THE WOOL -
fflhete ha thou been In the wind sad
"Gathering wool on a far plain.
"Four shepherd keep those flock afar
Ja puture where no hedgerow are.
"They give no tithe, they take no hire,
They warm their hand at no man't (ire.
"Wlien one ha driven the flock all day,
At no for fold they make their tay.
DULLOO
OSOAFt
(gro-tfECAUSE he ctme from In-
K 5 dla anu because our Knowi-
BS edg. of tlmt far-away land
9 n-na virv little. And we
MixXXXjl peopiea it wuo tne men
nml beast cr sir. Kipunjs stones, we
called him Dulloo.
Dtilloo seemed to be v. good Indian
name, oud In the general topsyturvy of
conditions and things lu the settle
ments at Tientsin ihat summer It mat
tered very little whether names or
clothes or r.uythlng else fitted their
wearer.
He was attached to p. teglment of
Indian troors, one of those strange ag
gregations of Sklhs, Patbans. Afghans,
Punjabis, it.-.jputs and even Bengalis,
which, although they bore differentiat
ing names, pud could be told apart by
their otllcers. end the country -wise
among their observers, were perforce
lumped i d In one class by the Inex
perienced American soldiers, and do
nominated "them Sykes," partly In
amazement, partly lu amusement, part
ly in contempt the foolish contempt
so many me- feel for what Is strange
and not understood.
To Vncle Sam's fighting nephews
any one of the tail, thin, spindle
slinnke.l, grlzzle-whlsicored and turban
covered soldiers of the WUte Empress
was a "Syke," and Dulloo and all his
kind were simply "thera Syke mules."
Any one cf the Missouri six-footers
who hauled the heavy American escort
wagons about as easil a if they were
tl.o little red wagons of the mud-pie
bakers would have made almost as
much In weight and surely ' did as
much In .'ork as Dulloo and his whole
team.
Undoubtedly In appearance Dulloo
was just a p.aln mule, of the small
Indian b.eed. Ills color was a dingy
brown. It locked as if there once
might have been eleme.v.s of bright
ness In It which bad long ago faded
away under the flfrce onslaught of his
native sun. His mane was duly
ronehec"; but his tail, luttead of being
cropped Hue n paint-brush, the inalien
able and distinguishing desoratlve feat
ure ef flic mule the world over, was
bushy, with loug, coarse hairs.
Moreover, the light, sun-dried brown
of his thin little legs was striped at
regular Intervals with the broad dark
bauds that suggested irresistibly some
relationship to the zebra. He had
soft, contemplative, blue-brown eyes,
lu which the traditional mule patience
mingled with a wisdom as subtle as the
East whore ho was horn.
But even to the casual observer Dul
loo was something more than simply
one of his class. To he sure, during
the first two weeks of my acquaint
ance with him I saw nothing extraordi
nary about him except the spectacular
part he played the day I first beheld
him, when, chained to Ills two team
mutes, and loaded with a bundle of
forage twice his own bulk, atop of
which his driver sat under the shade
of a huge, umbrella, he led the little
procession through the tangled maze of
soldiers, equipment and camps.
Grlm-vlsaged war dealt bitterly with
the settlements at Tientsin In those
days. The Chinese realized that their
opportunity lay lu surrounding the
harassed allies before help could come
up the tortuous river; and they strove
to win the settlements.
But through shell-fire and "sniping"
alike, morning and afternoon, calmy in
different to his disturbing surround
Ings, Dulloo led his team mates at
the bead of the little column that
passed through the Taku gate In the
mud wall and plodded out Into the
.green country after the forage that
wus to be the salvation not only of us,
but of the sorely beset legations In
rekln.
Pekln! It was very far away from
us then, and sometimes we were In'
dined to wonder a little if we should
ever got there. For between us and
that dearly desired goal there stretched
nearly a hundred terrible miles, and
right In our front lay the great walled
city of Tientsin, swarming with Its
thousands of trained soldiers of the
Imperial a:niles and Its many more
thousands of Boxers. Also it had
huge warehouses full of the best rifles
the Germans and the Austrian could
nia'te, inexhaustible supplies of ammu
nltiou aud guns. Flr.it, then, we must
take Tientsin.
It was eleven o'clock of a June
night wbeu I first passed through
streets . here fires burned unheeded on
both sides and reached headquarters.
"To-morrow afternoon," said the ma
Jor, "we are going to take the Walled
City. Will you come?"
But r l through early July the al
lies we e still preparing to take the
Walled City, and day by day, as the
preparations went on, we saw from
our house near the mud wall Dulloo
setting .orth after forage, vlth a man
on l is tncl:.
There came at last an evening when
the'.najor sali agalu, "To-morrow we
take the Walled City," and this time
uis prophocy wa true.
The curtains of ulsht had hardly
parteu cnougu ror dawn to peep
turouth when the fearful work began,
As usual, the Chinese commenced It
Their fire had hardly bezun before all
along our lino the batteries lifted tbelr
hoarse voices lu auswerlug challenge,
a tie column formed to march out
to tho direct attack on the great walls
of the Chinese citadel. Simply and
iwitu few words the mea took Hielr
places. I'bfc occaslo lal orders came
clear, hut lu lowered tone.
The special correspondent and I stood
on the mud wall by our bouse and
watched the preparations, finally the
men uc,c forward. Tl.ree columns
British, Japanese and American
swung ci't through toe grave-dotted
GATHERER.
"For one eome hot-foot o'er the plain
And drive them hurrying bank again.
"Though the yield ahould fill the world'i
1 wain full.
Never to market come the wool.
"They cat it all, those wastrel herds,
To naked star and creaming bird.
"It make no rug nor coat of friete;'
It make men shroud in stormy sens."
C. Fox Smith, in the Academy.
D. S. 0.
KINQ DAVIS.
level plain, toward the point In the
mud wall whence tbe main Attack was
to be delivered.
And as they filed away, there -was
Dulloo. Now he was neither forage
gatherer nor water-carrier. Instead of
being chained to two team mates, with
but one dr'ver for th; three, he
marched alone, with two men to guard
the precious load he bore. Lashed to
the light pack-saddle, one on each side,
were two cases of ammunition. Dul
loo was going Into the fight.
The special correspondent and I
turned up along the mud wnll to come
in ahead of tbe columns again at the
western point of concentration.
Up to this time the morning quiet
had only been punctuited, as It were,
by the slow firing of the gum. But
now, as the head of the marching col
umn came within range of tbe Mann
llchers, tha parapet of the city wall
iroke into a rattling roar. A sheet of
tlame flickered along Its front.
Then the word was given and our
attack was delivered. Japanese, Bru
sh and Americans went In together.
Gaily they trotted through the gate
of the mud wall, the swords of their
officers flashing in the sunlight. Once
In the open, the long I'ncs of skirmish
ers spread out, and then all together
they went forward.
Instantly it was as If a new Chinese
army had re-enforced the thousands al
ready behind the parapet. The fire that
bad swept the field before was doubled
and quadrupled. The special cor
respondent and I, looking over the top
of the mud wall and watching the
magnificent bravery of the advance,
saw men fail In appalling numbers, al
though the line went steadily forward.
The generals thought they could take
tbe city by direct assault, and tbelr
plan of attack was the result of that
belief. They had agreed with the Rus
sians, whose work was on the east.
to have their flags holste. on the city
walls by eleven o'clock thtt morning.
It was a bold, daring plan, with lit
tle to commend it besides its audacity,
but urged by the Japanese, because
they knew their old enemy could least
successfully resist such a move.
But Just when the line should have
reached the crest of the attack, it fal
tered and stopped. There It hung for
an hour, and then men began to strag
gle back from tbe front with tales of
bitter losses, raging at the dreadful
folly of assaulting In such fashion an
impregnable position.
They delivered their messages for
help and went hack to their work. Ite-
enforcements went In, one company,
then another, then a third. Soon all
were gone, and there were hardly men
enough behind the mud wall to take
care of the field-hospitals established
there, which were filling up with des
perate rapidity.
Then came a call from some of the
British for more ammunition. There
was a laconic command to a non-com
missioned officer of one of the native
regiments, and he turned to the mules
huddled close In behind the wall, out
of danger, with their valuable loads,
He was a fine, upstanding Patban,
his huge grizzled beard curled back
of his ears, and a great buff turban
topping his tall figure. With his hand
on the mule s bridle, and one of Ms
men following on each flank, be walked
through the gate and out on tbe hard
yellow road, where the bullets spat
tered so thickly it seemed not a spar
row could live. All t"i dignity of his
fighting race was In his bearing, and
no contemptible Chinese should hurry
his gait. ' '
They walked steadily through the
ball of bullets that fell round them,
and it made us wonder, matching them
from tho top of the wall, of what stuff
their hearts were made,
Fifty yards in the opi they went
unharmed. Tbe Chinese had their
range, and It seemed as if every mm
on the parapet was firing at them. An
other fifty yards then the man at the
left tb.ew up his hands, staggered for
ward n ttep or two, aud went down
at the roadside.
His comrades seemed not to know
that he was gone. They did not even
look round, but went ahead lu the
old steady way. Twenty yards more
they made, and the man at the right
was hit. He fell full length In tbe
road, but the "non-com" went forward
with the mule. The ammunition was
going in. It was an order, that was
all.
He had almost reached the cover of
a cluster of mud huts beside the road;
about half his distance had been cov
ered, when we suw him waver and
stop. Then he started on, took a single
step, and pitched forward, shot, surely,
through tbe heart.
The mule, all its attendants gone,
was still unhurt. It looked inquiring
ly round, as if wondering what had
bappeuec', then started on up the
road. It cleared the group of mud huts
aud came out In the open beyond them.
Suddenly we saw it throw up its
head, brace its leg outward, sway
from side to side, and fall In a heap.
The ammunition had not gone in.
Some one must try again.
They chose a non-commissioned of
ficer of tbe Wel-hal-wel regiment, a
smooth-faced, square-jawed, fine-eyed
South of England man. He had won
the notice of half the field that morn
ing by bis steady bearing, and wo felt
when we saw him that if any man
could take the ammunition in be was
tbe one. Tbey gave him two men of
bis own regiment and Dulloo,
He took tbe leading-strap of oar
wise little friend In bis band, and with
a sharp call to bis men. went through
tbe gate and out into the open on tbe
run.
The Chinese teemed to bare waiting
in expectation of bis coming. - Tbey
filled the road with bullets, and al
though we saw that all along our line
the fire had Increased to terrible rap
idity to check the Chinese until the
ammunition came, wo knew the men
were doomed. They got tbe first one
almost at the beginning. Uis legs
doubled under him and he went down
with his arms crossed In front of his
face, and lay quite still in the road.
The Englishman. was running swift
ly, and Dulloo trotted easily along, un
disturbed by spit of bullat or scream
of chell. All the Chinese in Tientsin
were shooting at them.
The Englishman turned off tbe roaJ
to go across to bis own men at tbe
right. By tbe first ditch the second
man went down, and the Englishman
was hit himself. It must have been
In the shoulder, for it spun htm quite
round. But he gathered himself to
gether and went on at a smart trot.
Dulloo followed. He sremed to know
all about It and understood just wby
there was need to hurry.
rerhaps he know, too, that even af
ter the ammunition had been delivered
up to the men there In the ditch, there
would be no cover that he could take.
But ue Just kept his head down and
his ears forward, and trotted along as
fast as he could.
Can von realize how It felt to He
behind the nud wall and watch that?
Can you understand how we prayed
for man and beast? They were al
most at the goal. Surely thj man would
win. He could uct be knocked down
now.
But ie was. It took him apparent
ly straight In te head, through the
brim of his helmet, for tbe big sun
guard flew off in front of him as his
hands wore thrust forward, and he
went down on bit; face.
Oi'ly Dulloo was left. The men
stood up In tbelr ditch fltty yards ahead
of him and waved the.r arms, and we
knew they were calling to him. Not a
step did he falter, eveu when the
guiding hand left his lead-strap dan
gling between his feet. At the same
steady trot he went ahead. He could
hear the men telling him he was a
good mule and should have a D. f . O.
Distinguished Service Order all his
own; ana tnen tue ciuneso got mm.
One step he took, and was all right;
the tiext he was down on his knees
and rolling over.
But his work was done, the ammu
nition was delivered. It was only a
few steps to the line from where hn
fell, and almost before he was down
the men hud run out to him, uulashed
the boxes, and were rushing back to
the cover of their little ditch. Surely
Dulloo had earned the D. S. O.
Youth's Companion.
Knrly Career of Charles T. Yerkea,
I mean to begin with the career and
personality of the late Charles T.
Yerkes. For about fifteen years he
was the largest and most conspicuous
figure in Chicago traction matters, aud
when he went away with his heavy
sack of loot he left a tradltloli that re
mains, to this day, an Important factor
In the situation.
He . came to Chicago In the early
eighties, from Philadelphia, where he
had a brief though romantic career,
He had flourished there during the
regime of the gas ring, had been the
friend and associate of Elkins and
Wldencr, had finally made a disastrous
failure In speculation, felt the bite of
the law and gone to prison. This last
act, to my belief, was more to his
credit than otherwise. He owed the
city money and refused to make It a
preferred creditor, and under a statute,
this refusal became a technical embez
zlement. It was for the protection of
tils other creditors that he refused, and
he was almost immediately pardoned.
He afterwards cleared the slate by
paying all his creditors In full.
He was by instinct and by training
an .adventurer, but much shrewder,
more patient, more intelligent than
most of these gentry. He spent his
first two years in Chicago lu the bro
kerage business, looking around, sizing
up with wonderful skill and precision
tho men with whom ho must deal.
H. K. Webster, in American Maga
zine. CrnsU Made Plump Cheek.
A young man and his best girl, evi
dently from the country, had Just fin
ished sitting for their "engagement
picture" after a lengthy discussion
with the Knight of the Camera as to
the best position to assume. After they
had gone the photographer made some
smiling comment about country patrons
In general and added:
'I think the funniest experience I
ever hod was with on old lady of sev
enty years. She wanted a good-looking
picture, because she'd got it Into her
head she wasn't going to live long and
she wanted all "ier relatives unto her
third and fourth cousin to have some
thing by which to remember her. She
couldn't bring herself to buy a set of
false teeth, however, and her mouth
fell In woefully without them.
"I was despairing of making an at
tractive picture of her, when she sud
denly produced some crusts of bread
from her handbag and stuffed them
into her mouth. When Blie'd put lu
enough to make her lips and cheeks fill
out she explained to me rather thickly,
that the crusts would do Just as well
as falso teeth. And the strangest
thing was that they did do very well,
and I got a good picture." New Yorl;
rress.
Curlou Colueldeuoes.
The late Lord Acton for many yrari
kept a record of coincidences. A very
strange one occurred lu his- own ex
perience, A rumor spread that his wife had
drowned herself. She had done noth
ing of the kind, but It was quite true
that a Baroness Acton had drowned
herself nt Tegernsee, where Lord and
Lady Acton were staying, and had
drowned herself under their window.
Tbe strangest of all coincidence
noted by Lord Acton concerned Sir Ed
mund Berry Godfrey, who was mur
dered at the bottom of what Is now
Primrose Hill, but was then known as
Greenberry Hill, In London.
Three men were banged for tbe mur
der; tbelr names, respectively, were
Green, Berry and Hill,
San Francisco Is tald to contain the
largest families in the world. It boasts
of having thirty-nine families each
having more than fourteen children,
and sixty-five families with more thun
eight children each.
A LITTLE FRIEND OF TKE ROSE
st s. nuts ao.
tOJV HE flower -loving Ingpets
S.. V are all friends In need: but
I 8 the unlioiioyod flowers nl
if )t so have their Insect
T0OH friends, not agents of fer
tilization only, but protectors and
champions that fight the battles of
those that must depend on the flower
stems and leaves and buds to survive,
says American Homes und Gardens.
But though '.he flowers are voiceless,
they toll us with none the less elo
quent o what their enemies are and
how they suffer by thrm. Ask the
rose. The withered, skeletoned leaves
proclaim the enml;y of the saw-fly
slug: pn ton leaves nnd others folded
ove:' tell of the larva t of the golden
winged tortricld moth: while canker
ous, eaten buds and flowers denounce
the rose bug. the nphldes. that crowds
tho green stems and loaves of the new
er growth and swnrtn all over tbe ten
der btlds.
Annihilate the aphides upon a dozen
Steins of a thrifty bush and keep others
off; then let a dozen others go full of
the lice, and watch resul j. The num
ber and the beauty of tho blossoms
will be the answer. Now, Nature gen
erally makes a wise effort to strike
n proper balance, nnd though we hare
heard this deuled concerning the po
tato beetle, yet It lo true, more or less.
Thus she has furnished several anti
dotes for the aphides; If she did not.
the little pests would become a nuis
ance IcJeed, past nil calculation. This
salutary purpose is effected by the suv
ernl larvca of the s.vrp..us fly, the lace
wlnged fly, the lndybug i ml a number
ot very small Il.vmeuopterous para
sites. Of these latter the most Inter-
?stiii'T end the most common Is the prct
t.v little fly known to the scientists as
l'i'iion. which may be called the eo-cooii-mnklng
parasite of the aphis. Any
one with shi.i-p eyes tuny discover this
lit tl 3 friend of the rose nt work, and
may follow, with a little care, ts
complete life history.
At the time when the plant lice are
thickest n small Insect resembling a
miniature wasp, or nn Ichneumon fly.
which It really Is. may be seen mnk
ing its way among the fat aphides,
moving leisurely nnd with a dignity
quite beyond Its size, for K usually is
not longer than an eighth of on Inch,
It approaches one of the larger nphldes
MlMATL'ltK PIG STICKING, AS SEKN TI1KOIGII MAGNIFYING
GLASS.
The fly of the rose aphis parasite stinging and laving its egg in the body of a
rose aphis. The idnmp little plant lice look like hybrids between a verdant gout und
n green pig und they get about much like oveiiat swine. Their inactivity permits
them to he readily attacked, and their only attempt at defense is in wagging their
bodies from side to side, which sometimes for a moment disconcerts the parasite fly.
and touches It with its antennae as n
means of certain identification, scent
far outranking sight In such mutters
among Insects. If this were an ant
the aphis would respond with a liberal
supply of tho coveted honeydew, hut
knowing friends from foes It now
sllius its body from side to side, quite
violently Indeed for such a lethargic
creature, and the little fly is pushed
aside. Not liking this It moves on
to another or smaller aph d with a less
vigorous movement, or pausing a mo
ment attacks the same aphis again,
with perhaps better results. Choosing
its position deliberately nnd carefully,
with Its slender, stlltllke legs lifting it
high, It widely straddles Its victim, its
fore legs often resting on tho aphid's
buck, Its sleuder body and long anten
nae much jostled hy the agitated plant
louse. But now the tiy Is not to he
dislodged. Its keen, swordlike ovi
positor protrudes from itj sheath, and
In n monieut Is thrust deep Into tbe
back of tbe plant lot.se, nnd Is held
for just .mother moment, until an egg,
so tiny as to pass through tho slender
organ, Is deposited luto the very inte
rior anatomy of the rose pest. Then
withdrawing, the fly 3traCdles off and
proceeds at onco to convert another
aphis Into an Incubator, aud so on.
until on doubt the egg supply, perhaps
fifty or more, becomes exhausted.
DEVICE TO AIDJTHE SWIMMER
A recent tuveutlou of caniulluii
VII bo of interest to tl:oso who delight
in swlmmlnp-. It Is un attachment
which, belnp worn by a twimmcr, will
facilitate his progress lu tho water by
affording him an eulr.rgod area with
which to push himself forward. In
the lllustratlju it Is tuowu attached
to the leg of a swlmme., although
It can be modified to lit the arms also.
Tho operation will be obvious.
The device consists of an open rec
tangular framework, withlr. which are
suspended a series ot light vanes
hinged along oue edge of the open
framework in such a manner as to be
susceptible of setting themselves with
the current, of water going through
them as tbe legs are drawn forward
or bent for tho stroke.
During the back stroke or thrust tho
vanes will close and form a plane
normal to tho movement ot the limb
A framework of vanes of this kind
1 supported from each limb of tho
swimmer, to which It Is secured by
Of courso the aphis so treated does
not die at ence, else Nature's plan
would miscarry. It 'lives and goes on
feeding and maintaining the same stiff
and seemingly contented nttltuit for
a little while. Meantime the egg
hatches a minute, white, mnggot-llke
larva, and this at once begins feeding
on the soft muscular tissues of Ms
THE FAHASITE OF THE HOSE APHIS, MUCH MAGNIFIED.
The upper figure is the fly ns seen from above; the colors, black, rufous, red and
yellow, have almost a metallic luster, and the delicate, transparent wings reflect a
beautiful iridescence. The loner figure is the cocoon of the parasite heneutli the dead,
dried and distorted shell of a plant louse, t he inside of which have been eaten by
the parasite larva while attaining its growth, alter which it makes the cocoon.
host. Some little time Is required for
the larva to complete Its growth five
or six days during very warm weather,
longer when It Is cool. With an In
stinct that has ever been a mnrvel to
the naturalist tho littlo larva does not
touch the digestive orgutu, the vascu
lar system of the more Important
nerves for a period, thus permitting
the aphis to live and feed until the
appetite and growth of the parasite
warrant it to eat all before' It. Then
the aphles dies, of courso, and rapidly
becomes only an outer skin, with head
and legs attached.
For some strange reason the aphis,
not long before dying, forsakes Its
place unions Its fellows. As If ostra
cized for its condition, although Its
disease Is hardly catching, It crawls
away to one of the larger leaves, fast
ens up It lu exile and thus remains. It
Is obvious that this benefits the para
site; the aphis here Is far less apt to
be found and attacked by numerous
other enemies that would endanger
the life of Its guest. Hut what can In
fluence It? It (lepirts from Its habit,
for It Is altogether social aud nou
uiigiUtory. It remove3 to a less desir
able pasture ground. Normally, If dis
lodged from the stem and falling on the
leaves it crawls back as fast ns Its In
dolent legs penult to tho stoir. again.
The parasite Is nlono benefited, but
it Is out of the world, so to speak; it
can not get at Its host's locomotory ap
pendages; It is a legless, eyeless crea
ture that at best would mako a poor
guide If It should get out and take tbe
hands or straps, certain portions of tho
frame being made buoyant to an ex-
Help For the Swimmer.
) .eut suftlcleut to sustulu tbe weight
lead. But tbo little thing, as unintelli
gent as It looks, maggot-like, bas per
haps a irlnd of Its own, as we have
seen. Tbe habit Is almost Invariable;
tho Victims crawl from their usual
places nnd position themselves on the
leaves. Out of seventy-one parasitized
plant lice I found two on the stem
and one on the tip of a thorn, as If It
thought a leaf ought to grow oul
there, but that was too far gone tc
search elsewhere.
Upon attaining Its growth the para
site larva cuts open tho aphis skin un
derneath and squirms part way out,
so as to have full swing with Its head
end. Then It begins the construction
of Its cocoon, made, ns with mogt In
sects, of Its saliva, and eventually be
coming, after a few hours' work, a
silken, parchment-like, bulging, tent
shaped affair, upon which the now
shrunken and distorted skin of the
aphis rests as on a pedestal. The par
asite enters the completed cocoon and
becomes an Inactive pupa or chrysalis,
and lu a few days thereafter. If It is
warm, the perfect Insect, the itlny
fly, emerges aud takes whig to work
more mischief among the rose pests.
The Illustrations fully elucidate the
facts set forth in the text. They pre
sent a wonderful Insight Into a small
natural force, not the less masterful
because of Its mimic scale. Scientific
American.
SELF-PLAYING ZITHER.
Inventors nre quick to attempt any
thing that affords a chance of reward.
Why they do not tackle musical In
struments Is u query hard to answer,
but the fact still remains that prac
tically no new musical instruments are
patented. Improvements on those al
ready lu use are occasionally recorded,
one of the most recent being the solf
playlng zither, illustrated here. This
Is an attachment for zithers or similar
stringed Instruments to produce a con
tinuous vibration of the strings. Jour-
Self-playlng Zither.
nnled In the centre and at one end
of the zither are rolls to receive a long
strip of perforated music. Between
the rolls nre a number of holes which
connect with a wind bag beneath tho
Instrument. Tho passugo of tho roll
of music over the holes operates a se
ries of pickers, the latter vibrating tho
strings. Tho action throughout Is simi
lar to that used in pianolas and eollans.
Philadelphia Record.
Vhnt Is but an Imperfect science
which studies a world of effects nnd
neglects their cause.
of the device lu the water. This con
stitutes tho primary element of the
attachment, the form and manner of
attachment being modified to the re
quirements of nrm and leg.
To supplement the leg movement
with tho Instep action of the foot, tho
vane frame Is pivoted to the leg at
tachment by a system of parallel links,
which link motion Is connectod by a
light rod to the too of a sandal or shoe
on tho foot. The feet, Instead of act
ing merely as paddles, are utilized to
Impart considerable muscular power to
propel the body forward, the legs
being kept merely far enough apart, to
avoid striking tbe frames together.
Philadelphia Itecord.
RmokI of KUrt Vole.
Dr. K. W. Scripture, who has been
making researches In phonetics under
a Smithsonian Institution grant, has
secured a gramophone record of tho
voice of Eniperor William of Germany.
It will be proserved by tho National
.Museum at Washington and, of course,
will not be used In any public way In
the Kaiser's lifetime.
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IT Cp Toar Coal Put.
Housekeepers frequently find a fllf
flculty in using coal dust so as to avoid
waste. An excellent way is to place
pieces of paper about ten Inches long
and about six inches wide, pile coal
dust on it, lift carefully 8ud place
gently on the fire. The corner of the
paper will, of course, catch fire, bul
the part under the coal dust will re
main, says Home Chat. If left undis
turbed this will gradually- burn throngh
and Improve the fire, Instead ot caus.
lng tbe usual dendness that results
from burning coal dust.
Qnolnt Old Wall Paper In Vt.
Mural decorations of a bygone day,
when folk didn't dabble much lu so
called decorative art, are forming a
quaint background for polished mahog
any and rare china. The scenic wall
piipers found In the few old mansions
that have not been "done over" to suit
modern notion always have been of In
terest to lovers of old furniture. Now.
certain seekers after odd effects are
having the old wall papers reproduced.
The hunting scene, the Impossible cas
tles on cliffs and other subjects are
being turned out, but the reproduc
tions, say persons with critical eyes,
"lacit the venerable atmosphere of th
'really truly' antiques, no matter how
closely It follows them In deslgu."
New lork Tress.
Water a a Medicine.
A strip of flannel or soft napkin,,
folded lengthwise and clipped In hoi
water and wrung out r.ud then applied
around the neck of a child that bal
croup, will surely bring relief In a few
minutes. A proper towel folded seV'
ei'al times and dipped In hot water
quickly wru.ig and applied over tbi
site of toothache or neuralgia will gen
erally afford prompt relief. The treat
ment for colic has been found to work
like magic. Nothing so promptly cuts
short a congestion of the lungs, sor.
throat or rheumatism cs hot watet
when applied early lu the case and
thoroughly. Hot water taken freely
half an hour before bedtime is an ex
cellent cathartic In case of constlpa
tion, while it has a soothing effect up
ta the stomach and bowels. This treat
ment continued a few months, with tha
addition of a cupful of hot water slow
ly sipped half nn hour before each
meal, with proper attention to diet, will
cure most case of dyspepsia. Ordi
nary headaches almost always yield to
tbe simultaneous application of hot
water to the feet and back of the neck.
The Epitomist.
Omelet Tan and Its Possibilities.
If omelets are frequently desired, for
breakfast a special omelet pan should
by all means be provided. A French
cook always keeps a pan exclusively
for this purpose, and, however it may
sound to lovers of soap and water, the
pan Is aever washed. After the omelet
Is cooked the pan is wiped as clean as
possible with crushed tissue paper and
put in a dustless cupboard. Choose a
perfectly flar pan, for if It has n bump
in the middle the omelet will uever
come out well. There are almost as
mauy varieties ot omelet as there are
weeks in tho yeur, and ouce oua learns
how delicious a stuffed omelet is there
will be a new use for left-over oysters,
?hicken. fish, and vegetables. Fried
hacon cut lu tiny cubes, minced ham
r chicken, minced herbs, grated cheese,
nil are good. If a fetv spoonfuls ot to
mato or oyster sauce t-ippeu to be left
over from dinner thy may also he
used. Cold curry, asparagus, shrimp,
Ulster. Minced and stirred In thick
saace, are verj good. If no Letter
sauce is at hand, mn'.:e this one: A
tablespoouful of butter stirred into
tho samo quantity of flour, ihe yolk
of an egg, a full tablespoouful of Par
mesan cheese, n littlo sweet milk, nud
Beaconing of salt and red popper. Stlt
this together ever the fire anfl add
minced meat, fish, or whatever is to go
into the omelet. J 1st ns the omelet ii
ready .o bo folded, drop the uiixt
In. New York Post.
Salad Dressing rai'tu-ularly nice ou
vegetable salad. One pint of whipped
cream, juice ot ouc-half lemon, one
tablespoouful of chopped parsley, pep
per and salt to taste. Gelatine will
help set tho cream If for uny reason It
will not whl? pioperly.
Cream of Corn Soup Put ono pint of
grated corn or ono can of corn into u
double boiler; ndd a pint ot milk nud
one tublcspoonful ot butter and one of
Hour rubbed together; add a level tea
spoonful of salt, a dusji of pepper aud
a tenspoonful of onljn Juice. When
boiling hot serve.
Apple Cake-Place a thin layer of
short pastry ou a round baking dish,
pinching up Ihe edges wllh tho ttngors
so as to mako u little ledge round the
cako. Teel and cut !u two some large
apple, carefully taking out the cores.
Slice tlieiu mid arrange. In a circle
around tbe paltry, one slleo overlap
pins ilu other. Sprlu.tle wllh ground
cliiuimou nud sugar and bake for
three-quarters of au hour In u tcady
ovou. When cold sift powdered sugar
over the top.
Clear Soup Purchoso a shlu or a leg
of beef; cut the meat from the bone,
then cut It luta smull pieces; put the
bones lu the bottom of a. soup kettle;
put on top the meat; to each pound of
moot allow ono quart of cold water;
briug to boiling point and skim; sin
incr gently three hours; add nn oulou.
jne carrot, a little chopped celery, a
bay leaf and twelve cloves. Simmer
gently oi.e hour and strain. Stand
aside to cool. Remove tbe fat and It Is
ready to use. If the soup is not per
fectly clesr. clarify It with bu whites
tf thrss eggs.