief telegram the other day re cited that one James McMullen had lost an arm in n wringing machine iti a laundry at Hutchinson. Here Is the remarkable story related about tlie ac cident by the Hutchinson News: 'Mc Mullen stopped at the wringer and held his hands over if to dry tbeni. He got one hand too low, so that the suction caught it, and his arm from the elbow down was taken off as by miracle. The wringer is n large clr ular Iron alt'air. with u. smaller bowl Inside It. in which the clothes are placed. The smaller apartment Is per forated with holes upnu the sides, and tlie whole tiling revolves nt the rate of several thousand revolutions a minute. lhe ellect Is that the air currents within the wringer are as teriiiic In their power as the centre section of n Kansas cyclone. When a cvclone strikes a brick building ami hurls it to atoms the force seems aiiiialllnir and Incomprehensible. The accident, to Mr. .McMullen was equally mystify lug. i ne instant Ills arm came into con lact with the current of nlr. It w,i. parted at the elbow. One part lay on the clothes that were In the ma chine and tlie other dangled from his shoulder. There was nothing about the machine to give him a scratch. lb' was taken to a hosnitnl nml lilu arm was amputated close to the shoul der." Kansas CHy Journal. CHINA'S SACKED PLANTS. NATURE'S CREATEST CIFT TO MAN IS CINSENC, JOHN SAYS. A to the IuliubllHiiU of I'rulrie Dog Hole! A correspondent lu Kansas writes: "I observe -that Mr, Ware says tho prairie dogs, snakes and owls all live in the same holes. Another writer says they live hi the same town, but not In tlie same holes. Whut Is the straight ol iff The straight of It Is that all three do not dwell in the same holes. The error has arisen from the fact that rattle snakes, prairie dogs nud owls are found together lu the same vicinity. Yet the fact remains that they are mortal enemies, and that u war of ex termination Is waged among them. The rattlesnake seeks the pralrle dog hole for the double purpose of estab lishing n domicile and feeding upon the young. The snake often succeedx hi driving the pralrle dogs out and then It makes its home lu the vacated quar ters. Hut no sooner has the snake es tablished herself than one or more owls set watch upon the hole ready to prey upon the little snakes when they are halcheil and come forth. Tile owl Is responsible for the fact that WesN ern Kansas is nt literally overrun with rattlesnake at least tlie old hunters who get close to nature will tell you mo. Kansas City Journal. - l lm Mystic I.otiin llpnn Kntora Into the - Chlnnne Conception nf nn lilcnl I,lfe I.nteml of the Oldcnverjr of lllcr Slg. nltlcitnce or the Millet Crop. Tlie ancient doctrine of plant signa tures no longer exercises control over human mind and action, but Is un hesitatingly consigned to the lilting oblivion of tlie "Dark Ages," one of thetraditlonalsupcrstitlons of the past, too obviously ridiculous to be believed, even by the credulously Ignorant of modern times. Hut lu China we find that the far famed ginseng root holds supreme place as "tlie most valuable produc tion of nature." After that, what more can be said for Its medicinal properties? It Is really n large variety of the well-known mandrake, nml, as gin Is the Chinese word for man, we trace the meaning of tlie term. Hecause of Its resemblance to the human form, it Is the chief specific for nil disorders of lungs or stomach; It revives the anaemic, repels the encroachment of old age, cures asthma, acts as counter Irritant In a case ofiolson; In short, Is the mystic "all heal." In appear ance the root, when dried, is of yellow color, streaked with black veins, as If outlined hi Ink, ami when chewed yields a bitter-sweet Juice, pleasant and clean of taste, So popular and su preme is Chinese faith In Its power that tin- sum of three pounds of gold Is gladly exchanged for one pound of ginseng. , Although really not. Indigenous, ns It is a native of Manchuria, It forms a great exception to the usually ab horred "foreign thing." It Is cultivated, nurtured, even guarded carefully from the profane or greedy Intruder. To the northeast of Pekln, between It ami the province of I.eas Toiig, stretches a wild ami almost Inaccess ible hilly country of deep wild forests, which Is staked by high palisades and strongly guarded by Chinese soldiers who prevent Intrusion. Tlie (iovern mciil would make of its growth a mo nopoly, and many a Tartar risks life ami limb lo cross the Kuhlcon nml steal the treasure. The Tartar, lu his name of Orhota, considers It us the chief of plants. When Tartary was surveyed by the Kniperor Kam-lie, the well-known Pere Jartoux was enjoined by the Kniperor to watch for tlie ginseng. Ou thla oc casion a veritable army of Tartars, Kl.lKKl lu number, were employed to gather the valued plant, and this army of botanists was sub-divided into com panies of 100 men each, under a chief. For six months they crossed and recrossed the country, till every avail able root was gathered In, and after allowing' two ounces apiece to each gatherer' (lie remainder was bought In by equal weight lu pure silver. The Chinese doctor, in distinctive costume and wearing Ids peefdiar spec tacleseyes and rims which are alike Hindi- of clear tortoise shell may be tilled Into consultation for light "or serious cases of illness, hut his rem edy, like the turpentine cure of the Florida negro, is always and ever ginseng. The man who is ton 111 to be cured by ginseng is called to the Celestial Land of his ancestors; the man who is cured Is not ready io Join the de parted. With far more mystic than of mate rial regard do we tlml the Xeluinbo or sacred lotus beau enter into tlie Chi nese conception of an Ideal or higher life. Kgypt. wherein it ruled as the great emblem of sanclily and claimed as its followers a devoted priesthood 4IKKI years ago, now knows it. not; and so to India ami China principally may we go to see and learu of the sacreil lotus. Above all sacred plants it is cher ished by Chinese ami Japs alike; the Hower of flowers, uucoutamimited hy the muddy waters ou which It. floats, this Lieii-wha ami Its beauties are sung by the poets, Its virtues extolled and worshiped: for according to Chi-n-se theology it as nectar and enters into the beverage of immortality. No greater pleasure, no higher form of enjoyment, Is conceivable for mor tal man than to float upon the river lu moonlight amidst the lotus beds. It Is a taste of lhe blcs.v-d life to conic and is truly a purely Ideal, as well as Intensely simple, mode of enjoyment, when compared with our noisy beer gardens and garish display of colored lights; ami yet we regard this ardent admirer of the lotus, ever and always, as the heathen Chinee. To him it is typical of female bounty, and on lis leaves the mysterious god, Puzzn, Is reverently sealed. Nor Is the lotus without its associations for the Chris tian. Its fruit Is divided into valves and in eiicli rests a nut about the size of a lilberl. with flavor more delicate than that or the almond. When ground It is often mixed with flour for bread. In ancient days these nuts were In cused in balls of clay and thrown out upon the watery bosom of the mighty Nile, ii custom which commentator's seem to think forms the real explana tion of our popular text: "Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall llnd It after many days." Ulce, the grain of grains in all East ern countries, Is estimated in China as the symbol of life, generation and abundance, lu the spring, at the great fire festival, the priests of Tao carry baskets of rice and salt toward tin various flaming braziers, and as they walk in circles around each one they cast in alternate liamlftils of salt anil rice, the former to purify the Hume and thereby to produce an abundant harvest of tlie latter. The Japanese have n very wonderful legend of the discovery of rice by a mouse, which Is, to a limited extent, believed also by the Chinese. In an cient days the priests of Nlkko Mou sses) lived solely on roots ami herbs until one day a Uonae saw n little mouse carrying to Us hole various grains. Anxious to llnd out where the mouse had found these, he trapped It ami tied to one of its legs a silken thread, and then, setting It free while holding the silken clew In his hand, he followed the mouse ou and on to a far-off laud, where rice grew abund antly. The lloiizc remained and learned of Its cultivation; then returned, bring ing uruiu with him for seed lu his own land. Soon the crop he hud sowed sprang tip, the people learned to like It and ever since the mouse has been one of tlie sacred animals of tlie Jap anese poor, n sort of fetish to be hung up In every house, even worshiped under the name of lHakokii Saimi. The throwing of rice nt weddings If distinctly a borrowed custom from the Orient. A totally different signillcance Is at tached the millet crop, which actually gives name to one of the most popular of Chinese constellations. Just as out Dipper known to F.nglaml us the plow or Charles Wain Is recognized by the simplest In the land, otherwise Igno rant of the vast science of astronomy so does the Tleu-tzl. "Celestial mil let." appeal to Chinese eyes and hearts, and Its appearance betokens for them that the palace of tin- King of drain is overhead. When Its five stars shine out clearly on abundant harvest will surely follow; In wet and gloomy weather Its absence foretells famine and poverty. So that, there Is this union of senti ment between the flowering bamboo and the non-appearance of the Tleu tzl, nud we may yet hear that Its dim ness Is ns significant n token of the present unrest ns was the dowering nnd death of the bamboos lu r lit Consular reports. Philadelphia Led J?er. HAS A MINK FARM. WIconln Man Kxpecte to Win Wonllli With New I ml n. try. K. N. Harvey, of Lake Mills. Wis., Is engaged In a novel but prolitablu Industry mink raising. Prior to the present time tills undertaking has been unheard of lu Wisconsin, and probably does not exist in tin- I'nlted States, Mr. Harvey said that It was first sug gested to him by a story lu a boy's paper. Two boys were anxious to get an education, but lacked the menus. They were aware of the prolit In trap ping minks, also of lis uncertainties. So they were prompted to try raising them. In three years, according to the story, they had made enough to take them through college nnd a prolit be sides. Mr. Harvey has a pen about ten by t wcul. v feet and a yard of the saint size, Inclosed by a tight board fence, six feet high, for his minks. The building and the fence are set onSin elglilei-n-liicli thick stone foiiudati placed two feet below the surface to prevent the animals from burrowing out and escaping. He has captured six females and one male from the marsh at the south end of Hock Lake. He feeds them on wild game, chickens and meat. He says: "The moment I put a rabbit In the yard that large male, even though he Is in tin- pen, scents him and Imme diately gives chase. He usually suc ceeds in tiring the rabbit out lu about five minutes. Then he attacks him in the neck, biting his Jugular vein. When the rabbit ceases to kick tills old fellow stretches lilni out full length and sucks out the blood. When he has had his till he haves his prey and the rest of the minks come ami eat the flesh. They almost Invariably follow the method I have described. Chick ens they treat In the same way. The old mink kills them, sucks out the blood and leaves the meat for the rest. "I began last October. I caught most of th(! minks in steel traps. It breaks their lejts, but as a rule they limp hut for u week or two. That little one's leg was almost off when I caught her. the paw hanging by a piece of skin, but within a month she was as able to ritu arouiid as any of them. "They are as nimble ou their feet as mice, climbing up the corners of the pen. and under the eaves. I have a board on top of the fence to prevent their getting out. These animals have great flattening powers; a good-sized mink can crawl through a horizontal crack tin Inch wide. They nre very fond of fish and frogs. If I place a number of frogs in the tank, you ought to see the in come out ami jump Into the water. And the strangest thing Is that they take out every frog and carry it into the pen before they eat one." Mr. Harvey Is confident that his minks will bring him good returns in the near future. Chicago Record. Trie kg ofMuglclHlia. Usually professional musicians are so clever they do not get caught by their own tricks, but sometimes fate overtakes them. One of Jhe famous acts of tin- late Hermann was the pro ducing of two bowls of water with gohlllsh swimming lu them. Tlie bowls were covered with rubber caps and hidden lieiieath his arms, the waving of a bright cloth covering their with drawal and uncovering. One night he brought out one bowl beautifully, and the rubber cap slipped off the second, and the magician stood before his audience drenched with water. One trick which has brought death to half a dozen performers is the bul let act. where the inagtcian catches in ills teetli a bullet tired at him from a pistol. The bullet Is of black lead, and when rallied home Is crushed to powder. A magician presented this trick in a country town a short time ago, and wlicu returning to (lie stage the man to whom he hail given tlie pistol put another bullet Into the weapon. He aimed well, and the un fortunate conjurer fell dead with a bullet lu his brain. An Awkward Millionaire. One of the Jiest known millionaires of Klondike at the present moment is Alexander .McDonald, a Scotchman, born in Nova Scotia, lie started life as a day laborer, eventually worked his way to the northwest of America from mining camp to mining camp, lie was so awkward, however, in his work that he could not hold a job more than a few weeks. He went out with numerous stam pedes, but could never arrive in tlmo to locate a paying claim. Filially he came across u petty journalist with a small claim on Ifouaiiza Creek, which he could not develop for waut of funds. McDonald purchased this , claim for and In a few weeks made $S0 inm from li. with this money he se cured several other claims, only a few of which proved successful; uevcrl he- loss, lie Is now worth about ijU,00(),Olt; Out of one' clulin nt Kl Dorado Crtiek he shoveled JJO.tMKi lu twelve hour PiiUudoipbiu UecoiU. household ' ft) t l mm initio mm 'A New nml Aill.tlc Wnll Hnnalnc. Many of us who are condemned to live with ugly ami unattractive wall paper, which untoward circumstances forbid us to get rid of, mid so to hide the eyesore, must use hangings of some kind. A most beautiful new drapery of this kind has just been brought out. It is woven In neutral color linen, with a deep frcUe of stags lu blue. Iletween their antlers Is n deep green fieur-de-lys. Against old oak rafters nud with oak furniture the effect Is charming, and looks like valuable tapestry. t'ulna Up the Oildn unci K.niU. The problem of what to do with all the accumulations of the larder, so that while nothing was wasted there will not be too many odds and ends standing about. Is a problem that grows more complex during the warm weather. In caiing for the food the refrigerator Itself should receive first the most careful attention. If possi ble, everything should be taken out of the refrigerator each morning, and every part from the Ice box down should be washed with soap and warm wafer. It Is a very common plan and a very poor plan to dump the Ice Into the ice box without so much as rinsing off the sawdust, that will otherwise slop up tilt- drain pipe and cause nil manner of work In the long run. It Is one of the Instance i when a slight precautionary measure Is far ahead of the afterthought. All the food should lie examined at the morning overhauling of the refrigerator to see that no mouldy substances get in with the good food. Stale food of all kinds is a direct menace to health, for mi crobes lodge in food readily enough and as It becomes slab- they llourlsli in direct proportion. Water that comes from the melting Ice and that stands In lhe refrigerator Instead passing out through the drain pipe becomes a dangerous clement. Tlie good house keper stands lu no sort of need of advice as to the care of the refrigerator, since she recognizes the necessity of care. If from the stand point of cleanliness alone. Unfortu nately, in many hotiehohls. the work Is lert to the judgment of careless and inefficient servants, and the place where the food should be preserved becomes a breeding place of microbes. New York Sun. HoiiAcUeciiliiir Itcvolnt lonizeri. II was a common complaint not many years ago. that In our system of household economy we had not util ized as much as we ought I lie time and labor-saving devices and pro cesses which have wrought such mar velous changes in almost every other department of human Industry. How ever true this may have been in some features of household work, it certain ly Is not true at present of the prepa ration of material for garments of any kind, nor of the making of hosiery or of such things as table cloths, napkins and other articles of this sort. The splniiing-wheel and lhe knitting needle have long since been relegated to tlie garret or the antiquary shop, and It Is only in the rarest Instances that n housewife can be found who ventures to make tiny article of wearing ap parel for the mule members of her family, young or old. All such things are found better and cheaper at the ready-made furnishing stores. In former days also the housewife's duties Included the purchase of cot ton and linen for the manufacture nt sheets, pillow cases, ami oilier ar ticles of the kind. liven mattresses were lioiuc-maile. Many families still make their dresses and some their bonnets. Hut things have so revolu tionized that families with moderate means now llnd it more economical to patronize the milliner and the dress maker, and to buy the linen and cot ton for the household ready-made. We hear little now of the beautiful gifts of the mother's o.wn making, lu the shape of embroidered table and bed linen. One can go to a large estab lishment and have a monogram or a crest embroidered according to a spe cial dcsl;;n. and have llm r cotton goods made lo order. Or, in haste, one can now go to a large establish ment and llnd sheets ami pillow cases hemmed In various slyles and offered at all prices. In fact, many of the large stores turn out everything that a young couple want for housekeep ing, from the kitchen to the garret chamber. Leslie's Weekly. Pineapple Ice Pare and grille two large pineapples; add one pint of wa ter and migar sullicient to make ii very sweet syrup; strain through a colander and mix gradually with the stilliy beaten white of one egg. Klce lilsetilt One cup of boiled rice, beaten light; one-half teaspooiit'ul of butter and one of lard, one teaspoon lul of baking powder, one cup of milk nnd one of Hour, or enough to make soft dough. Mix and hake quickly. Very delicate and delicious. Potato Snowballs Mix one pint of smoothly mashed potatoes with one half p'ut of milk: add a scant tea spoonful of salt and the whiles of two cugs beaten to n miff froth. Drop In teaspoonfuls on n buttered pan and pl.ipe In a hot oven for ten minutes. Oningeaile-Select half n dozen juicy oranges and two lemons; grate flie thin outer peel off of lhe, oranges Into n qitc.vt of water; ndd a pound nud a half ) sugar nnd boil the syrup Ten lulinvifs. Squeeze the juice of, the or .nge.j nu'l lemons Into n quart of cold water pud ndrt the sirup, llent thoroughly mid set on the Ice to be come cliilhd. Serr hi thin glnsses Willi n tahlespooiiful of crushed Ice lu each, Dcllc'cu Niu'jujer drink. INSTantamecjj Tl.py talked about iu"T . between ,1,0,,,,, ""J n llmvson.e l, , ' ,,' 1 ". iMslnhou, we,,. ,,,,;i,; Kil'' Qni.lh ho: "Ol, v With thin, of . i,,' ;',r' Jhlt Unit won't n, (.,. r 1 ti.o bet nine ,:';; ' 'I liinl (1, h;n le'li With joy of nn,,,. shn. ..ii it i,h nonx-"So,,r71 iiiii.zie tor women that's only a ir.nr" Auctioneer "Lot -, Turner, p,,,,,,,.,, v nat i.rtVi Punch. " """ ''a'u; . i too. He trclleetlveiv,-...,,? !(,,. LI. ... T If.. "I ...uirni,)!. l.llf, Mrs. Clllbbey---Al,l, nf(( finished with thai i,,,,,,,, secret session." Mr r) ,. ninny did you teli v "Can I help ), Ji.iri'i''" dressed Tommy . ,.',M clean while I dre, myHf . Slrls."-Chlnigo l!'r,. '' ' I,,;y "u;"'y ;'" 'iiitn i,i IT face -,. i 1 H , ". 11 "" i III " ' MMH L I.I ... I Tl She views inc iti, , ' t - I IllM'Irl.ij Itlobbs "Sillleus is ,, conversationalist." sil,i,.,. cause he never :,v ',, something to say. and tl,,,,, nobody will listen." Mamma " I , ,T i " SIT W, your red hair. y,,n ,-t your papa, and ymi c-iiiii,. If from me." i.iitit- ir lnuminn, can't I Man s,,,. gin may i.e, mere s ,,1 not. tll-"vVliai's thai She is not enimnjiiiiK" do you lueanV .laiL- catch her." Hein.it r,-,,,. Put nway the lift ! ji,;,.0i Of the ei.alln.i.i .i.hI .1 .. . l'"ov the i ic tit inn,;,., , J a.,. uu- i iiu nt wav hi -'-I'll! "Mrs. Hash pullers nr., wet grass weeding l,.r day after day. iunl !. rheumatism." "Well, mum. Just that (iiitiMry." irti' Journal. "It Is hard for ine li a, that I do not know It nil Cornl'ed Philosopher, ' but cannot see why the r... k tl, Is allowed to live until enough to tip It over."-! Press. "Papa is beginning to a intentions are serimis." sn marked, "ll'in," spi.ki- up "He surely can't think I chances of being kicked week Just for a joke, can !i dclphill Itecolil. 'Charlie do yon think e: n little woman nr a I.:j "Well, Dave, ymi ilmi't km about human nature. lln It depends entirely nn w' n woman takes a fancy I trolt- Free Press. ' Jack "Well, whoever I "All right, then, we'll 1 said Tommy, "lien- gm's! Heads or tails';" "Very v, little Kmersoii of lii.st.m, llcate the falling of the l most." Philadelphia Pi-es- The fiiilf liiice nt Vt'ml Among the most eiithu: trolf Phivers Is Justice Mil declares there is 11.1 In learning a man's dispo.-ii engage him la a game (if fore he has played u '. that lovlal lurist. "I ku.mt ouglily." It Is amusingl Justice Harlan el'ti'ti I pgailist the iilti.rneyg.'m siiriiitlcance allords only Pleasantry, la Howim.' W cades of splendor. th' tor. Wu Ting Fan. Is "i'1' enthusiastic nf players, leboiiualre figure of All I'1 the Turkish Minister, fn-qui the field home. Ainlm Cauiboll, priilfe nf gmnl set, is a conslaat n t t.-ii.! graceful care he follows tl the long stretch niakiu; i mile circuit, (leiiernl iiml i.tili.e Inln It Willi IVtll lr uu..., ...in u.n.t-.. fewer ."It'll' general. Secretary !!'' :i Corbln. who have Iumoiiu' i Iiml roller In P'"'- Ilf"'r " with trying details nl' '" ties, as exacting us nny ou an ollicial.- The . zinc. Kxi.an.llnB rl'",r' t Another modern in""'" to make the path of H"' n thorny one is Hi'' i"'"iy1 ought to be putting i'1" " ' ly and in every ill"'1'11" feelers us n ceiiti''l'' l"1 matter of fact, I""1'1 learned thorough".' has acquired somctliiui.' cannot explain the l"v'v" equinoxes or tell l"nv '"'i it l.ell. l"f the former days, h " poetic similes in wlild" ' of a child's liihi'l win I"-'; gradual opening- 11 m. leaf. The revised I'M" " such sentimental nml i,u,rii niinil ' 1 rrnnvn, . . in,' lllfn nn nmhrelhl, Mi:in"'t and simultaneously at 1,1 fortunately for the '"i" i.i..., ...nl.tellit I" ' r.i-11. . .it-0 h.ij . a a good deal more lliu 11 I lantlc Monthly. ' :.. tu k't I remember some ' . . K-.i.. iiwiiy wns up i no :, towns, nud had a 1 loits sheln nud onm"" -was tho ouly Westcrmr i i. i ...,.l trtistiu f 'a way. Lushed if "Yes," was the ",).,Y,f. fairly "distributed-" soldiers paid prontW ' you get justice "s-, -v,.u "Anil vlio did u" ly asked, expeetlutf the Kngllsh. 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