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How to Make Ice Cretin at Home.' Put one pint of milk in; a double boiler with a. piece of vanilla bean one inch in length. ' Cream together. the yolks, of four eggs, half a cnp of sugar and two tablespoonfnls of flour until very light and Btir gradually into the milk when it reaches the boiling point. Cook ten minates, stirring, frequently. Add a pinch of salt; turn into a stone dish, beating while it cools. When cool add one and a half jrints of cream .and half a oop of Bngnr. ' Before freezing remove carefully the bits of vanilla, beau. Use rock salt with the broken ice, putting the can into the center of the tub. Fasten the lid very securely. Three pints of rock salt is sufficient for a gal lon freezer. . The ice- and salt should be in layers, : Turn the crank slowly at first until the ice is well packed about the freezer. Twenty minutes . will usually serve to ' freeze the cream. When it is firm enongh take out the paddle and beat well with a wooden spoon until the space left by the beater is filled. Cover with a blanket and set away for two boars. Then dip the can in warm (not hot) water, wipe it off and turn the con tents into a cold dish. Well sweetened strawberry or raspberry juice or a quar ter cnp of black coffea may be used if ther flavors are desired. Now to Oil Whrtnlonn. ' Kerosene is best, as it keexs the stone in " better condition and assists the process of sharpening. How to Oct OfT a Moving Car. It is always best to have a car stop be fore getting off, and specially so when One is no longer young and nimble. But when one must jump off a moving car there is only one way to do it. Face iu the direction the car is going, but lean back a little, not letting go the handrail of the car till one foot has touched the ground; then step forward in the same directions oue, two or- three steps, according to the momentum the car has to yon. To jump off backward or sideways nearly always results in a fall. i How to Make Hranuled J'eaclien. Take four xonnds of peeled fruit, four pounds of sugar and a pint of white brandy. Make a sirup of the sugar in enough water to dissolve it. Let this ! come to u boil; put the fruit iu and boil ! five minutes. Remove the fruit care- i fully and let the sirup boil fifteen mm- j utes longer, or until it is quite thick; j add the brandy, and take the kettle at j once from the fire; pour the sirup over ; the fruit anti seal. j How to Shake Hands. Americans are the greatest imuciKhak; ers in the world, and it is likely that of .recent days there has not been a presi dent of the United States who has not secretly wished that George Francis Train's style of shaking hands with, him self when he greeted an acquaintance was the universal custom. Common tfcovgh the habit is, many do the act awkwardly. The right hand of each party to the greeting should be extended boat twelve inches forward midway letween the waist and breast, and the bands should clasp each the other firmly but gently, and then a slight movement up and down and the greeting is over. A hand should never be squeezed either rom exuberance of spirit or in play fulness.. Neither should a hand when given in salutation be inert and dead. Nor should either party to a handshak ing merely give the finger tips. In En rope, some little while ago, in circles of high fashion, it became the style to reach out the haud at an elevation of the breast and then raise the hands. This bad some vogue i u America, but it was ' silly and awkward and the style has passed away. A gentleman when intro duced to a lady should ' not offer his hand, but he should be on the alert to respond if the lady should choose to do him the honor of shaking his hand. Uuw to' Cure a Bolting: Saddle Home. Many ill mannered horses and especial ly livery stable hacks frequently are dis posed to choose at a road crossing which road to take, and invariably the road the horse chooses is not the one the rider wishes. If he .is obstinate and insists on having his own way, the rider should dismount, take the bit in both hands, standing in front of and facing the horse. Then back the horse in the direction he has selected to go for 100 or 200 yards. Back him as rapidly as you can. Then mount and start on your way. Nine times ont of ten this one lesson will be all that is desired, but if the brute be unnaturally willful it may have to be repeated several times. . Bow .to Preserve Kid Gloves from Sweat. Dust the hands, with cornstarch (dry) just before drawing on the gloves. How to Make Taffy. . To one quart of molasses add one gill of cold water and Bet it over a moderate fire. Let it boil steadily until nearly stiff, then add one tablespoonful of but- . ter and one tablespoonful of brown sugar. Boil ten minutes longer and then pour into battered pans. How to Prevent Wrinkle. Wrinkles, of course, cannot be entire ly prevented, bat there is no use in hav ing as many as most people in middle life and old age are decorated with. One does not think any the better or clearer for wrinkling up the forehead and screw ing up the eyes, and yet nine people out of ten. contract this habit in early youth. : This indulgence soon fixes the wrinkles and they never go away. The habit, too, of making faces indicative of the various emotions contributes . a great many of these spoilers of beauty. A placid ex pression is certainly very much more lovely either in man or woman than one disturbed by useless grimaces. An even temper and a patient mind will do won ders in the way of smoothing oat the 'wrinkled brow of care. RIDING ALLIGATORS, i A NATIVE WHO THINKS NOTHING OF , ... MOUNTING A SAURIAN. According;. to This Man In Florida, All You Have to Do Is to Vault Lightly to - the Animal's Back, Press Your Thnmbi Over His Kyes and Say '"Clans;." If 'the ancient writers and painters who depicted men on horseback as cen taurs were now living what a field they would find in Florida for - originating new forms of life, provided they fol lowed the idea developedjn the produc tion of the creature that was "part man and part horse! Here, for instance, they could see men riding huge saurians across a lake without either Feins or sad dle, some coming from the depths of the ocean mounted on gigantic turtles weighing as much as Clydesdale horses, and others straddling a jewfish, shark or porpoise, or being towed behind an enor mous sea devil in a cockle shell of a boat or in a large schooner'.-' " Tampa boasts of a colored citizen who has no more fear of an alligator than he has of the harmless lizard, and will at tempt to ride oue any day for a small sum of money. His method of riding the reptile is to enter a lake or pond where the species congregates, select a large one, jump on its back quickly and, pressing his thumbs on its eyes, urge it shoreward. An employee of the South Florida railroad, whose name 1 have received permission to use, informed me that he had often mounted old bulls in the lakes of Hernando county and ridden 'them ashore without any trouble by simply pressing his thumbs on their eyes and urging them forward with his heels or shouts. He found it far easier work to mount than dismount, for as soon as his saurian steed touched the shore it tried to seize his leg by bringing it? tail and head suddenly together and rolling over and over like a barrel going down lull. This is the ordinary method employed by alligators for capturing' their prey or enemies, and as its efficacy depends on the prompt conjunction of j iws and tail, the stroke may be readily avoided by a little "figuring," to use Mr. Staf ford's expression. According to Mr. Stafford, all he had to do when in want of an aquatic mus tang was to enter a half dried pond, pick out the largest and laziest saurian he saw there, mount it promptly and point its head landward. The mounted ani mal, according to his statement, makes no fuss about moving wherever it is directed'while in the water, but the mo ment it totiches land it uses every effort to throw and devour its jockey. ' It is possible to ride an alligator' some distance overland by tying its muzzle, as it does not attempt to do any injury until it can throw its open mouth and long tail together by a suddea sweep to one side. " Mr. Stafford, who is. I be lieve, a native of Florida, a veteran hunter and an expert alligator jockey. relates an anecdote which shows that eaurian riding is as dangerous as Irish stecplechasing when the mount is sulky or wounded. He had ridden an alligator ashore during one of his hunting trips, and as it was rather large and its skin, as a consequence, usually valuable, he decided to kill and flay it near the pond. After emptying the contents of his ri fle into its head and assuring himself of its being dead, he drew his knife to flay it; but he had hardly' touched the head' ere the alligator returned to life, and seizing hint by the coat sleeve com menced rolling over and over. . The" sec ond or third roll took the sleeve off bi.s coat awl dislocated his arm. and on be ing set free in this unexpected manner it did not take him long to scramble out of reach of the furions reptile. A phy sician who was hunting with him set his arm in a few moments, and when that was done the jockey poured lead into his late mount until he was sure that its ferocious spirit had fled. A man who has shbt alligators for their hides told, me that the animals were harmless in winter and inclined to avoid a contest with men at all times unless they were wounded or defending their young. They are worse in the pairing season than at any other, the bulls being then unusually petulant, more than ordinarily stupid and stub born and inclined to resent any intru sion m their grounds. Yet by boldly facing them they can be forced to run. and may even be mounted and ridden ashore, provided there are no females in the vicinity. He once tried to ride an old bull to ward a landmark that loomed above all other objects on the flat shore of a lake on a dark night, and wondered why his steed tried so hard to turn away from it whenever the thumbs were lifted off the eyes, but he was able to account for it readily a few moments later, when an enraged female that was guarding the landmark, which was her nest, rushed open mouthed and grunting like an in sane grizzly, ana sent ner conqueror precipitately to the rear and its jockey deep into the mud. -; ' - V. ; . . - Fortunately for him the assailant was more enraged at the bull than at the jockey and followed it several hundred yards, charging at intervals and thrash ing it vigorously with her tail whenever she got an" opportunity. The male was driven almost across the lake before she decided to return and attack the man. but he was running on shore for dear life long before she had given up the pursuit of the steed. The rider said he had Been many des perate charges during the civil war, but mat no never was m one that so com pletely benumbed his faculties as the charge of that . "big mouthed squaw 'gator." He thought he could ride a male saurian at any time of the year, but that no man living could retain his seat for any length of time on the back of a female that was defending her nest or was accompanied by her young. Cor. St Ixrais Republic. . Nice "tablecloths and napkins should not be allowed to become much soiled. so that they will require vigorous rub- PRESENCE OF. MIND. Hew a Man Who Had It Profited by the Scheme of One Who Hadn't It. . Presence of mind and bravery in the face of peril was being discussed in the office of W. B. Busenbark, general man ager of the Maple Leaf route. The cap sizing of a yacht off the lake front the day before suggested the theme. After listening to the thrilling experiences which each of the group present related and somehow on the occasion of an exceptional accident people are prone to talk thrillingly of what they have passed through themselves Mr, Busenbark told a story. He did not need - to call our fancy to his aid to give interest to his tale. He had been the central figure in the well remembered burning of the Newhall hotel, in Milwaukee, being the only per son above the second floor who did not perish in the terrible fire. Referring to the manner in which he escaped, he said he owed his. life to the fact that a man who was burned to ashes in the flames the same night told him how he would try to save his life in case of fire. , . . . "This is how it was, boys," . said Mr-. Busenbark. - "I got orders from my road to meet one of our agents named Ware, who was to be transferred from Detroit to Milwaukee, and introduce him to our patrons in the Cream City. 1 joined him here in Chicago, and we went , to Milwaukee together. It was the day of the Newhall hotel fire. On thj trip, by a strange coincidence, we began talking about fires.- Ware, I think, brought up the topic. Yes, it was Ware; and what started him on the subject was the fact that he had witnessed a big fire in the Western Union building at Detroit, at which five lives were lost. 'Isn't it curi ous. Busenbark,' said Ware to me, 'how common sense will desert a man in the hour of danger? I saw the trig fire in Detroit. " 'A number of operators could be seen standing helplessly and in wild de spair at. the windows of the Western Union building. There was a perfect network . of telegraph wires within fwenty feet of them, by jumping on which they might have saved their lives. But they didn't jump and they ! perished. What is puzzling is that the j telegraph wires as a means of escape for the poor fellows did not occur to me until after all was over. 'No accounting for thesn things, Ware,' said I to the Detroit man, and then we talked about other matters. "That evening, after arriving at Mil- wauKee, we went to the theater. 1 re member it lis if it was but yesterday. About 11 o'clock we reached the New hall and were given a double bedded room. When I was awakened by the heat and stiSing smoke I pulled Ware out of bed. iKid. the poot fellow dashed from the room and toward the staircase. I never saw him again, alive or dead, for he was burned to ashes, ' I rushed to one of the windows of my room and stood for fully half a minute, dazed and bewildered. Right under the window was a network of telegraph wires. Poor Ware's story of tho Detroit incident flashed across my mind. "I jumped toward the wires, and all that I remember is that I grabbed them. They told me afterward that I hung on for about a minute and then fell to the pavement below. I was put among the dead in the old bank across from the hotel, but 1 revived, and two months later I was able to walk. "Ware inspired me with the idea that saved my life, and while he had the same opportunity as I had he did not avail himself of it. - 'It is idle, boys, to talk of what one would be sure to do under given circum stances. There is no accounting for jvhat a man will do when he is looking into the jaws of death." All the boys looked thoughtful and agreed that it was so. Chicago Herald. directive Use of English. ' No accomplishment excels a thorough mastery of English. Those who have acquired it are the most cultivated and scholarly men and women of our age. This superiority frequently passes un noticed, for it has a certain subtle qual ity like the delicate odor of roses. On reading or listening to the best English we never think of the form of expression, and not till afterward, when the clear ness of our conception reveals itself, do we notice the beauty and the appropri ateness of the language. To use English appropriately, elegantly and forcibly im plies not only a thorough knowledge of the language itself, but also a broad cul ture. It implies both connected, logical' thought and. the ability to 'clothe the thought grammatically, rhetorically and connectedly in tit language., . A style as massive and majestic us that of Burke or Macaulay renders any man immortal.' The grace of Irving and the copious flu ency of Scott fascinate the reader; and the power to write with the eloquence of Mr. George William Curtis, -President Eliot or ColonerHigginson would recon cile, almost anybody to being a Mug wump. Education. The Face of a Clock. An excellent way to "test a man's pow ers of observation is to ask him to draw the dial of a clock. Most persons set down IV for four, instead of the four straight lines usual on dials, and few remember that all the letters of the dial stand with their bases toward the cen ter. It has been demonstrated that all persons ordinarily read a clock dial by the position of. the figures and disregard the figures themselves. One of the best known public dials in a provincial town has no mark save a st raight line at each of the places usually occupied by the Koman numerals, and the maker of the great clock of the houses of parliament made another great dial, upon which he indicated each hour by a single straight line. It has been found, however, that while most persons have no accurate knowledge of dials, any marked departure from the usual rule in the marking of watch faces or house clocks is easily detected. A dial bearing IV instead of four straight lines at once attracts attention. London Tit- One Better. -..-'...''. . People in the waiting room of the De troit, Grand Haven and- Milwaukee depot were more Or less interested the other afternoon in the conduct of a mid-, die aged couplo who were evidently very much in love. As they sat together on a seat the man had his arm around her waist and she leaned confidingly on . his, shoulder. The depot policeman might have looked at them rather sharply as he passed through the room, for soon thereafter the man came outside and queried: . ' " -r "Do you remember me?" '. "Cant Bay that I do," replied the offi cer after a careful scrutiny. . .. , "I was in here last summer on an ex cursion.' - "Yes "Had a girl with, me girl with long curls and a white drees." , ""Yes." "She was a widow's daughter and had forty acres of land in her own name." '- "I see. ' "That was the' best I could do at the time, but that's the widow and mother inside, and she owns the rest of .the farm and all the stock. Tve gone one better, and do you. blame me fur kinder squeez ing around, even if folks do laugh at us?" The officer assured him it was all right and according to Hoyle, and he returned to business much relieved and encour aged. Detroit Free Press. How Man Mid Nature Uses Carbon. - Man uses carbon for the same pur poses as nature uses it. He employs it as fuel: so does she. but he in the crude form of coal, from which, also, he pro duces for other purposes different useful products artistically applicable as color ing substances, in which art, as he may one day find out, he is following some undiscovered natural design. Long man's Magazine. -i Just 24. In Just 21 houn J. V. S. relieves constipation and sick headaches, After it gets tho system under control an occasional dose prevents return. We refer by permission to W. H. Marshall, Bruns wick House, 8. F.; Geo. A. Werner, 631 California St., B. F.; Mrs. C. Melt-in, 136 Kearny St, S. F., and many others who have found relief from constipation and sick headaches. G. W. Vincent, of 6 Terrenes Court, S. F. writes: "1 am 60 years of age and have been troubled with constipation for 25 years. I was recently induced to try Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I recognized in it at once an herb that the Mexicans used to giro us in the early 50' s for bowel troubles. (I came to California in 1839,) and I knew it would help ma and it baa. For the first time in years I can sleep well and my system is regular and in splendid condition. The old Mexican herbs in this remedy are a certain cure In constipation and bowel troubles." Ask for Iriii'c Veetable uUy O Sarsaparilla For Sate by SNIPES KINERSLY THE DALLES. OREGON. IK GRIPPE By using 8. B. Heodnche and Liver Cure, and S. B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were used two years ago during the La Grippe epi demic, and very nattering testimonials of their power over that disease are at band. Manufact ured oy the s. u. Meoicine Mig. Co., at imiur, Oregon. For sale by all druggists. A Severe Law. The English peo ple look more closely ' to the genuineness of these staples than we da In fact, tbey have a law under 'which they make seizures and de stroy adulterated products that are not what they are represented to be. Under thin statute thousands of pounds of tea bare been burned because of their wholesale adul teration.. , ' " . Tea, by the way, is oue of the most notori ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not alone are tho bright, shiny green teas artifi cially colored, but. thoufands of pounds of substitute! for tea leaves are used to.swell, tiio bulk ot cheap teaj; ash, sloe, and willow !o:tvi;s being those most commonly used. AK:in, sweepings fr..n tea warehouses are colored and sold as tea. liven exhausted tea leaves gathcicd from the tea-houses are kept, dried, and mode over and find their way into the cheap teas. Tho LuglLt-h government attempts to stamp fhib on: by co:ifla aii.-u- but no tea is too poor lor u' and the result i. that probably the poorest teas used by any nation are those Consumed iu America. - Beech's Tea is presented with the guar anty that it is uucolored and unadulterated; In fact, the sun-cureo. tea leaf pure and simpler-Its purity insures faperlpr strength, beut one third less of lit being required fox an infusion than of thea-liflclal teas, and its fragrance and exqaisice flavor is at one ap parent. It will bs a -reflation to you. .Ia order that Its purity and quality may be gaar anteed, it la sold only in pound packages bearing this trade-mark: BEELm TEA 'Pure As -Childhood: HceCOeperpoBsd, Tor sates am Vr ' tub Dalles WW& IS TIE LEill Of the Leading City of Eastern Oregon. During the little over a year of its existence it has earnestly tried to fulfill the objects for which it was founded, namely, to assist in developing our industries, to advertise the resources of the city and adjacent country and to work for an open river to the sea. Its record is before the people an-i the phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the expression of their approval. Independent in every- thing, neutral in nothing, it will live only to fight for what it believes to be Commencing with the vc lume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same. Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain moi e reading matter for less money than any paper published in the county. GET YOUH DONE AT BooK ai?d Job priptip Done on LIGHT BINDING Address all Mail .Orders to Chronicle THE DALLES, just and ri2 ht. first number of the second WTIJ1G Short Notice. NEATLY DONE, V Pub. Co., OREGON. 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