"THE HOME GOING "
OF SILENT SAM,!!
,
It was a strange conglomeration of
humanity that occupied the mining
camp in Itocky Gulch, among them
no representatives of the gentler sex
until Joe Hardy—Honest Joe, they dub
bed him—drifted-' into the camp, ac
companied by his brave young wife.
Some way the camp seemed different
after "Mrs. Joe" came. There may
have been no less drinking, but there
was less brawling; there was .perhaps
Just us much gambling, but there was
less shooting, and when Joe's baby
came a wave of reformation actually
swept through the camp.
It became the custom to gather
around Joe's cabin every Sunday, and
the baby was gazed at with mingled
awe and admiration. As months went
by Babe, as every one called her,
developed cute and affectionate ways,
nnd she was almost worshiped by
those rough miners.
TherC came a sad day for Rocky
Gulch, however. Babe was ill. She
lay upon her little bed, tossing her tiny
arms and moaning plaintively. The
miners knocked off work nnd gathered
In anxious groups a little distance from
the cottage. St. Louis Joe closed his
saloon tight, and he declared not one
drop would the boys get till Babe got
well.
"Ain't a-goin ter hev some galoot git
full nn git a-shootln off his gun nn
dlsturhin Bnbe," he said.
Half a dozen of the men remained up
nil night near the cottage, "to be on
hand," they said, "ef Joe wanted any
thing."
The second night Silent Sam offered
to sit by Ilabe to "spell" Joe and his
wife. His sendees were accepted,
though Joe and his wife took turns
sitting up with him.
"You are as linndy as a mother," re
marked Mrs. Joe, after Sam had been
ministering to the little sufferer.
Sam swallowed a big lump in his
throat two or three times before he
replied:
"I had a little feller about Babe's
age when I left home two year agoue."
"I should think you would want to
go home to your family, Sam," Haid
Mrs. Joe. "They must miss you sadly."
"Me an the old woman had some
words. That's why I left," said Sam.
"Guess I was mostly to blame, though,"
he added, "an purty hasty."
"I'd go back," said Mrs. Joe softly.
Babe didn't improve and the anx
iety of the community deepened day by
day. At last one night, shortly after
midnight, Joe came to the half dozen
men who still kept their nightly vigil
near his cabin. They gathered around
him.
"Any change, Joe?" they eagerly in
quired.
Joe struggled some minutes to reply,
and then, with a sob, said:
"Babe's gone," nnd rushed past the
group into darkness.
Every inhabitant of Rocky Gulch
knew of Babe's death long before
morning, and the most of tliem were
gathered at a respectful distance from
the cabin when Joe stepped to tlie door
after sunrise.
"Come in, boys, an see her," he said,
and one by one they filed past tlie
peaceful figure, which lay with a smile
on the sweet, upturned face.
"It's a cryln shame." said Coyote
Pete, "tliet tlie Babe can't hev a genu
ine, first class funeral, but there ain't
no show for a spread in this hole."
"Ef there was time I'd go ter Frisco
an tote a casket in on my back." said
Red Mike, "but there aiu't, so's no'use
tnlkiu."
"Now. don't ye fret," snid Bnldy
Slick, "Babe's goln ter hev a funeral,
tlie like of which ain't been seen in Noo
York itself," and he unfolded his plan
to tlie boys.
Two of Bnldy Slick's tattles were
torn apart and a rude casket was con
structed of tlie boards. The Inside was
lined with a beautiful dry moss
gathered from tlie mountain side, tlie
outside coated Willi fresh pitch, upon
which was sprinkled gold dust, con
tributed by the willing miners.
A grave was hollowed out in a pleas
ant place near Joe's cabin, and that,
too, was lined with moss, upon which
was sprinkled some of the dust.
When the casket was taken, to the
house Joe nnd his wife broke down
completely.
"Oli, it is so sweet!" said Mrs. Joe,
"and it is so kind of you. We were
troubled to think that Babe could not
have a nice burial, and now this—
this"— And she could say no more.
. The services at tlie grave were
simple. Mrs. Joe had a Bible, and
Silent Sam was asked to read a chapter.
He did so. nnd then the little form was
lowered into the mossy bed prepared
for it. One by one tlie men passed the
open grave, tossing in their last offer
ing to Bnbe, fresh blooming flowers
gathered from tlie mountain side, and
as they turned from tlie grave they
each took Joe nnd ills wife by tlie
hand in silent sympathy.
Silent Sam was the last to clasp their
bands, nnd as he did so he said:
"Goodby, Joe; goodliy, Mrs. Joe.
I'm goln home to my little feller an
the woman."—Buffalo News.
Decidedly Not.'
A young wife came to her mother
one day with fire in her eyes and in
dignation ill her voice.
"Harry toid uie a little while ago,"
she snid, "that there was no use call
ing my hair auburn. He said it was
'several stations beyond Auburn on tlie
road to Reading!"
"I wouldn't mind that, Clara," said
the mother. "It was merely one of ills
pleasantries,"
"No. It wasn't!" exclaimed tlie young
wife, with a saving gleam of humor.
"It was one of his unpleasnntries!"—
Exchange.
THE GLASS OF FASHION.
Once more it is prophesied that
lingerie petticoats are to oust silk pet
ticoats.
Picture hats are evidently the ac
cepted keynote for autumn and winter
millinery.
Tlie abbe collar, made of linen or
wired inee and turning down in tabs in
front like a priest's collar, is a fancy
of the moment in Paris.
White satin is pre-eminently the lin
ing for fall coats. Little else is used
by knowing tailors, and the quality ot
the satin must be excellent.
Point d'esprit, on which are applied
trailing sprays of lace, is to be one of
the most popular materials for young
girls' evening gowns during the winter.
'Squares of oriental cloth make styl
ish and inexpensive trimming for cloth
gowns, if artistically used in combina
tion with gold buttons, buckles or
braid.
The girl who never before wore silk
stockings wears them tills season.
Women have suddenly developed a
mania for fancy and beautiful hosiery,
and the stocking counter of a good
shop would make a rainbow feel faded.
Automobile coats for autumn wear
are shown In cranberry red cloth,
heavily strapped, severely plain and
three-quarter length. The three-quar
ter length coats seem destined to take
the place of the trailing coats of last
season, so far as severe cloth coats arc
concerned.
The craze for gold trimming is de
veloping In a most effective way
through combination with heavy lace.
Beleros of guipure, point de venise,
carrickross, etc., are applied upon gold
tissue and finished with gold buttons
or tassels. Bands of the lace also are
applied to bauds of gold tissue and
used upon cloth or silk with excellent
results.—New York Sun.
THE TROTTING CIRCUIT.
Laura Dlllard Is another good green
one by Hal Dillard, 2:04%. At Oil City
she was second In 2:18%.
Miss Conley won the trotting race at
Lexington, Ky., recently after live
bents. Her best time was 2:10%.
Arlington, 2:09%, the other day se
cured a wagon record n quarter of a
second faster than ids mark to sulky.
The veteran trotter Huxham, 2:18%,
is still able to go winning miles in 2:20
or better, although this is his twelfth
season in public.
Pat Powers, the baseball man, is in
terested in a light harness race meet to
be held on the Gutteuberg track the
latter part of September.
Dr. Fuller has taken his pacer Carrie
L, 2:27%, to Long Island, driving
to the various points of interest be
hind the fleet little mare.
The new 2:10 pacer Lou Yauglian,
2:10, that promises much speed, is by
Reflector, 2:07%, and her dam is Ella
Brown, 2:11%, both campaigners.
It required 11 heats to decide the
2:20 and 2:17 trotting classes at Marl
boro, N. H„ a few days ago, Caesar A
capturing the first named and I till Top,
Jr., the latter.
Lucille, who recently broke the
wagon record at Chicago, is described
as "a model of beauty and symmetry
—grace and ease personified. Iler man
ners are perfect,, her courage above re
proach."
Ira A. Kip, Jr., has. entered his noted
high stepper Sir John A at Syracuse.
Tills horse won two blue ribbons and
was placed second to Alarm in the
championship class at Long Branch,
beating the famous Whirl of the Town.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Ilog manure is hard to excel for the
peach orchard.
The quince makes the best stock on
which to dwarf the pear.
Poultry for the plum orchard and
hogs for the apple orchard.
Clay soil or a preponderance of clay
is considered best for the quince.
An assortment of fruit grown proper
ly is safer than making any one kind
a specialty.
The soil for fruit trees, as well as
for farm crops, should be of good
quality aud well drained.
A dwarf tree Is one that is budded
or grafted on a different kind of stock,
having greater or less affinity, but uot
so congenial as its own.
One advantage with dwarf pears is
that they usually come into bearing
the second or third year after planting
out and are especially adapted to limit
ed grounds.
In selecting scions for grafting large
fruit trees get them from bearing trees.
Such scions will produce fruit quicker
than those cut from young trees which
have uot borne fruit.
Never allottv the blighted leaves and
branches to remain on the fruit trees.
They should be cut out nnd burned as
soon as discovered; otherwise the
disease spreads from branch to branch.
—St. Louis Republic.
APHORISMS.
Where boasting ends, there dignity
begins.—Young.
Borrowing Is not'much better than
begging.—Lessing.
True blesseduess conslstetli in a good
life aud a happy death.—Solon.
A chill air surrounds those who are
flown In the world.—George Eliot.
A brave spirit struggling with ad
versity Is a spectacle for the gods.—
Seneca.
Assure yourself you have accom
plished no small feat if only you have
learned patience.—Goethe.
The best way to do good to our
selves Is to do it to others; the right
way to gather Is to scatter. —Itleliter.
Nature often enshrines gallant nnd
noble hearts in weak bosoms; ofteuest,
God bless her, in womun's breast.—
Dickens.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Cover. For Sola IMllovv* Clothe*
Strainer and Llftei—To Know
Good Meat.
Ticking Is one of the most effective
und Inexpensive foundations for the
sofa pillows decorated with sporting
devices which are so popular. Cream
colored ticking makes an excellent
background for a golfing figure in
Scotch plaids and bright reds. A
yachting design is pretty on a pale blue
or a white ticking background. Ten
nis or any other form of sport may be
made the subject for interesting sofa
pillow decoration.
Linen and denim in various shades
are fashionable, pretty and cleanly.
Heavy drab colored cotton embroid
ered with an American Indian's head
in bright colors and finished with bead
work is extremely picturesque.
Turkey red linen with white corona
tion braid sewed on so as to form a
plaid effect and finished with a ruffle
of red ribbon around the border makes
a satisfactory pillow. Equally good Is
green pique with a conventional pat
tern in silk embroidery and feather
stitch braid. Green art denim makes
a good background for an embroidered
wild rose pntteru. An exceedingly ef
fective pillow may be made by em
broidering neutral shaded cotton with
a peacock pattern in tlio natural colors
of the bird's plumage. Almost all of
these designs can be bought all ready
to work at the art shops. Covers for
sofa pillows should lie provided with
buttons and buttonholes concealed by a
flap, so that they con be taken off
easily to be washed or otherwise
cleansed.
Woman's I.nlmr Saving Device.
The clothes boiler pictured below is
the invention of Ella E. Hunter of
Itoekport, Mo., and her intention Is the
production of a durable boiler provided
with an openwork clothes receptacle,
which can be raised and lowered by a
simple mechanism carried upon the ex
terior of the holler, and calculated to
CLOTHES STRAINKH AXD I.IFTKR.
facilitate the draining and removal of
the clothes. When the clothes have
boiled sufficiently, the crank Is re
volved to wind up the cable, which
passes underneath the basket, elevat
ing the latter and drawing out the
water, when the garments cool rapidly
and can he lifted out with the bands.
The crank is fitted with a pawl, which
locks the basket in Its elevated position
until It Is emptied, when the pawl is
released, to allow the basket to full
back into the boiler again.
To Know Good Menl.
Let us Imagine ourselves before a
butcher's block having on it four pieces
of beef presenting faces from the round
or sirloin. One is dull red, the lean
being close grained and the fat very
white. The next Is dark red, the lean
loose grained and sinewy and the fat
■white and shining. The third Is dull
red, the lean loose grained and sinewy
and tlie fat yellow. The fourth is
bright cherry red, the lean smooth and
medium grained, with flecks of white
through it and tlie fat creamy—neither
white nor yellow. The first of these is
cow beef; the second, bull beef; the
third, beef from an old or ill condi
tioned unlmnl, and the last is ox beef.
Ox beef—that from a steer—ls the
juclcst, finest flavored, sweetest and
most economical to buy of all boef.
It is called "prime" when the lean Is
very much mottled with the white fat
flecks and when It is from a heavy,
young animal (about four years old)
stall fed on corn. Beef from a young
cow that lias been well fed and fat
tened Is next In merit to ox beef. Beef
from nn unmatured animal is never
satisfactory, being tough anil Juiceless.
It may be easily recognized, as Its
color is pale and Its bones small.—Ella
Morris Kretschmar in Woman's Home
Companion.
Tender Peneh Dntnpllngfl.
reel as many fine, large, perfectly
ripe peaches as are required. Make a
tea biscuit crust by sifting a quart of
flour, a teaspoonful of salt and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder into n
bowl. Mix this thoroughly with two
heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, then
stir In enough milk to make a light
dough. Turn it on a well floured pas
try- board and roll it out to the thick
ness of a quarter of an Inch Cut the
paste into squares large enough to
cover one peach. I'ut the peach in the
center of the square, grate a little nut
meg over It, add a little sugar and fold
the paste over the peach, pressing It
close with the palms of the bauds
When all the peaches are folded In the
paste, put them In a pan, hake them
In a slow oven, or put them In a steam
er and steam till they are so tender a
broom splint will easily pierce them
Serve hot or cold, with a sauce of
cream well sweetened with powdered
Btigar.
To Make n Wall Dnuipiirnof.
If you are troubled with a dnmp
house wall, brush It well over, after
first removing the paper, with the fol
lowing mixture: A quarter of a pound
of shellac, dissolved In one quart of
naphtha. Give the wall two or three
coatings, letting It stny several hours
between the applications. Then repnper
and you will have no further trouble.
THE DRESS MODEL.
Yellow brocade, craped satin and silk
or sutin uiatelassc will lie fashionable op
era and ballroom fabrics this winter.
A new twilled cloth, slightly rough of
surface, manufactured for the making of
smart traveling and walking costumes,
resembles the weave of French vicuna.
The autumn will tiring a great many
handsome full length wraps and a num
ber of Imlf length, three-quarter and
jacket styles, reaching a few inches be
low the waist and variously shapod and
adjusted.
Shepherd's checked taffetas, in hand
some color blendings suitable to the sea
son, will be revived for the makiug of
shirt wuists to wear beneath short, open
jackets of plain or fancy wool autumn
suitings and for linings, vests, yokes and
separate waists.
Ilats to be worn with youthful cos
tumes of tweed and cheviot this fall are
Ladysmith models of rough felt—Sauglier
felts they are called. Upon them quills
and stiff feathers are secured, with knots
of brilliant gladiolus red or equally bril
liant nasturtium yellow velvet.
A new English walking jacket is cut
with short rounded skirt fronts and fas
tens diagonally across the chest. Be
neath this is a close fitting vest of pule
tan cloth covered with braid work on sil
ver and brown soutache, running side by
side und fastened with rococo buttons of
medium size.
The fancy for combining blue with cer
tain shades of green still prevails, though
it lias been worn so much that many have
tired of it. The newer rhododendron
blending of pink and blue is apt to form
mauve and is therefore not generally lie
coming, though much admired on those
who are fair enough to wear it.
Handsome qualities of light weight Ve
netian cloth in blues, pansy and rich fruit
colors, including red, will be much used
for the first wool costumes of next sea
son. They are extremely plain in effect
except the red suits, which are trimmed
with flounces edged with narrow folds of
velvet of a deeper shade.—New York
Post.
GLEANINGS.
Breakage of propeller shafts at sea
costs au immense sum annually iu sal
vage.
In France, where wine is as abundant
ns petroleum here, it is transported in
bulk iu tank cars.
An advertisement in a Now York morn
ing paper lately calls for a "stenographer
who can cook." Another demands "a
housekeeper who understands shorthand
and typewriting."
In the time of Louis VIII there were
2,000 hospitals for lepers in France and
about 19,000 in Europe. Professor Vir
chow declared at a recent conference in
Berlin that lie does not believe in the
contagiousness of leprosy.
The authorities of San Francisco have
decided that after July 1 next year no
fence or billboard shall be allowed to ex
ceed ten feet in height. This extension
of time was given on account of con
tracts already entered into between bill
posters and advertisers.
"The most ancient nud most noble
order of the Thistle," which has just
been conferred upon the earl of Hope
toun, is the smallest of the three great
orders of knighthood in point of numbers
and the longest in point of title. It con
sists of the sovereign and British princes
and 16 knights.
A Frenchman has invented a tobacco
pipe which has a whistle in the stem, in
order to enable the smoker to summon u
cab without taking tlie pipe from his
mouth. The inventor thinks that when
his device shall lie put upon the market
people will wonder how they ever got
along without it.
THE IDLE RICH.
Although Thomas Nelson Page does
not think so, it is a fact nevertheless that
the acts of tlie Newport Four Hundred
blazoned forth in every newspaper m
the land do nffect tlie tastes and amuse
ments of thousands of other people.—
Nashville American.
Mr. is wrong. The pernicious
example of our aristocracy of wealth is
widespread. For a light set upon a hill
cannot be hid. The light of roily and
profligacy among tlie conspicuous rich
of the United States at tlie present time
is a beacon of scandal to the country.—
Chicago (Jhronicle.
It would be a sad tiling for American
manhood and womanhood if the men and
women of this country got their morals
and their ideas of life from the smart
set in New York. They lend a life of
idleness and selfish indulgence, and they
are worse than useless. The world is
the worse rather than the better for
their living.—Richmond Times.
In London tlie members of the most
exclusive society are also lenders in the
world of politics and of letters. Tlie
men nre frequently brave soldiers or
sailors or members of parliament; tlie
women nre usually intelligent and inter
esting. The members of the Four Hun
dred are noted only for their brazen ef
frontery and their lack of morals.—Lou
isville Post.
TOWN TOPICS.
Philadelphia may lie slow, but the
census returns don't show it.—Spring- i
field Uniou.
The petering out of the Dewey nrcli ;
movement is another reminder that New I
York is tlie great four Hush monument 1
town in tlie world.—Chicago Journal.
Boston, as Mayor Hart has pointed '
out, is the only city which has existed '
for two centuries and a half "without a ;
boom or a setback." Its normal rate of
increase is now about 2 per cent u year. '
—Boston Journal.
By sending early morning showers and
following them with high temperature j
the weather department is endeavoring
to give Kansas City a realizing sense of
what New York and Chicago call "hu
midity." We catch the idea all right
and don't enrc for any more object les
sons.—Kansas City Journal.
ANATOMICAL.
There nre 14 bones in the nose.
Tlie average ear is from 2 to 2% inches
in length,
The muscles of the human jaw exert
a force of 534 pounds.
The collar bone is more frequently
broken tbrtn any other hone in the body.
There are over 200 distinct muscles in
the human body, of which the best of us
keep about 100 iu prime 'Comliliou by
proper use.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Busy MliTsninnier Hive Paget
Sound Nitviil Station—Army
, Transportation.
[Special Correspondence.]
Far from being a deserted and emp
ty building during the übseuce of con
gress from Washington, the eapitol Is
1 a busy midsummer hive, a-hum with
human activity. No fewer than 400
people are at work there every day,
without counting the laborers, who are
engaged at present in accomplishing
an important architectural alteration
—namely, the conversion of the old
time quarters of the library of congress
into committee rooms for the house
and senate.
The library quarters, into which the
' ; fourth greatest hook collection In the
, world was crowded for so many years,
'• occupied the west front of the middle
part of the great building. They have
! been completely torn out, even to the
plastering, and at present the Intruder
on the premises might Imagine himself
in a ruined cathedral, with u couple of
equally dilapidated churches Immedi
ately adjoining. The space thus ren-
I dered available Is very large and will
! add proportionately to the legislative
accommodations, a floor being Intro
duced so as to convert It Into two sto-
I ries. It may be that part of the second
story will be set aside for a reference
j library, containing such volumes as
. Librarian Futnam may consider desir
| able for ready consideration by con-
I gressnion, but this lias not been flnal-
J ly decided upon.
There are about 175 telephones In the
eapitol, of which number 100 are on
| the house side, with their own "cen
tral." Another "central" on the senate
side governs 05 more, and there nre 10
or 12 additional Instruments scattered
over the building, which are connected
with the regular city exchange. Thus
the huge structure is a veritable maze
of wires, each committee room having
its own telephone, while special lines
connect the house and senate with the
White House and the executive de
partments. At the present time this
j "hello" system Is much less busy than
! during sessions, but calls are frequent,
and the "central" operators have to be
ever ready at their posts.
I'nKPt Sound Naval Station.
There has been a row among naval
officers over the equipment of the tor
pedo boat Goldsborough, which was
built by a Portland (Or.) firm. Bear
Admiral Hlchborn, chief constructor of
the navy, was anxious to have the boat
equipped for service at the Puget
| sound naval station. The other mem-
I hers of the board of construction, to
which board the question was submit
ted, recommended the boat be sent to
San Francisco.
I Hlchborn took the position that there
was a great deal of work remaining at
the Mare Island navy yard, which Is
near San Francisco, and that it would
not be possible to tit the Goldsborough
out at that yard. After some consider
able controversy over the matter Sec
retary Long directed the Goldsborough
to be sent to Puget sound station,
where the torpedo boat Itowan has Just
been fitted out for service.
Some of the officers who were beaten
in this discussion secured telegraphic
orders from the navy department de
tailing Captain Henry Glass to make
an inspection of the Itowan and the fa
cilities at the Puget sound station for
doing such work. The assignment of
Captain Glass to this duty was a sur
prise to the bureau of construction, and
j the charge is now made that there has
been some underhand work OIL the
part of high naval officers to secure an
official report the tenor of which was
expected to show that the Itowan was
In a bad way and the Puget sound sta
tion in an inadequate condition. Cap
tain Glass' report has been received in
Washington, and It shows not only that
the Itowan was fully anil properly
equipped, but that the Puget sound
station is in every way adapted to a
high grade of naval work, Including
: the (locking of the largest vessels of
; the service.
Army Transportation.
There lias been a great deal of con
fusion in the accounts of army trans
portation, due, it is said at the war de
partment, to the carelessness of com
manding otlicers in distant depart
ments in not furnishing soldiers with
the proper documents indicating their
destination and the occasiou of their
transportation. An officer traveling
with three or more men is considered
traveling with troops, and the quarter
master's department will furnish the
transportation. The chief quartermas
ters will Judge of the necessity of
transportation by government ship or
by commercial line. In the Philip
pines every soldier sent to Manila must
hereafter be accompanied by docu
ments from his command necessary to
account for bis presence in the city
and indicate his future movements.
Export* From Cuba.
According to a statement made by
the division of customs and Insular af
fairs, war department, the total ex
portation from the Island of Cuba
through the port of Havana for the
seven months ended July 31, 1000, was
$10,698,005, as against $10,796,071 for
the same period last year, a decrease
of $98,300.
The total exports from Havana for
the month of July alone were $2,237.84.
The exports for this month by coun
tries show;
To the United States, $792,327;
Franco, $5.91,063; Germany, $381,677;
England, $247,841, and Spain, $63,722.
An offer has been made to the navy
department by a number of Chicago
citizens to present the ship's bell from
the old brick battleship Illinois to the
new Illinois, now approaching com
pletion at Newport. The offer will
be accepted and arrangements made
for appropriate ceremonies when the i
presentation takes place. '
CARL SCIIOFIELD.
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