RAILWAY TRAMPS. Western Nomads Different From Their Eastern Namesakes. Interesting Experiences On a Trip Across the Plains. Tlio railway trumps of tho for went, ays a writer in the Washington Star, aro a class hy themselves. I havo seen n train on one of tho Pacific count railroads carrying it is save to sny, one-half ns mnny tramps as pay ing passengers, doing over the Siski you mountains A few years ago onr train Ntoppeil four times within a distance of twenty miles to "comb out" tho tramps. They wero under the oars, on top of the ears, hanging to the platforms, riding on tho cow catcher everywhere, in short, where human fingers could close a grip. They were more decently clad and better looking, as a rule, than tho tramps wo see in tho East. I was told ly an experienced railroad man that most of theso men are mechanic's aud laborers of respectable antece dents who havo drifted westward in search of work, spent their money nnd beencompollod to resort to this rnggod-cdgo sort of life in order to make their way home again. Home of them by-and-by acqniro a habit of tramping nnd a taste for it, so that they are unfitted for steady employ ment, but otherssteal rides from place to place till they striko a job, then cttle down nnd become reputable and well-to-do citizens. In tli9 newly set tled communities of tho other coast a disposition to pry into one's neigh li r's past in not encouraged, and the man who begins as a ride stealer docs not have to live down his record, ns lie would at this end of tho country. A member of congress from a western state, who has made something of a national reputation for himself, once told me in confidence that as a young matt he was a champion tramp and train nuisance. I remember one fellow I saw in Or egon, who was put off a way train at every station, between Boseberg and Salem, but who always coutrived to get aboard within a minute or so after bin expulsion. He was bound to go to Salem, and frankly said as much to tho first train hand who tackled him, and he accomplished his purpose. Having formerly worked on a railroad, lie knew all the tricks of the trade. At the Mtnrt he crawled in nuder a car and rodo on the trucks. When discovered there he wnlked off as if satisfied, only to go around the train and crawl in again on tho other side. He was next caught riding on the roof. Then he climbed up the rear of the tender and stretched himself out so that he looked like a log of wood. Discovered there, be secreted himself under the step of the locomotive cab,and whau thd train was on a stiff up-grade, so that it could not very well be stopped, he mounted to the cab and impudently offered his services to tho engineer as assistant fireman. Next he tried the tricks once more, and so on, I recall another incident in my west ern travels, in which tramps playod a moat creditable part. Two of thorn bad been put off a Denver and Bio Grande train a few miles east of Salida, Col., and had seated them selves under a tree to escape a rain which had bognn to fall, when a cloud- one of those drendod visitauts which aro not infrequent in that region doluged tho hillsido a few yards away, scooping out a trough and burying the railway track several feet deep un der earth, gravel and small bboulders, From tho windows of our train, which had crossed the great divide on its way eastward that morning, we had seen tho" peculiar cloud formation strike tho side of the moutain and disappear among the trees, ' bnt no body suspected its effeota. As the road had a single track, we waited at Balida several hours for the west-bound train to pass us on the siding and then concluding that it bad been detained at the next station beyond, our condno tor ventured to move as cautiously for ward, whistling sharply all the while. Suddenly a man was observed on the track a short distanoe ahead of ns energetically waving his ooat as a sig nal to stop. On halting engineer learned from him that be was one of the tramps just mentioned, and that his companion bad gone eastward while he went westward to warn approaching 1 1 VHBCM ,1il I . . - . ... . wv ahead to the soone of the washout Here we found that, thanks to the in telligence of our tramp's comrade, the west-bound train bad been stopped ud sent back for carload of shovels, pioks and wen. In a little while la borer?, train hands and passengers were all merrily at work digging out tho track. i'ho other train then barked up to the nearest siding and wo went on our way rejoicing, not, however, till we had lined tho pockets of our protectors with plenty of cash nnd they had been taken aboard with tho promiso of a free ride as far as they wanted to go. The Tc,t or Tlrll end .Mirror. The dispatch from Sioux City, Iowa, telling of tho burial of a yottug woman who was in a stato of suspended ani mation has revived an interest among a club of German students iu West Fourteenth street, organized about five years ago to advocate the Berlin method of applying the test of the bell and mirror to all persons declared to bo dead, except those unmistakably so by violence that could not bo ques tioned. Tho idea is an old ono nnd should bo obsolete, but the young men in tho organization cling to it because they have not and will not accept tho in fallible test of the present day. A learn ed German physician, whosa name is not now recalled, suggested several years ago that in any case whero cat alepsy was suspected a mirror should bo held in front of tho mouth of the supposed corpse. If uo moisture ap peared upon the surface of tho glass, ho proposed in order to be absolute la certain that a string should bo nt tached to tho forefinger of tho dead man or woman and that tha other end of this string be connected with a bell so delicately adjusted over pulleys that tho slightest movement would cause a tinkle. This was neeoptol nnd is in practice now in certiin morgues in Germany. Tho Fourteenth street organization maintains tho rather extraordinary opinion that many persons nre buried alive, and their doctrine has received whnt they believe to be an absolute proof in tho news from Hioux City, It is scarcely probable that they will receive any encouragement from the New York Board of Health for the pro mulgation of their idaa. New York Mail and Express. How Marbles Are Made. "Tho playing-marble trade is not whnt it was twenty years ago," siid A. T. Holmes, an Eastern 'chinawarc man, nt the Palace yesterday. Prol.. ably the boys of tho present ago don't take ns kindly to this form of amuse ment ns they did iu those days, but however that may be, tho demand is not near so large. Most of the stone marbles used nre made in Germany. Only tha refuse of tho marble and agate quarries is employed, and thin is treated in such a way that there is practically no waste. Men and boys are employed to brenk the stone into small cubes, which are then thrown into a mill consisting of grooved bedstone and a revolving run ner. Water is fed to tho mill and the runner is rapidly revolved, while the friction does tho tost. Iu half an hour tho mill is stopped, and a bushel or so of perfectly roundod marbles is takeu out. Sail Francisco Call Lovers of Cold. Climato affects tho inhabitants ot tho sua just as it does those of the land. As Arctio land plants cannot flourish at tho equator, so in tho Arc tio and Antartio Oceans marine plants are found which are unable to survive in warm water. Among the most remarkable of those cold wator plautsaro the luniinariiicca?, a kind of sea-weeds, which sometimes attain a gigantic size, exceeding in length the lougost climbing plants of the tropical forests, and developing huge stems like the trunks of trees. Boccnt investigations have shown that these plants flourish in the cold est waters of the polar seas, and that they nover advance farther from their frigid liomes than to the limits of "summer temperature" iu the ocean. The genial warmth -dastrovs them. just as a polar bliutt shrivels the flowers of a tropical garden. Hard L net, "Think of a man doing time for picking a pocket that the lady hadn't got !" said John Dalappe in a toue ot intense disgust, as he received a sen tence of six months' hard labor. 2 At Victoria Station he selected the al leged pooket of a lady as his prey, and followed its supposed proprietress with assiduity. At last he swooped down upon the booty, and just as he found that the lady's dress contained no pocket at all, a railwsy constable who had watohed his movements swooped down upon him and took him into custody, Loudon Tele- graph. The tVnalty, . The Young Doctor Just think ; si of my patients recovered this week. The Old Doctor It's your own fault, my boy. You spend too much time at tha club Li fa LADIES' DEPARTMENT. FATAL LACS. Few pcoplo know that tho beautiful laco known as Fayal Inco is made from tho fibres of the lea von of tha bitter loo, a relative of tho Common century plant. This laco is manufactured by women, and the necessary skill is so rarely attained that thare are but about twonty-flvo persons on tho is lands tho Azores who can mako iU Tho art needs to be practised from childhood. New York World. a mows op olory. A fines head of hair is within the teach of almost nny woman by tho use of the most ordinary and simple means. Hero nro somo useful sugges tions : When tho hair has been neglected, cut it to evon length and wash tho scalp nightly with soft - water into which ammonia has been poured. This may be as strong as possible at first, so that it does not burn tho skin. Afterward tho proportions may bo three largo spoonfuls of ammonia to a basin of water. Apply with a brush, stirring tho hair well, while tho head is partially immersed. A healthy system will supply oil enough for tho hair if the head is kept clean. If the sealp is unnaturally dry, n mixture of half an ounce of carbon ate of ammonia in a pint of sweet oil makes tho most esteemed hair invigor ator. St. Louis Beptiblio. SELF-CONSCIOUS BLONDE. "Blondes nro, ns a rule, much more self-consciom than brunettes," said a man who flattered himself that he was s koen observer, "nnd thoy seldom realize, moreover, that they miy grow too old for tho pale pinks and blues that once wero so becoming to their aciicmo coloring, out wliicu make a faded beauty look so insipid nnd mel ancholy. I had a veritable shock tho other day in Paris in meeting tho once beautiful Mrs. B., who, when I last saw her, was like a piece of Dresden china in delicacy and freshness of tint, nnd who was nlwnys bewitchingly nttirod in delicious little Wattenu looking frocks or elaborate laco furbe lows nnd flounces thit mado her look positively adorable. "Well, now, it is positively sad. She still wears her pinks and blues; but what a fatal mistake ! Properly dressed, sho might still bo a fairly good-looking woman, although that kiud of blonde prettiness never docs wear well ; but the rose-pinks and baby blues ren der her really an absurdity. And yet, poor thing, sha does not know it, and I suppose, no ona will over have the heart to tell her. 'Once a beauty al ways a beauty' is evidently her creed, and she fancies she can be a perennial blonde, year in and year out. How women can continually ignoro the trnths their mirrors csnnot fail to toll thorn is quito marvelous." Now York Tribune. THE CUBAN GIRL. A Cuban girl's life is very restricted and she is never allowed to go out alone nor receive callers of the other sox excopt in tho presence of her chap eron or somo member of her family. If during her childhood she attends a day school, a maid or some family ser vant takes her there every day, and she cannot go as short a distance as across the street unaccompanied. In some instanoes Spanish customs are absurd and incongruous. Every woll-tittod establishment in Cuba is provided with a concierge to guard the entranco and admit callers. This man, usually an ignorant peasant, sometimes escorts the young ladies of the family he is serving, and that is considered perfectly proper, whereat it would not be proper for them to go out attended by a gentleman, ev.?n if he were old enongh to be their father, and an old friend of the familv as woll. Of late years, however, the frequent intercourse between Cuba and tha United States has somewhat modified the customs. For instanoe, two ladies can now go ont alone in Havana in the daytime, which would have been con sidered an unheard-of and most shock ing proceeding a few years ago. f he social pastimes a girl enjoys in Cuba consist of balls, parties, con. ocrt, receptions, the theatre and ope ra and picnios for Cubans have a- dopted this American diversion, al though in a modified form, to suit the requirements of Cuban etiquette. North American Review. SENSIBLE SOFA PILLOWS, Women are beginning to appreciate the fact that sofa pilows are meant to use, or at least, that it is difficult . to disabuse the masculine mind of the idea that they were intended as rests far their wearr heads, A woman will hesitate before sho leans her .back hair against such a marvel of embroidery nnd lnca or of exquisitely painted silk, but a man, fresh from tho hands of his barber, will peacefully repose on tho prettiost of them all. A cushion of red donim has a con ventional design outlined with old gold silk, tho insiilcs painted with dashes of gilt paint with a rufflo of red silk. Another is worked in black with black silk. Yellow denim, worked in brown, with daises of brown in oil, is very effective. The rutlle matches tho embroidery and decoration. Olivo denim, worked with darker olives, it effective. Black silk handkerchiefs, worked with an effective design in red or orn color in ono corner, nro mado tip both with and without a nitHj. Squares of white linen, or linen handkerchiefs, where these are large enough, with a little simple embroidery, aro greatly liked, because they can be slipped out and tho covers laundered. Bright colored Madras nnd bindanna hand derchiefs make showy pillows. A Col umbia Collogo boy has a collection of these, and his room is as gay ns a Southern cotton field when all the hands nro on duty. Liden in dull blue, terra cotta and old pink is an admirable material for sofa pillows. For parlors, but ntill intended for use, the real or imitation Bagdad stripes look well, if tho room is fur nishad, as to its floor, with Oriental rugs. China silk in old tapestry color nnd tapestry or brocade, also in these old art tones, mako admirable and durable covers. New York Adver tiser. MRS. COLBY'S INDIAN BA9T. Mrs. Clara Berrich Colby is a resi dent of Washington nnd the editor ol tho Woman's Tribune. She is of Eng lish birth and spant the enrly years of her life in tho West, whera she inel her husband, General Leonard Colby, the ex-Assistant Attorney-General. Mrs. Colby's practical philanthropy has led to tha adoption of a little In dian girl, whoso interesting history dates from tho battle of Wounded Kneo Creek in January, 1831, when hundreds of unfortunate Sioux war riors and squaws weae found on tha battlefield wounded or frozen to death. Hanging in the papoose pocket on the back of its daad mother was found this little baby, nlive, but badly frozen. It was carried to the fort, and General Colby, who was in charge of tho Ne braska state troops, took tha little crenture, nnd had it enred for by Dr. Mary White, Mrs. Colby's sister, sc that tho little one was fat and thriving when Mrs. Colby arrived in May. They call her Zitka Lauuni, which name was given her by the Indian women, and which means Lost Dove. She has been legally adopted and is considered the sister of their son, a boy of 12. Little Linuni is bright, pretty, nnd brown ns a bor'ry, Jvitb every Indian feature, being a full blooded Sioux. She is now 3J yearj old, a merry little soul who can with difficulty be kept in the house, nnd who is so aotiva that she climbs over everything to master tho art of turn ing on tho electric lights. She has begun hor education, which will be ot the best, by studying at the kinder garten, where she is said to display a great deal of mechanieal skill in plait ing mats and making squnros. Sho is now on a visit with General Colby, and as she kissed her adopted mother good-by she said, with tho touch of mischief which seems to mark children of every nation, "Good-by J I 'spect when I tome back I won't kuow you !'' Washington Post. FASHION NOTES. Portraits in Limoges enamel set in silver frames make the head of paper cutters. Toy teapots, ewers and bisins of silver are introduced as presents for children. New tea-gowns of rose-colored In dia silk are trimmed with ecru gui pure lace. Silver standards for fruit knives come in new shapes. The knife blades are in silver gilt. .Very wide turn-over collars and cuffs of linen are worn. Tbey are not universally becoming by any manner of means, but they are made less "try ing" by the addition of very fine ' torchon laoe to the edges of both col lar and cuffs. A pretty new aleeve has been intro duced into night gowns, a slender puff coming from tha epaulette which reaches to the elbow and is mot by a close-flttiug armpiece sat into a point ed cuff of laoe falling over the haud. In plaoe of flanuel skirts there are light silk-wadded under petticoats with laoe flouooings, which are very ttiaHv Latest Stylos In Feminine Footwear. It mr.'tes a pirl long to bo worth nt least half a million just to look nt the boots displayed (or tho season's wear, bnt when it comes to slippers, mIf a million is nowhere. A million is the very lowest that would let a girl live up to such Jewels in footwear as the spring has introduced to tho shopper. Still not all of them are quito so ex travagant, ami a young lady who couldn't afford all tho fancy styles, yet had to havo variety, showed me what sho had bought to carry her through the summer season. Tho walking shoes wero really curi osities. Instead of being the five-button shoo that came in in tho winter, thay hnvo a squnro flap, with sis but tons. It doesn't snom as if it could be becoming to every foot, bnt it cer tainly was to hnrs. She says they are an improvement on tho usual button or lara walking boot. There wero several styles In low shoes, and a bronze kid with the long pointed toe was very pretty on her foot. Neither of theso were very ex pensive, nnd would make np in wear for tho price. That should always be considered. A good shoo will outlast two pairs of cheap shoes as a general thing. There was a selection of slippers mado with extraordinary care. Some liko tho "Elsinoro" hand embroidery on gold leather, with dark kid lower pieces. Another pair was iu stripes of black and white. Bnt what the girl was most pleased with was her two or three pairs of dark kid slippers with out a bit of fancy work about them. She said : "I'm going to have half a dozen sets of bright ribbon bows and sets of gauze rosettes to fasten on the tops of these and change when I please. It is a splendid plan." LLM Ik Any girl can carry ont this idea and have a pretty slipper that will look very coaxing as it peeps ont from her dress when she has callers at home. Oue pair of slippers with several pairs of rosettes made from left-over pieces of gauze would make quite a variety. New York Journal. Wolves 'n Kansas, -." , t. i t it Vi T "t'. it is sain mni mero is goju reason to think that some ot the farmers of western Kansas make a business of raising wolves for tho bounty paid on their scalps. Tho Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture has just issued a statement, showing that the several counties of the State during the year 1393 paid for wolf scalps the sum of $17,000, aud that during the past four years the gross amount of 800,000 has been paid out in these bounties. A significant fact shown by the report is that the amount so paid out has regularly increased each year. It is said that, what with the bounty and the vslne of their hides, wolf-raising could be carried on at considerable i) i T. : pruui. icayuue, Pennsylvania 'Manors." The word "manor" is of frequent occurrence throughout rural Pennsyl vania, and it frequently marks some of the sixty odd manors conferred tipou tho Jieirs or illiam I'enn by an act of 1771). Those manors, ranging from two hundred to many thousand acres, were scattered thickly over the easteru part of the State, and their names have since become the names of many townships. Tbo manors aggre gated more than 600,000 acres, and included soma of the finest lands in Peuusylvauia. St. Louis Bepublic. A Fish That Climbs. Tha climbing perch was first noticed by a naturalist over a century ago, one having been caught high np a palm tree, where it had gene, it is said, to obtain the moisture that might be THE CLtVBINO PERCH. found in the crevices of the leaves. This story was doubted by many, bnt a perch was found in the tree' by M. Daldorf, so the eircumstanoes may be placed among the .strange facts of na tural history. The Amateur Hardener - - & 3 Ginghams. vn a msdium-nriced cinirTlitm eeal bo made np stylishly and be very dressy, especially if it is a color that uoesn t requiro washing. A gingham A KEASONABLB OINOnAK. made after this pattern requires plain goods enough for a skirt foundation and the little cape. It is caught np I prettily on the side to show the plain sain, i no crossea uoaice oi ue cor sage is becoming, and a shoulder cape of plain gingham, with deep lace care fully laid over it and a little velvet bow to fasten it, will make a very con venient frock that will be needed soon. If it is made now there will be some chance of getting it by the time it is needed. Dressmakers are swamped with work, and the best way is to leave the goods with thain a long time ahead. j (General Fltihugh Lee. Than Lee, there is no uame more distinguished in the South, and it has been prominent in onr history since the establishment of the Government, writes Stanton Edwards in the New York Advertiser. No living represan-' tatiyj oj, this great family is better kmVwn than General Fitzhugh Lee, now a resident of Glasgow, Va. Fitz htigh Lee was born at Arlington, Vs., May 81, 1837, and graduated at Har vard in 1957. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Sixth Infan try. He served in Utah aud Cali fornia, and resigned in 18"') to take charge of the historic White House farm. Although opposed to secession, he went with his State and in 1801 was Captain of Cavalry, from which posi tion he was promoted to be a Major GENERAL PITZH"3H LEE. and Chief of Staff to General Loring. By sheer ability ha rose rapidly, and in 18G3 was made a Brigadier of Cav alry. He was severely wounded at Brandy Station and made a prisoner. For some time he was detained as a hostage for Captains Flynn and Saw yer who were condemned to death in Libby Prison. After the war ho re turned to farming, and took an active iuterost in the agricultural develop ment of his State. From 1873 to the present time ha has been prominent in the politics of Virginia, serving in the State Senate, representing his district in Congress, aud finally being elected to the Governorship. Geueral Lea is popular North and South. He is a man of pleasing address, and his poli tics are broader than tha limits of his State. Do Alligators Swallow Htenml ' The Indians of South and Central America declare that prior to attack ing some large animal, such as au os or buffalo, which may come to the river brink, alligators always swallow a stone, so that it may acquire ad ditional weight to aid in dragging victims under water. Balvez. who shot and examined several, found stones in all of them, varyiug in sue accordiug to the size of the 'gator, one fellow having a stone in his stomach that weighed seventy-six pounds, St, Louis Bepnblic. and the Playtnl Small Boy. 1J A 4 d4
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