Tho way in which American anthro
pological museums are growing Is a
source of envy In England, where
there is a lamentable Indifference to
the subject.
The recently deceaoej son of an
English enrl wns regarded as having
disgraced himself because he earned
his living as a showman. Neverthe
less he earned his living.
The number of schools In Cuba has
multiplied 10-fold In a single year.
That West Indian Invasion of Now
England has been followed by results
of the largest practical value.
Illinois la adopting drastic means to
put down hazing and kidnapping. The
maximum penalty for the former U a
fine of f.r00 or six months In the
county jail. Kidnapping for ransom Is
made a capital ofence.
The only two six-masted schooners
float came in collision oft Capo Cod
recently. This presents the sugges
tion that those who are fond of mon
keying with problems of averages can
figure out what the chances are for
their doing this again.
Seventeen years ago, Germany, un
tier Bismarck's lead, established the
state system of accident Insurance and
old-age pensions for worklngmen. It
has grown to be a vast machine, and
Its payments to disabled, sick and
aged wage-earners average $250,000 a
year.
The red spiders of California that
fcave Inflicted the orange groves to
uch a fearful extent are in process
of being exterminated by a new In
sect, which has made Its appearance.
This latCBt visitor devours the eggs
of the spiders. As long as the eggs
hold out the new insect will be all
right, but after they are gone no tell
ing what he may take a notion to de
vour. The hope is held out that we inay
yet be able to dispense with elaborate
cooking. Several chemists are said to
he at work on the problem of com
pressed food, and they expect to com
pass "In the capacity of a small vial"
elements which will sustain life for
days. One enthusiast predicts that
science will yet be able to extract the
life force that is In the heart of the
corn, the kernel of the wheat and the
IubcIous Julceg of the fruits.
The Boston Herald takes occasion
to analyze some of the statements
concerning the amount of money paid
hy Americans to foreigners for the
service of ocean transportation. It
aermes me assumption mat me cum
reaches $150,000.00 0 to $200,000,000
annually, but It does not attempt to
make a close estimate of the actual
expenditure. One percent of the cost
of the goods shipped. It says, would
about size up the business. If this is
the case, $24,000,000 would pay for
the transportation of our Imports and
exports. Perhaps the Insignificance of
the amount accounts for the fact that
Americans have not in recent years
made any great efforts to secure the
oversea carrying trade.
There is some probability that quar
rymen and stone dressers will gradual
ly be crowded out of their occupation
hy the use of artificial stone. In the
manufacture of this stone the sand is
heated and the cement added to the
amount of 12 percent of the mixture.
The steol molds are filled with the dry
material and run upon a tramway into
an immense cylinder, which is closed
and bolted. Boiling water is then
turned In under pressure sufficient to
force It all through the snnd in the
molds. The cement slacks, but the
steel molds do not permit any expan
sion to occur, and the stone Is formed
and dried under an Immense pressure.
The result is a very hard stone, which
can be supplied In shapes desired much
-cheaper than the natural stone.
I
It is to "be regretted that America
has not "launched upon the flood of
time" productive Intellects of the very
highest order. But there is nothing
extraordinary and discreditable in the
fact, observes the New York Tribune.
It was an amazing piece of good for
tune for England that Shakespeare
was born on English soil to speak the
English tongue. Goethe fortuitously
conferred unfading lustre on the Ger
man name. It would be cause for
profound pride and Joy if another
Shakespeare or Goethe should appear
in the United State with indubitable
credentials. But In the meantime we
cannot admit that we should hang
our heads In shame, . It would be al
mostindeed, for aught we can see,
quite m reasonable to disparage Eng
land because she has produced only
one Shakespeare In a 1000 years, or to
blush for the human race because
"within that circle son durst walk
but he."
Br Jcjkir Davis Birto,
"Do you bo Mr. Kane, sir? It's Mr.
Peter Tidmore Kane, In tho real eBtute
business, I'm wantln' to see."
The gentleman addressed looked
down with some astonishment upon
the sharp little freckled vlsagu that
was upturned as he replied: "I am
Mr. Kane, my boy. What do you want
with me?"
"Sure. I ll be tcllln' ye, but ifs migh
ty glad I am to see you, sir. SHake.
then! I'm a namesake of yours, though
belike you're not knowin' It, and I'm
glad that I favor you, now that I've
set me two eyes on ye."
"Favor me, Ihdee I, you young scare
crow!" "On the inside, I mane, and I'd be
glad If It was on the outside, for It's
a mighty flne-lookln' gentleman ye
are, then. They do be tellln' me you
have the rlntln' of a-many of the
houses hereabout, and It's to rlnt tho
small place at the foot of the hill I'd
be askln. I'll pay you as much as CO
cents a week for it, and worrnk out
the rlnt If you say it's a bargain."
Mr. Kane was growing interested.
The small boy had a brisk, business
way with him, quite out of proportion
to his size, which was that of an aver
age 10-year-old.
"It is a little out of tho usual line to
take work In return "
"Oh, it will be equally satisfactory It
ye pay me in cash, then, Mr. Kane, sir,
and 'tis a good bargain ye'll have, wld
me mother along wld me, and she that
alger to be at rest wanst more. 'TIs
the plazed woman she'll be that all's
settled so well."
"But hold on!" said Mr. Kane. "I
like to know something about my ten.
ants. Whnt security can you give me
that I shall find you responsible?"
"Sure, I tould you that I was named
after you, didn't I? It's Peter Tidmore
Kane Mulligan I am, and me mothor
says ye'll be sure to mind Biddy Moran
that was cook to ye wanst. But I'm
Tld for short. We'll move In the day,
and I'll Just come up for me orders In
the mornin'," and Tld walked away as
contentedly as If he carried a signed
lease In his pocket.
."Biddy Moran? To be sum She
worked for us one summer a dozen or
more years ago," said Mrs. Kane, when
her husband appealed to hT for con
firmation of the boy's story. "Not
much of a cook, very green and a lit
tle queer, as I remember her. I'm.
afraid they'll be a load on your hands,
Tidmore."
"Well, the old shell can't be much
worse with tliom In it than standing
empty, and I'll warn them out if they
prove a nuisance. The boy will get
along If he favors me 'on the Inside,'
as he says," and Mr. Kane Iauched In
recollection of the sharp, little, un
couth figure as contrasted with his
own well-favored person.
Sure enough, tho first sight that
greeted Mr. Kane the next morning
was Tld, keenly examining his garden.
beds, shaking his head portentously
over popples and lilies, and getting
down on his knees to sniff at the tomato-vines,
with a curious uncertainty,
not to say contempt, that sent the
garden's owner hurrying down to pre
vent any possible catastrophe.
"It's a fine lot of weeds ye've saved
tip for me, sir," Tid greeted him,
brightly, "but I'm feared they've run
over the plants inttrely. Or It is a
wild garden yon do be having here?
tie mother tells me that you grow
things small In this state, and ye do it
uncommon well, I should say. Belike
it has to be tuk out of you that way for
the big hearts ye've got," with a re
spectful deference that disarmed his
employer's wrath.
"Why, you young Jackanapes, where
have you seen anything finer, that you
should be turning up your nose at my
garden, pray?"
"Faix, I think It wor In Californay,,,
hazarded Tid, as If he were drawing
his recollections from some deep well
of memory. "The tomatuses growed
on vines as high as the house, I mind,
and there were men up on step-ladders
plckin' them, and the lilies and the
vl'leta and the popples all run wild In
tho floljs, they did, and the roses were
like to smother the house, and the coo
cumbers were as long as I am, and a
dale longer sometimes. That's the
country, if it's gardenln ye're after."
"I wonder you left It," remarked Mr.
Kane, sarcastically.
"I'd wonder that mesllf, If there wor
ary show for daclnt Americans out
there." admitted Tld. "The pigtails
and the greasers have It all their own
way. It's quare how there's something
forntnst wan most iverywhereg in the
West. In Nelirasky It wor the 'hop
pers, and in Kansas the drought. Up
In Washington it all her rained all the
time or the chlnook blasted things,
and down In Texas there wor the cat
tle every which way. It do be good to
get home to the states," and Tld drew
a long breath of satisfaction. "But
this itm't worruk at all, and If ye'll
put me to it, I'll be diggln in."
Mr. Kane found the boy eager to
loam and tireless in his efforts to
please, and although he made some
blunders, by the end of the week be
had won the favor of the household,
and was allowed to make hlnuelf use
ful about the place in very 'much his
own way. This sometimes resulted In
queer turns of fancy, according to the
Eastern view of things, a when he
was found In the early morning sweep
ing up grasshoDfters from the lawn to
feed the fowls, and carefully treasur
ing pocketfuls of gravel while he was
till new to the situation.
"Sure, It wor the lashings of 'hop
pers we had out on the perrarles, but
nlrer stone to the size of a pea
- V
TID.
S
there. Ye have them hotther distri
buted here, and Its a fine country,
though the things do grow small," ho
decided, nppiovingly, when the waste
of his efforts was pointed out to him.
It would appear that tho Mulligans
had drirted all over the West in an
almles3 fashlun, "sailing health and
betthrrment," as Tld expressed It, till
the death of the father loft his mother
free (o return "for the nicking of me,"
he confided to Mr. Kane.
"Sure, a In J nudes to bo looking up
to a good man, me mother says, and
It's a rower of t'achln' I'll nade to
come up to me name, I do be think
In'." The amusement that Mr. Kane de
rived from the glorified Ideal upon
which Tld was basing tho formation
of his character gave wny sometimes
to a fleeting wish that he Hid culti
vated more of the virtues which Tld
credited him with possessing. There
are drawbacks to being held as little
less than a Rnlnt by even an Ignornnt
Irish boy. Suppose, now, that Tld
could look beneath the surface and fpo
the true state of the man within him,
how would the revelation affect tho
lad's moral growth?
Mr. Kane shrugged his shoulders
and threw off his uneasiness. It was
by no choice of iila tint he had been
held up na a model. I.et the effects of
the disillusionment fall where they be
lonsed. It wns not likely that he was
going to change his business methods,
his sharp dealing, his keen seizure of
apparent advantages, simply to spare
the tender susceptibilities of this small
vagrant; nevertheless the thought of
Tid was at the bottom of more thnn
one reform that he made In these
days.
Meantime Tld was cultivating a ten
der heart among other things, and
when he had the misfortune to set
his foot unawares c:i a tornl one Jay,
he was the more hurt of the two.
"I'd no more scrunch the crature,
aud It sitting by to do me a good turn,
than you'd squeeze a tenant, sir," he
protested, remorsefully.
"There are some tenants that need
tlie thumbscrews put on them. Tld."
"Of course. Just as there are pertaty.
bugs and cutworms and squash beetles
to clane out. It's a fine thing to have
t!ie head to pick and choose amoongst
them as I weed out the docks and lave
the cabbages, to hould the helpln'
hand to t; wake and nadey, and turn
the cowld back on the uulesarvln."
I'm fpared I'll be long learnln' all that
from you, sir."
"Oh, you aspire to a share In the
management of the tenants, too?" In
quired Mr Kane, with that sarcastic
accent which was quite thrown away
upon Tld.
"I'm studying hard to be fit to In
tiie ollice come fall, when ycu'll not
be nailing me in tho garding," admit
ted Tld, modes:))-. "I'll be worth me
k'ep Uwio outside cf me schoollu', I
will that, ye'll Ree."
"Hum-tim-m!" That Tld wns acting
like a prickly bur on his conscience,
the real estate man knew, and the far.
reaching consequences of this pro
piped move rather alarmed him.
Hain't he closed up the typhoid well
and drained Ague Alley and given a
contract for rebuilding Hamshacklo
Row all good-paying Investments, to
be sure, and much-needed reforms
simply and solely through the quick
ened moral responsibility that the boy
had roused In him?
"If this thing goes on," he said to
himself. "I'll bo renewing t'.io Taft
mortgage and letting the Hope farm
slip through my fingers. It's sheer Im
becility on my part. Who wants an
Inconveniently active consclenco In
tlicgo days? I'll throw off the yo'.so be
fore It fastens tlgiitcr. I'll discharge
Tld and send the Mulllgma packing."
But to lock Into TId'a trustful eyes
and make this decision known was
more than Mr. Kane cared to do at
that moment. It nileht be better to
talk the matter out with Tld's mother,
he concluded. A little bribe, now, to
perBiia le her to move on, say, without
betraying his part lu the transaction,
would make everything smooth and
easy.
Mr. Kane had not seen Mrs. Mulli
gan. Tld had caught his fancy, but he
bad felt sure that the mother would
bo a bore, nnd hal avoided the house.
Well, they had transformed tho deso
late shanty Into rather a picturesque
spot by the vines they had trained
over It. and tho woman displayed some
of Tid's own confidence lu receiving
him.
"Sure, I felt yez comln', sir," she ex
plained. "Bo sated, plage. I'd pass
the chair If I could step a foot under
me, but It .was the lord's mercy that
I kept on me legs till we r'ached ye,
that it was, end I've some use of me
hands still, so tbnt I do a dale wid
them, and I can bitch me chair about
while I Jo me chores quite nate and
convenient. 'TIs honored I am to have
ye come sakln' me regardln' Tld is
It, then? He's a credit to yez, that he
is, sir. He couldn't lake aft her you
sthronger It be wur your own blood
born." It struck coldly home to Mr. Kane's
understanding that his task was none
the easier for coming here. This lit
tle helpless woman, with her useless
feet and crippled hands, all gnarled
hnd twisted with rheumatism, and her
wistful face beaming with tremulous
pride, was scarcely a better subject
for his retaliation than Tld himself
would have been.
Nettled and disconcerted, but unwill
ing to retreat, he demanded, sharply;
"How did you come by that ridiculous
notion of trnlnlng the boy after met '
Wasn't there' any better model to be,
found?"
"Sure, I'd want no betther If 1M
hunder' to choose from," averred the I
llttlo woman, stoutly, "but I'd none
other fit to pattern him by but yersllf,
that's the truth. You see, it wor this
wny. There wor mo brother ami me
coushlns in tho onld country did be
breaking their heads In their fights;
and there was Mulligan got so In the
, - i,,i i .,, t, ,. '
the police that ho eudn't lave oft the ln he camp m In the home. For,
thrlck while he lived, and there was lthouKh conventionalities and ultra
you with a Rood worrud to the foro, atWllou tastes have been left he
...i - i,.t, - ..,i i,!,..,. hind. In their place have appeared un-
7 ,r :Z . "V: t rSl'Jr: .Uw
it was to tho high or tho low and It's
the way that comes alsy to Tld, now
that he has ye before the two eyes of
him," said Tld's mother, proudly,
while Mr. Kane groaned In spirit.
How could he make these people un
derstand that their attitude toward
nerstann mat tnoir attiiu.ie towarn
him was both unwarranted and unwel-
cr.mc? Why should he consent to sad
dle himself wl'h them? It was only
his foolish good nature that had got
him Into this scrape. They had no
real clalnrcn H'm.
"It ljn't Ivery fln glntlemRn that
I'd pattern him by, that's tho truth,"
went on Mrs. Mulligan. "There's thlm.
If you'd belavo, It, wud pee but tho lm
pydince and nlver the honor of having
a poor h'y thralned nflier thlm. Like
as If Tld wi:J b- walkln' on tlil? creep.
Ing thlng3 wld no thought for their
hurls, that's how some wud be lookln'
at the I'cor people that's to do thlm
tho ciod turn."
"Oh, I assure you that I feel the
honor of It!" murmured Mr. Kane,
Ironically ; but the struggle to express
herself flllrd the woman's mini, nnd
she went on without noticing the in
terruption: "But if he thramped thlm all out,
he'.Lbe thrampln' on the good frlnds
of'.Jiqn, and thrampln' out the tinder
nets is wdd make the good man of
hlssllf,1 and nlver know that he wor
more hurt by his ha lclepsness than
thlm. Thxt's why I'm thankful to tho
Lord that I'd the right kind to pattern
him by,",, concluded the woman, fer
vently; and no light retort fell from
Mr. Kane's Hps now.
What if this were so? What if he
were 'crushing the better nature that
wa3 struggling in him when he turned
from them? What if the loss were his
rather than theirs? What If these peo
ple were sent to awaken his conscience
and show him where he was drifting?
It was a new thought to him that
the claim of humanity might work
both ways. From this point of view,
he might owe something to the Mulli
gans Instead of their owing everything
to him. Sunpnse he turned them out,
foreclosed the Taft mortgage, seized
the Hope farm, fostered the spirit of
greed and selflshnes) and thrust aside
r sponHlbllity, as his Impulse had
been; how would his gain weigh in
the balance against whnt?
Surely, the opening vista held more
thnn lie had'consldered thus far. It
was not only that he would shatter
their faith ln m?.n's goodness by shat
tering the Idol they had made of him.
There was the hardening of Ills own
heart, the tinning from his chance to
become an uplifting force to the people
about him. He was no better and no
woine tha.a tho majority of careless,
thoughtless men; but did he not have
it In him to be either better or worse?
And which should ho choose?
He was still wrestling with that
problem when a small shadow fell
across the threshold, and Tid stood
In the doorway. He brightened at
sight of the visit r, and turned to his
mother In triumph.
"Didn't I bp telling you he would
come wan day? Sho wor cravlu a
sight of ye, sir, that she wor, but we
wouldn't be askln' a busy man like
yerrllf to como out of yer way for
that."
"It's for tho gooj of ye that he's
ccme now, Tld. He'3 said as much,
"Sure, he's been doln' us the good
turn since the day we r'ached him,"
said Tid. contentedly. "Thrust his
honor for that." ,
Mr. Kane stood up and shook his
shoulders as If he were throwing off a
load. To crush out trust like this, to
refuse the blessedness of such simple
faith and gratitude, surely thnt wns
not work for Tidnioro Kane. Let the
name mean as much for blm as for
Tld.
"Blarney!" he raid, lightly. "I don't
want the roof here coming ln on ynur
hrads and giving you nn excuse to sue
me for damages. I'll Just look around
and see what repairs are needed. And,
Tld," more slowly "if you feel ready
to como Into the office tomorrow, I
find that I am ready to have you
there."
"Hooray!" shouted Tld. Youth's
Companlcn.
, 'TwnN Ilir FlrM Love,
On a corner stood a little barefoot
girl In her rags. Her soiled, pudgy
lit'-lo hands hugged another bundle
of rags caressingly to her stained,
dimpled cheek, while she enjoyed all
net Joys of young motherhood. The
bundle was her "baby." Tied with
a string near one end. the rags formed
Into a head. Another string about
the middle produced the 'effect of
waist line, A young man saw the
happy little mother. "What's that?"
he asked, resting a hand on the un
kempt hair of the child.
"My dolly," sho said, hugging the
rags closer.
"Your dolly, eh? What a pretty
dolly. And what do you call your
baby?"
"O tails U I tails It I talis It
Bum Annie." New York Times.
A Nebraska physician keeps In com
munication by means of carrier doves
with patients living: over a circuit of
50 miles.
TtMT i rp 'm rfi)V TV CAMP
" 11 AA AU wUlY 111 LAJJil
NOVICES ASTONISHED AT THEIR
FONDNcSS FOR PRIMITIVE FOOD.
Pqnlrrrl fltew ttrnlllnc nn H flank A
Man Mmln Mrml lli-eit1 with Mnvlnff
Unnlitlna linking Vrnn In llin l.rniiiiil
--Canoe I'le Provided for the restlillmn.
Plans for the dnlly bill of fare, while
of a far simpler nature, are as necos-
wnted appetites for hearty food t..at
in a party of healthy people can be re.
lied upon three times and more a day.
As the object of such a trip is recrea
tion. It Is well to heed this fact, for no
one can have a good time while ho is
as hungry as the proverbial bear nnd
sees no good dinner In prospect. Pco-
, .. -- --- - - -
nle BP"ndlng the r first summer In tne
wmmn in iriiumve iRHiuon i w intn-
rlably astonished by their sudden
fondness for cooking thnt at the homo
table would be scorned. Doughnuts
and crullers, for example, assume now
flavors and, with coffee for the morn
ing meal, ln the woods excel tho choic
est confections.. It is a good idea to
tako along enough of these cakes to
last for at least a we?k, taking pains
to use recipes thnt Insure them agnlnHt
drying too quickly. Once there, they
can be put In a good bag and kept ln
cool, and, If possible, not too dry
place. Waterproof food bags ln va
rious sizes are among the conveniences
supplied by houses that sell sporting
goods. Two or three bakings of mo
lasses and one or two of sugar cookies
will also bo appreciated.
Among the utensils should always be
Included a coverej iron potf for baked
beana after a long day's tramp, or even
for breakfast or dinner. If the supply
of game falls short, are not only nu
tritious but appetizing. The baking Is
an over night or all day operation.
First dig a hole In the ground that
Is three or four times the size of tho
pot. Start a fire in the bottom with
pieces of bark, and then fill with good
hard wood. Let It burn for two or
three hours until the surrounding
earth is well heated and there is a'
glowing mass of coals In the bottom.
Have the beans soaked In cold water
for a day or a night previously. Then
wash and parboil them, throwing off
the first water, to which some people
add a little soda. Rinse the beans,
cover them with boiling water, add a
piece of pork (about a half pound or
so to every quart of beans), and cook
over the range until the skins loosen
easily. Ilemove the pork and drain
the beans, saving tho liquor. Put the
beans ln the pot without breaking
them, and bury the pork In them. Sea.
son the liquor with salt and pour it
over them. Sprinkle with pepper, and
If molasses Is to be had pour a table
spoonful over the whole. Put on the
cover, place the pot in the Impro
vised oven, cover with tho ashes and
coals and some of the earth, and leave
for at least 10 hours.
If bread cannot be bought It must be
baked. Bread and biscuit can be made
the same as at home, the only 'Iffpr-
enco being that they are baked before
an open fire, In a pan that comes for
the purpose. Compressed yeast calteg
that will keep all summer should be
among the supplies. A brown bread
made of one-third rye, one-third flour
and one-third cornmeal, recommended
by an experienced camper, has stay
ing qualities desirable for Journeys re
quiring a good deal of physical exer
cise, it Is made like the ordinary
white bread.
A broiler In camp is not one of the
needfuls, for a few shingle nails and
a plank, a clean pine board or even a
piece of log will answer Its purpose.
If fish are to be cooked before the fire
nail the heads against the wood, flesh
side out, of course, and place them
before the heat. A steak, bird, rabbit
or squirrel can be prepared In the
same way.
For squirrel stew, a famous dish
among epicures who haunt forest
deeps, the old admonition to "first
catch your hare" should be remem
bered. If the day's shooting has been
a success (from the hunters', not the
squirrels', point of view), skin and
dress them, cut Into pieces, and soak
for a time ln cold salt water to draw
out the blood, ltlnso and cook them
with a sma'.l slice of salt pork In fresh
boiling water, and add about 15 mln
utes before they are dono potatoes and
onions cut up fine, a pinch of oatmeal
for thickening and salt and pepper. A
littlo beef extract Improves tho flavor
of the stew.
Canoe plo, a mascullno Invention,
for thoe of the party who Insist on
city wayB to tho extent of an occasion
al dessert, excels, bo claims Its origi
nator, all tho oven baked concoctions
In the world. That It can be made,
providing the material Is at hand, on
a minute's notice Is an undlsputoj ad
vantage. Have ready a llsh of fresh
or stewed berries sweotencd to taste.
Toast pilot bread, reduce It to crumbs
Bprlnklo It over tde top and the pie is
complete.
The following menu, a strictly man
made one. Is contributed by a frequen
ter of the wild lands of Maine: Blue
berries fresh from the bushes (hand
picked by Chaddie) ; dry, hot toasted
bread, assorted pickles. Sizzling hot
broiled bacon. Cold water, hot tea.
Soaked toast with maple syrup. Fine,
soft homemade bread, apple sauce,
More hot tea. Music furnished by the
gurgling Penobscot,
Tepid food and cold grease on the
plate do not contribute to the delights
of a repast, even In tbe woods, but to
avoid them some Ingenuity must be
used, for It Is a well known fact that
to a certain point foods cool quicker In
tbe open air than in the refrigerator,
A hot water plate for each of the party
13 a great convenience; but If tiiee
are not to be had, heat the plates hot.
There will be no danger of Injury to
the polish of the dining table. Keep
the dishes that are cooked first burled
In the ashes at one end of the fire
until all are done. Then get the crowd
together not tho easiest of efforts
when all aorta of Interests are at stake.
When all are seated bring on the hot
fond.
There Is no excuse for poor coffee ,
anywhere. Tho usual difficulty with It .
Is overboiling and allowing the aroma !
water. Scald the coffee pot, put In a
large tablespoonful for every one in
the camp and throw In an extra one,
according to tradition, "for the pot."
Add a cupful of cold water. As soon I
os It bolls draw it to a cooler part of
tha stove and pour In as many cupfuls
of boiling water as there are campers.
Fill the spout with soft paper and let
It stand where It will keep hot, but not
boll, for 10 or 15 minutes. JuBt before
serving turn ln a half cupful of cold
water and let It stand to settle for two
or three minutes. Eggs, with the hens
far away, are a valuable commodity
and cannot be spared for the coffee,
but the cold water will answer every
purpose.
Cold water can take the place of
milk In all recipes for Johnny cake,
molasses ginger cake, plain cake, bis
cuit, muffins, etc., by adding a tea
spoonful more of butter than the dlrec.
tlons require. The water should al
ways be fresh and cold, not tepid, or
the production will he tough. New
York Tribune,
SLIPS OF THE PEN.
fjnenr Error rrprtratfl by Authors
Who Know rloltrr.
When Mr. Anthony Trollope pic
tured Andy Scott as "coming whistling
np the street with a cigar in his
mouth" he not only proved that he
had never made personal experiment
of the double feat of smoking a cigar
and whistling a tune, but he was
unconsciously following in the steps of
still greater writers who made their
heroes do amazing aud Impossible
things.
Those who remember Robinson Cru
soe may recall a most wonderful feat
of this hero of childhood. When he
decided to abandon the wreck and try
to swim asnore he took the precaution
to remove his clothes, and yet by some
strange magic, of which the secret
has been lost, the author makes him,
when in this condition of nature, fill
his pockets with biscuits.
The great Shakespeare himself bad
a peculiar facility for making tho
Impossible happen In his plays. One
of tho most remarkable of these feats
occurs in the fifth act of "Othello,"
when Desdemona. after she has been
duly Bmothcred by the Moor, comes to
life again nnd enters Into conversation
quite rationally, even Inventing a gen
erous falsehood to shield him from
the consequences of his crime before
she decides to .lie. The Improbability
of a person recovering consciousness
and speech after being smothered, and
of dying after performing such a feat,
scarcely needs pointing out.
Shakespeare, too, had a trick of
Introducing the nwet glaring anach
ronisms so glaring, In fact, that there
Ir more than a suspicion that they
must have been Introduced consciously
for some unknown reason. For In
stance, he makes a clock strike ln
ancient Rome at a time more than a
thousand years before clocks were
Invented, when such an event would
certainly have been the eighth won
der of the world.
Quite regardless of the evidence of
geography, he transports Bohemia to
the seaside, and he introduces a
printing prees long before the days
of Gutenberg. He calmly Introduces
a billiard table Into Cleopatra's palace,
and makes cannon famllar to King
John and his barons.
Thackeray was no mean rival to
Shakesppare In vagaries of this kind;
but In his case they appear to have
been the result of pure carelessness
and forgetfulness. The most flagrant
case, perhaps, Is where, after burying
Lady Kew and , effectively dismissing
her from the story, he brings her to
life again to help him out of bis plot,
and in other cases his capacity for
mixing up the names of his charac
ters is as confusing as It la wonder
ful. Emllo Zola, ln spite of his careful
ness, makes the astonishing statement
In olio of his novels- (Lonrdes) that
the deaf and dumb recovered their
hearing and sight, en event which
savors very much of the miraculous.
Tho moon has Innocently been the
cause of much blundering on the part
of authors. Wilkle Collins ln some
mysterious fashion, made It rlso on
one Important occasion in the west;
Rider Haggard In "King Solomon's
Mines" contrived an eclipse of the
new moon for the benefit of his read
ers; and Coleridge Ingeniously places
a star between the horns of the cres
cent moon as she vises in the east.
Tit-Bits.
An Incident of n Ifanqrlnqr.
E. V. Mcthever, the murderer of
Dorothy McKee, a Long Beach girl,
paid the penalty of his crime by be
ing hanged in the gallows room of
San Quentin prison. Methever was
dressed in a sombre suit of black,
with a white rose pinned over his
heart. It was 11 minutes before Drs.
Casey, Edwards and Teaby pronounced
Methever dead. In the silence fol
lowing the springing of the trap a
bird alighted oni one of the barred
windows of the gallows room and
burst Into song. Its voice for several
minutes mingled with the prayers of
the priest, and It was not until a slip
per from the hanged man's foot fell
to the floor with a noise that the
feathered chorister flew away. San
Francisco Argonaut.
TWO BOY HEltOES.
ar sons Tunngatnrs Winning Dlitlncttoa
M (Jntlmr llantart,.
Two young heroes have been devel
oped fn Arizona. They are Dick and
Alfred Bocha, 14 and 15 years old re
spectively, and alrtady they have laid
a foundation for fame as Indian trail
ers and sleuths. These lads have 4c-
comnanlod their father. Pete Boscha.
denutr .wift t rnnsres. Arls.. on
iha ... npriloim enedltlons and crlm-
,Im, huntlI never nnchlng, even under
the hottest fire. They are expert
marksmen, having been trained to fire
arms from their infancy. Alfred first
distinguished himself two years ago by
the capture of Slnovla Garcia, a notori
ous Mexican desperado, who bad shot
the husband of a woman of whom he
was enamored. Sheriff John Munds,
Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, and hit
two sons started In pursuit of the
bandit, and, after following the trail
for some distance, separated. Several
days after Alfred encountered the des
perado In a lonely canyon, and suc
ceeded In getting the "drop" on hlra.
Garcia surveyed tho dwarfed and
youthful figure before him with
considerable amusement, and laugh
ed at the boy's assertion that he
was under arrest Ho reached for
his gun, when young Boscha open
ed Bre, clipping oft one of Garcia'a
ears and sending two bullets
through his hat This was convinc
ing proof of Alfred's aim, and the
bandit surrendered himself uncondi
tionally. A few months later Dick
Boscha was the hero of a capture that
waa equally as remarkable. Vincents
Ortego and two others cut tbe throat
of an Italian and robbed him of con
siderable gold dust. The lad trailed
the murderer over precipitous moun
tains, and after several days returned
with him triumphantly. Ortego is now
serving a life sentence In prison at
Yuma for bis misdeeds. The Weaver
district, where the Boschas live. Is tbe
heart of what once constituted the bad
lands of Arizona. Famous old Geron
lmo, at the head of tbe most san
guinary band of Indians then In ex
istence. Infested the Rich Hill moun
tains and the Weaver and Blue Tank
districts, firing settlers' cabins, mur
dering, plundering, robbing stages and
bullion trains, and creating a reign
of terror that will live In history.
Mde 40,000,000 In a Toar.
c it lit. A. F. Lucas, the discoverer of
oil ln Beaumont, Tex., who Is said to
be worth $10,000,000, was practically
penniless a year ago. Though a min
ing engineer and geologist by profes
sion, he was a railroad conductor for
a number of years. After losing his
place about two years ago, he drifted
about and finally went to Beaumont.
He succeeded in Interesting some cap
italists ln the region, and the cele
brated Lucas gusher was soon struck.
rnbtlfi Fxpnrtltaru4 In Mexfeo.
The Mexican army of more than 25,
000 men Is supported upon a trifle more
than 1.000,000 Mexican dollars a month.
Tho Mexican congress docs not cost
11,000,000 a year.
God does not expect roses to bloom
on bare rocks.
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