“and. Cullen's Well
riences common to
1 nothing that was un-
rilenlariy attracted my
been sleep Lhe bottom of
: the |
id | vemter. the ground wis hard as fron,
$6 that no scent would le, and doubt.
nd | loss the wolves were hungry. He was
d | alone at sunset, his only Weapon a
light mussie loading gun.
{ As he was returning from a long
a but #s 1 have followed
eying I recognized the yuces as a
* of some survey, and
> Msg nul
dl at Congress Junction, af
on aro Santa Fe. Prescott and
for Prescott artived, met
enjoying cigars after supper
ng wy friend a history of
ind incidentally mentioned
1 the bearing tree, when
Bh interest greater than be bad
Fou a Sotice signs of an old camp
ad anywhere about there?”
Rot more than 100 yards from
3 with enough water In their
; one night's dry camp and
weeks search without find-
: they give it up and went
it
he isin party who
aq a tree, the other two were
: tne Ta of pod
# that the cook, accord:
‘bad ot with the sor
rthing shoot what he
4, or to show his gold, fearing |
of the party would rol
ber the reason for the name,
Some thirty years ago two teams |
with provisions for Immbermen were |
{chased by wolves on the clear, newly
fortned ice. : !
{ tired, the drivers staved in a pork bar-
rel. and threw out the meat to thelr |
oo fension or another the lake bad not
J that the water was very shallow
Hing | hastily dumped into it for safe-keep-
{ine
i the wolves, who were greatly lindered
m | By their feet slipping on the glare ioe,
{and arrived safely at their destioation. |
deep at Pork Point, and although many
writer was driven to take refuge in
ia tree. by three wolves, not very far
‘| and his perch not very uncomfortable.
greedy animal, the writer took out one
{ feet nway when the charge struck him,
and the whining of the brute as be
eantered away on three legs, was like
ihe three sur
ship Glencalrd, who have just arrived
pres
Fast, with a general enrgo and 8 crew |
| enuntered fearful weather,
Inaten.
Wy in getting along the boon, which
t] Tock found themseives in a hopeless
| plight. They bad no clothiag, were
| weak and exhausted, and there was po
| being
} County,
“As the horses lecame
puriters.
The delay thus cansed enabled the
‘men to make the point, where for some
yet frozen over. Ome of the men in-
| there and the loads of barrels wera
Thos Hghtened, the teams outstripped
Unfortunately the water is onasoally |
an attempt wis made, the barrels
thus jettisoned. have never been re
covered.
It was some years later that the
from the little storage enbin on the
shore of Big Take. It was late in No |
trip he had as ammunition only sbout
two charges of powder, and & small
goantity of fine, No. 8 shot. His tree
was A good one for climbing purposes,
Son after securing his position, two
{he enemies trotted off, giving
bili as though om the track of 8
Fheding it intolerable after a time |
to be guyed In that manner, and fear.
ing lest he sbould fall asleep and Jos
ing lis befance fulfil the desire of the
of his greatly treasured and finely ene
graved gold sieeve inks, and carefully
loaded 1t on top of 8 good allowances of |
shot.
“The wolf was only thirty or forty
the eries of a whipped cur.
Porty Duys on & Rook.
A terrible tale of the sea hi told hy
‘sors of the crew of the
8t Soathsmpton, says the London Ex-
The Glencaird salled from South
Shields for San Francisco on May 1%
of thirty-four bands,
Aber crossing the equator she en.
and was
eventually driven ashore at thé soul
aust end of Staten Island. The huge
seas swept everything from the decks,
and man after pian was washed into
death on the rocks in sight of thelr
"hi aniy hope of escape to those Yeft
averiapped a rock. snd, although seve
| eral attempted this all but three faled.
The Glenesird soon broke un. and
thom: who remained on board perished, | | dosblet.™
similar to vepeering in woodwork. A
The three men who bad resched the
sign of any human habitation.
For forty days they existed thon, liv.
I reaweed and mussels. They
liad given themselves up for loat when |
they were found by same men from a
“hither they were conveyed, and :
moat. hospitably nursed throath a ong
| nod. trying tiiness, and eventually they
were sent hottie by the Argectine an |
thoritien. :
Engineer Saves His Trats.
The Southwestern Limited, the fast.
ot passenger train ou the Big Four
systivm, was miraculously saved from
wrecked near Kansas, Edgar
Engineer Wiillam White was |
pulling eight coaches, heavily laden |
with holiday passengers. at the rate of |
sixty miles an hour. Coming down a
| grade near Adin Baber's stock farm, |
x fo the engineer saw a herd of 200 cattle
“f being driven over the track. It was
too late to stop. With remarkable |
Li presence of mind White pulled the |
Is a5 a starter. Be conld gO
to oe ae eat
you & frhrad continued. “they
d probably let you in on it. if Fou
em the lost camp.
st hills for tampa rin wha
$5, ‘and 1 would greatly lke
ir If he made the
his oo gtation...
*] the niddle, killing ten of the aaimals. |
30 | kept it on the track.
throttle wide open. and going at terrific |
spied, the engloe struck the herd in
The engine pilot and coach steps were
torn off the train, but its great speed
Miraculous Escape in Wreek.
In the Ontario and Western's disas
|
|
{
trons wreck near Starlight NX. ¥ » when |
ri four mien were killed and ap engine |
amd forty-four loaded cars of coal wer |
derailed and fung down an embank. i
ment, Wiliam Sawyer. a thirteen year.
old tramp, had a narrow escape from |
death. He was riding on ihe rear end |
of tle tender, and was almost asleep |
when he was aroused suddenly y the |
SS Ewaling motion of the train as the an.
gine dashed down the mountain. The |
tender was whirled far out snd the |
boys bold was broken. He was flung
about Afty feet, bot tn sone mirncalouy |
manper escaped Injury, Tons of eval
from the wrecked cars were plled up
belitnd and slmost aver him.
SAA A Aer Sn
A Texas Fiver Plant.
A Bber plant, closely allied to the |
Mexican thistle or Tampico plant, has!
been found growling to great abundance |
over a large portion of the arid belt)
1 Hinly w Drove ot great value,
5
an artificial base,
i shot,
{ genuine ones,
| lately
fries for
In Texas, which, in view of the great |
{ quantity of fiber of other species ol
‘j agate Imported into this country, ls
| SMALL RUBIES FUSED BY steric)
TY INTO ONE STONE.
An Ingenious Frenchman Whe Can Make
a Big Ruby Out of Seversi—Some of | courge, the most noticeable features
the Cleverest Work Is Done in Imi
tating Pearls.
Something of real present interest
to dealers and the public alike ia the |
snecess which has been achieved
the manufacture of rubles. While the
‘diamond is the commonly accepted
synonym for value (n a precious stone,
the ruby, which meets the proper ne
quirements, is much mors valuable
- When possessing the real pigeon blood
color evenly distributed and without
Baw, the ruby is worth from three
to ten timds as much per karat as the
diamond. This stone, therefore,
the favorite target for imitation
in
as before stated, it is in making rables
that the greatest skill has been shown.
Electricity has dope much for this art.
A Frenchman—his identity Is a secret
to the world, and as yet he Is known
only by his works—has learned to melt
ap small rubies, or fragments of robles,
and fuse them into one stems The}
product is not an imitation. It has
all the chemical and physical proper
ties of the real thing. It is as hard,
has the same specific gravity and I
genuinely beantiful im color,
But. say the jewelers, it is not gon
nine. Buch a stone is known to the
trade as a “reconstructed” ruby. None
but the most expert can distinguish it
from the so-called real one
The con-
aoisseur will admit that he distin.
guishes it by the absence of flaws
| rather than by the presence of defects. |
A reconstructed ruby is apt to be fw |
i perfect.
ti deer, The other, a very large. gaunt,
ovil disposed brate, sat down, and with
| tongae Jolling out, waited fur supper
ra 1 to ome down.
to share his quarters un-|
This reconstructed aby appeared | on
the market atont eighteen fionths ago.
All came from one source, a wealthy
idealer In Paris. At first the stays
were In great demand, and sold for
£100 a karat: but as the public grad:
anlly Jearaed that the stone was the
combined result of the work of native
and of man, the demand fell off. The
buyer felt that the stone, made np of
fragments fosed in an electrle furnace,
was not just the sume as the one taken
from the earth. oven though the lntler
might have more awa, and, unless de.
ceived by the desler, be would not
pay as wach for it In consequence
the price has dropped to $50 a karat,
The emerald ix another stone which |
x cleverly imitated. A perfect etnerild
Is the ravest thing in the world. It is
sharacterintic of the emerald to be
flawed, and all good imitations cone
taln artificial flaws. A flawless en
erald I» immediately an oliject of sus.
picion., The only ones in eXistetice
have been obtained by cutting away |
{the greater part of sotse large and
: beautiful stone, leaving only the small
part free from defect. This In a very
extravagant method, since It fs the
tolor by which the etiorald In fudgad.
The few fawiesy emeralix in exist
ence ave Bald at fabulous prices. The
color most be a deep rich green. Ime
'} the surging sea. some being (sued to | tations are made by chemical pro-
cesses, and a good Imitation is nearly
as valuable as the real. The paste of
which they are made is bhardensd hy
beat until it will stand the so-called
(fle test—tBhat du ft will not be
scratched by a bard English file made
for the purposes.
Another Imitation is known as the
It is made by a process
thin layer of real stone Is cemented on
This method, which
is practiced In France, is also employed
to makes imitation sapphires and ra
hies. The very cheap imitations are
made of glass
Sone of the clevereat work Inc fame
gedr] is in its sheen, and its face a:
depends on sheen, size and color, The
gooud artificial pear! i» now given all
af these charseteristics to a degree
{ almost equal to the one made In the
aliell of the oyster. Even the “nacre”
which {8 the faild in the shell of the
oyster which deposita the caleareous
‘layers of the pearl, has been repre
duced chemically, and the pearls are
put into 4 revolving eylinder and kept
(rolling in the uaere until they take on
the real coating. Fermerly the arth
fcial pear! was Slown, but with all the
sare possible this process left a smal
aonb, which marked it as artificial. So
pow they are dropped In a tower lke
The price of pearls, as of other
stones, varies in accordance with the
demand of the hoor. Just now they
{are very high and the best imitations
will bring better prices than the poor
upposid to be the most valuable, but
very dune fresh water pearls
have been found WB Tennessee and
Wisconsin,
The expert distinguishes the real
fiom the artificial precios stone In
varions ways. The fle test hag been
{mentioned Dealers also have a little
i pleve of 8 certain Kind of bard quarts
which ix worked to a point, and which
wil seated glasa and mest imitations,
But the expert goes most on appear
anoe. He learns to oak for certain
characturistion of color and stractural
make-up. He recognizes the #aws,
Finally an expert will tell you be has
an intpivton. Ir fa lke the feminine
faculty of Ynowipng withonr alwars
knowing the reasons why 86 Louls
¢ Globe-Diemocerat,
Dredging Rivers For Gal 8
Dredaing rivers in gold bearing conn.
gold bas hecoms a
and dredges of
and edpacity are
rear in
i dustry,
| power
being bulls
cto dredge sixty Teet below the water
Une and te reach sixty feet above it
along the banks,
Shap a bm a"
Where Balsons Are Grown.
Califorzia is the only ralsin growing
State in the Union,
| portant to the hotel man, bowever, Is
fogs amd were long and broad. Now
tively low cellings.
other why the rooms are so small
And | right renson.
in tree surgery. or the methods of treat. |
er
comes pecessary to apply the kaife or |
prunin
ing
if time the wound will probably be
healthy Sgais Washingron Star.
more enselvalble than that of Archi
the problem stl absorbed him
The Oriental pearl fs)
i fur
aot OF Ruow
wosinderiul |
“The evolution mn hotels during
past few years has been Interesting”
said Mr. Charles Logan, of New York,
who Is In town for a few days. “Of
are the extensive modern Improve
ments, such as baths, washstands
telephones, ete, in each room and the
generally improved equipment of the
buildings. A feature which Is not
paticeable, but one which is very Im
the deobonse in the size of the rooms
Hotel rooms used to have high ceil
they are mostly small, with comparg.
“Bometimes [ haar guo~is ask each
nowadays, and they seldom hit on the
of erecting and operating a hotel is
much greater than formerly, while
the extent of the patronage is about
the same. It ix pecessary to make the
rooms small In order that the same
space may bring bigger returns.
“Take one big room which used to
produce, say, £3 a day, and it is now
cut in two, so as to make the same
space produce 38 of $5 a day. Take
the case of your pew hotel just fin-
ished bere. The hotel which used to
occupy its site contained about 180
rooms. The new one contains 250
rooms, but look at the difference in|
the cost of the two hotels and in the
of maintiining and operating
them. ‘A hotel that gsed to cost $200.
000 now costs $1,000,000.” Washing-
ton Powe.
Proxress i» Pros Surgery. ;
While surgery as applied to man has
made great strides in rocent years,
thers has also been very great progress
A GA Lr RA AS
trees and shrubbery when ft be.
shears. Many a tree Is liv
ay that would have died a fow |
geara ago from causes that would have
brought on death, but which today |
are successfully treated. An lostance |
of this progress can be seen in the
Simon Cameron tree, as the spreading |
elm near the footpath leading from |
| New Jersey avenue to the south wing |
of the Capitol Is called. The tree re
ceived the name by which It ix uni
versally Koown now when the eller
Olmstead laid out the Capite’ grounds, |
and provided for a footpath which,
would have siade Decessary the re.
moval of the stately old «lm that wns |
so greatly admired by Senator Shen |
Cameron. Mr. Cameron interested him. |
golf in saving the tres with the result |
that it was allowed to stand In the
fuente of 4 space that would otherwise |
have Leen coverad with = granolithic |
walk. The tree fSonrished vail a year |
or #0 ago, when an amputation besame |
neccesary. Ones of its Big mbes show.
ug signs of decay. was cut off. The
operation was suitcessfol enough, hat
the wound belong left open, in the
rourse of time decay set in. The de |
cay was working Into the very vitals
of the om, and would have killed It
ina few years but recourse Was taken
ia an operation that ix now very fre.
quently appiiad in tree surgery, The
decayed portion was seraped off, and a
cover of asphaltum was placed over it
{ arrest further decay. The tree ia}
now as well off ss would be a man
with a Hob amputated apd properiy
dressed with antiseptioxs. In the course
healed and the tree will be perfectly
Ths Ane Anined LE was
entrance when the Columbia professor
cate along, engossad ing problem
weds and Ris alloyed gold erown
“Minter,” #id the beggar, “i yer
plaise, kin yer belp 8 poor man to a
cup of coffee’ 1 ain't had vothin’ to
ate for a day.” :
The professor looked at the man, ting
Hea
pulled our a gurrter and looked at it |
“That's all I've pot, my man Can |
you give nue change for ity” :
“Yiu, Sir, I think I Kin” and then be
started.
“Here you are, Bin” said the beggar,
Banding the profissor two dimes and
# nickel
The profegscr took the change, but |
returned the nickel {
“This fur you and much oliliged.” be |
sad, i
“Thank you, Sir!" responded the beg. |
gar.
And then the two absentaninded ones
eguh pursasd bis way.«-New York
Times.
The Judge Attempt to Get a Cook.
The wife of one of the meinbers of
the bead judicwmry baa sensidernbie
diffeulty in keeping servauts, and the
other day she dismissed three Inn
baseh. The Judge was rather annoyed |
at the copsequent nek of service in|
its Begsehold, apd annsunesd that
therepalive be hosel? wold engage
the servants, amd then perhaps things |
wonld go more smessthiy. 80 he cut
ois a aomiber of advertisements from
the “sitgations want!” colnmu of a
sew spanner. aml siarred ont In his eal
to visit We various adar vi, Hig |
frst stop was in front of adits house
na prtow streel Ff 1owhich & ccok
bad advertised, Fi saw hier and was
faverably mpressed, “1 am looking
8 “Sarre, anti
soiled the cool. |
“Of anly eft your house yestidday © |
The Judoe nade a hasty and undige
aided retreat and devided to allow
his wile to voptinige in ber direction
in the housebeld dfairs~Philadeiplia |
Revord.
New South Wales has an agricultu
ral college
geand con” Be sald.
TH
Fs
It is beenviap the cost |
though most of the
vitality
send thelr meds down through it
parting the plants,
the lack of moisture,
Foed ad eo in erence to ‘the :
mew. #0 is to allow the Dew corr. te dry.
It old corn ls gone, feed outs with the
new doin, as the sew corn sometimes
does harin when fed wo Hberally.
AR Crops Have Sores Vales.
All crops grown on a farm are vale.
able for some purposs
not be suitable for market, but may
serve ax food for stock, thus liberating
sonsthing mare valnalde to be soll
There i» ove receptacle for all mn
{ terinls that cannot
be utilized the |
maviure heap. It ia Fr the mange
heal that the refuse of the farm Is |
distributed, to be harvested again I
other forms.
The Fat in the Milk,
It fs not the fat (cream) in the milk
thar causes iin incrense In cost for
food, but the solide
potiish nnd phosphates are in the skim
| mill. The difference between the solids |
#0 far as actual value
is concerned. is but ibtle, as the skim
milk oan be utilized on the farm to:
and the fat,
advantage. Fat in milk costs less in
proportion to its market prices than
aay other article produced on the farm. |
When » Cow 4 Goes Pry.
“Iioes any one believe & cow should |
0 dry two months before calving to
get rest and to nourih calf? was 8
Cquention asked at a farmers’ just
tute. One dpswer was:
“1 hive
some cows with Jersey cross, seven
years old, thit bave not been dry in,
four years, and gave thirty pounds of |
milk & day right along: just as they
came ba the quantity would shrink
to ten or twelve pounds, and the ealt |
apparently wis as strong as those fed |
frome the other cows that bad gone!
dry.” Apether was: “I have foond
betior results by allowing a cow six
or elght weeks’ reat bofore ealving than |
to rush them. I have known sulnials
Kept up continually, to give a phenom
“nal record for one year and fall off
the next” Flere ary two representa
tive answers to this perplexing ques
tion. Tet experiopes teach the better
plan.~The Dairyman.
Heeriasiand Mash Kio
is by pressure, moel the sime 8g is
required when ple crust 1s rolled with o
rolling pin.
farvaer, who has only on small dairy,
the style of butter worker shown ip :
the accompanying flvstration will ydve
Rood satisfaction,
oxy of construction. It consists of a
long, hrge rolling pin, In the end of |
which ls put an roy pin that. in turn,
is tu :
erably higher than the roller. Thus, by
taking Bold of the handle at the other
end, one can use it both as lever und
roiling pin. The roller may be ronnd,
ar sfx or elghtsided, just as It 8 pre!
ferred;
As ein be seen in the pleture, the
; butter worker is trigngunlar In shape,
and ir shendd be about twenty to tween.
by hur mehes wide, by three feet long.
| Io pafng {tthe roller should be moved
and pressed down hard, |
right and lef
More ar less practice will be required,
of course,
his, vonpled with
returns — New York Tribuge
mA
Pall Plowing.
The deener we can plow in the fall
the Letter will the sail be!
: for the crops 0”
¢ Bhallow plowing las Hx mivantages,
and its place, but
of the year,
the following season.
Wa
down fo the subsoil some time
fervility and plant
food stay near the surface; thers Is
much good wmwaterial that
ually turned over with the plow,
mast ger ax th
#iitk,
That
Ir will save
and strength
way throngeh the tough, elastic soil
Take some nds and examine
pail below the frst Sew inches, It will
be found so bard and compact that you
eannot womler that phints refuse
fs atinest a physica
sequently. wo ve saolive roots sup.
cares they wither ap amd die, What
wir fre} ale craps with
toed far down ig the sail
fact, that they will never
#0 deep,
complished only the
ehanienl comiid
inl far Below {he surface.
i aevomplishiient
thoroughly,
by milking
HNN
it ane will
plow antl the
thoroughly smashed and beokon
to pleces, mad plow when pear fall
and winter Lio not be afraid of subs
Gin plowing Iwill «do the best of
ads good, It will tear up soil that
has not been touched, Bt may be, for
centuries, If will sometimes revesl
unexpected stovepuuses of fertility.
American Cultivator.
sduw deonly
2 «
werd iw
A crop miny
Each snowflake ix a tiny "a :
And Juny sparking ans ww :
When with our dear old sill we catch the:
And oid snowball hurtling fang Miter
SERA desl an
The nitrogimn, |
Now, for the average
nnd will be found |
ied in 8 bole at the end of the!
feanse, the sides of this belong consid |
hut it should always diminisb |
In size towmxd the cad farthest fio
: , : the handle i
standing on Park Row pear the bridge
aed tO get way
Ad ;
gradually
| winks down Delow the sell that 18 use
We!
i& to abtsin the Dest pee!
Moll and sobssil may be turned
aver, pulverized and broken ap.
im the oBleet of plowing.
the roots of plants Drowusing up their
in pushing their
this |
Tad
jr
I inpossibitity. Con. |
amt when dronght
their feet bars
in
suffur fram
This can be ae
off the soll Copgens
This in easy |
pone
Mra Ven Blumer-“Ths minister
- preschied the most touching sermon [
ever hegrd.”
| Von Blumer—“How much did he
raise i" Judge.
Boer Are ‘Worth Cultivating. :
He-“What do you think about the
microbes in kisses theory? 4
She (cheerfully "I've geard that we
coukin't get along without certain
kinds of microbes.’ ro Pack.
A Bad Sigs,
Jiffer-*] don't belleve that Stubbs
writey Lis poems at all”
Juff—*You dent?" tof
Jiler--“ No: he pever offers to recite
them.” =Detralt Free Press!
She-*You wen claim to be the wit
of tha earth?” :
He (mildly)-"“But, my dear, we have
never dented your claim to belug the
pepper’—San Praneiseo Bulletin,
Deckied to Stay.
“Oh, George, what do you think bap
pened to-day?
“Ing you fing a 320 gold plece®™
i “Better than that! Our sew cook
has sent for her trunk." —Detroit Free
i
¢ The Vulnerable Polat. :
i Perty.~"Pve made Pauline sorry tae
she thiréw me over"
© Guy-tIan what way? .
: Perey "Why. I'm attentive now
8 girl five years younger than she Is”
| ~Detrolt Free Preso.
The Coming Vielter,
Edpar—Alice, my mother is rather
brusque in speech and manner”
Allpe--0Oh, well, 1 don't cave how
she treats me, but | do wish you would
she trests cook” Detroit Free Press.
A Britiimnt Conception.
4B
by our ~Puck.
"Twould Bs Too Many Conlis. oH
Mra. Hiram Offen—~"Amd do you
think you could do the cooking for the
{ family with a little help from me?
Apphlieant—"No, ma'sm, i do notT™
Mrs Hiram Offen—"You don't ™
Applicant—“No, ma'am, but Om
ware Of cud do it without auny belp
from you "Philadelphia Press
Nap-Comanittal,
“Ira yon think the world is growing
worse of hatter?’
“1 uhouldn't venture an opinion.” sald
the man who makes po pretensions
far a4 new hand to do extra’
work, nt enough of t
| good Judgment, is sure te bring sats
; {ying
to being a philosopher "One's ime
pressions on that point are Hiely to
depend largely on the kind of society
| he bappeus to get into.”—Washiogton
% KRtar.
The Ren
“1 suppose you realize that yon are
pow al a oritical period in your ose
reer,” said the friend
“1 do," answered the new member of
Congress. "1 am kept awake wonder
ing which of the old, old stories the
people who get up apecdotes are going
to make me the hero of V-Washibgton
Star,
J Eiterary Sulijects.
“Whom did vou discuss at your He
erary club this afternoon, dear asked
the lasband in the evening.
“far me see,” murmured his wile,
“Oh, yes [ refoomber now! Why, we
| discussed that woman who recently
| movil into the house across ihe street
tron us aud Longfellow "—Ohie State
Jouraal.
A Ditculty of Language.
“amy afraid,” ssid the eminent
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