PLAYING
f rein""'"1, when in boyhood,
Jut te advanced from toylinod,
Wh'n in through the schoolroom win
dows floated sweet the wild birds'
rail.
would close my dink at dinner.
UYt a hardened little ainner,
And tlio after-nooning found ms playing
hookey from it nil.
Whnt to us the far-off sorrow
(If the whipping on the morrow.
For the day aeemed nil the future twna
a hundred hours long.
yn,l each hour we were enjoying
)v the wood and pool just buying,
While the wild birds caught our laugh
ing tones and wove them into ong.
0j THE MAN AND THE SNAKE Qj
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Ail round the circle of the lit 11m. the
dazzling sky pressed down unclouded
to the tourli of the. parched rlm-rook.
Between the hill the shallow basin
Iny linked and brent bless. Over It the
tene nil' quivered with hent. Within,
no bird fluttered no;1 water purled nor
green plant raised Its head. Only the
desert children, sago-brush mid grense
wood and long-splnod cactus, gray but
ever dying, lived on there In the
drought, sterile nnd forbidding ns tho
land which gave them blrtli.
Everywhere wits silence upon tho
place, everywhere was immobility, save
where tho mini lay nnd where beside
him tbo bound snnke whirred nnd
writhed nnd rattled In the Impotent
fury rf fenr.
The man lay stretched on the hot
earth, stark naked, his fnoe turned to
the sky. A buckskin thong passed
across his throat and wns drawn taut
betwen two roots of sage-brush. Tbo
noose which bold his ankles wns se
cured about a clump of greiisewood
aud both nrnis thonged at the wrists,
stretched wide as in crucifixion.
Henvy bands of buckskin spanned ills
body so tlin t to the prisoner there wns
left hut two possible movements. lie
could turn his bend from side to side,
facing on the one baud the snake, on
the other the miniature forest of sage
brush;, and lie could clench and un
clench his pinioned hands.
In this Inst freedom the final in
genuity of savage captors had found
expression. With the left band tight
clenched, the snake's wild stroke fell
just short of Its nlm. Should sleep
or Insensibility relax the fingers, the
reptile's head might overlap blui.
Since early morning, through the
Increasing heat of the day, t!.e man
had lain there, grim and silent us tho
gray bills around hlni, save when now
aud then be rnlscd his hoarse voice
iu defiant shouts. The snake, on tho
other hand, struggled and fought un
ceasingly against the cord which held
him, striking Impartially at It, tit tbo
just removed finger. or at the wooden
Btake to 'which the cord wns tied,
grovelling his body In the sandy earth,
writhing and tugging with protruding
tongue, and all the while translating
lu whirr and hiss the blind fenr of
his captivity.
Sometimes the man turned Ills bead
to watch; once or twice wbeti the
snnlig movements flagged he slightly
stirred his fingers In the snnd, the ruse
each time rewarded by the swift spring
and fruitless stroke. But mostly he
lay still, all his mind bent on endur
ance. The mnn had been placed there to
Die. rte know It and the knowledge
tinned his thoughts with a strange
curiosity. There were three ways in
which death might reach hlni ; through
the snake, through sunstroke or by the
weary route of thirst and hunger. The
ecoiul nnd quickest of these ways' the
light mountain nir, vibrantly hot
though It illicit be, rendered improb
ble. For the snnke, It waa part of
the man's torment that ut any minute
be might stretch forth his hand and
by the movement invite an end; brief
Indeed but horrible tJ the mind,
doubly horrible to the strained liimg
luntlon. There wns one other chance. An
unexpected rnln ston.i, u heavy night
dew in that barren place, would so
ueii'u tne slender buckskin thong
Which bold the rattler that unaided lie
ought reach and strike bis victim.
This was the element of uncertainty
n the grim problem. This It was that
ent the man's eyes searching the bare
horizon with a look half dread, half
longing.
On one of those weary Journeys of
eight a tiny speck of black above the
western hills attracted blma steady
In-polnt in the dazzling blue. He
shut his eye, u moment In order to
ook again the nioro Intently, aiid when
be opened tlunu, 0: the dark points
were two. Ho watched them tineoiii
I'rehciHllugly, as slowly nnd steadily
'Ugh In nir they moved from west to
east. When at hist In mld-benven the
suns sheer strength beat down his
enze, ho was the lonelier for loss of
this ono sign 0f movement
The sense of heat hau hy Jlow grown
I "to anguish. Tho man's exposed bodv
drew and quivered beneath the sun's
jys I1S tUoueh cacli
endowed with s(,lin.ate f(?.
usects brushed n,l fluttered upon it,
, 7"tl1 "Kbt pressure a
Th ' i l ''1 " tlM W'ered surface,
most ,"!o,le' l'U8te,l al-
ost beyond striking. The man, not-
It, smiled grimly and scraped ills
He was thus engrossed when sud
Of iellH10 f R' "
tZ ; , ,1 " ,uva lllin ""0!,t wum
W d earn f" 11 Wai-k
hlid, carrlou In eveiy movement liov
red ou steady, oubq.rend w ngs iL
shadow, fell across l,s fuee tf'
beadliuo and listeY" md "greedy'
looked straight Into his own
lor an Instant they stared thus man
ud bird. Then with a cry the nZ
flung himself Kalllst IstX
Kilos and straining at them r7e.
cape from this now horror. On his
body, dry till now, the sweat poured
Jortu In streums. Blood gmlm f
his nostrlla With ,u
with stumbling words of prayer, he"
Ltui " H1" Iate whlcu "eld
Not ouce hut many times the strug-
rePated' When at lust. e.
HOOKEY.
And to-dav a robin twittereil
Through the window, and div littered
Desk became the ink-heapattered one my
schooldays used to know,
When the voice of Miring waa crying
And some voice in me replying
To its every nnto and echoand some
yearning bade me go.
But a stern duty fetters
Me to these unanswered letters
While through half-opened shutters sweet
the wild birds cry and call,
And I'm wishing, wishing, wishing,
I might steal off somewhere, fishing,
Lock up every earo and worry just play
hookey from it all.
J. W. Foley, in tho New York Times.
hausted, bis convulsed liody fell back
to quiet, the bird was' gone. Shudder
Ingly the mini raised his eyes. Far
up, half lost In blue, but ready, tire
less, it hung nliove hlni. ,
"Cod!" breathed the prisoner, "God!"
nnd turning bis blanched cheek to the
sand, he fell Into a sort of sleep.
All through the waning day he slept,
through the approach of night and the
swift desert change from beat to cold.
When be awoke the first pale nmcthyst
of dawn was In the sky. The snake
was sleeping, not as snakes are wont
to sleep In freedom, head tucked to
tail and sinuous fold lapping on fold,
but with his swollen body back-thrown
nnd stiffened Rgninst the stake which
held him, caught mid-struggle by Insen
sibility. The man turned bis bead to face
hlni. ,
"Hey, rattler!" he called cheerily,
nnd sera pod some grains of sand
toward the recumbent body.
But when he saw the start and
shudder with which the creature woke,
the jingulsh of returning consciousness,
suddenly he was sorry for his act.
When the snake, writhing round,
struck at its cord quivering from head
to tall, ho would have given an hour
of bis own rest to have restored the
sleep which be bad broken.
The sun rose presently. Again the
weary panorama of the day unrolled
before the eyes of the two victims.
The snake was quiet, weakened by his
long struggle. The man, strengthened
by sleep, restored by the night's cold,
held himself strongly in hand.
Sometimes, indeed, the growing hent
drew from bis lips a broken sigh.
Sometimes birds, many now, swooped
low uround 111 m with hoarse cries and
flapping of heavy wings ; at such times
bis whole body grew tense benenth
the stress of almost uncontrollable
disgust and terror. But he lay still.
Not for his reason's sake dared he
again give way to the expression of
fear. It was a comfort to him in
these moments that the snake showed
no apprehension of their gruesome
neighbors or eyed them only with the
nvld eyes of hunger. Watching the
indifference of the reptile, the man
feared less. Fixing his eyes upon It,
lie could bold hard to sanity and to
endurance, though around him perched
nnd hovered tho vulture ministers of
death.
But ns the morning passed a new
mixloty should die first? It seemed to
weaken with every hour nnd the man
trembled, lie spoke to it soothingly
at times and had, or believed be had,
the power .of quieting Its paroxyms.
In his fevered mind he searched halt
ingly for some knowledge of Its needs.
Would it live longer for the taking of
life? And If by stretching out his
hand he could delay its end, what then
of the lengthening of Its pain? Before
his dimming eyes, the snake loomed,
now a refuge, now a menace. A dozen
times,' bo half relaxed his hand only
to draw It quickly close ngaln. Ouce
when the snake fell in its spring, seem
ingly dead, he thrust the fingers wide
with a cry of utter deprivation. When
it moved again lie drew them in, the
instinctive love tf life still strong
uitou 111 in.
A buzzard had risen at his cry and
perched on the sage-brush at his hend.
He studied It quietly for a while, its
coarse, draggled feathers, its filmed,
eyes and cruel beak. When the scrutiny
had grown Intolerable,' he strove to
shout to scare it from its place. His
voice came dry and breathless,
scarcely u whisper, and the bird
swayed back and forth unmoved.
lie closed his eyes ufter this and
for it long time lay still, only rolling
ills head from side to side that the
vultures might not light upon his
body.
At last, when the sun lay low on
the horizon, lie ceased the movement
mid again looked about hlui. Overhead
n cloud of birds, Beared by the sudden
quiet, bung high in ulr; swarms of
nuts and lesser insects crawled and fed
upon Ills arms and body; tbo sage
brush nil around rustled with pungent
dryness and to the west the sky burn
dryness and to the west the sky burned
hard and bright us burnished copper.
For u long time he waited. Then,
Willi n sobbing breath, he flung round,
straining bis body against the cords
which held him.
Tho snako too had moved. The
throng that bound It was drawn taut
and painfully It had thrust Its swollen
bend across IU lincgrs. It lay thus,
outstretched, not striking, its glnzing
eyes on tliu man's face.
And while they lay so suddenly
there cume to pass the impossible-, the
one uncounted cluiuce. From fur
across tho desolate sage brush desert
sounded to them the barking of a
dog.
It came nearer ami with it the
creak and grinding of heavy wheels.
The man strove to cry out aud, fail
ing, 'gnawed desperutoly ut his baked
lips and tongue. When the feeblo
trickle of blood which paid his ef
forts hud moistened his dry throat,
lie raised hit voice lu shrill and ter
rible cries. Above him at the sound
the sturtled birds swirled to the west.
Tho snuke, too weak to spring, had
yet dragged himself to a coll, his flat
head raised In ulr.
Between the cries the man could
heur the abrupt stopping of the wagon,
tho confused exclamation of men's
voices. Next Instant the dog's moist
breath whiffed on his forehead and a
man's face bent to his own. There
was a sudden tightening of the buck
sklug thongs as a fcuifa passed be
neath there, Its cool blnde searing lib
Are on the til lateral flo.i, nnn.
dragged him from bis plnee. A man on
cmier sine ne was held erect. Through
a maze of pnln and weakness, he could
henr the comment of his rescuers.
"Alive, all right!"
"Ood ! He'll die on our hands."
"Carry him to the wngon !"
"I-ook qut! Step wide of the rat
tler !"
Hands benenth bis shoulders, they
bent to the tnsk of lifting hlni.
The sufferer sent out a groping hnnd
lu protest. He swnllowed hnrd, strug
frllng to speak. His nnked foot thrust
close perilously close to the fanged
bend of the snnke.
"Turn him loose, too." ho command
ed. San Francisco Argonaut.
MAKING OVKB A MOUNTAIN.
Helena Objects to Orent Hl Uulrt
Hill Will Make a Tni-Ic on It.
The strangest and most Interest
ing park project ever undertaken In
this country Is to be found at Holena,
Mon., writes John H. Raftery in the
Technical World Magazine for July,
where the citizens are engaged in
transforming the bald slopes of a
conical mountain which towers nearly
1400 feet above the city into a for
est park.
There Is no spring, well, brook or
pond upon the bare sides or rocky
summits of this singular park; nor
will it bo possible to raise water from
the valley for the Irrigation of the
trees, shrubs and flowers, yet the ex
pert foresters of the Federal bureau
who spent last summer planning for
the planting of the park are agreed
that several varieties of evergreen
will flourish there without water or
attendance.
A spiral footpath has been graded
from the city to the summit of Mount
Helena, and there an ornate pavilion
has been erected upon the highest
point of rock, 1400 feet above the
main street. In the cliffs of the peak
there are two spacious natural caves,
which will be tenanted by specimens
of the native bears, lions and other
carnivora of these mountains.
Parks enclosing herds of deer, an
telope, moose, elk and buffalo will
be added as the present limits of the
tract are extended upon the desert
lands which lie back of the mountain.
How. to Train Your Dog.
In managing your dogs there will
not perhaps be much fun unless you
can follow your individual notions
on whatconstltutesenjoyment. There
Is not perhaps a single thrill in twist
ing your soul to carry out processes
which rasp against the grain.
However, I am not your parish
priest, but a dog man. Whatever
your Imagination may Invent, a dog
is still a dog, and has none of the at
tributes which we assign to your
selves when we feel mushy. A dog
understands "yes" and is equally
competent to grasp the "no." Out
Blde of that, he is all dog and follows
his dog ways. He indulges in no
mental refinement and will not com
prehend many of your changes of
mood or mind. Whatever you un
dertake to teach, make it plain, sim
ple and unchangeable. It is a pity
that he must be taught not to jump
up on people and compliment them
with his caresses. He means well,
but must be disciplined sternly Into
knowing that it li not good form
under any circumstances. The dis
cipline need not be accompanied by
any severity. A light touch with a
whip. If applied invariably, will soon
settle the matter. Some kennel-men
adopt the plan of stepping lightly
on the hind foot, and it is perha is
the clearest way of conveying t'.'e
idea. Joseph A. Graham, in "Star:
ing an Exhibition Kennel," In Tha
Outing Magazine.
The Lights of London in A. I). 100.1
The decision to use gas in prefer
ence to the electric arc for the arti
ficial lighting of tho new station e:
Victoria marks another stage in th-i
duel between the two illumlnanti.
Few of us, perhaps, realize how loan
that duel has been in progress. I ;
is nearly fifty years since the ar;
light was used in the building of
Westminster Bridge; it is nearly thir
ty years since It first illuminated
Waterloo Bridge, a portion of the
Embankment and the entrance of the
Gaiety Theatre. Slnco those early
days it has passed through many
stages of improvement, but at each
of them it has been met by a corre
sponding improvement in gas light
ing, and it has had a hard struggle
to keep a place in London streets.
Apparently even the rosy glow of
the "flaming" arcs :uils to illuminate
the atmosphere of darkest London as
sucessfully as pressure gas; and it
is more expensive.
But it electricity cannot hold its
own in the lighting of largo open
spaces in Lortdon, thero is a steadily
widening field for it indoors. The
time is near at hand when, with the
cheapening ot tho production of
electricity and the discovery ot a
more economical filament for the in
caudescent lamp, the use of gas will
be confined to the kitchen and the
street. London Daily Graphic,
Government Hud No Objection,
The late Nat Head, onca Goovernor
of New Hamshlre, somotlmea sur
prised thoso who approached him to
gain his political influences by lils
witty parrying of their requests.
Colonel Barrett, an estimable of
ficial upon the Governor's Btnff, died,
and with unseemly haste bis would
be successors begau to push their
claims, "even while his body was
awaiting burial with military honors.
One candidate, somewhat bolder
than the rest, ventured to call upon
Governor Head, thinking to ascertain
the bent ot the Governor's mlud upu:t
the Important question.
"Governor," he asked, not to speak
I:: a manner too poatltve, "do you
tulnk you would have any objec
tions If I was to get into Colonel
Barrett's' place?"
The answer came promptly, "No,
I don't think I should have any ob
jections, it the undertaker Is willing."
Earl Cromer Is one of the most
thorough students of the Bible whom
the English public have among their
prominent uieu, . ,. . -
T5UZ1VGS
1.WORTH knowing;
Reindeer are more numerous in
Norway than horses.
The modern telephone, the Inven
.Ion of Alexander O. Bell, Is said to
lave been developed from principles
llscovered In IS 64.
"Friends of Germany In America"
nave presented $25,000 for tho sup
port of the Germanic museum at
Harvard, In honor ot Emperor Will
iam's silver-wedding anniversary. '
The only venomous bird known la
the "death bird" of Now Guinea.
The blto of this bird Is said to cause
Intense pain In all parts of the body,
loss of sisht, convulsions and finally
Jeatli.
In China women have some
"rights" they do not have with ub.
They have the privilege, for Instance,
ot going to war, and in 1S53, no
less than 500,000 women were mar
shalled as soldiers, under women of
ficers. It 13 stated that tho beat rr'nagors,
pattern designers and dyers In the
Lancashire cotton mlll3. toiirited by
high wages, are going out lo India
and Japan to take charge of mills
there. Great quantities ot textile
machinery are also being exported.
If one were asked to name tho
moBt patient nan on earth, the reply
would probably be Paul Cinque-
valll. The famous feat of throwing
up a hen's egg and cr.tchlri? it on
a plate without breaking It neces
sitated nine years of constant prac
tice. European newspapers hav been
printing advertisements declaring It
to be to tho advantage of Count
Montocucoll to make known bis
whereabouts. At last he was brought
to light in Siberia, acting a3 a rail
way guard. Broken by wildness and
extravagance, he had had to quit the
Austrian navy and flee. So!ng from
bad to worse, he had taken the low
est rank on the Siberian railway. It
was now his lot to learn that his
uncle, head of his house, had died
nnd left him enormous estates and
$1,000,000 a year.
An up-to-date dog is one that an
swers the telephone. The senior
partner of an influential London firm
has taught his dog not only to guard
the office during his absence, but alsc
to report "All's well" during th?
time the premises are closed at week
ends. One of the old-fashioned tele
phones, which does not require that
the receiver should be taken off its
holder, is fixed up In the office, and
under thts the dog stands. His mas
ter rlng3 up the office and then calli
until the attention of tho dog is
aroused, when the canine caretaker
barks loudly to show that all Is well
with him and with the office.
WILD I'.O.in.'i IX ENGLAND.
Once Abundan' Attempts Made to
I'elnti miIim'p Them.
Among the ovhlbits at a mesting ol
the Zoological Society last evening
was the almost perfect skull of a wild
boar which was recently dug up dur
ing building operations In James
street, Oxford street.
Like the heaver, tho wolf, the
bear and the reindeer, the wild boar,
though long extinct in this country,
was formerly very abundant in the
large forest lands which once sur
rounded the site of London, and its
remains aro not infrequently un
earthed in and around the metropo
lis. It is not certain when the la3t
wild boar was killed In England, but
It was probably in the reign ol
Charles II. or soon afterward, for in
the book of accounts kept on the
Chartley estate is the following
entry, dated 16S3: "Paid the cooper
(or a palle for ye wild swine, 2-0."
It is, of course, possible that the
wild swine alluded to were merely
Individuals preserved in Chartley
Park, and that the boar had been ex
terminated as a really wild animal
long ueiore, uul wucluu, iwu ,
were preserved at Chartloy or not It
Is csrtaln that another species ol j
wild animal tho white cattle
found a sanctuary there, and It was
not until quite recently that the herd
that descended from the original
stock preserved in the park was dls
persed. Attempts have been made to rein
troduce the wild boar into England,
but they have had to be abandoned,
partly because the forests which they
haunted in past ages ara now culti
vated lands and guldens, and partly
becauie the havoc these huge and
destructive beasts commit among
growing crops la not to be tolerated
by our already oppressed agricul
turists. London Daily Graphic.
Too Eli! n Field.
Years aso, while Reverend Shan
daloupe was a &Lunnt at tho semin
ary, he undertook, ono vacation sea
son, to sell ftre-pxtlnsulshers.
His plealns nddi-233 and affability
natled hlra to maka many sales.
However, be encountered the usual
rebuffs which ars the experience of
all amenta.
The thsolortcal student had gained
nccDE3 Into the oHlco ot a surly bro
I:er, and forthwith besan expatiating
on tho deluging powers of bis in
comparablo flra-extlngulsher.
"To the devil with it!' roared the
broker, fiendishly.
"Oh, my dear man." expostulated
Shandaloupe, "this extinguisher does
not deserve the extreme virtue with,
which you credit It." Harper'i
Weakly.
. Tennyson Variation.
"Bills to the right of us, bills to the
Ut t of us, bills that ure ruinous !" papa
deur thundered.
, "Frightful the charge they made I
Senseless tte price you paid !" Then on
the table laid check for six hundred.
Lowell Citizen.
Earth Roads.
A rond should not be wider than
twenty-five feet. An ordinary rain
will never hurt u road, but the storm
wnters nnd snow thawing lu spring
will cut and wash out the roads;
therefore the roads should not be
mndo over twenty-five feet wide, so
tbnt the centre of the road Is close
enough to the ditches to give the full
ing wnters n chntiee to reach, them.
The centre of n road should not be
more than two feet higher than the
bottom of tho ditches; If tho centre
Is higher n loaded wagon will slide
Into the ditch if the rond Is frozen
In winter.
I also find Unit In n long slope,
sny ono-bnlf mile long, or longer, nnd
where the rond Is higher on one side
thnn on the other, a culvert pipe
should lie put In every forty rods to
lend the water ijito the lower ditch,
ns the higher side of the rond gathers
more water. For culverts nothing but
sewer tile should be used. When put
ting In a culvert a man should always
tuke Into consideration the amount of
water It has to curry, nnd whether the
ground to be drained Is more level
or sloping. If 'the ground is more
on the level a small tile, by giving
It tho proper full, will take care of
nn immense' amount of water; but
on sloping ground It will take a much
larger culvert, ns the water comes
rushing down the hills, and If the
culvert is too small and has not the
proper fall, t lie water will run over the
road. The culverts should not be laid
too deep, to keep them from clogging,
but the dirt on the top of the rulvoit
should be higher than the adjacent
ground, so that In case the water
should break It will not disturb the
culvert.
A road lied twenl.v-five feet wide Is
wide enough even on a hillside. It is
true a deep ditch will wasli out on
lsitli sides, but as the road wears
down it will also wash in the centre.
Then in repairing the road the dirt
should not be dragged Into the centre
of the road, but should he carried to
the sides and dumped Into the ditches.
I have done tills several times and find
it satisfactory. This will lower tho
road, but will leave It high and hard
In the centre If the roads are laid out
lu the centre where they belong, nnd
are made straight nnd given the right
width, nnd culverts are put In wher
ever they are necessary, and put In
right and of the right kind of material,
nnd the roads are kept In repair Then,
If the State will pass a law to aid
tbo counties and townships In making
macadamized roads, the roadbed will
be In such a shape that the gravel or
rock may ho applied nt once, nnd will
insure a great saving to the coiumuaity
as a lasting Improvement.
The above enilxxlies the result ob
tained by a very successful roadlitilldei'
in the State of Kansas construe! n-
earth roads.
Du.stless Road in View.
Prospects of a dustloas roadbed
vithout the use of oil or cut stone is
pleasing officers of the Illinois Cen
tral road. Though gravel is con
ceded to make tho easiest riding
roadbed, its dust feature has mndc it
a nuisance. General Manager Rawn,
of the Illinois Central, and his as
sistant, Mr. Frltch, have made a find
In the way ot duBt,les3 gravel. Re
cently 'the company b-jgan taking
gravel out ot the Mississippi River at
tha Memphis bars. Tho gravel, being
washed for centuries, is free from
soil, the only thing or it is sand nnd
all but twenty-five per cent, of this
Is washed off after it is taken from
tho river. The first ot this new bal
last Is being used on the Yazoo &
Valley lino. It. is clear and clean as
a crystal, and must ever be dust
less. The Illinois Central will ex
tend tho new-found ballast over all
linos of the system, giving it an easy
riding, and at the same time a Uust
less roadbed. Buffalo Courier,
Public Roads in Alabama.
In 1!0I there were "iO.OSiI miles of
pnliHo road In the State of Alabama.
Of this mileage. 1if.'i mile were
surfaced with gravel, itli'.'.ii miles with
sldiie. fifty mill's with shells, twelve
miles with samlehiy mixtures, and four
miles with chert and slag, making In
nil ITL'O miles of Improved road. It
will bo seen from these figures that 3.4
per eeiif. of the roads has been Im
proved. l.v comparing the total road
mileage with the area of the State, It
appears that there was i'.!)7 of a mile
of public road per xqimrc mile of area.
A comparison of mileage with popula
tion shows that there was one mile of
road to every thirty-six Inhabitants,
l ut only one ir.He of improved road to
every JOCo inhabitants. Home and
Farm.
Oil in M:iUiii;- Roads.
The use of oil In r.iad l.t.-iU 1 lit; wns
tried v. ilU soi.:i. success in experiments
at Jackson, Tenn. The best results
were obtained with heavy, natural oils,
which were applied while hot, being
heated on tho cart by steam, using
about one-third gallon per square yard.
'I'll'.) road material anil the oil formed
a mixture bomcthliig like concrete,
v. jich produced little dust, nnd proved
quite desirable, also reducing the noise
of traltlc. The coating Is ubout one
eighth thick. The experiments, being
very recent, are not yet regarded as
complete with regard to the lusting
effect of tho oil.
Polish Women's Perfect Feet.
Polish won.en ore renowned for
their boauty, tor the perfection ot
tliolr hunds and the smallnosa of
their feet. They place the fineness
of tho hands above all charms. "I
regard my hands, not my faco," said
ouo, and It Is reported iu Warsaw
that tho Vienna, shondeaiers keep
coparato case of shoes for the deli
cate feet ot their Polish customers.
The world's uavles number 2201 reg
ie U.
WHOLE FAMILY AT fiCTtOOJj
Kansas 8lato Senator nnd III Wife
Taking University Cotirw.
When the University of Kansas
closed Its doors for the summer va
cation this week all the members
of the family of State Senator C. I,
Martin, of Fort Scott, including Mr.
Martin himself, were freed from
their books. It Is somewhat unusual
for a man of middle age to go to
school, but It Is more so for a man
to go and take his family with him,
and this is what Senator Martin did.
Senator Martin is a Junior In the
law department of the university,
and his wife is also a student in the
law department. Their only child,
Miss Lilian Martin, attends public
school In Lawrence.
Before becoming a student in the
university, Mr. Martin was a farm
hand, a country school teacher, a
Major In the army of the Philip
pines, a clerk of tho district court of
Bourbon County and Is at present
State Senator from that county. De
ciding that a knowledge ot the law
would be of benefit to him, he came
to Lawrence and entered the uni
versity, and his fellow Btudents
quickly made him president ot tho
class. He was also president of the
Republican club of the university.
Sonator Martin found time, in ad
dition to all his other duties, to take
an active part in every phase of col
lege life and enters into the spirit of
the university with as much zeal as
the youngest freshman.
When Mrs. Martin came to Law
rence with her husband she had no
Intention of entering school, but the
sight of so many others at their
books determined her to study also.
She" is a graduate of the State Nor
mal School in Fort Scott and taught
school for several years before her
marriage. Lawrence correspondence
Kansas City Star.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
There would hardly ever be an old
maid if she was asked.
When a man goes fishing it's a
sign he Is on no swear-off.
You can get along with most any
body unless he is a relative.
It's queer how the fun goes out o!
kissing a girl that wants you to.
It would be lots easier to be good
if you had been brought up not to.
An unpleasantness In your own
family is a scandal in anybody else'a.
It's very unlucky to propose to a
girl unless you want her to accept
you.
If a girl is awful nice to a man
it's a sign she doesn't care very much
about him.
Wonder if a baseball umpire keeps
the same stiff upper Up In an argu
ment at home?
A m-n would have a lot more
friends if they were sure he would
never need them.
It's awful careless to marry a rich
wife without making Bure before
hand she has got it.
The high finance fellows have done
a heap to make politics look like a
respectable business.
If you buy a house the taxes go up;
if you sell it there is a real estate
boom right after you do it.
This In such a nice world that
when you get well acquainted with it
you stop worrying about the next.
A man could afford to smoke five
cent cigars Instead of a pipe if his
sons could get along on ten-cent ones.
The reason unmarried uncles are
so fond of their little nephews Is they
don't havo to be every day in the
week.
The worst about trying to cut down
expenses is that it you can use less
ice it's because it's bo cedd you must
use more coal.
One of the thing3 a girl likes
about a dance is she has a good ex
cuse for having her breakfast in
bed the next morning.
After a girl has broken her heart
five or six times over a man her
parents won't let her marry, they
don't worry so much about whether
sne will die from it.
When a woman sneaks her hus
band's only decent necktie out for
their son to wear she realizes she is
not acting fairly, but she knows she
is being a good mother. From "Re
flections of a Bachelor," in the New
Vork Press.
A Great Herd of Caribou.
From figures and facts given me by
Mr. H. T. Munn, Brandon, Manitoba,
I reckon that In tho three weeks fol
lowing July 2i. 1892, ho saw at Ar
tillery Lake (latitude 62 degrees,
longitude 112 degrees) not leas than
2,000,000 caribou traveling south
ward, and yet he calls this merely the
advance guard of the great herd.
Colonel Jones (Buffalo Jones) who
saw the herd In October, at Clinton
Golden, has given me personally a
description that furnishes the basis
for rii interesting calculation ot tlief
numbers.
"I stood," he says, "on a hill
he middle of the passing throng. .
could seo ten miles each way and k
was ono army of caribou. How
much further they spread I do kuow.
Sometimes they were bunched so
that a hundred were on a space one
hundred feet square, but often
there would be open Epaces equally
largo without any. I should think
thut thoy averaged at least ouo hun
dred caribou to tho acre." From
"The Caribou and His Kindred," by
'wieai Thompson Seton iu Scrlbner's.
On the Grain.
Let us all protest tgalnst laying
flooring in public places on the grain;
that is, longitudinally. Take, toy
instance, some of tho ferry houses
and bridges. The other day I saw
a man run a splinter into his toot.
Possibly his sole was holey. He
walked off the boat In a hurry anfl
s he ascended the bridge, the tide
being low, he picked up the silver.
It penctrtted several Inches, and we
thoutht he would have lockjaw. If
tho flooring fer laid transversely
this danger would he avoided. New j
York Press.
household
jVgattcr
A Novel Sandwich.
If a novel sandwich is wanted,
butter alternate slices of brown and
white bread and pile them one above
the other Into a loaf. Cut the new.
loaf across the slices, butter them
and pile them so that when the sec
ond loaf Is cut the slices will be In
white and brown blocKs. Press the
slices very closely together before
cutting at all.
Chocolate Chips.
Put a pound of granulated sugar, a
cup of water and one teaspoontul
cream fartar over the fire and boll
without stirring until it will come to
the hard crack when tested In cold
water. Take from the fire, add a'
teaspoontul of vanilla, and turn out
Into a pan on a buttered marble slb.
When it is nearly cold turn in the
edges, and with a glass or wooden
roller roll out quickly until it is flat
and thin. If you use a wooden
roller, scatter a little powdered sugar
over the chocolate. Cut Into strips
two inches long and one Inch wide
and dip in melted chocolate In ta
blespoons with three-fourths of a
cup of sifted flour. They must be
cut in as lightly as possible with lit
tle stirring. Drop in teaspoonfuls In
the buttered paper. Sprinkle pow
dered sugar over them and bake
about fifteen minutes in a slow oven-
Omelet to Snuffle.
Beat the whites of six eggs until
they stand alone, and the yolks until
lemon colored and thick. Add to the
yolks two tablespoonfuls pulverized
sugar and a little lemon juice, beat
ing well together. Fold in the
whites. Put a small piece of butter
In tho frying pan, which should be
smooth and absolutely clean. Let It
melt ov:r a Blow fire, then add the
omelette, taking great care that it
does not burn. When "set" lift
carefully to the oven, strew the top
with powdered sugar and glaze. Or
heap the omelette by the spoonful
Into a buttered pan or Into Individ
ual buttered paper cases, dust with
powdered sugar and bake In a moder
ate oven to golden brown. Twelve
minutes will bo required for the bak
ing, and it must be served at once
before it falls. The French frequent
ly flavor with orange flower water
instead of lemon.
Oxtail Vie.
Buy two large oxtails, wash well
and boil slowly In plenty of water to
cover for about five hours. It the
water boils away add more. Set
away In the same kettle over night.
The next day, skin the tails, remove
the bones and return the flesh to the
saucepan. Reheat and season with
Bait, pepper and any spice desired.
The little spice bags that come all
ready for seasoning soups and grav
ies are a great boon to housewives
who are not sure of their ability to
make the proper combinations. It
the gravy is too stiff, add a little
water. Cook until well blended and
seasoned. Take out the meat again,
and arrange in a baking dish, a
layer of meat, then a layer of oys
ters, seasoned, about half a pint.
Now slice two hard-boiled eggs, ar
range on top of the oysters, and on
top the rest of tho meat. Pour in the
gravy, cover with a good crust and
bake in a hot oven.
QIN.TS FOR, THE,
'flOUSEKEEPERi.
Paint that has dried on window
glass may be removed with hot vine
gar. Carrots and turnips will keep for
weeks, it not months, it placed In
layers in a box of sand.
To remove tne odor of onions
from the hands after one has been
handling them try rubbing them with
a stalk of celery.
For polishing windows and mirrors
there is nothing that does the work
quite so well as now-spaper, owing, it
is said, to some quality of tho print
er's ink.
It water bottles are Btalned and
discolored, put Into them some vine
gar to which salt bus been added.
Let it stand for a few hours, and then
Bhaks well.
i -: the invigorating and strength
ening salt rub goal: a large Turkish
towel overnight In a strong salt so
lution, and rub the body well after
the morning bath.
It Is a L'ood tiling to know that if
nuts grow dry and tasteless from
being kept for soma ttm? they may
lie wonderfully freshened by soaking
them In lukewar i water.
if oilcloth bus become shabby' put
a little glue n one pint of water, dip
a piece of flannel in It nnd go over
the oilcloth with it. When dry, the
appearance of tho ''. th will be much
improved.
A tablesnoonf ul of olive oil taken
three times a day, it Is claimed, will
banish a headache, cure Indigestion
and ma'.:e a thin person stout. If a
pine ut salt Is added Is will be more
palatable.
A most useful article with which
to scale fish is tho ordinary curry
comb. Grasp the fish by the mouth
by a protected finger, and the opera
tion, pursued from tall to head, will
be found very practical.
Silk that has boen stained with
mud may usually be cleaned by rub
bing well with a piece ot flannel.
It the stain will not come out try
rubbing with a piece of liueu that
has been dipped In alcohol.
Silver may be kept bright without
constant cleaning in' the following
way; Dissolve a handful of borax In
a dishpan ot hot water with a little
soap, put In the silver, and let It
stand for two hours. Tnen pour off
the water, rluse with clear ' cold
miter, and dry with a soft cloth.