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FIVE )U"",' r """"a ""I
;oUe l.i company with my
' rtr,4 exciting experience of
' . .,,n from New MmI-
i'llnf of tome happening In that
3"' . .. .1... ..iMi'iinila Ilium were
Lmrr WUCU "1K ""-
F :.. hn.l crossed nil OIM'D lot
Lrf up the sandy street loading
rnrlnrlMil street of U. Crucea
...-Liinff lmna! from some-
r.
k "" . ....
.1... .ill-kin! n li(ncl cnme the
iliiit.rlflu nl linavv
Oil rr" "" "
. mingled with the whizzing
li of a'M coming straight down
mill WilD US ln ,,e wl
11 . . . I. .. tt.-t ulinl lnt.
ifcournff. ai in "
lilJ I lloppefl l'"' " "luu
ilonjnt a lltUo distance behind us
, a 0 (he roadside and went flat
Miwtuid In the ditch. He wasn't
MJdlilu t Ull-an io ue. me bwi.iiu
panned between Van ratten und
llif wind l II napping m Biierui
' .... .. .... II f - .
trial, iue iniru wen, i i
taujniore, mil wni miming wirce
Mto Hie second to gel oeniua me
vr of u adobe wall tha fenced an
sird from the road. The sheriff
j b;i ground and laughed at me for
i.at may: ,lH'n wcat ,"U'K 10 tnc
for bis revolver. When we got
t,lh Dialn street, we learned that
(ring bad been done by a Mexican
H allots at another Mexican in a
t?I over a gin. no one was nit,
io the matter pawed.
city's principal afreet was
m with the lights of saloons, all
Is front on this hot September
Lit mil crowded wHh customers.
Imm, ranch-men, soldiers, lawyers.l
.r.ili, sad Spanish-Americans, livb
ilroor, passed In and out or lounged
.it the doorways. The sheriff, a
jdiJjte for re-election, talked with
rjbody In English or Spanish, as
occasion demanded, and set up tt'.
toki often fur the crowd as we
.nil from place to p!acp. At about
i o'clock a messenger with a tele
m came bunting for htm, and soon
itw fii'ltfiiient spread throilKb the
irn, and men gathered In groups .o
I fD to Biich details as had reached the
rofan attempt at train rollery that
hi occurred on the Atchison road that
,-ht a few mlli s above Las Cruces.
( robbers had tried to ditch the
hthwardhound pnwenger train, but
Lj lucrrrdfd only In stopping It, and
:tr attacking the express-car, hnd
Ug beaten off. A mile from the place
It time men, It was supposed, 1 ml
p op a rich ranchman and robbed
Vi of bis money, pistol, and watch.
i'Kigps hnd at once been sent by the
tWoi mtperlntcndcnt of the road to
he jleriffs of Dona Ann, Lincoln,
m,aud Soeorro Counties, notifying
m of the occurrence. Two railroad
kfrtlvn had arrived In Las Cruces on
peclal locomotive, and were In con-
iltatlon with Vnn Tutton by eleven
lock Mint nlRht.
"Van Patten hunted up all of bis dep-
es that were In town, and sent two
tn a poRse up to the scene of the at-
fapted robbery to trail the bandits
ha that iMilnt. He nlxo set Inquiries
foot as to whether certain untrust-
rthj characters IIvIiir at Las Cruces
'ln town at the time the train was
Wwl. Having done everything an-
ivmly that could be done that night
tirildcteetlnarand canturlnir the out-
M. Van I'ntten said to me:
'Let's go up to J uana's a nd ea t some
pblladaa before we go home.'
"n'eleft the main street and Its revel-
md went up the hill to the east.
pong the flnt-roofed adobe bouses of
poorer Mexican residents of the
Q As We nnsiuifl thnaa hnmhln
met, through the doorways left open
' coolness the forma of the lnmatps
,WP upon the floor of the one room
mm could Indistinctly he seen. Ju-
M'i was a sort of Mexican restaurant,
wre, at midnight, we ordered the
ttMsdas, which were brought to us
pianer by the d.irk-sklnned come-
iii uuiiuii. am luiiuiiia
' cakes of unleavened bread re
"mbllng an ordlnnry buckwheat cake
a ! and shape on which Is spread
1 mixture of onions and red chill pep-
r- raopped up together. With a bot-
'or Deer to accompany them, I found
Wfnchllndns not half bail to eat. As
re Mt at the tnllln A nrnttv fnrlnnn
N In a white-muslin gown, and bare-
Tiiieu, came In. vkm tha i.1iii-iit
'Wed as Josefa and Invited to a
"M of beer. They chatted together
i" 'IK Spanish tnniriiA a ws nta nnr
hchlladns, and be Inked hi-r about
!.?? pprsm whom he cnlled 'Shifty
r,M. said good-night to her and
Ij'l'pfs. aud went out l-to the darkness.
did not go back the way we had
but, tnklng another route, pnssed
"1 Idolm hnn.A In ..l.lnU 1IK.
... V. III. 1 1 .l i no viunvui
"bat Is JnilAfil'a hmifio thn chnrtff
"iJ tO DIP. Wo CT-ollrnH nn o. far III
i"1 Dert h.n.. - t .i
10 ratten nnltoH ma Inln lla .l,n,1nar
,01 "topped.
'We'll Watt Itnrn fl hlf nn't nan It
r make a noise,' he cautioned me.
4 minute later I found myself stand
"lone, the sheriff havlug left me so
"y that I had not noticed bis go-
As I Btood In the shadow, wonder-
th hat 811 tuls Tstery was about,
w door of Juann's house, up the bill
openrd. and the white-robed form
to a came through the darkness
rd her house. Arriving, she went
'o the house, leavlug the door partly
Tb"a oa,,le ,u goun1 of font"
Im f otn,' one walking softly to
H the house, and In the light that
reamm through the doorway I saw
n- ' dark clothe and wearing a
bonne' n lh polnt of cn,erlng tbe
His foot was at the threshold when
' (. came the sound of a plstol-bam-,
r wddenly cocked, and the sheriff s
ald, steruly: 'Hands up! You'w
Prlaonerr
"ttn at the threshold atarted
Si
LAS CRUCES.
tmv Ma m l... a.
u. ii no ,B ,,t.n gtun(j B1()
.....i, nui ma ,lllMt went jp iImvo
his head as quickly when he saw Van
I'atten, who had stepped behind him
from round the corner of tho house
covering hliu with his revolver. He re
covered himself In a moment enough to
curse vlgorounly. Van I'atten took no
chinees with his prisoner. Josefa 'n
the doorway waa screaming for a re,
cue aud calling for a knife that she
niigni kiu me sheriff. Hhe would hove
attacked hi in tooth and nail, but he se
ctored thrt he would shoot the prisoner
with tho first Interference from any
one.
" 'It's no nse. mil; you'd better come
along peaceably.' lie said, 'I'll show you
my warrant when we get to the cala
boose. This gun'll do for warrant till
we get there. You know what'll hap
pen If you drop your hands, night
about! March!
"Down the hill. Into the main street
of the town, wo went, where, at past
one o'clock In the morning, the saloons
were In full blast, with a trade almost
as good as In the beginning of tbe even
ing. A crowd gathered and followed
as the sheriff took bis prisoner to the
lock-up. There had been no chance
since the arrest was made for the man
to get rid of anything he bad concealed
about him, and there were found In his
possession, besides the pnlr of revolvers
and knife at his belt, a blnok mask and
a gold watch and pocket-book with
money, which afterward led to bis
conviction for the crlane of attempted
train-wrecking and for the robliery of
the ranchman. Tbe arrest of Shifty
Itlll such was the prisoner's title, his
real nnme being rtilllp Ilulskimp
was followed by the capture of bis two
accomplices within the next twenty
four hours, so that this episode was
quickly closed.
"'I suspected from the first that
Shifty BUI bad a hand In the business
up the road,' said. the sheriff, as we
walked home together In the early
morning. 'Why? Instinct, I suppose.
I found out that he hnd nut been In
town through the afternoon and even
ing. When his girl, Josefa, came for
enchllndas and frljoles to take to ber
home that was her errand at Juann's
I made up my mind that she expected
li : in to arrive late and hungry. Did
you see her face when I Joked her
about mil? She was anxious for him,
and showed It. So when he came to
lur house I took the risk of arresting
him, aud I made no mistake.' "New
York Sun.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
In time of war France puts 370 out
of every l,(Krf) of her population In the
Held; tJermany, 310; ltussla, 210.
There are In France 1,1102.400 unmar
ried women between the ages of 23
and SO, and 1,370,1100 unmarried men
aged over 30 years.
A clock In St. retersburg has 3
faces, Indicating simultaneously the
time at 30 different spots on the earth's
surface, besides the movements of the
earth and planets.
Anthracite coal production for June,
according to olllolal returns, wns near
ly 3,000,000 tons, making for the last
six months nlniut 10,000,000. The ton
nage for 1HH1 wns 43,000,000; 181)5, 40,
000,000; 1S04, 41,000,000.
Tiger-eye Is a peculiar crystallization
of quart. Formerly very rare and
costly, large deposits have bevn found
In the Western State of America and
In South Africa, so that many common
articles are now made of It.
Air can now be easily liquefied, but
according to the American Machinist,
the difficulty of putting It to any prac
tical use lies In the fact that It must
be stored and transmitted at a temper
ature of more than 200 degrees below
aero. , . , ,
Politically Hungary Is divided Into
03 counties, containing from 60,000 to
120.000 Inhabitants. There are 20 cities
endowed with self-government. Buda
pest, the metropolis, contains aooui
000,000 Inhabitants. The population of
Hungary Is about 15.000.000.
The peach wns originally a poisoned
almond. Its fruity parts were used to
poison arrows, and for that purpose
were Introduced Into rersln. Trans
plantation and cultivation have not
only removed Its poisonous qualities,
but turned It luto the delicious fruit we
now enjoy.
The Royal Crown of Great Britain
is composed almost entirely of dia
monds, pearls and rubles, weighs 30
ounce, and 5 pennyweights Troy, .and
Ih valued at 240,000 pounds. W ben the
Koblnoor wns first brought to Eu
rope It weighed 180 carats, but by cut
ting has been reduced to 102.
The largest single structure It i the
world for audience and "lu,n
purposes Is the Coliseum at Home. It
8 In the form of an ellipse; Its long
inmeter Is 015 feet; Us short .610; j.
wiirht of the outer wall, 104. The
a" Sa is 21S feet long by 170 brood.
The tiers of seats accommodate 100,000
"annual wine production of the
world has been estimated at 3.0.1.0ba.
J gallops. Ranking In lmirtance as
ina ..inducing countries, the differ-
tralla andCnpe. Colon.
Her Catch.
Jack-Mis. Ohlglrl visited every re
Jt on the Atlantic coast lo search of a
SLy"?."! then married that
pJLr lfry goods clerk. Charley Hopper.
'TwhaTci- could she do? It
wn,tr.astresort.-ltol,,'
AH peo-ple-wl the Addle look
something alike.
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.
rm umatlc bicycle tires will Inst long.
r by using a newly designed bruke
which lias two loosely pivoted clips
shod with rubber or felt pads to pres.
on the side of the rim when the bruke
Is applied Instead of on the tire. '
Hoot, and shoes me prevented from
squeaking by an air channel placed
between two filling pieces at the sides
of the heel and extending forward lu
the sole of the shoe, the air chamber
being fitted with a valve for Inflation.
Letters cannot be fraudulently ab
stracted from a new mall box which
has a cylinder set In the letter slot and
fnstened with a ratchet so It will turn
over to push the letter In, but cannot
bo turned backward to withdraw It.
A simple device which will prevent
ninny railroad accidents conslHts of a
fusible knob attached to the ends of car
axles, to drop down and complete an
electric circuit, thus giving an alarm to
the engineer whenever a bottiox occurs
on a car.
Screw propellers are to be used In
stead of rudder, for steering a ship, a
shaft being mounted In either the bow
or stern of the vessel at right angles
with the keel and fitted with propeller
wheels on each end, to be revolved aud
draw the boat around.
To minimize the danger of fracture of
lamp chimneys a uew burner has a
plate In which tbe chimney rests and
Is damped fast with a screw, which Is
tightened when the lamp Is lighted, so
that sudden changes of temperature
will not break the chimney.
Bedsteads for army and camping use
are made with four upright pouts rest
ing on the ground and supporting crotfs
pieces, over which a cimvns bottom I.
drawn and suspended by loops, the bed
being braced by ropes fastened to
spike, driven Into the ground.
In a wlckless lamp Just out a cup
floats on the surface of an open oil
chamber, with a burner tulie In Its cen
ter, which extends down Into the oil
and brings the fluid near enough to the
top of the tube so It can lie Ignited aud
feed Itself through the tube.
A German has Invented an apparatus
to "incrense the comfort" of persons In
rallwuy on Triages and on bonrd shops,
consoling of a back rest supported by
a sirup, with loops for the arms and a
net for the head, the whole being sus
pended from the celling by springs.
ln a recently patented cycle steering
mechanism the ball-race. In the head of
the machine are slightly depressed lu
the front and rear, so as to guide the
wheel In a nearly straight line by al
lowing the gear cones to sink Into the
depressions when the wheel Is straight
BEASTS, BIROS AND FISH.
Bear, are reported very numerous In
Idaho.
The habits of ants are more like
those of a mau than are the habit, of
any other of the lower animals.
Species of snakes that are enemies of
one another In captivity will coll up
Into their winter sleep lu the same bun
dle. A new specie, of rabbit, of a diminu
tive size, tallies, and with short ears,
baa been found nenr the volcano of
Popocatepetl, tn Mexico.
Snlinon last year yielded In Canada
$3,700,000; cod. (3,000.000. Next In val
ue come herring $2,7S0,00O, and then
lobsters, $2,210,000.
Cats and several other animals have
a false eyelid, which can be drawn
over the eyeball either to cleanse It or
to protect It from too strong a light.
Caterpillars have been doing a grat
deal of damage to hay and potatoes
around Gainesville, Fla., going thor
oughly over one field after another.
A defender of English sparrows
come, forth with the plea that, Inas
much a. they feed on seeds of waste
plants and weeds, they are a positive
benefit to the farmer.
Two proposed entertainments, the
chief feature of which was to be tho
chasing of a greased pig. have Dcen In
terdicted at Portland. Maine, by tho
Society for the Protection of Anlmnls.
Tennessee ts up nenr the bead of
the snake column this year, with the
record of Jesse Shoun, who killed on
Crois Mountain, near Bristol, a rattle
snnke measuring three Inches across
the bend, five feet In length and six
Inches In diameter. It had thirty-two
rattles, besides the button.
Toy Making.
A great many toys are now made In
this country, Including many mechnn
leal devices. Many toys are still Im
ported. Such things as woolly sheep
and dogs, now as highly prized by cLIl
dren as ever, come from Germany, as
do the skin-covered horses. They could
lie mnde here, but they con be produced
chenper abroad.
As a rule, whatever can be made by
machinery Is made here, while toy.
made by hnnd are mostly Imported.
The minute a thing I. brought wlthlu
the reach of machinery, American man
ufacturer, can pay their higher prices
for labor and still beat the world. With
the low prices of labor In foreign coun
tries baud mnde production, can be
made cheaper In them. A. a result
of this there toy. of some kinds which
In their completed state are partly
American and partly foreign. Among
these are toy vehicle, with horses at
tached The vehicle, and everything
lu and about them may be the product
of American mnchlnery, while the
borse standing between the .haft, may
be from Gcrmnny.-Xew iork Bun.
A Mild Critic.
Toet-So you calu't use my verses?
Editor-Not In tbelr present form.
Poet-Whaf. the matter with them?
Editor-Too long.
ioet-What would you suggest that I
cut out? ... ...
Editor Weil, me uiwi -leave
that.-Cleveland Leader.
Phe Had Reason To.
"Did you bear that pretty woman Just
now Rap? She said .he believed In
"ong engagement, and .uort mar-
rlages." n
Bather a strange Idea.
"Not at all. Rap; she", an actress. -Cincinnati
Tribune.
TlK.re Bre two side, to the kin ques
tiou. after all; If It were not for kin.
Mine married women would starve to
death.
A man enn easily becomo notorious
these day. by announcing bl. Intention
of going to the Afwka gold field
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The practical utility of having a
telephone, on tho farm Is fast being
demonstrated lu many agricultural dis
tricts, and tho system is bound to
spread. Out nldo of the business aspects
of the project, tho social side of the
question has helped on construction.
From the experiments of a mere boy
there has grown In one eastern Mcctlou
a system with sixteen wires, covering
seven towimhlps. The demand has
spread. In this Instance, for telephonic
service, until now farmers mile, apart
sit lu their homes with receiver, at
their ears, and listen to stoechcs, songs
and recitations sent whirling over the
wires, or express with one auother,
with readiness and convenience, what
shall be done to kill the weevil and
keep up the price of wheat.
The farm telephone Is the outgrowth
of no eorHirntlon, and no charge Is
made for rates. It should either bo a
purely personal venture, or conducted
on the lines of the Grange, for mutual
Improvement and IxMicllt. The person
starting Into this enterprise will find
enthusiastic helpers. Farmers Instant
ly realize Hint they have an oportu
ulty to build their own lines at nominal
cost. As the great bulk of the farmer's
business Is, after all, with other farm
ers, aud with local dealers In the near
est towu, he Is practically ludependent
of the long-distance companies, and
serves all his needs by a short line to
the town and to the homes of bis near
est tielghlKirs. The experiments al
ready made will soou become ix.pulnr,
aud the near future will doubtless see
a farmhouse with a telephone as natu
rally a part of Its equipment aa Is a
windmill or a cistern.
Communication between farmhouses
In time of peril or trouble him always
IsM'n slow and tedious. Fire, murder,
robls'ry and other disasters which nnt-
urally enlist the sympathies of neigh
boring farmers are liable to occur al
most any time on a farm rur away
from Its neighbor. If the place Is left.
as Is often the case. In charge of the
women while the men are at work far
away In the fields news of some lm-
imrtnut happening can lie transmitted
only at the cost of a long Journey,
which many times Is out of the ques
tlon. But If on tho wall of a farmhouse
hangs a telephone connected with a
neighboring system a dozen or a score
of farmhouses may be aiarmeu in an
AN ELECTRIC DRILL.
With It SL-foot Hole Con Be Bored
In One Minute.
The economy nnd practicability of
using electricity In mining coul hns
been demonstrated, aud It. more gen
eral Introduction should greatly cheap-
HOURS i. SIX-FOOT HOt lit A MINUT1.
en the price of our winter fuel. Ouly a
few day. ago a Philadelphia operator
said that In the course of a few year,
coul will probably lie selling at tide
water for the price now pnld for min
ing It-naniely, 45 cents a ton.
The picture shows an elect rlo drill
which Is used for making holes ln the
face of the coal seam. It I. capable of
drilling a Blx-foot hole In one minute.
In this connection It Is Interesting to
note that coal undercut by machinery
doe. not require as powerful cartridge,
for the blasting as coal undercut by
bond, and the rapidity' with which the
boles are drilled by electric power ef
fect, a great saving and largely In
creased output. The weight of the
drill represented, with post for a six
foot vein. Is ouly ir.2 pound.. Thl. can
easily be handled by one man. The
drill work, so quickly that It take, the
greater part of one man", time to at
....... In ii. o food mechanism and augers
together with starting and stopping the
drill, whlle-the other man la arranging
and picking the places for the holes.
By the time be hns another pinee ready
i, trill Iuih finished the preceding hole
and Is ready to lie moved. Two men
can very quickly reset tne arm ana
SEBaESBSS3K!EBGE!R3l3TEE3BaEB
Instant, and If a crime Is committed
which calls for swift retribution or a
chase after the offender the Instant
wings of electricity will aid In tho pur
suit. The first atop toward easily and
cheaply const meting n farm telephone
lino Is to get the telephones. Cell but
teries are a prime requisite, and can
be ordered at any hardware store; so
can the transmitter and receiver. It
will take some studying to understand
Just what part this equipment plays In
the whole ensemble, yet It Is simple
11111I practical when properly compre
hended. The barb wire fence should be
utilized where there are no breaks, aud
where wire loops can Ik employed to
connect with other farms. Where this
canuot lo done, however, wire can tic
strung from tree to tree, across coun
try or along the highways. No Insula
tion Is necessary, the wire being sim
ply fastened to the limb with staples.
Sometimes bare spnees may need polos.
These need not lie the great, tall, well
ATTENDING THE
trimmed pole, of the telephone com
pany, but material cut lu the woods,
and branches lopped off.
When a Hue Is complete, pnrt or nil
iNirb wire fence, or current curried
aloft mi a home-made line strung to
trees, roofs iiud poles, the fanner hns
a decidedly new luxury secured at a
very low expense. An lustrmnent com
plete costs but $0 and wire Is $2.70 a
mile. If the bnrb wire fence method Is
used tbe wire cost, nothing, for It Is al
ready on the ground, slrtmg and ready
for service. With hundreds of miles
of bnrb wire fence practically continu
ous all over the country, there would
then get It started again. Thl. machine
Ims drilled enough hole, lu ten hour
to "shoot" or blast down 800 tons of
coal In a seven-foot vein. It consume.
almut tbree-horst' iiower, and tho one
shown lu tbe cut Is a Jeffrey mnchlue.
AN ORIGINAL ABOLITIONIST.
He. Dr. Richard B, Hut Is One Who
Cluima That llt lnction.
Itev. Dr. Richard 8. Rust la one of
the "orlglnul abolitionists." Ever since
his youth and he has now reached old
aire he has liecn active for the welfare
of tbe colored people of the land. Be
fore tho civil war he womeu lor ineir
freedom. Since tho war be has worked
to Increase their culture. All his life
long he bus leen connected with edu
cational Institutions for their especial
benefit. He hns made for himself an
ImiM'risbnble record as an agent of civ
mention, and his name will never be
forgotten by tho freedmon of the Uni
ted Ktntes. Dr. Bust wns Horn in .ew
England, where revolt against slavery
waji Indigenous, and there wn never
any doubt about his willingness to tie
classed among the "black Republi
cans," or tbe "greasy mechanics," or
whatever else the ndvocates of the
greatest of national reforms were then
ennteiiiiitiiouslv cnlled. Perhaps be
wa. never actually asaulted whllo
nreachlng and lecturing for euianclpa
tlon, but over and over again he hud
experleucea violent enough to appall
any but tbe most stout-hearted. Over
BUT. DB. HIC1IARD S. BUST.
seem to tie nothing to prevent farmer,
from Installing telephone systems
which would bo ludependent of the
companies which charge such exor
bitant tnrirfs. Private Hue. among
nelghlsirs or lines to town, with a
small exchange aud swltchlsmrd In the
poKtntlleo or general store, could be
easily and cheaply Installed, and when
once lu service the farmers would fight
before relinquishing them.
The practical utility of the Independ
ent telephone may be realized by tak
ing the case of nil Isolated settlement
not on any railroad. Everyone must
drive to some other town to see any
body or to And out whnt Is going on. If
tley had a tele hone line, even a sin
gle Instrument In the settlement, the
advantage would be enormous. The
original cost would be scarcely any
tiling. $10 or $13 Hrhnps. After that
there Is no expense and the conve
nience will never be appreciated until
the line has been In operation for
awhile. There are a huudred and one
ii
CONCF.KT BY THOSE.
things that a settlemeut like that
would want to get Into communication
with a town for. If they hnd a line to
some near village they could have mes
sages transmltt.il over the long dis
tance wire to large cities, aud If a farm
er wanted something In a hurry Instead
of writing for it and wnitlug for the
slow delivery of the malls there he
could ca.. tip hi. dealer In the city, or
der U by wire and have It come out by
express that day.
Iu one of these settlements where a
line Is now In actual operation It Is
claimed by It. users that they alwo
lutely could not got along without It.
forty year, ago he became president of
the Freedmnn". College at Aeula, umo,
and while holding this position he had
much to do with the Insertion or tue
clause, against slnvery Into tho gen
eral Methodist discipline. After the
wnr Dr. Rust wn. the fattier or tne
Methodist policy of extending schools
for freedmen all over the Houtu, wnicn
Ims resulted lu about eighty Institu
tions that serve ns lighthouses of
knowledge to the whole colored race.
Fur vears ho has none no and down tue
bind lecturing and preaching In their
iMjhalf, and now, when too old to con
tinue personal labor, hi Interest I.
still strong. Dr. Rust resides In Cin
cinnati.
Ton of Food Wasted.
A weekly newspaper In London give.
some curious fact. a. the result of re
cent Inquiries throughout the BrUtsh
metropolis nnd provinces Into tne sun
wasted food 111 workhouse.
These show how tons of bread arc wast-
ed every week aud consigned to the
swill tub. It Is a common custom, also,
It appears, lu some workhouse, to
throw away plate, of untouched meat.
This Is owing to the hard and fast rule.
of the local government bonrd. A fixed
quantity of food Is ordered to be served
to each Inmate, whether It I. wanted or
not, and, ns nothing Is allowed to be
used a second time, all that Is left tio-
come, waste.
Hlirugglng the Shoulder.
Shrugging the shoulder. In cold
wen i tier la nrolMiblr the survrral of an
old Instinct, which prompt, aulmal. to
put the skin of tbe back on tno stretcn,
ami so erect the hairy covering of that
part. The hair Is now recovering to a
mere downy covering, but the old In
stinct still remains, In common with
others, the rule apparently being that
all Instincts which are harmless to their
possessors are constant, li spite or any
change of structure. All animal with
long hair or feather erect their coot.
In cold weather, for the warmth of such
a coveriuir doiM'tids ou It thickness and
tho amount of air it coutalus, rather
than on It bulk.
Lasting Quail tie.
"Tbe eminent vocal teacher, Mar
chesl, .ay. tbe voice, of American
young women are beautiful, but they
do not last."
"Don't last? Heaveus! I married
oue that' lasted 40 yearsl"
"V cei-iL lil.'!'-" -.ISTti
11 ll -SP 4k a a ' ii 3
They use It every day and near neigh
bor come luto call up the tow n. It !
connected with au exchange, but pr
pie are accommodating In a small town
and If anyone wants a message trans
muted to somebody there Is no . oub'.e
about Its being delivered at the other
end. They call up lu the morning aud
And out what price I. offered for some
thing off the farm. If It I. satisfactory
a bargain Is made over the wire, per
hnp. or decide to drive lu with a wag
on. If the market I. low a trip I. saved.
The possibilities are endless. A tele
gram arrives hit' at night. The opera
tor at the town can hasten to the wire,
read the dispatch, and save a long an I
tedious trip Into the country.
Auother thing that will be brought
aisurt some day will lie the storage of
the surplus energy developed by wind
mills lu storage batteries and Its use
to light farms and farmhouses by elec
tricity. The only drawback to the
scheme now Is the great weight aud
considerable cost of storage batteries.
But au Immense amount of energy
could be accumulated by a windmill
nnd converted luto electricity, stored up
and later released to light up a Tirm
house. Of course this would be chiefly
nvnlbible In the winter when the
evenings are short, liecnuso In the sum
mer It Is light until almost 0 o'clock,
and then the average farmer goes to
lied. But that plan will lie develoMil
by nnd by nnd Indeed has liccu already
In some places, but the excuse under
the present system Is almost prohibi
tive. There Is no doubt but that In the city
the telephone Is a constniit necessity
for the transaction of business. Iu the
country It would seem to be fully as
necessary, where everyone Is Isolated
and communication Is necessnrlly slow
and illlhYult by ordlnnry methods. For
every need, of the farmer he must drive
to town, no matter bow great the dls
tunee or how bad the roads. Ofteu It
means merely n trip both ways to order
something by telegraph or to get some
thing that might as well lie sent out
from the town. With the telephone
system In oicrntlon bis labors will lie
lightened Incalculably and his time
saved Imtnensureubly.
And. nfter all, the barticd wire fence
system should commend Itself to the
farmer through Its simplicity and It.
ease of operation and equipment.
Clco do Mcrode I the Bcnaatlon of tbe
Duy In New iork.
New York music hall patron, have
been worshiping at the shrine of Cleo
de Merode, the gay Parisian beauty
nnd ballet girl. Cleo'. appearance ere
ated a sensation among the gay New
Yorkers. Her visit to New York Is for
tho purpose of filling an engagement
In one of the music hnlls, which will
net her fl.fiOO. At It. conclusion shu
will return Immediately to Paris.
Merode'. fame aud money-earning
qualities rest ujMin nn unevlniile imsis.
Kh la not a areat singer, not even a
great dnucer. In Paris she get. $10 a
week for kicking up ber heels lu tue
i,iiit i.r the (irnud Onera and no oue
ever discovered that she had talent lu
nv line. But she was beautiful and
one ulght when King Leopold, the
wicked old monarch of Belgium, sat in
the front row her shnpely figure and
handsome face apiieared to him and He
applauded ber. That wa. the first
mark of distinction Merode ever re-.
eelved. After that, when Leopold
openly paid attention, to ber aud she
and tho gay old King had merry time.
In aud out of Paris, there waa gossip
that spread throughout the world.
MeiiMtn Is vounir lust Dnst 20. She
Is slender and her features are small.
Her manner Is quiet aud refined.
What Wa Required.
"So you are the music teacher that
answered my advertisement?"
"Ye., sir."
"Well, lt down here and play a cou
ple of duct., so I can tee what you can
do," Anew era. , ,
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A GAY PARISIAN.
CI.KO DB HXnOIK.