THE CillNGCRCAKC MAN. nji.aTrake man was a lump of brown fill a t '.t rolling pin was run over him, r fl,ittin him out, nnd he lay there so thin. Hit Lnne almost popped throunh the holea in his "kin; rh ,ltv sifted him over with flour and M,i:e. And ni"de him aome eyes with two kernels of riip jnd took ome dried cnrriinta, the liget r0 ronke' him 'some tint tons for closing his veit. rks (iinicrcake mnn wabbled this way and that, JvVn Hiev needed a raiain nnd made him a ' hit " aturk on his head ill the jaun- t ict wn.u, for a Gingercake man is not made every day. IVy stiiili in aome cloves for his ears; vp. imleed! And made him aome teeth out of caraway cel. nd wli-n he wna finilied they buttered ., i,;in the Uve"l they hnd-fur the Gingorcukc nun. "fi i!" Anii?iiriimtf f l" t l f spirit frUUmiEUKY KUppCKY. It ms the week of tlio Sotithbtiry Hunt Steeplechase meeting, mid thr Did Red Lion, Sniithluiry, whs packed with hunting men and their parties. There were the Kind nnd Countess of Woodiiiunsterno, Viscount nnu Vis countess Mordeti, Sir Jooelyn nnd Lady Tmnworth. General Wynn-Pnr-koiis nnd Mr. AVyini -Parsons, the Dow ager Lady Tltooinbe, mid Mr. nnd Mrs. Cyrus Bcddlngloii, wealthy couple, who bud taken n hunting box In the Kouthhury country for the season, nnd, by their lavish hospitality had iimde themselves very poinlar 111 tin- local wHHy. Now .Mrs. Reddington bad Home ox (T'plioiKilly lino iliaiiiiinds. of which sin. was pardonably proud. Hut they wore nlso a source of nmsideriihlo anxiety to her. inasmuch lis she 11 vmI in eon uliint fi'ar of tin vlii;; them stolen. tin the present occasion, coming down to Soullibnry from London, where she bad been staying u few days, she had u fright of tills descrip tion, which upset her a good deal, mat of which t-lie ttgve her quests graphic particulars at dinner that evening. Slie bad noticed n tall, we! I dressed iiiiin, of rather sinister expression, fol lowing her about on the platform nt iOuston. while lie was uniting for her train, nni she felt intuitively that be hud designs llion Uer Jewel ease. Till Impression was strong! belied when, Undine herself momentarily in n crowd, she was jostled by somebody, and, turning quickly round, recognized the same susihdous Individual; And It was absolutely continued In the course of her journey when she noticed lilm standing In the corridor Just outside her coiuptirtmeiit, with bis eyes fixed uupn her. "I can't tell you what n feeling It gave nie when I saw him there," she said with ii little shudder. "It seemed to send the cold creeps nil down my back, and though there were several other people In the carriage I was so frightened that I was lialf nilnded to call the guard; only I recollected that I couldn't prove anything against the man " "I should think not, my dear," In terposed her mnttor-of-f.ict husband, hushing the Incident aside with zood- hiimori'd contempt, "If you bad done liny iIiIiik so foolish you might have found yourself In serious hot water. Tor 1 have little doubt Hint you were merely the victim of your own nervous, fancy, mid that the man In question was a perfectly harmless nud rospeot- atile member of society." "Indeed, but I nm absolutely certain lie was noiliini! of the kind," replied Mrs. r.eddingtoii, willi conviction "And If you lmd HMn there, Cyrus, and had taken note of his appearance nnd his behavior, you must have formed the same conclusion as I did. l tell you, I know the tiian was shad owing mo, und that be whs after my diamonds., I don't think he'd even have stuck nt :it violence, to effect ins purpose," she ndded with n shut! tier, "nuil well, I haven't Rot over the Horrible fright he gave mo yet." The lady's demeanor fully testified to the truth of this statement, her fnee looking pale and harassed. "Von may think It very silly of me," Hhe went on, with a hysterical lunch. "hut I have a presentiment that I .......hi mtii ine last or that mail, either. And, Cyrus, 1 do bone you won't sit up very Into In tho smoking room to-night, for I shall be quite In n lover I Know I shall until you comu up stairs to keep me company." I ut-tut. my dear. Don't give w ay to these foolish funcle.n," replied her husband. "I should Imagine that, by tills time, your sinister acquaintance In probably well on bis wav to Edin burgh." The lady more or less recovered her composure. Hut It was evident that Mio wiih still by no means herself, unit that she was only retaining m- place at tho beiiil of the dinner tnblo by mi uori. jiy nnu ny she collansed nlto- gethor, mid Instead of silting ,, to witness the full-dress rehearsal o (tome theiitrlcals, she lmd to ring for her maid and retire to lied. Cyrus, however, made light of It. Ho was loo uiucli uceustoined to these l.v terleal attacks on the part of his wife io nine tueiu seriouslv. "If a pity she will give up to these nervous luncles, ' He unlit. "She Is nl ways Iniugliilng tlutt people nrc after Her diamonds. I sometimes i1110Mt wish tunc tlie dlanioiuls might bo sto nni mm uone with though they ur worth 10,(X)0." ouino oours latl.r ,-y,.,m wnB Hiu,ne In the Niuokiug room, when one of the nniiKis entered lmrrledly. "Oh! If you pleuse. sir." kI,.. - rlalmed, "Mrs. lleddlimloii wants you ii io uer ui once. iiiiioa! imti the mutter now?' Inquired Cyrus, "Hho'a hud n fright, Br. Hlie woke uii u iow minutes nito. ami shw niiin'g fiieo at tho window, peering into tho room, mm 8i,e ,ITa 8ll.H gure Uf tiieant robbery. And she that upset -V .i, Bll "Tiir-rntt n.i . ... . . virus, ..ir you-tl Then into the oven they put liim to Until he hard and could stand and not break Ilia logs when ho atood; and they aet him co"' Until all the children ahould come home fron school. And Oh! the delight and the wonder and (flee, When mother invited the children to All aifted with sugar and out of the The good-natured face of the Gingercake maa But alas and alaa! Tis a short life and eweet la r Gingercake man's for they ate off his feet. They broke off his arms with the hungriest F.est , And picked all the buttons from out of his vest; They nibbled hia legs off nnd nte up hia hat. And everything edible went juat like that, Till the cloves i...d the kernels of rice you may scan As all that is left of the Gingercake J. W. Foley, in tho New York Times. excuse nie, gentlemen, I'll be back In a few minutes." In something less than half an hour he returned. "I am afruid I must wish you good night," lie said. "My wife has hud a tremendous fright. She asserts, nut only that she saw a man's face at her bedroom window, but that It was the face of the man whom she described to us at dinner this evening as having shallowed her on her journey from London. "For my pnrt, I feel pretty sure thnt the whole thing Is simply a delusion due to nightmare or some such cause. The thought V)f the fellow was preying on her luliid, nnd when she woke up suddenly she fancied she saw lilm. However, she Is positive that It was the real mini she saw. And It has had such nn effect on her that she Is now afraid of being left alone. "I may say that, In order to allay my wife's apprehensions I have taken her diamonds and other jewelry down stairs undt lodged them with the mnna- ger for safe custody. Anything, you know, to piled fy a frightened and hys terical woman. Well, good night, gen tlemen." And Cyrus Reddlngton retired to Join his better half, smiling at the ab surdities of the feminine fancy. I!ut a few hours luter this gentle man found himself In the unusual po sition of having to slug small. There was abundant nnd substantial evidence that the supposed vision had been, nf ter all, a reality. For Tlslons don't leave ladders and open windows be hind them, nor do they pick the locks of Jewel cases and ransack them of all their most valuable contents which Is what had happened In the present In stil nee. Tho Countess of Woodmnnsterne was the first to discover her loss. She nt once rnlsed the alarm, and It trans pired that a number of other ludies had suffered In the same way. I he manager was summoned. The servants were culled up. The police were sent for. lint the thief bad nl- endy made his escape, lie had climbed In by u ladder through the window of a disused boxrooni. The ladder was still there nnd tho window still open. In the turf .Just under Mrs. licdiliug- ton's bedroom window, and again on the plaster of the wall Just beneath the sill, marks were found which showed that a bidder bad been set np there, lie had not done so badly, either, hav ing lifted Jewelry to tho aggregate value of seven or eight thousand pounds. Of course the unfortunate victims were much upset by the theft, which they felt to be the more aggravating because of Sirs. Beddlngton's belief that she had been shudowed by a thief had only been taken seriously, Instead of being lightly dismissed as the crea tion of her own nervous fancy, the wholo thing could have been so easily prevented. They were even disposed to be angry with Cyrus for not huvlng taken steps to Investigate that story of the face nt the window. But tills, ns he ventured to point out to them, was hardly fair. His wife had erled "Wolf so often, and nothing had come of it, that you couldn't blame lilm for disbelieving in the existence of the wolf when nt length that predatory unlninl really came. One satisfactory feature there was. Mrs. Beddlugton was able to supply the police with a detailed mid accurate description of the thief's nppi aranco. 'Ibis description was at one tele graphed all over the country. In tin" course of the day mi odlcer came down from Scotland Yard to In vestigate the robbery. His presence afforded the guests n comfortable sense of security. Hut several of those ladies whose treasures had escaped took their Jew elry, when they were not wearing It, to the malinger, who locked It nway for them In his safe. One v.-tin adopt etl this prudent courso was the Dow ager Lady Titcoi'iho. On the evening of tho second day nftor the robbery, wanting her diamonds to wear at that night's ball, she went down to the oflieo for her jewel case. It was baud ed to her, and she took It up stairs. In a few minutes, however, she came back, looking rather flushed and per turbed. "You have made a mlsriike," she ex claimed. "This Is not my jewel tape. It Is exactly of the same m ike and rp pcnruiice as mine, and my key happens to open It, but It is somebody else's. "l!y Jo I" the detective txclalmed, slapping his thigh. "Then that explains It. I had my suspicions of that pre cious pair from the first, nud linvo at ready searched their luggage on the quiet, but could find no trnoe of any stolen property. Now, of course, I see liow they managed It. H'he day's stoiy of the man who shadowed her w;is all moonshine-, to dlvqrt suspicion. The ladder and the omii window man nged, no doubt, by some confederate oiUhlik were part of the same trick. "Of coui'no she took the Jewelry her self when who shammed III and went off early to bed. And then, when she lmd safely packed tho swnj Into tier Jewel case stie wnda for tier husbnnd, and he hna the cool cheek to bring It down nnd lodge It, for nnfe custody, In the manager's aafe Jime where no on would ever think of looking for It. No doubt be foresaw the possibility of his luggage being searched, and so lilt upon that audacious mnliod of nt once concealing nnd Hecurttig Ids booly. "It wna certainly a master stroke on the pnrt of our friend Cyrun.'Vont -I tid ed the oflieer, with sneaking ndinlru. tlon, "and, but for this unforeseen mis take In the mntter of the Jewel cases, would probably have nmhled the wor thy couple to get safe nwuy with their sjtoll. But as It Is however, I'll be able to tell you more about that after the next iisslzes." London Truth. A Tonsorlnl General. Otto von Oottberg, the German journalist, went to Venezuela when the asphalt troubles were Interest ing. One day he made arrangements to go to the castle to talk to Presi dent Castro. He was received by a man In a gaudy uniform, covered with gold braid. Gottberg knows a little Span ish, and talked with thlB man about the Internal and external affairs of Venezuela. He noticed that the other gold laced people In the room watched him curiously. Finally, one of them came to Gottberg and touched him on the shoulder. "My friend," he said, "I can tell you a much better one." "Much better what?" asked Gott berg, mystified. "Much better barber," said tho gold laced one. "But I want no barber." "Pardon me, sir;" then why spend your time conversing with one?" And Gottberg soon discovered that the man he had been interviewing was President Castro's barber. Cas tro had mado him a general so he would not have to pay him out of the Cnstro private purse. Philadel phia Post. The Ilnblts of the Sea. Let us bo thankful that we have not got to send the sea to school and teach It to think. The sense of rest fulness It gives us, as we contem plate It, conies a good deal, I sus pect, from our feeling that here Is one powerful and active creature that we have not got to train. It will take care ot Itself, and we can take care of ourselves and not bother about It. It will never want to vote, never blame us for mlBrule, never shame us with evidences of our selfishness and neglect. Restless as It is, turbu lent and untamable, it is a comfort able neighbor, as neighbors go. Real ly, is there anything else on the earth that takes care of itself? Tho moun tains have forest fires and need land laws and game-laws. The very air may be polluted with smoke and smells, the cataracts are water-power and can be stolen, the forests are merchandise, the plains are real es tate; but the sea is not property, not perishable, not damageable, it is the one thing that balks greed and laughs at abuse; the one thing where of there is enough to go around, and in which no successful effort need be feared to claim a monopoly. E. S. Martin, in Harper's Magazine. Popular Krrors Concerning Volcanoes Some popular errors concerning volcanoes are pointed out in r.n amusing and author.'.tative article by Gaston Bonnier, of the Institute or France, In Harper's Weekly. The eruption of a volcano is an occasion for the reiteration of lunaameium errors concerning volcanic phenom ena, he observes. "The official des patches and the most serious reports say that the crater 'vomits flume, that .'black smoke' escapes from the mountain, and that 'showers of cin ders' are thrown out by tho subter ranean fires. There are as many er rors as there words in these state ments. Tho fact Is and savants know It that there Is no con'buB tion In volcanic phenomena; thc.e Is no eruption of fire and flame; a vol cano never discharges either si loke or ashes. Liquid lava is a non-com bustible rock which melts at. a high temperature. Thus heated, when red-hot, lava burns combustible bod- los. herbs, grass, wood even men and animals, If' It comes in contact with them. In other words, lava burns things, but it never la con sumed." And Mr. Bonnier proceeds to point out the true nature of these things. Exports From Gulf Ports. The growing importance of the gulf ports for the shipment of west ern produce is gathered from a state ment recently iBsued by tho Depart ment of Commerce. For the ten months ending with April Galveston, New Orleans and Mobile exported $30,000,000 worth of breadstuffs, against 133,000, 000 worth for all the Chesapeake ports, including Baltimore, and 137,000,000 worth for New York. New York's load is readily accounted for by the advan tage it has in the cheap water route through the lakeB and tho Erie canal, which also give her not a little wheat from the Canadian fields. With a deep waterway from Chica go to the mouth ot the Mississippi Now Orleans, which contributes $16, 500,000 to tho above total ot $30, 000,000 for the threo gulf portB, would in all likelihood excel New York in the shipments of breadstuffs and other western produce. Figliting Hcule Insects. After several useless attempts to bring over from China the enemies of the purple Bcale, the, aim was finally accomplished by taking small trees Infested with tho scale, ship ping them from Callforulu to China, where the scale on the trees were at tacked by the parasites, then re shaping them back to California, bringing both the :ale and the par asites on the trees in a living condN tlon. Two trees wero set In a fruit section of the' State, and the para sites are rapidly Bproadlng to other trees and lessening the dlaeuso. Sir Wilfred Lawmin rejoiced over the fact that 160 ot the new mem bers of the British House o( Com mons are total abstainers. HYSTERIA IN RELIEF-GIVING. Remarkable: and Blurr Collection of Gifts Recentlr Opened la the Relief Sfon Depot! it San Francisco-Opera Rats and Cloaks, Diamond Oroanicsls, Patent Leather Shoes and Children's Finery In Quantities Sorn Glnrs Whs Mads Mistakes-Pets Not Forgotten. (Spm-Ial Corm)inlnnra San Francisco. An overhauling of the gifts of the charitable to the stricken people of San Francisco that has just been made in the Durant School demonstrates that sudden im pulses of generosity are often hyster ical. In some cases it would seem that these Impulses had caused al most, temporary insanity; especially In the case ot the young woman of Peoria, 111., who sent the refugees an ermine-trimmed opera cloak in which she left a diamond sunburst. Many of the boxes that have re cently been opened show that the senders wero either folk who did not stop at reason, or that they del egated the sending of the gifts to ig norant, if not half-witted, servants. More crush opera hats than will be worn In San Francisco for many months to come have been found in the cases of gifts recently opened. There are also several score of even lag dress suits of various patterns. One box contained three varieties of evening clothing, half a dozen pairs of patent leather shoes, and three opera bats. There are among tho gifts a number of Inverness coats, quantities of dress waistcoats, and dress shirts in which the studs re mained. As these relief supplies of clothing came by the carload and choked the schoolhouse storerooms and warehouses where they wore sent for distribution, there has been con siderable delay in getting at the con tents. At first the army officers in charge of the distribution of clothing opened only the cases that had been sent by clothing stores and manufacturers. There were also liberal contributions of shoes from retail and wholesale houses As these were easily han dled, and showed excellent Judg ment in selection, they were dis posed of first. Then came the sort ing of Individual contributions. These were sent in every variety of package, some even in fine leather grips and handbags. A great deal of children's clothing of very fine ma terial was received, but has not been, and is not likely to be, distributed. A few children ot the refugees clad In such garments would present amazing contrasts with their neigh bora. The same may be said of several tons of women's clothing. Much of it would be only suitable for wear cither at the opera, a ball, or some similar entertainment. Some ot tho gowns that were evidently sent by wealthy women are of Paris Im portation, and havo been very little worn. There are boes of silk stock ings of every shade in the prlBm. There are even silk tights -that were undoubtedly sent by kind-hearted, It light-headed, chorus-girls. There are also other bits of finery appro priate only for the stage. In the matter of hats there Is the same magnificent disregard of the fit ness ot things. Opera hata came with and without opera cloaks. Mill inery creations for street wear that are fairly canopied with plumes were jammed In boxes with odds and ends of extravagant finery. There was no stint of laco and handsome em broidery, and many of the hysterical ly generous are undoubtedly regret ting their moment of blind impulso. Givers Who Mado Mistukes. Many letters havo come to the offi cers of the army in charge of the relief work, calling attention to mis takes they mudo personally, or er rors of their servants, who packed treasured garments and pieces of fin ery in the boxes of gifts. As there are hardly any names of the givers on tho boxes, however, It Is not like ly that many of these contributions will ever be returned. Already a vain search has been mado to locate tho diamond sunburst sent by the young woman of Peoria. A variety of Btick-plns and less valuable arti cles of jewelry have been found In these gift boxes, and they are being stored away In caso their owners might wish to journey to San Fran cisco and reclaim them. Many men who sent their fine rai ment for distribution among the des- Water Falls, But Never Gels Down. Cruising down Milford Sound, New Zealand, when the clouds aro clearing after a shower,, the moun tains are like fairyland. No longer grim and black and fearful, they are laced everywhere with the stream ing silver ot cloud-born cascades. Oho day wo watched tho giddy journey of one ot these cataracts. It sprang from tho very top of the Lion Rock a 3000-foot perpeudlcu lar wall. Long and slender and pllntlng like ulass lu the sun, It fell straight down over us but never reached ub. It has dropped, say,, 1000 feet when it was caught by the wind, swayed this way and that, and final ly blown clean away, dissolving lu misty rain. We Bteamed right under it or rather under the place where It ought to have been, and experienced the peculiar sensation ot looking straight up at a waterfall that, as the latinch sUlppcr put It, "never fell uny Wheie." Four-Track News. Lofty Post O dices. Among the Alps there are soveral post, offices at a height of 6,000 or 7,000 feet. One letter box. from which the postman makes four col lections daily, is nearly 10,000 feet above the sea level. Bridge, it would appear, ts not quite so niodern ft game us- has boon supposed. A writer In tho London Saturday Review mentions a letter he has received in which It Is stated that tho game was played es far back as the seventies by the Creel; colony In Manchester, of the E Yen I UK Poat.) tltute forgot to remove letters and memoranda from their pockets. In teresting documents of this sort have come to light In the overhauling ot this clothing. Whenever there Is an envelope and an address, these let ters are returned to their owners. So are other articles of value when there Is a name and address on the package in which it was sent. Hundreds of senders ot clothing; contributions were poorly acquaint ed with the climate ot California. Great coats of the sort that are very rarely needed even In the East were contributed by generous Canadians or dwellers In northern Maine. Doz ens ot pairs of mittens and fur-lined gloves have come from Northern lat itudes for the refugees. In fact, there la far more winter than summer clothing, which was only natural, as the contributions were made In spring. Much of this Is too heavy ever to make comforttfble wear in California, even though the climate demands an overcoat all the year round. Furs can be used on chill. damp evenings throughout the year, but great coats and voluminous wool en mufflers are entirely superfluous. So are galoshes and felt-lined leg gings. The first thought of thousands of mothers was undoubtedly of the In fant refugees, for there is a vast amount of mysterious little garments that the officers In charge of distri bution have been puzzling over. Women were called into straighten the matter out, but the supply ot baby clothing Is far greater than the demand at present. Enough bottles for babies were Bhlpped to San tran- clsco to keep several cities going for a year. The majority of these uten sils are plain, but some are silver mounted and initialed. Infant foot wear hns been sent along almost by the carload, counting the gifts ot Manufacturers and individuals. Some of these tiny shoes have been worn, but the greater part of the contribution is fresh from the fac tory or the store of the retailer. Dogs Not Forgotten. " "" Even the refugee dogs have not been forgotten, and some very or nate dog collars have been fished out ot the store rooms In the overhauling process. In the Hamilton Square School, where the food supplies were sent, several boxes ot dog biscuits have been opened. Dogs, however, are very scarce In San Francisco since the fire. Hundreds were shot and hundreds took to the woods. The pet population ot San Francisco is almost nil, except In the matter ot parrots and caged song-birds. Where dogs and cats, and homes, and treas ures wore abandoned these feathered friends were saved, and there Is hardly a refuge tent that Is unable to boast a small aviary. The same bizarre taste was dis played by many of the thousands who sent on food supplies to the fire devastated city. Delicacies ot almost every kind were shipped In the early trains loads to arrive, and have continued to flow in. Even tho relief committees of large cities wero foolishly' extravagant in their selec tion of food stuffs, nnd many thou sands of dollars were spent for fancy and expensive canned goods when moro substantial supplies would havo served tho purpose Just as well. There are many cases ot Imported canned vegetables and fruit, as well as meats and fish. Col. Feblger, in command of the relief camps, Is urg ing tho sale of these canned goods, as they are not at all necessary, and cash Is badly needed. Individual donations of food run to an even further extreme. Several boxes contained cans of truffles, ca viar, and pate de fois gras. All sorts of potted meats were sent, but much of this has been distributed. Wine of many brands was sent for tho sick, and this has been distri buted In the hospitals. Cordials and liqueurs have not been disposed of and will probably be sold, If they do not find their way through other t.liannelB.- His Honey Accounted For. A New Hampshire newspaper man, who Is very fond ot honey, visited a nearby city, and at one of the hotels he was served with some delicious honey. Ho enjoyed It so much that he told his wife all about it when be returned home. On his next trip to the city sbo nc coinimnlcd him. They visited tile sumo hotel, and when the noon meal was served he said to Ills wife be hoped they bad some more of the honey. It did not appear, however, mid, beckoning to a waiter, be said : "Say, Sam, where l,s my honey V" lie was almost paralyzed when that worthy .grinned mid replied: "Mho doau work here no more, Ihiss; she done got a Job at the silk mill." The wile received H handsome new dress before they returned home, after making a solemn promise not to tell the story. Herald. It May He. The "Frankfurter'' was Invented by Joliann Lulincr and first placed on sale lu lSO.'i lu Vienna. The Inventor named his new product after bis native city of Frankfurt. The business In Vienna has remained III the hands of the family and Is conducted to-day by Franz Lulincr, a grundiiephew of JohiiHii. The Butchers' guild observed the louth anniversary Jlttlngly. Globe. Motor barges, which uso petro leum ul a cost, of 22 cents an hour, are lu common use on European con tinental waters. The first has Just been Imported by an English firm of curriers, for use on the Thames. Its speed is seven and a half knots, ty-flvo years longer. Money In Good Bonds. In bis report describing the won ders of the achievement of the American farmer the Secretary of Agriculture does not fall to bpeak a word of hearty commendation for the attempts that have been made, in a few localities, to improve the condi tion of American roads. In no other thing are the people of this country so far behind those of Europe, as in character of the public highways. Of course, we have greater db.tances to cover than other civilized peoples; in many cases the population Is not so dense, and then all Eurppe has the advantage of us In having had centu ries In which to work at this busi ness. But, whatever the reason may be, the lncontestlble fact Is that our country roads, even in the most thickly settled and the most prosper ous districts of this land, are usually no better than they were sixty, and not improbably a hundred years ago. There Is many a road In England upon which a man may not. find a loose stone as big as his thumb in the distance of a mile. No doubt wo havo been laggards In this Important matter, because railroad building be f,an and developed with marvellous rapidity before Americans had money enough and a fair ch:nce to engage under proper conditions in tho construction and repair of ordin ary roads and the rapidity, eav.e and cheapness of travel and freijihtaga by rail helped to obscure, and per haps to diminish, tho seriousness of the injuries Inflicted by the lnsulll clency of the wagon roads. But it will be plain enough to anybody who shall take the trouble to look Into tho mutter that good roads, made ac cording to tho best modern methods, have a large cash value to any com munity that Is compelled to use them. Tho matter of convenience and agreeablonoss cannot bo Ignored, but. the money view Is likely always to be the more Impressive to the or dinary man. A bad road represents loss to the reople who have to keep It in repair, to the persons who use it for hauling purposes, and to tho community generally. Philadelphia North American. Knnd-Clay Roads. A coating of sand on a clay road Is a good thing, but the more this sand Inclines to gravel the better. Good gravel would be far superior. The exact amount of sand to use will generally have to be determined by experiment in each locality. Apply the sand when the road is wet but not rutted. It will not be of much valuer till it becomes mixed with the clay and thus forms a sort of arti ficial hard pan. On the other hand, If sand Is applied to hard clay It will be a positive nuisance until wet weather comes and allows It to be come mixed with the clay. It is only sultablo for roads of compara tively light traillc. Clay on sand usually gives better re sults than sand on clay on account of the excellent natural drainage af forded by the sand foundation. It should be applied in a layer about six Inches deep, well harrowed, smoothed off with a grader, and rolled till hard and smooth. After tho rolling, from one to two Inches of rand from tho Bides should be uniformly spread over the road by uso of a road grader. Clay thus applied will not have reached Its best stage until mixed with the sand. Neither sand on clay nor clay on sand should be applied till tho bed has been properly graded and shaped for a permanent road. Repairs to this class of road will consist in maintaining tho drains and culverts In good condition and ap plying such material to the surface as was originally used to build the road. Care cliould be taken in op plying this new material when filling ruts to F,r;o that it is properly lev elled. If very much new, material is added It is better to harrow und roll again. W'ur on Dust. For some time past extensive ex periments have been conducted In Europe, and moro especially in France, in an endeavor to ascertain tho most practical and economical method of preventing 'dust being raised from streets and roadways. Three processes have been given ex haustive trials oiling, watering with deliquescent salts, und tarring. The must successful of tho experiments were those made with coal-tar, tho cost ot this application, in Fiance, amounting to about 'IJ cents per square yard, but this cost Is reduced to a much smaller figure when It is considered that the application saves wear upon tho roadbed amounting to at least 2 cents per square yard per annum. Chloride of calcium worked fairly well, except for the opthalinlc effect upon the eyes of those using tho roads. The use of tar or oil upon the roada of the United Slates, except in a very few localities, would not be possible, most of tho lilahwayn being soft "dirt" roads. To bo of. any practical benefit the road to which tho oil of tar Is applied must be well built, Btaooth, and hard. A macadamized road with tho tar coating gives ex cellent results. Harper's Weekly. Abattoir for Hrrscs. H Is reported that tho consump tion ot horse meat In Neuromburg whore a few years ago it was quite insignificant, haa now increased so greatly that tho facilities for horse slaughtering ut the municipal abat toir havo become Insufficient, and the city council has been, obliged to con nlder the construction of u new-abut-telr for horses, tho cost of which U estimated nt $13,000. A number of the local dramatic cr!ti?s. to' jyuu practical experience, are occupying tho siaga at the piin ciiml theater In Toklo. Largo midl etces wateh their histrlouls efforts. : Household Matters.: Bnihet For Linen Closrt. Dainty little sachet bags for the linen closet or bureau drawer can be quickly made by taking a Japanese napkin or any crinkly paper, wrap ping It round a small roll of batting permeated with sweet basil, lavender, orris root or any scent desired, then tying it up at the ends with ribbons, leaving the fluffy ends sticking out. To Clean Brass. Rub the surface of the metal with rotten-stone and sweet oil, then rub this off with a piece of cotton flannel, and polish with a soft leather. A so lution of oxalic acid rubbod over tar nished brass soon removes the tar nish, rendering the metal bright. The acid must be washed off with water, and the brass rubbed with i hi ting and a soft leather. A mixture of mu riatic acid and alum, dissolved la water. Imparts a golden color to brass articles that are steeped in It for a few minutes. Cream Caramels. Moisten two cups of granulated sugar with enough milk to dissolve it; add a quarter of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and put into a sauce pan. Set where the contents will simmer gently. Stir all the time, un til a little dropped into cold water is about as stiff as putty. Pour into a shallow pan, and set aside until no stiff that the pressure of the fin ger makes a dent on the candy, and the dent remains. Work to a soft mass, kneading It upon a powdered sugar strewn board. Roll out Into a sheet and cut Into squares. You may, add vanilla, If you wish, just before taking from the fire. Washing Light and Dark Gingham. A young mother says she gets more genuine help reading the woman's page in this excellent paper than most any other source, and she now, asks me to send a safe recipe for washing her little girls' gingham drosses. She has three little girls. She asks how to keep dresses from fading, as she has not been very for tunate so far. ( Perhaps you put soap directly upon the ginghams, and this will not do at all. If they are much soiled and It is necessary to wash them put them In salt water for an hour or. more; then wash them out quickly, in a warm suds of rain water. and rinse in clear warm water, and then put them through a thin starch and hang out ot doors to dry. Turn them wrong side out and iron on the wrong side to avoid a shine or, gloss. I have had a dozen inquiries or more in regard to laundering pret ty ginghams, each one saying that they had faded them in the very first washing. This method Is simple and' safe. For grass stains upon chil dren's clothes, waBh thorn in alcohol. Indiana Farmer. Stes-mlng. When foods are to be cooked by the nld of boiling water, yet not in direct contact with the liquids, we call the process steaming. A steamer has two sections; the lower pan or kettle holds the -water, -while the bottom of the upper portion Is perforated, the steam passing through these perforations and cooking the food. Some patented steamers have one large outer case, the Interior being suitably divided to ac commodate several kinds of food at buce. i The advantages gained by stcamins are: Tough meats are mado tender without losing their substance or be coming dry; watery vegetables, so cooked, are less apt to be soggy; flour mixtures become light and nre of a different flavor thau when baked or fried; 'porridges and gruels can be cooked for any length of time without danger of burning. . The one necessity In steaming is to keep the -water in the lower portion of the steamer at a rapid and continuous boll. This is especially necessary when cooking puddings or other butters or doughs, and if neglected tb result Is a soggy dish which is unfit for consump tion. New York Globe. SuiTied Summer Squash Boil in lightly sailed water until tender. Cut off tho top and scoop out the in side. Mix with well seasoned and buttered crumbs, chopped onion and grated clv;ese. Fill the shell, sprin kle the top with buttered crumbs and bake until brown. Snowballs Boil rice in salted water till very lender. Wet small cups, ur.d whilf the rice ir, silll hot pack It in cups till half filled. Set hi a cold pbici) for about three hours. Just, before dinner scoop out lha centre of each and fill wiih bright Colored jelly or a piece of any kind of preserves. Turn out the molds on a dish and pour sift custard around the base, taking caro to let none of tho custard fall on tho top of tho BiiowballB, or serve simply with bream and sugar. Plank Cbopt- Have the chops cut very thick; broil on one side and ar range crosswise, overlapping each (Other on tho board. Heat a can of' niiicedoino, season with salt, pepper and butter. Arange these in the form of butterfly wings each side ot the chops. Place around a border of mashed potatoes prebsed through a star tube. Send at once to the table. Roulettes of Beer Cut a round Bleak very thin; then Into strips of two Inches long and one inch wide; dust with salt and pepper and put over a little chopped tongue or pur-' tdoy. Roll, fasten with, a, small Bkew (r. Brown quickly In suet or oil, and put them In a hot oven for ten min utes. Serve two on a square of toast with a llule melted buitur. Garnish .with Italian potato balls. These are pnade from potato croquette mixture, reasoned with a little bologna sau,- iwige. .. .
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