An Illinois farmer hr.s taken the tew woman movement seriously by applying to an employment office for a woman to plow his farm for him. , What to do with our had boys is a question which a New Jersey Judge has answered satisfactorily liy order ing the mothers to spank them in open court. • Twenty-eight States have declared through their Legislatures in favor of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote. The postal cheek currency idea is endorsed by business men and news papers all over the country and will surely he adopted. It will he a great convenience to the millions of people who are out of reach of hanks and money-order offices. The inscription prepared by i'resi 'dent William A. Tucker, of Dartmouth College, and accepted by the State Committee for the tablet for the United States battleship Ivcarsarge reads: "From the State of New Hampshire to the battleship Kear sarge. Dedicated to Justice, Honor, and Freedom, iu the Service of a Re united reople." "Elder Benjamin Harrison, Indian apolis," is announced as one of the committee on the revision of the West minster Confession appointed by the Moderator of the Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly, his name following a list of nine ministers and being among seven laymen at the end. Thus in the precedence of the Church worldly dignity yields to religious dignity. A French educational journal pub lishes the answers to a number of questions put to the pupil:; of the acad emies in the Department of the Nord, or Northern Province of France. The questions were placed in the hands of 37,000 children, who had to answer the questions without consultation with each other or with their friends or relatives at home. Among the boys interrogated more than 14,000 con fessed to smokiug cigarettes, cigars or pipes. One question put was: "Are you happy?" To this question about 32,000 boys and girls answered "Yes." On the contrary, 1553 boys and 000 girls had the courage to say "No." Another question put to the pupils was whether thoy hoped to be happier after they left school. The majority of the boys answered "Yes." A large majority of the girls answered "No." They were also asked: "Do you wish to be wealthy?" to which the great majority of the boys and girls very uaturally answered "Yes." We are so accustomed of beating the world at everything that it is difficult to believe there can be a railway train in France that exceeds the speed at tained by our fastest expresses. Yet the Journal of German Engineers de clares that the fastest train in the World at present is one on the French Northern Railroad, which makes its regular run from Paris to Amiens, a distance of eighty-two miles, without stop, in one hour and a quarter, which is equal to sixty-live miles an hour. The time schedule of French railways contains not less than ten trains which, in distances of more than six ty-two miles, make an average of over fifty-six miles an lionr. Compared with this record, says the Journal, the English railroads are considerably be hind. The best time—sixty miles an hour—is made on only one train be tween Perth and Forfar, a distance of thirty-three miles. The German rail road management does not permit a speed of more than tifty-six miles an hour, and the average is much less. Liberia has, through its Minister at Washington, made a request of this country for a navy. This may seem strange, but there is a precedent for the demand, because a corvette was presented by the United States when that republic was organized as a sov ereign power. Unfortunately, the cor vette was lost and Great Britain then presented the West African republic with two flat-bottomed vessels. They also disappeared beneath the waves. The government of Liberia, thinkir.g that the United States might have a surplus of vesoeis in her auxiliary navy purchased during the Spanish war, made its wants known to the Navy Department, specifying that only light-draught vessels are needed, because they are to be used to patrol the shallow waters of her coast . prevent smuggling. The republic wants only two ships, hut Secretary Long lias found it impossible to grant even this modest request. If he had been able to do so, Congress would have to be called upon to make the gift. THE SUMMER GIRL. BY SAMUEL MMTTttX PECK. Tl<s daisies in the meadow grass are smiling at the sun. The apple blooms have drifted iu the lane. The feet of Spring are passing, Summer's revels have begun— Don t you hear the happy robin's mellow strains? Yet there's something that i miss, A lacking mars mv bliss .did the blossoms which the dews of morn empearl. She tarries. What belates her? Behold a throne awaits her. That love hath built her in my heart— The winsome Summer Girl. I know that she will smile at me in just the same old way, I know just how her tiny teeth will peep. Her frolic laugh will lure me o'er the hillside, through the spray J- ill I see her dimples twinkle in my sleep. Naught will alter but her gown, When she hies hc?r from the town So set the brains of all the beaux a-whirl; And when the blossoms shatter t And the birds of Rumnjer scatter, She'll vanish with the butterflies— The winsome Summer Girl. Harper'9 Bazar. ITHET(STFHSOMINEI § A By Henry Hdelbert Tl~|ornpson. 3 MIXES have been discovered iu many strange ways, but any one from Gila Bend to (, Beuson will tell you that there is nothing stranger iu the min ing history of Arizona than the way In which "Tom" Harper, then a raw Easterner, found the lost mine of the rieaelio Peak. Most people In that country say it was "tenderfoot luck " but the lion. James Pentield contends that his partner worked it all out iu his mind beforehand. Harper was then a young man from tiie East, who had a little money. Penlield was a young man from 'lie West, who had no money, hut who knew cattle. This was the basis of their partnership. They leased the Tortilla Ranch iu Arizona lor ten years, with the privilege of purchase at the end of the time. I'eufleld one day bought a pair of mules, led them home, and turned them into the stockade corral; then he went into the house to supper. "Too dark to see them to-night," he said to Harper, as he tossed his som brero in the corner and sat down at the table, "hut wo will have a look at them in the morning. I know them of old, and they are all right. Used to belong to Barlow. But I was forget ting, you never knew Barlow. If you like, I'll tell you his story after sup per." "Well, it was this way," Penfiehl weut on, later. "Barlow kept the first stage station this side of Plcacho Peak for twenty years. He was an eccen tric old fellow, with a taste for soli tude, aud he kept no one about Ids place except a Mexican half-breed who acted as cook. In fact this Mexi can was the real manager of the es tabishment. Barlow devoting most of bis attention to cattle-raising in a small way. "One morning, about three years ago, he found that his ouly pair of mules had escaped from the corral and taken to the brush, so he started out on their trail. In the evening lie re turned with them, but stopped at the station ouly long enough to eat sup per, which he ordered the cook to get In a hurry. The Mexican was used to Barlow's ways, aud paid little or no attention to ids movements. When questioned afterward he remembered only that Barlow changed his clothes, which were very wet, ate a hearty meal, jammed some provisions into his saddle-bags, saddled a horse and rode off in the darkness. The next day, near sundown, he came back, agala ordered a hasty supper, and took the west-hound stage, which passed his place about 8 o'clock that ivening for Casa Graude. "When Barlow had been at Casa Grande tweve hours, and had made .. mysterious visit to the assayer's office every man in the town knew tnat the grumpy and drunken old fellow had struck one of the richest gold mines ever found in Southern Arizona. His pockets were crammed with speci mens which assayed S3UOO to the ton, and this in a country where ore which runs 3100 to the ton is considered rich. "Barlow told everybody that he had come to Casa Grande to get men and tools to work the claim, lie blabbed this in all the saloons, and that was the beginning of the great spree that killed him. Two days after he was dead. The secret of the location of his claim died with him. He had been plied with questions, but had uot given the slightest clue which might lead others to his new mine. "Wlieu it was told iu Casa Grande that Barlow was dead, there was a great hubbub. I was there, and was one of the first to leave for the Pieacho station. All the men of the town were racing at the heels of my horse. It was then that we put Barlow's Mexican cook under cross-examina tion, hut we soon saw that he knew nothing. "The one important piece of infor mat ion lie gave was as to the length of time Barlow was absent from the station when lie weut after the mules. As he had been gone only twelve hours or so. we knew that ills discov ery must lie in the Pieacho Peak yon der, for it is the only elevation within thirty miles of Barlow's place, and so the fact of his being absent only a short time was positive evidence that the rich ledge was somewhere in the Pieacho Peak, so we went straight to it. "I think that in twenty-four hours almost every stringer and outcrop of quartz on the sides of that mountain were located. From the very edge of tlio desert on the east, up the long slope to the high peak at the west end, the surface of the mountain was dotted with corner pots of claims. In fact, the mountain was examined, as it were, microscopically. "But nothing more valuable tt-sa the commonest kind of 'bronco' quartz was ever discovered. The location of Barlow's gold-bearing ledge is a mys tery to this day." "I would like to find that m.ue," said Tom Ilarpcr. "So would every man between Tuc son and Yuma," Penfield replied. "But where tho most expert mine' s of Arizona have failed, it is not likely that a New Jersey tenderfoot would succeed. It would be fun to see vcu try it." "I intend to try it," said Tom, reso lutely. "Will you come along?" "Why, certainly, nothing would please uie better. But what line are you going to work on?" "Did any one think of following tha trail of the mules from the Picacho station and back again?" asked Har per. renfleld says he had to laugh before he replied: "I suppose that the idea of trailing the mules was uppermost in every man in the crowd at the Picacho station the morning after Barlow's death. But every trace left by the animals had been washed out by a thunderstorm, and considerable rain fell while we were prospecting the mountain." "Did any one think of turning the mules loose at the station," asked Tom, "and then following them up?" "No," replied Penlield, feeling sur prised. "Well, It might have amounted to something. Animals are creatures of habit. They follow the same route in feeding day after day; they go to the same place for water, although there may lie equally good springs near. Now those mules of Barlow's proba bly had the run of the range often. When they bolted that morning the chances are ninety in a hundred that they took a trail that they were used to, and followed it until they were overtaken. And mules, unless closely pushed, would not climb the mountain side, but keep on or close to the level ground." "Go on," said Penlield, now becom ing much interested. "Now," continued Harper, "we may turn our attention to Barlow. He was simply in pursuit of his runaway ani mals, and it is not likely that he turned aside to make a prospecting trip up the side of the mountain. So if ho found a gold mine that day he stumbled on it accidentally, and he found it at or near the base of the I'ieacho Peak." "And you may add," Interrupted Pontleld, "that he succeeded In hiding it away effectually." "Yes, that is a point. The problem is to find something which has been concealed somewhere in the neighbor hood of the route of two wandering mules. If we knew their route the problem would be simplified." "And you propose to find it by tak ing Barlow's mules, which 1 bought this afternoon, to the old station, turn ing them loose, and following their trail? Bright boy! The scheme is worth trying. To-morrow we will take the mules up to the Pieaclio sta tion and turn them loose, and the next morning wo will take their trail. We shan't find the mine, but we shall have done our best to find it." "Tho surprising thing to me," re marked Harper, "is your way of mak ing a practical application of ideas. The notion of following the mules was simply something that occurred to me, but 1 am ready to try It if you are. Anyhow, it will give me an "opportu nity to see the Pieacho Peak at close range." Peulleld says they both felt foolish the next morning but one, wben they started out from Barlow's old station with provisions for twenty-four hours, and each carrying a light prospecting pick over his shoulder. Barlow bad gone afoot, and Harper insisted that • hey should follow bis example. The trail of the mules, plain to Ten field's experienced eye, led them in a southeasterly direction, around rather than directly toward the peak. The animals had fed leisurely along for some time, and then, us the Western partner announced, had moved on more rapidly. The two men made easy progress. The occasional patches of mesquit through which the animals bad wan dered gave them some shade as the sun rose higher and higher over the desert. Gradually the trail led them to the base of the' mountain, and they began to ascend the extreme end of the long ridge In which the peak ends to the eastward. At this point a well-defined cattle trail led over a low "saddle" in the ridge, and as they reached the top of this saddle Penficld saw the mules calmly switching away the llles under a mesquit tree on the desert beyond. "There they are," said Penfield, pointing. "Then," remarked Harper, "I think that we are close to the lost mine." "Why?" "Because this is the only point at which the trail of the mules has touched the mountain." .Standing on the summit of the range they carefully looked over the ground and then went slowly down the north side of the ridge. Near tho foot of the slope the trail skirted the edge of a small pond. "One of old man Barlow's tanks," Pentield said. There had been a small spring in the side of the gully, and when Barlow first began to pasture his stock on the range he built a dam across the g'Uly below the spring, and so made a wa tering place for his cattle. After Pen field had explained this the two young men set about prospecting the ridge. They were at this more than three hours, carefully examining every square foot for a hundred yards or more on both sides of the trail. At last Penfield said: "We are simply beating over ground which has been searched again and again by the best mine*s in Arizona." lie wanted to stop, and before long Harper agreed that It would be use less to waste fruther time in looking. They caught tho mules without dlffl city and started in the direction of the station. Harper was silent and looked moody —he was thinking hard. After they had gone about a mile he proposed to go back. "What has struck you now?" Pen field asked. "Why, we looked everywhere except in the place we ought to have looked. There is only one place near the trail over the ridge where Barlow coulli have hastily concealed the outcrop ping of a quartz ledge. Come and I'll show you." Penfield turned back without protest. Harper rapidly led the way to the watering-tank on the nearer slope, aud attacked the dam vigorously with ills pick. Soon he had made a breach near the base of the roughly con structed bank which backed the waters of the spring. The water began to trickle through the opening, and as the united efforts of both men dis lodged a large boulder from the soft ened earth, the pent-up flood burst through the aperture with great force, and in a few minutes the centre of the dam was swept away. The down-rush of the water carried with It much of the sand and sedi ment which had accumulated in the bottom of the pool, and exposed the original rock floor of the gully. A projecting knob attracted Penfleld's attention. Sliding down the bank to the bottom of the pool he struck this knob a few resounding blows with his pick, stooped a moment to examine the broken surface, and arose with a cry of exultation, holding aloft a frag ment of white honeycomb quartz. "Gold!" he cried. "The richest quartz I ever saw! Harper, we've got it!" The mystery of the lost mine has been clear since that moment. Barlow, following his mules, over took them near this tank. At the same time he discovered that the dam had been broken by the rush of the torrent down the gully. This torrent, by washing away the accumulated sedi ment, had exposed the ledge. Bar low, contemplating the wreck of the dam, had seen the outcropping quartz. A quick examination convinced him of the richness of his find. Hastening to his station he procured the neces sary tools, returned to the tank, se cured some speciments of the gold bearing rock and then rebuilt the dam. It was a simple, but most effectual method of concealment, for five hun dred of the sharpest men in the South west had passed over the place and passed by it without ever thinking of drawing off the the water from Bar low's tank.—Youth's Companion. I.lttte Foxes Kescuetl by Their Parent#. Some weeks ago a den of foxes was discovered on the bank of the Miami lliver near Itedbank, by three boys, John Bain, Lewis Shumate and a boy named Lloyd. Young Lloyd took two of them to his father's place, near Itedbank. They were fastened to a kennel with stout cords attached to collars. It is stated that persons in the vicinity frequently heard the old foxes bark at night, and a few days ago Farmer Lloyd, hearing a commo tion in the barnyard, went out and saw the parent foxes scurry away. He tlietf went to the kennel and found that the cords which had confined the young animals had been chewed in twain and the little ones were miss ing. It is the supposition that the par ent animals released their young and carried them away in their mouths, as a cat does her kitten.—Cincinnati En quirer. Tho Wettest Hours of the Day. .jr. It. H. Scott, who was until re cently the chief of our lueteorlogical office, has made a detailed examina tion of the records of the fall of rain in each of the twenty-four hours of the day, in order to find out which arc the driest and which tho wettest hours. The results show that in the West the heaviest rains occur in the early morning hours, and the least lain in the early afternoon. In the Bast, and also at inland places, the heaviest rains occur in the afternoon The records as a whole show that everywhere in our Islands the hours from about 10 o'clock in the morning to noon are drier than the rest of the day.—London Leisure Hour. te Tenf-Tenf. Teuf-teuf is the nickname bestoweu upon the automobile by the inventive Parisians. The name is supposed to express the murmuring plaint, half grunt and half gasp, which these ve hicles give vent to when en route. -J^FFAIRS Useful Ilium For nlao Monday. Clothes soaked over night are more readily loosened of dirt than if washed without any preparation. Mend all rips and tears before allowing the clothes to go to the wash and remove any stains. Prepare the clothes for soaking in this manner: Sort them into three piles, the tine white pieces that are little soiled, the medium soiled pieces and the dark, heavy pieces. Fill tubs with tepid water, mixing dissolved soap shavings and washing soda well into the water. There should be three tubs, one for each pile of clothing. Allow the clothes to soak over night. In the morning ring the clothes from the water and plunge them into a tub tilled with hot water and dissolved soap shavings and soda. Wash and rub them until they are as clean as they can be got, then rinse them in a second tub of hot water and soap and put in a boiler over the fire. The water in the boiler should be cold at first, and a little soda added to it if the water is hard. Let the water come to a boil in order to scald the clothes, then rinse them in two wa ters, and then in bluing water. The bluing water should never be too dark. A good way to test it is to take a hand ful from the tub, and if it is a light blue it is the right color. Flannels will require more care. They should be washed in water as warm as the hands can bear and in strong suds. The water should not be hot. Itinse in waters of the same temperature, and quickly. Do not rub the flannels nor wring them with the hands. Iron them before they are quite dry. FurniMliins: tlio I'ftrlor. In every parlor there must be a cen ter of interest to which the way is clear. All fire lovers make the hearth the point toward which all the inter ests of a room converge. Sofas are drawn up by it, chairs arranged near it, the best picture placed over it. The question of lights is carefully studied, and wherever a comfortable chair or sofa is placed, some pro vision for a lamp or a light from the window is considered. The grouping of chairs, tables and sofas is another point not to be neg lected, so that different sorts of in terests may be provided for without interfering with one another—that one may sit by the piano, for instance, and others have a tete-a-tete some where else. When one has 110 pictures, a flow ered paper on a parlor wall is effect ive. Sometimes relief is lent by a dado of velours or jute running to a height of some four feet, and finished by a narrow braid to match the body color, nailed on the wall with invis ible tacks. The furniture in this case should be covered lo match the dado, so that all the lower part of the room is left in one tone. Brass scones and mirrors alone should be hung on the walls. Yellow on the walls gives brightness and cheerfulness and sometimes a sense of uplifting, but one cannot get coziness with it. Much white is per missible with yellow. Relieved with a note of crimson, as when a red cur tain is hung at a door or a red cush ion makes itself felt, a yellow and white parlor becomes individual and charming.—Harper's Bazar. Orange Fritters—Divide the oranges into quarters, previously removing all the pulp carefully, so as not to break the skin. Dip each piece into frying batter and fry in deep fat till a golden color. Chicken Mayonnaise—Remove skin and bone from cold cooked chicken. Divide in rather large pieces. Just before serving dip each piece into mayonnaise dressing. Arrange neatly on a bed of lettuce and serve very cold. , Currant Buns—A piece of dough the size of a pint howl, add one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste, one cup cur rants, a little lemon peel. Knead well and form into a loaf, put into a deep buttered dish and rise two hours. Bake slowly for one hour. Mexican Cod—Pick fine a cupful of salted cod and soak in different waters until fresh enough to use. Fry a 'chopped onion iu a tablespoonful of butter to a rich brown and add the drained fish, with water enough to cover it, a green pepper chopped fine and a cupful of stewed tomato; cover and stew slowly for one hour. Serve. Corn Meal Crumpets—Two cupfuls of buttermilk, one heaping tablespoon ful of flour, one beaten egg, one tea spoouful of sugar, one teaspoouful of salt. Add Indian meal sufficient to make a batter of the proper con sistency. Dissolve a teaspoonfui of soda in a little warm water and add to the batter. Bake on a hot griddle. Molded Cabbage—Put a head of Savoy cabbage into a kettle of boiling water; cover, put in where it will keep hot—just simmer—for thirty minutes. Drain and chop fine; season with a ta blespoonful of butter, a teaspoouful of salt and one-fourth of a saltspoonful of white pepper. Tress into small **■ tlds, stand the molds in hot water for fifteen minutes. Turn onto a hot platter and serve with white sauce. Caiibage cooked slowly in this way will be white and delicate. MONEY TO BURN. tit a Cigar With It anil Stopped a lino on the Hank. "A run on a bank is a funny thing," said the old banker, who was in a reminiscent mood. "They will start without the slightest cause, and you never know when to expect them. It may be only a rumor, it may lie in the air, and the deed is done. Many a good bank has gone to the wall simply be cause there was 110 way to know that a run was in prospect, and there are times when the soundest bank in the world could not stand an unexpected run. "A number of years ago, when I was a young man, I was cashier of a bank in the interior of the State. The bank was in good condition and per fectly sound, and we did not dream that our credit would be questioned. But one day a run was started with out warning, and inside of two hours there was a howling mob around the bank, and we realized that we had a serious situation to face. "It was simply impossible for us to meet all the demands, but I paid out the funds that we had on hand, know ing full well that it was a question of only a few minutes when we would be obliged to close. "Finally the president of the bank came to me and said in a low voice: " 'How much longer can we hold out?' " 'Not over ten minutes.' I answered, wiping the beads of perspiration from my brow. "Calmly and deliberately he reached over to the money case, picked up a $lO bill, rolled it lengthwise, stepped to the stove and lit it. Thdn. with out a quiver of an eyelid, lie produced a cigar, bit off the end and proceeded to light it from the burning bill. "That move saved the bank. The man to whom at that moment I was handing his balance gasped and then, shoving the money back, said he would leave it. It was the turn of the tide, and the run ceased. We didn't even lose the $lO bill, as the president was careful enough to see that there was enough left to be redeemed."—Detroit Free I'rcss. Some Sea Yarn*. Among the officers was one most, amusing old follow, generally distin guished for his slovenly appearance and bad language. He had served most of his time in brigs and small craft, and was not quite at home in a big ship. Some of his yarns are worth repeating. As midshipman of a brig 011 the West Coast, the gun room officers were kept waiting for their pea soup, and, going forward to ascertain the cause, he found the black steward washing his feet in the soup tureen, preparatory to "dishing up!" The boatswain of the brig was challenged by the captain of a French ship for having Insulted him, and a rendezvous was arranged on shore. The boatswain landed with a ship's pistol, and observing the Frenchman waiting with his second under a palm tree, he at once opened lire 011 him, and advanced loading and firing till the Frenchman took to his heels The captain of the brig was much disliked by his officers, and being ill with yel low fever and likely to die, the first lieutenant used to drill the marines In (lie burial service on the deck over the captain's cabin, byway of cheering him up, the corporal giving his or ders in a loud voice, thus: "The corpse Is now a-coming up the 'atchway—re verse harms!" The skipper ultimately recovered.—From "Hurrah for the I.ife of a Sailor," by Vlce-Aduilral Sir William Kennedy. A Dog'* Supplication. "Mike" is the name of a little gray, silky-lialred spaniel, whose home is on Maryland avenue, and lie is a most cunning and amusing animal, and as wise as it is possible that a little dog can lie. His mistress lias taught him' many tricks. He can tell you what he does when the policeman comes, play ing dead dog, and he can call his mis tress when the telephone bell rings, and is altogether a delightful dog. He lias been taught to beg for things, and his begging looks for all the world like coaxing, so cunningly is it done. The other day his mistress sent him up stairs to get her slippers. He came down presently with one, and she seut him back for the other, but again he returned without it. He was sent back, and this time he stayed so long that his mistress went up stairs her self to see what was keeping him. A heavy satchel bad fallen upon the slip per, and the little dog, after trying in vain to move it, sat on ills hind legs, with his little paws raised in supllca than, hoping that he might persuade the satchel to get off the slipper. He was probably convinced that his pray er was cffleaeious when ills mistress lifted the hindrance.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. An Iritili ITorie-Tniner. It is no easy matter to quell "the fiery untamed steed." "The man who can hreak in a vicious horse is not to he met with every day," observed a horse • breeder, "and when a really good man is found he may command a lot of money. "I suppose that an Irishman named Sullivan was one of the greatest of horse-tamers. His power was wonder ful. and owners of vicious horses clam ored for his services. He always per formed his work in secret, causing himself and his fractious charge to be shut up together for about half an hour. "When the signal was given, the door w?.s opened, and the horse, cov ered with perspiration and trembling violently, was seen lying down with the Irishman familiarly playing with him. The spirit hitherto so intracta ble was completely broken: the steer, from which the boldest rider shrank to mount a child might have ridden with the utmost safety."—New York News.
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