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Although all deserving officers ihould he recognized officially, it is to be hoped that the distribution of brev ets may be made conservatively, so that it may not become an honor for an officer to be without a brevet. "Mentions in dispatches," which in the British army are about the same as our system of brevet, have become so common in the last year owing to Lord Roberts' extreme generosity, that they have practically lost all value. Our brevets should not be made similarly cheap, remarks the New Y'ork Herald. In Denmark many odd little stories are told of King Christian and his kindly ways, above all of the friendly interest he takes in the doings of his subjects. Until within quite recent days, when his strength has begun to fail him, he used to spend much of his time in Copenhagen walking about the streets, and nothing pleased him better than to stop and have a chat with any workman he chanced to en counter. Whenever any Dane makes his mark in the world, 110 matter what his station in life may be or what his views, the king always sends for him at the first opportunity, that he may know what he is like and have a talk with him. Little wonder that he un derstands his people or that they un destand him! In spite of the intervention of man, Nature generally workg out her own scheme". Here, for instance, is a pe culiar state of things in Australia, wnere the farmers have for many years suffered from a regular plague of rabbits. Finding it impossible to kill them off in any of the ordinary ways, they imported cats and scat tered them around the country, in the hope thf 1 they would aid materially .*n abating the nuisance. But the cats ■con turned their attention away from the rabbits and sought daintier and more natural prey —the birds —so that the cat importation has become a sort oi boomerang, for not only has it failed to help the farmers by reduc ing the number of rabbits, but has done them an injury by destroying insectivorous birds. And the foxes luat were imported to help the cats kill the rabbits are waging a regular warfare on poultry yards. Rice culture is regarded us no longer an experiment in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas. Al though all records for drought and heat in those sections have been broken this season, more than an aver age crop of rice has been saved by the irrigation systems. The average yield per acre has been increased, the average quility has been greatly im proved, and new varieties have been developed- Many yields are phenome nal. while a product of ten to twenty barrels per acre is common. Domestic Japan, the outgrowth of sowing im- ported Japanese rice in local soil, developed an improved seed, taking tile first place in the American market. J .anils two years ago were selling slowly at $5 to sls. Today such land Is selling much faster at S2O to SSO per acre, and immigration to the rice belt is quite active. The growing of rice is regarded as the safest and surest cereal production, as it is also the most profitable, rice having the largest use aa< market of all the grains. PROMINENT PEOPLE. King Edward is sixty years old. Horseback riding is President Roose velt's favorite exercise. The Brazilian Congress has voted $25,000 to M. Sanlos-Dumont, the aer onaut. Brigadier-General Henry C. Mer riam, U S. A., has been placed upon tile retired list for age. Lord Roberts, it is believed in Brit ish military circles, will resign bis office before next April. THE PILCRIMAGE. BY CLINTON BCOLLAKD. Under our comrade's name Lo, this legendry!— Gone on a pilgrimage Into a far countree. Never a word to say If lie will come again, Treading his buoyant way Over the paths of men. Never a clue to guide Whither his footsteps fall; Back from the parting tide Never an answering call* But there shall dawn a time We shall be pilgrims, too; Then we shall know the clime, Then we shall find the clue. And they will grave for us This same legendry;— Gone on a pilgrimage Into a far countree. —New York independent. g#isM MBS. CALEB UK OWN reached her little North Side apartment, after a (, round of calls to tind her mother there looking somewhat l'alnt and more than somewhat worried. The mother lived in a southern suburb and the daughter was not expecting a visit from her that day. "What's the matter, mamma? - ' said Mrs. Brown anxiously. "You are look lug all used up." "Oh, there's matter enough. Phyllis. I'm always unfortunate; never seem to be able to do anything right, and then just because I'm ueur-sighted everybody imposes upon me. I came In to do some shopping at Meadow's. Clara wanted me to buy some lace for her and she gave me a $lO bill. You know Ceorge has been out of work for u mouth and we've had to economize dreadfully. I didn't bring another cent with me; just a hill. I had my com mutation railroad ticket. When Clara put the hill In my purse she told me it was a tea aud said that she'd rather give me something smaller, hut that she didn't have it. Well, I reached Meadow's and went straight to the lace counter, where I bought a collar for Clara. It cost $1.50. I gave the clerk my $lO bill and in a few minutes he handed me the lace collar and fifty cents In change. Just think of that! "I told the man that I had given Idm a $lO bill. He declared that 1 had glv eu him a $2 hill aud nothing else. I I TOLD IIIM 1 KNEW BETTEK. told him I knew better, and that It was impossible there was any mistake about It. He was nlinost rude and looked at me as though he suspected me of trying to rob him. People began to gather about aud I got weak and nervous, and so 1 came away. We can't afford to lose that $8 and 1 don't know what to do. Clara will scold me and will say that I ought to have im pressed on the man that it was a $lO bill. I feci absolutely ill over the mat ter." Mrs. Caleb Brown Is the wife of the head of the advertising department of one of Chicago's great dallies. Her husband knows the controlling spirit of every,department in every big store In the city. Mrs. Brown knew that if she Introduced herself to the manager at Meadow's he would take her word for the $lO bill matter. "Never mind, mother, I'll lix the thing up for you In a jiffy," she said. "It's a perfect outrage. You go to sleep till I come back." Then Mrs. Caleb Brown put on her bonnet and went scurrying downtown. Arrived at Meadow's she went directly to Mr. Hlghridge, who holds the store's destin ies in the hollow of bis hand. Mrs. Brown told Mr. Hlghridge who she was. Then she explained the $lO hill matter to him, waxing Indignant at the carelessness, if it were nothing worse, she said, of the clerk who eould cause an elderly and near-sighted woman to lose SS, which meant so much to her under the present condition of house hold affairs. Mr. Highricge was politeness itself. He said that the affair was truly un fortunate, hut was it not barely pos sible that Mrs. Brown's mother was in error herself. "Not a bit of It," said Mrs. Brown. As a matter of fact, she almost snapped it, for she was so indignant that she was half ready to believe that the whole store had entered into a conspiracy against licr mother. "Mr. Hlghridge, my sister Clara put the money into mother's purse, and said that it was a $lO bill, and that it was all the cash that there was in the house. Mother knows of lier own knowledge that there was just $lO left last night after they ban paid the coal bill. It is utterly impossible that there should he tiny mistake. The fault lies here." Mr. Higlu'idge looked at Mrs. Brown and smiled a little indulgently. "I am very sorry that you have had this trou ble. Mrs. Brown. I will give you an order for SS. You can get it cashed at the window there. Let me say. how ever, for the sake of the establishment that it is utterly impossible under our system of change making that a mis take of this kind should occur." Mrs. Brown's eyes snapped. "It can't be impossible, Mr. Highridge. Here is a perfectly plain case of error. You study up your system a little, and you will find that there is room somewhere for lots of mistakes." Mrs. Brown's temper was making her forget herself a little, because she was so absolutely certain of the ground upon which she stood. Mr. Highbridge made out an order for $8 and handed it to his visitor. She forgot to sny "Thank you." be cause his last words were, though giv en in a tone of kindly consideration, "Mrs. Brown, I assure you that under our system of change making mistakes are impossible." Phyllis Brown shot one indignant look into the managerial face, cashed her order and went home. The look of relief in her mother's face as she handed her the $8 amply repaid Mrs. Brown for the unpleasant ten minutes she had spent at Mead ow's. That afternoon the mother went home. Two days later Mrs. Brown received a letter that sent a flush of blood up Into her face, and then left her feeling as ill as did her mother two days be fore. This was the letter: "Dear Phyllis—You can't imagine my mortification and almost horror when, on arriving homo and telling them of my city experience and of your visit to Meadow's, when Clara broke in with 'Well, mother, it was a $2 bill and not a $lO bill that I put in your purse. I was certain that it was $lO myself un til after you had gone. Then Geral dine told me that Bhe had taken the $lO bill about an hour before you left, and had paid the butcher's bill with it, receiving a $2 bill in change, which she put back into the drawer. "Clara did not look at the bill when she put it into my purse, and of course thought it was $lO. Isn't it awful? How can you ever face Mr. Highridge? But, of course, it must be done. Take the $8 back right away, and I will re pay you the next time I come in. Y'our loving and mortified MOTHER." Phyllis Brown put on her bonnet and went downtown again. She walked around Meadow's store three times be fore she finally screwed up her courage to go in. She went to Mr. Highridge. He saw her coming, and a half amused smile spread over his face. "I am sorry, Mr. Highridge. I can't express my mortification in words suf ficiently strong. It was a $2 bill and not a $lO hill that my mother gave your clerk." Then Mrs. Brown ex plained matters, and gave back $S into Mr. Highridge's hand. He thanked her, nnd, as she was about to leave, a twinkle came into his eye and he said: "I assure you. Mrs. Brown, that under our system of mak ing change mistakes are impossible." And then when he saw the tears which had gathered in Phyllis Brown's eyes Mr. Highridge wished he hadn't said it.—Edward B. Clark, in the Chi cago Record-Herald, The Cougar's Thick Hide. The fighting dogs were the ones that enabled me to use the knife. All threo went straight for the head, and when they got hold they kept their jaws shut, worrying and pulling, and com pletely absorbing tile attention of the cougar, so as to give an easy chance for the dcatli-blow. TTio hounds meanwhile had seized the cougar be hind, and .Tim, with his alligator Jaws, probably did as much damage as Turk. However, neither in this nor in any other instance, did any one of the dogs manage to get its teeth through the thick skin. When cougars fight among themselves their claws and fangs leave great scars, but tlieir hides are too thick for tile dogs to get their teeth through. On the other hand, a coug ar's jaws have great power, and dogs are frequently killed by a single bite, the fangs being driven through the brain or spine; or they break a dog's leg or cut the big blood-vessels of the throat.—From "With the Cougar Hounds," by Theodore Roosevelt, In Scribner's Magazine. A New Arizona Intlnstry. "A new industry has recently boon started in Arizona that promises to be come tremendous in a few years," said a man on his return from Buffalo. "The industry is the growing of dates, and at the exposition I saw a box of this fruit, the first that had ever been prown and cured here. They were ex eellent dates, very plump, very sweet, very juicy. The Arizona man who raised them told me he had a dato farm near Phoenix, that the climate there suited the dato palm admirably and that he had 110 doubt all the dates eaten in this country would be grown here in a few years. lie pave me one from his box to taste, and I found it to be sweeter and tenderer and fatter than the imported dates I occasionally eat."—Philadelphia Record. Invention to liar Tut ruder*. Nervous travelers who dread sleep ing in uuknown houses will welcome the so called "vigilant dragon" which Is not unlike a small brass shelled tor toise. It is. In fact, a dome gong table bell, with spiked legs and with a spiked dragon's head. When a bed room door I 3 closed the spikes are placed in the floor nnd against the door and then the dragons tail jirst touches the floor. This tail Is con nected with the bell clapper, so that if nuyoue endeavors to open the door from outside an obstacle is met with, and the alarm given. When the anx ious watches of the night are over the "vigilant dragon" becomes a repose ful bell for the writing table.—London Express. WONDERFUL SALT FARM THE MEN WORK UNDER TERRIFIC CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE. An Old Colorado Industry :if lvlilrh Men Work In n Tomperuturn of 140 A Thousand Acres of Solid Salt—Most of the Laborers Arc Indians. One of the most curious pieces of real estate in existence is now the sub ject of a suit brought by the Govern ment to recover the property. It is a salt farm—looo acres of solid salt, which is plowed and hoed and hilled up like so much earth. It lies in a de pression 204 feet below the level of the sea, in the midst of the great Colo rado Desert, just north of the Mexican line, in the State of California, and the 1 own which has grown up on its border takes its name, Salton, from the crys tal deposit. For many years salt has been taken from this district, but on a small scale. In ISU2 a temporary stoppage was put to the locul Indus ry, the over liow of the Colorado River, forming what was known as the Salton Sea. In time the water receded, evaporation followed, and there was left a resi iliuin of almost pure crystal salt, a vis ta of unimaginable and almost unbear able brilliance and beauty. From a distance the effect was that of a sheet of the purest snow, glittering in the sunlight; but when the first explorers ventured upon the newly formed crust they were unable to endure for long the fierce refraction of the light, and fled blindly with aching eyeballs from that insufferable radiance. Equipped with colored glasses, they returned, and soon a company was working the richest salt crystal field in existence. All that was necessary was to plow out the salt and grind it up. A salt plow was devised and built. It has four wheels and a heavy and pow erful steel beak, or breaker, and the motive power is steam. Then a grind ing mill and drying plant were put up, a dummy line run up to connect with the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the work of taking out five and a half tons daily at from $6 to $35 a ton be gan. The great difficulty, however, was to get labor. Probably nowhere else on the earth's surface do men work under such terrific conditions of temperature as at the Salton salt farm. The normal heat of the Colo rado desert, which is such that few white men can live in that region, is enormously increased by the refracted and reflected rays of the sun. For weeks at a time the temperature of the field reaches 140 degrees every day. Under these conditions, of course, no white man can work. The salt plowing is done by Japanese and Indians, mainly the latter, who seem to endure the rigors of the cli mate without evil effect. To watch the steady, stoic perform ance of the red-skinned toiler, as he hoes, shovels and scrapes the field, or operates the engine that propels the plow, is to appreciate the qualities of the Indian us a worker under the most trying conditions. Some of the Indian laborers even work without glasses, but all the Japs protect their eyes from the baneful glare with the darkest of spectacles, and even so they are often laid up with optic in flammation. In addition to the other discomforts of the salt fields the flying particles generate a particularly irri tating and persistent thirst. The work ers drink great quantities of water, and this serves as a safeguard against sunstroke, as it keeps them perspiring freely. The deposit of salt varies in thick ness from one to eight inches. It forms In a crust, and the plow breaks this snlt covering by throwing n broad but shallow furrow of salt lumps up in parallel ridges on either side of the machine. Here and there underlying the crystal plain are springs of water. When this crust is broken the springs seep forth their dirty, brackish water; and the Indian lads follow the plow with hoe in hand, knocking to and fro the clumps of salt and mud in this water, until the earth is dissolved, and then the crystal salt is stacked in conical pyramids to await transpor tation to the mill. The salt crystals do not dissolve dur ing the washing, doubtless on account of the quautity of snlt already in the water. No sooner has the plow gone over the field than the crust begins to form again; therefore, It would seem that the salt fields of Salton are in exhaustible. The salt is allowed to re main in the pyramids until complete evaporation of all water takes place, when It is transferred to the fiat cars and carried to the mills at Salton. The factory is a structure about (>OO feet in length, and consists of a mill ing and drying plant. When the salt arrives at the mill it is thrown into a bulkhead breaker and reduced to uniform particles, which are run through a burr mill and thoroughly ground. There is an almost imper ceptible portion of carbonate of soda mixed with the uative sait, and this simply aids in the cleansing process. When thoroughly ground the salt is sifted like flour through lioltiug cloth, put through an aspirator, which re moves all foreign substances, and is then ready to sack. Aside from the re fined or domestic salt there are tons of hide salt shipped annually from Salton. This glade is only sold for commercial and Industrial purposes. The most delightful time to visit the crystal lake is upou a moonlight night. The spectacle Is magnificent, but weird. The rows of glistening pyra mids, the glitter of the moonlight from the facets of millions of crystals, the distant background of low, black bills, the expanse uud stillness of the shad owless plain strike one with awe and wonder that eau uever be forgotten. Lust December the United States Land Office unearthed some records which seemed to indicate that the salt farming company had no right or title to the valuable property it is now working. Owing to the peculiar geo graphical conditions consequent upon the overflow of the river forming the Salton Sea and the subsequent subsi dence and disappearance of the sea, the legal points involved are quite in tricate.—Washington Times. Life of a Lock. A railway mail clerk in one of the railroad stations of this city gave the lock to a mail pouch a snap as he tossed the bag into bis car. "There are a half million of these locks in use on mail bags in the United States," he said to a reporter. "They are made right here in Wash ington on C street, between Four-and one-lialf and Sixth streets, in the mail bag and repair shop of the Postoffioe Department "The Government employs about sixty machinists there, and about 230 other employes on mail bag making and repairing. If the tire in the rear of this building on Indiana avenue a few days ago had extended to and con sumed the shop and its contents the service would have been seriously in terfered with for a time. "The locks which hold the mail so securely in the pouches are very strongly made, and are called 'eagle locks,' because each has an eagle in bas-relief on the face. By a new pro cess they are tinned inside and out. and the old disagreeable feature of rust will lie removed. These locks stand the hardest kind of usage and all kinds of weather, yet their average life is ten years. They turned out of the C street shop 12,000 locks and 7300 keys last year, at a cost of about ?4.1,000. In enumerating tile industries of Washington in the future the lock, key and mail bag manufacturing in dustry must not bo omitted, as it is considerable. "The department lias a special lock for its valuable registered packages, and also a special key. Each of these locks and keys is numbered and re corded and carefully guarded and traced. Many thousands are in use." —Washington Star. Electricity in tIE IIOUPO. Not every man who airily claims that his house is equipped with mod ern improvements has any idea of the extent to which these improvements have been developed. Not so long ago a steam radiator, a gas jet and r. bathtub constituted all the known improvements that even the owner of a modern palace would dream of coveting. But the marvellous application of electricity to every existing domestic Institution has made the present list of improvements a burden to count. To be quite up to date, for instance, you mast equip every room in your new mansion, especially the sleeping rooms, with hand lamps which light at the touch of a spring. Equally con venient is n pocket lamp and battery made like a folding camera—obviously a great convenience to burglars something, indeed, that nobody in the world of graft cun afford to do with out. There are also ornamental candles with miniature lights at their tips; a tiny lamp attaches to the front of a clock, and small lamps for decorative purposes. A current is introduced in a house to supply power for flat-irons, curling irons, coffee mills, ice cream freezers, and sewing machines and heat for chafing dishes and tea kettles. Tele phones are replacing speaking tubes in most of the new mansions and also to connect with stables and other out buildings. If power from a waterfall or windmill Is available the owner of a house can install an electric plant of his own at small cost. In mnuy large country hour s the dynamo is run by a gasoline engine. Tlie Azores. The Azores are volcanic islands, piled up masses of lava. But the sea bed around is now proved to be far more irregular than was formerly supposed. If the ocean were lowered by 1000 fathoms, they would form two distinct groups; but a further sinking of 000 fathoms would unite them into one. The great island thus revealed, of which the present Azores are the culminating summits, would, however, be largely extended toward the north, and on this mass also sev eral conspicuous hills would be seen to rise. Even among the existing isl ands the surface is diversified by sub marine eminences and rather deep bas ins. But everywhere beneath the ocean the process of rock building Is going on. Slowly, but surely nature is "sowing the dust of continents to be," not only with the material of Aeonian hills, but also with that which has once been alive. In every part of tiie North Atlantic this work is proceed ing. When to Use "Shall" and "Will." "At what time shall you be at liber ty'.'" is the correct form when you "desire information, not consent or a promise." "At what time will you be at liberty?" is equivalent to "At what time are you willing to be at liberty?" It implies that being at liberty is de pendent on the will of the person spoken to. "At what time shall you be at liberty?" is equivalent to "At what time are you going to be at liberty?"— being at liberty is regarded as simply a matter of the future, not dependent on the will of anybody. "Will you?" expects the answer "I will;" it de notes willingness, consent, or deter mination. "Shall you?" expects the answer "I shall;" it denotes futurity and nothing more.—Elizabeth A. With ey, in the Ladles' Home Journal. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS Burlap For Walls. In using plain burlap for a part side wall covering a lighter shade of the same color in paper is often used above it with disastrous effect. The tones of the burlap and paper do not seem to harmonize somehow. A two-toned ef fect in a little darker tints of the same color is preferable to finish the walls, with a plain ceiling above, or the two toned paper may run up on the ceiling a little way also. Removing Ink Spots. Ink spots on furniture may he re moved by an application of nitre. Mix together one teaspoonful of water and six drops of nitre and apply to the stain with a feather. As soon as the ink disappears rub the spot with a damp cloth to remove the nitre which will otherwise leave a white spot be hind it. A saturated solution of oxalic acid is sometimes used in the same manner to rid furniture of ink stains. * Beef Made Tender. A waj' of cooking beefsteak that is a wee bit tough was accidentally stumbled upon one day. Company came when it was too late to order, and the contents of cupboard and re frigerator were very slim. Two ends of porterhouse steak were hastily run through the meat chopper, using the medium knife. A coffee cup of rice was put on to cook in salted boiling water, then the rest of the dinner was prepared and ready to serve before the meat was cooked. Have skillet smok ing hot and grease with .lust enough butter to keep from sticking, stir in chopped meat and stir until meat is cooked through; one or two minutes is long enough. Heat meat platter and place meat in centre of plate, heaping it up with lump of butter in top, then salt and pepper to taste. Make a bor der of the rice around the plate and serve together. Sometimes I serve macaroni with the meat instead of rice. None of it is ever wasted, and twice a week is not too often to serve it to my family. Hound steak is a good steak to buy to chop if you have 110 odds and ends to use.—Good House keeping. New Edges For Curtains. Many new edge finishes are observ able upon the cretonne curtains so much used as overbanglngs l'or mi lady's bedroom or boudoir at the pres ent tltuo. One simple idea for a por tiere bad both sides of the same mate rial to match. The edges had a good deep three-quarter-inch xuru iu and then were machine stitched about three-eighths of an inch back from the edge. Another effective finish is a binding of braid about three inches wide, not unlike a Hercules braid in weave, com- ' bining all the varied tints of the blos som bestrewed cretonne. Cotton fringe combining all the colors of tlie pattern is another popular edge finish. These cretonne hangings arc effective In the extreme, and grow in favor every day. For windows over muslin curtains, where the inside does not show, they are often left unllned. Again, they arc, lined with a harmo nious plain shade of silk or sateen. For portieres, as lias been mentioned above, they are made double of the same pattern, or when between bed rooms, where cretonne is used in each, one side one pattern, the other side the other.—Philadelphia llecord. R I£ IPES i^JI Curry Snuce—Molt two tnblcspoon fuls of butter; add same amount of flour, one teaspoonful or more of curry powder and one-fourth a teaspoonful of salt. When frothy stir iu gradu ally one cup of ivilk or white stock and let cook live minutes. French Straws—Beat four eggs until very thick; then add five ounces of su gar, a half teaspoonful of cinnamon and nutmeg mixed and flour enough to make a stiff dough. 801 l into a sheet half an inch thick; cut into slips the width and length of a linger; give each one a twist and cook in deep fat like doughnuts. Wheu eool sift sugar ou them. Tomato Chutney—This is delicious with cold meats, chops or steaks. Slice one peek of green tomatoes, sprinkle with one cup of salt and let them stand all night. Iu the morning pour off the liquor and put the tomatoes a into a granite pan with vinegar enough to cover them; add six peppers and four large onions, chopped flue, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of scraped horse radish, cup of chopped celery, one tablespoonful each of cloves and allspice, four apples, chopped, one tea spoonful each of red and white pep per, Boil slowly four hours, aud put in air-tight jars. Fried Bolls—Soak one-half cake of yeast in one-fourth cupful of warm water. Scald one cupful of milk and add to it one heaped tablespoonful of butter, one rounded teaspoonful iff salt. When the milk is cool add the yeast aud stir iu flour enough to make a smooth batter. Beat the white of one egg stiff; turn it into the batter, and when well mixed stir in enough more flour to make a stiff dough. Knead it until smooth. Let it rise in a warm place till light, then knead it down; take out pieces as large as an egg, make them first into balls, then \ into finger rolls. Let tliem rise some * distance apart, aud when light drop them into hot fat and cook brown.
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