OREGON SCOUT.!
JOKES & CEA3TCEX, Publishers.
VSIOX. OKKGOX.
A Curs for axlnes.
A Into rovcrond gentleman who resided In
Yorkihlro nnd wai as well known for his
occentriclty as his talent ono day sent his
too, a lazy Intl about 13 years of age, to catch
Us horse, Tho lad went sauntering olon
-with a grain of corn In ono hand and h brldl
in tho other, dragging tho reins along the
ground. "Thomas," said tho father, calling
alter him in a very solemn tono of voice,
"como here, Thomas, I want to say a word
to you beforo you go." Tho lad returned
and tho parson proceeded: "You know,
!hamas, that I gavo you a great deal of
counsel. You know that I have taught you
before closing your eyes, to tay, 'Now I lay
mo down to sleep,' etc, besides a good many
other things in way of explanation and ad'
-vice. Dut this Is tho last opportunity I may
ever haro of speaking to you. I couldn't let
it pass without giving you my parting
cnargo. lio a good boy and always say that
pretty prayer beforo going to sleep. I fear I
thall never sco you again." As ho said this
in a very sad and solemn manner tho poor
boy began to bo frightened, and burst Into
tears with this exclamation: "You'll never
fccomo again, paf
"No, for I will probably dlo beforo you
get back with tho horse." This qulckoncd
Thomas' ideas, and gathering up tho reins ho.
ran and caugut tlioliorso in less timo thau ha
bad ever dono before. London Queen.
To Nelly.
Xovr let mo sing my Kelly's fame,
Tor other men have dono tho s&mo,
And praised their Idol's charm and wit
So if I do, what harm Is it T
t Xargc, lustrcm eyes, yet full of Are
Tocth small and whlto as you'd desire,
And hair so thick and soft to press,
Its luxury iavltcs cares.
The compass of her voice, 'tis true,
Slight not pleaso critics mich as you;
Hut truth it is I cannot sing,
So that don't count for anything.
Friends will her sometimes catch and hoU
With clasp that's warm, and touch that's holds
no jcuious pangs aruo tiioreat,
Because my Nelly Is a cat, Evening Sun.
New to Her.
JOHNNY'S COMPLAINT.
Oar preacher says an' of course he's right-
It s very wrong to ten n tin,
(So mother's taught mo ever slnco
Sbe rocked me In my little crib,)
That's why I can't Just understand
Why In his sermon ho w,ll run
Along like sixty whsn he's said:
"Cut ono word more and I haro dono."
When first I heard him say thoio words
They made mo Rlod, for I, you sec,
Was tired, for half-hour sermons seem
Enough tor little folks like me:
Ilut gracious 1 I wat quite surprised
To find he'd only Just Be?un.
When pausing for a breath, ho said:
"Hut ono word more and I huve done."
I wonder what he'd think If I
Should say, when nt his home I'd sup:
"Just one plum moro and I hnvo done,"
Then cat his wife's preserves all up?
I rucss he'd ask me what I meant:
I'd huve to sny I was in fun
Just llko he must bo when he soys:
"But one word more nnd I have dono."
H'tfrfd Whipple, tn lichtnonl Dltpatch.
WONDERFUL INSECTS.
Providing Living Moat for Their
Young.
Iarrnlnus Instinct I)lrWyr 1 by Home
Member of tho Waip Family The
Study of TIkmo Mttle Crmtturcs
of Absorbing Intercut.
Mr. Gothntn (at tho bull gome) Do not
TVelch's curves, Miss Breezy, remind you of
Jiogartii's lino of beauty
Miss Breezy (from Chicago) Well, rcallv.
Mr. Ootham, I never saw Hogarth pitch.
now xork Bun.
Sho Itecnllctl Ilcr Howard.
Fotta had Just roturncd from nn extended
trip abroad, and was milking his first call
tmon n young lmly friend.
" "My gracious, Miss Jennie, how you havo
changed! Why, you nro a meroshndow of
your former belf. Aren't you well I"
"Well, no, Mr. Potts, You seo, shortly
after your departure I Joined tho cooking
school, nnd there wo, nro obliged to Bampla
everything wo make. I nm now n hopeless
dvsjxjpUe."
"How horrlblol Jtcnlly, I pity you from
tho bottom of my heart."
"You nro very kind, Mr. Potts, but I feel
posltlvo that 1 shall reap my ruwnrd," und
ticrotho young Indy blushed painfully.
"Howard f ltenlly, I do not comprehend."
Then, with n graceful flutter of cllimimr
drapery, sho crossed to his side, gavo him n
tia 'leap year expression, laid her left ear
over Ma chest protector and gently mur
mured: "Willie, dear, I can mako biscuit such as
your mother used to mtikci'
"With a wild cry of Joy ho took tho trem
bling form In his great strong nrms and
Ibolr happiness was so intense that it could
liavo been cut with a knlfo." Cincinnati
Times-Star.
, No Temptation.
"And so you havo brought my beautiful
Alpbonso homo, havo you, llko nn honest
man, Instead of keeping him yourself, as you
might easily havo done 1" wild tho delighted
lady as nh6 fondled tho poodle. "Wero you
not strongly tomptod to keep tho darling
rrcaturol"
"No, mum," replied tho lncomiptlblo man,
us ho jacketed tho f3 reward. "It weren't
ito temptation. I couldn't Imvo sold his hida
tor two bits at this toasou of tho year, mum."
Chicago Tribune.
Ono Way of Protecting,
Lightning roils do protoct. Their decrcaso
In number ls.notnlono duo to better electrical
knowledge. It it duo to a decrease of tho
danger which rods vemovo, Tho owner ot
buildings put rods thereon. Ills building
tuny bo struck by lightning, tho rods melted,
tho buildings burned, but tho man himself
vrastufe. Ho woa fully protected from light
ning rod ngcnU. Boston Manufacturers'
Uasutto.
An Athletlo Job.
BSraperwn Young Btnlthson has bocoino
romo quito aiiiliito, 1 hear.
Bagloy Vhut fellow anathlctol Oh.no.
JIo could uot walk around tho block without
resting.
BlmiHjrwn Ah, well, ho has boon Jumping
LI board bill, ami that must bo n consider
Jdo Job. Boaou l'oot.
Tlio Cumpulcu l'oot at Work.
Subscriber (to otlltor) What' tho matter
with tho gentleman at tho desk near tho win
dow! lio certainly has a lit.
Editor llo' all right; ho U writing somo
campaign jwotry. Tho 15jocb.
AtMu? Too Much.
Old Lsdj Svho has taught somo groceries)
You arofvry slow, boy; cant you hurry upl
Boy ircirAH'hf ullyjYou ouglm't to nil: a
tbvdelluru-wctik boy to hurry up, uiu'uut,
:9vr York Hun.
'Ihcro is nothing now under tho
Biin," wrote tho wise man: but who
would have thought that tlio secret of
preserving fresh moat, which we nro
ill now anxiously trying to find out,
was known and practiced ages ago by
tho wasp family, and that in a way
miion moro cicver man wo can ever
hope to attain?
Is it not strango in itself that tho
solitary wasps, thut is. tho spacios in
which each ono builds its own nest,
though they feed entirely on honoy
thomsolves, know that tho young grubs
which will como from their eggs need
animal food? For after Hying about
among tho ilowers over since they left
thcircocoons, theso sand-wasps, toward
tho end of July, begin to burrow in tho
soft sand, and whon thoy havo formed
a chamber they lay an egg in it and
provide flics, spiders, grasshoppers or
booties for tho young larva which is
soon to bo born.
Somo bring tho food in niece hy piece
as their child is roiuly to feed upon it.
Tho Ilombox, or boo-wasp, may bo noon
doing this in most parts of tho world.
When sho has scooped out tn tho
sand tho chnmbor in which her young
grub is to bo born and pass its youth
a smooth, oval coll. at the end of a
short passago sho comes out and files
away.
But sho soon returns with a littlo
goltlon-grcon fly in her grasp, flies
str Ight to tho right spot in tho sand,
(inters, and, placing tho fly on its back
within tho oval chamber, she lays up
on Its flunk a tiny, sticky ogg.
Ihon sho comes out and again closes
tho door of the passago, for sho knows
that in twenty-four hours tho grub
will bo hatched, and, finding its food
ready to oat, will dovour and devour,
till, in about two days, nothing will bo
loft of Its victim but tlio debris of skip
and legs and wings.
Hero wo havo no preserving of meat.
Wo must go to another group to tlud
tho skillful moat-prosorvors. Hero
tho Sphox will servo us, that curious
gonus so easily known from common
wasps by tho thin stalk which joins
tho ubdoinon to tho rost of Its boil v.
I'horo are largo and small sphoxes,
some of which food thoir grubs on
small grasshoppers, while others at
tuck oven a good-sized locust: but one
mill all thoy are skillfull practitioners,
and know how to paralyzo without
killing, so as to loavo thoir proyfctored
up in u fresh Btato till the grub needs
It.
J his timo wo must not go to loose
Haiul-bnnlcB, but to u gravelly soil, or
to places whoro tufts of grass bind tho
sand togothor and mako a shelter over
I ho doorway of tho colls. Then, if wo
I listen carefully, wo muy hoar tho busy
hum of somo twelve or twenty Sphox
sand-wasps, each digging out her
sopnratu homo, although thoy work
together for company.
It Is hardor work than that of tho
Ilombox, for tho ground Is close and
firm, but each ono with hor powerful
jaws digs Into tho ground, often lifting
out oven a small stone ami placing it
asido, while, with hot' forefoot, sho
clears in front, throwingout tho gravel
with her hind-legs, and redoubling hor
efforts and her humming song, when
over a toughor pleco of ground calls
for all hor strength.
In a few hours sho has miulo a gal
lery somo inehes in length anil bont
llko an elbow noartho opening to keep
out wind ami rain, while at the farther
.. . . i. . i. . . -
ami biio mis iiiiiuo an ova; euamoor
with ll-smoothcd walls and floor and
celling.
And now sho goes for hor proy. This
time It Is a grasshopper which Is need-
oil for tho grub, and, as somo unwary
littlo chlrpor is singing his song, ho is
pounced upon by his small but terrible
unomy.
There- Is a struggle as tho two roll
over anil over, now ono now tho other
on tho top, hut at lust tho wasp con
quors anil tho grasshopper lies upon
his buck.
Then follows a curious operation.
Turning her head to tho grasshopper's
tall tho wasp seizes tho und of his ub
doinon with hor inaudlblos and holds
It fust, while with her foot sbe keeps
his legs down. Then bending her slim
wutst M) us to bring her sting under
her sho gives three stabs, ono In tho
nock of hur victim, ono further back
between tho first and second pair of
logs anil tho third still uuaror to hU
Hbtlomuu. o
In a mutuant It U ilouu ami tho grass
hunpui 1'iMlstn no mora, though hU
,-fluy fctltl heave lo?ly wl his Jeff,
movo vaguely and feebly. Tho wasp
then smoothes her rufllcd wings, and
prepares to carry him nwny.
Pressing hor body against his sho
clasps him firmly with her legs, and
soaring into tho air with a victim far
heavier than herself flics straight to
her chamber. Horo sho lays him down
outside and runs in to seo that no harm
has happened in her absence, for sho
has left hor door open. Then sho re
turns, and putting her hend out seizes
him by tho nntennte and drags him in.
Onco safe in tho chamber she places
herself upon him, and lays her sticky
egg upon his thorax where tho grub
may safely begin to eat as soon as ho is
hatched. Nor is her work yet finished.
A second, a third, arid sometimes oven
a fourth time sho makes the sumo jour
ney, bringing each timo a grasshopper
stabbed with threo blowB, and placing
thorn all in tho coll closes it up Bafoly.
But sho does not leave tho pallery.
Sido by side with this cell sho now be
gins another, and only when four cham
bers aro mado and supplied each with
an egg and rood for the grub when
hatched, does sho como out and closo
the gallery?
Now what has sho dono? It will bo,
nt least, threo or four days before tho
first egg will hatch, and ten or twelve
days moro beforo the grub has finished
eating tho threo or four grasshoppors.
But long before this, if tho grass
hoppors were, dead they would havo
become dry and julcclcss in a warm
place, and rotten and putrid in a damp
ono, so that tho grub could not eat
them. But they are not dend.
Fabrc, a French entomologist, who
spent years In studying these insocts,
found that nftor a month and a half
these strong grasshoppers aro still
fresh and their limbs aro floxiblo. Nay I
for moro than a fortnight thoir an
tennas anil legs may often bo seen to
move.
Paralyzed throughout nnd thrown
Into profound unconsciousness, yet tho
proy Is living still, so that the larva
from tho timo when it first comes out
of tho egg, till its last meal before it
spins its cocoon, has fresh and living
meat prepared for its table.
Hero is indeed a marvel! and by
Imitating it M. Fabro found out how it
Is dono. By taking a inotal pon, with
ammonia upon it, making a corrosivo
liquid, and pricking tho grasshopper
In tho threo spots chosen by tho Sphox
for hor sting, ho was able to paralyzo
tho insoct as she had done.
For this clovor littlo insect stings ex
actly in tho three places whoro under
tho grasshopper's body are gathered
tho centers of nerve matter from which
tho nerves spring. In this way sho
completely disables her victim, while
hor stabs aro just of tho right strength
to paralyzo but not to kill. M. Fabro
a ..a t e .
lounu inui n mo operation was care
lessly performed, tho insect died, yet
so far as ho could discover, no Sphere
ever by mistake kills hor prey.
Ono more fact, and our wonder at the
skill and Instinct of those creatures
roaches Its height, Tho Sphcx La?i-
gucdocir.n, which Is rather largor than
tho yellow-winged Sphox of which wo
havo been speaking, kills a good-sized
locust for her grub, and stores only ono
In each coll. Now as this victim is
vory largo compared to herself sho can
not ily with it, so sho catches it first,
ind afterwards excavates hor chambor
near. Then she has to drag him into
it by his antcnuio, and as ho is largo
and strong, his legs and mandlblos still
moving after ho is stung aro very dun
joroiis to hor.
Yot probably if she stung him moor
lio might die. for this is not how sho
ots out of tho dilllculty. Clotting
ftstrldo him, sho presses his neck till
tho joints opon, anil then with a firm
Stroke of hor mandlblos sho pressos
upon tho collar of norvo matter collect
ed round tho throat.
In an Instant hor proy becomes quiet,
sho has stunnod tho locust, and pro
duced tho same olToct as a blow on tho
brain docs to a man, and this lasts for
Some time. But it does not kill, nor
ovon permanently in j tiro tho norvo
ganglia, for M. Fabro found that after
ward, when in tho coll, tho locust had
roeovorod from tho pressure, and his
limbs and mandibles moved as boforo.
Now wo might imuglno that all this
movomont would bo dango ous to tho
young and tondor grub, and o It would
tho careful mother had not placed
tho egg upon tho locust's thorax oxnet-
whoro no movement can touch It,
und so when tho grub is hatched it cats
nt ease upon tho spot most paralyzed
until it has gained strength.
Nor is It only tho grub which profits
y this urrangoinont, .Much as wo
might admlro tho cleverness of theso
jund-wusps in keeping thoir proy alive,
ot It would bo very horrlblo if wo
ould suppose that tho grasshopper or
tho locust wero suffering lingering tor
tures. But, on tho contrary, tho vory
parts attacked and paralyzed aro the
nerves, tho parts that feel, and just as
u putieut tinder chloroform has his
nervo-centcrs for tho time deadened,
so that though ho, may struggle under
tho hands of tho surgeon yot lio knows
nothing of It, so tho grasshopper,
feebly moving his legs, can not ho sup
posed to fool tho blto of his destroyer,
who begins his meal upon that very
piu-t most strongly paralyzed and ns
10 feeds destroys still moro surely tho
power of HUtToriug.
fauch Is tho history of tho moat-pre
serving snnd-wnsps, and yot lb is not
half told. For tho Sphox is only ono
among a whole group of those Insects;
some of which feed on caterpillars,
tome on lllus, bees, spiders or booties,
nnd each and nil of theso know how
host to paralyio thoir proy.
1 ho bcautlfuf Corcorls, which foods
upon weevils ami on somo lovely rich
colored mutallu beetles culled lluprcs-
(es, attacks hor proy quito differently
from tho Sphox. lor tho quiet, pass
ivo beetle docs not need to be nttackec
in a rush like tho nimblo grasshopper;
ho trusts to his solid armor to protect
him. Yet thcCcrcorls has found oul
ia weaic jojnts.
Coining faco to faco with him, sh
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
FaMiinn In AVnlt Taper Arranging Ilcarj
Draperies Practical Suggestion.
Landwipe designs used to bo commonly
employed on wall papers in our granu
mothers' times, nnd now reappear on tome
of tho new papers for hnlls,
Satin papers with soft grounds of creamy
tint, covered witli graceful designs of vines
seizes him by tho snout and pins him and .'lowers, rach as morning glories, in blue,
rlnu'ti. nm1 no hn ounmna ..v. t,t t.,, nink nnd tiurnle. are favorites for chambers,
with frlirht shn m-PM M. Wir tf,nn?. Other grounds seen in tho new papers aro In
i i.u 7. .. .. imitation of droned crepe cloth.
V iin uur wreiegs so as to maic tn Dra,vin:r tnd library papers nro ex
rings gape under his body, and turning coedingly rich in effect, showing embossed
lier sting under gives one and only one blocks of gold alternating with other designs.
blow between the first and second pa:r
ol legs, nnd from that moment the
beetle moves no more.
Why then only ono blow? Because
in theso beetles tho nervous centers are
all gathered together in this one spot,
and as tho bphex has learnt where to
plant her threo blows.tho Cererisknowt
whoro to strike her one deadly stab,
leaving us in bewijdoring wonder at in
stincts which have become so true, sc
I'ni-.itildii Marmalade.
Ilimr)kin mnrmnlndc may bo mado ns fol
lows: Pare and coro, a medium ized ripo
numnkia nnd cut into Fmall pieces; put six
pounds of sugar and ono pint of good cider
vinegar into a porcelain nnea J.-ctue, wnu
ono ounce of good ginger root bruised, and a
dozen cloves tied up together in a bag; wucn
it cets warm put in tho pumpkin, press
down well nnd cook until it is quite trans
parent and soft: take tho pumpkin out with
a strainer nnd keen near tho fire, while tho
unerring, mat not even n drop of poison linuid is boiled down to a turn Mrup; men
Is wasted in providing "living meat fo: put tho pumpkin ivack into tnc ketuo ono
insect larders." 'outhi Companion.
A JEWELER'S CHAT.
Sotnn
IlltMtratloMH ,r Hip SlRiilflcunco
SeiviTiil Oilil IViitcli-riiurinft.
ol
A Western Jeweler "Did you ever
notice tho peculiar watch charms wore
by many people? You have! Well,
just nsk a few of them what may be
the significance of somo oddity which
dangles from their watch chains and
you'll often hear an interesting
yarn. I've made it a practice to learn
tho history of every charm worn by
such of my customers as wero suill
clently well known to me, and you can
almost use me as an encyclopedia on
that subject now.
"Among somo of tho odd things
which havo como under my notice was
a bit of rope strand which hung from
tho chain of s successful criminal law
yer of this place. It was onco part of
tho ropo which hung a client of his,
and he carried it as a warning for him
self, I suppose. At any rate I never
heard of another of his clients who de
parted this world by tho "hemp-
route.' Our chief of polico here also
hail an odd charm in tho shapo of n
miniature policeman's staff, richly
jeweled, which was made from the
first staff over carried by him when an
ordinary policeman, many years ago.
"About tho most ridiculous curio 1
over saw was a littlo sealed glass tube
mounted in gold, which contained a
few shriveled, stringy looking fibers.
They wero nothing moro than a few
straws taken from tho stables of the
Queen of England by an enthusiastic
American admirer of royalty who was
making a visit to tho household. Tho
owner of tho straws set a pretty high
valuo on them, too, but I don't think
ho'd over hnvo been ablo to realize
over twenty-livo cents for his charm.
"A funny story is told of an Amer
ican who onco ascended Vesuvius dur
ing an eruption. Approaching too
near, tho rnsh tourist found himself
suddenly almost surrounded by slowly
flowing lava, which sottled and sent
forth its stench only a few feet from
his point of observation. Not at all
daunted, our countryman took a nickel
from his pocket, pressed it against tho
surfacoof a rapidly-cooling lava block
and breaking oil' tho picco containing
tho coin rapidly beat a safe retreat.
Ho subsequently had tho impression
mounted, and delights in nothing more
than to toll of his adventure." Jewel
ers' Weekly.
boll half an hour, birring it well with a
wooden Fpoon.
Itccliio for rotpourrl nt Any Srnson
When ono cannot procure rose, petals or
sweet herbs for tanking n ixrtpourri, tho fol
lowing mixture will answer nicely in their
place, though it is chiefly used for perfuming
drawers, ehchts of lincu. etc.: Brulso to
gether four ounces of orris root nud sweet
ling; ndd three ounces sandal wood, one ounce
ccuar, ono ounce oacn oi gum iicuzuiii,
styrax nnd nutmeg, powdered; half n dram
essence of lemon, one dram miueiicurs,
twenty drops oil of lavouder, ten grains of
musk and teu droiw uttar of roses, and tio up
In silk or flannel bngs.
A Plant of Merit for House Culture
Freesins nro plants about which wo hear
rather moro jttfct now than for somo timo
past. Though not new they nro unknown to
the nverngo nmnteur florist, nnd they mako
excellent t)ot plants. Plants that ono wants
to bring into blossom nt the holidays should
bo placed in a warm jwrt of tho green houso
at about this time, nnd toward tho middle of
December they must bo put where they will
havo a temiieraturo of 70 degs. in tho day
time nnd not less than CO degs. nt night.
UTien in growth they require liberal water
ing. rreservecl Quinces.
Pare, core and quarter nico ripo quinces,
removing nil the hard jwrt around tho coro,
cover with water anil let. tnem como to a
boll, skimming them well. Tnko ns much
sugar, by weight ns you had of quinces after
paring, etc., nnu when tho quinces begin to
bo soft add nbout one-fourth of it, but do
not stir, nnd when the liquid comes to n boil
again add moro sugar, and eo on till all of it
is in. Let tho preserves then boil slowly till
tho color is as deep as is desired.
Itrmitlful Ilrown Stain.
A well recommended stain for producing a
beautiful, uniform nnd durable brown or
walnut in light woods nnd furniture consists
of equal jwrts of mnngannto of soda nnd crys
tallized ejisoin stilts in twenty to thirty times
tho amount of water nt nlout 14-1 degs. Fahr.
l'iio wood is brushed with tho solution. It
may le afterward smoothed with oil and iol
Ished. By letsoniug or increasing tho nmouut
3f water tho stain is mado darker or lighter.
Delicious Corn Ilrrnd.
A housewife says that tho following makes
delicious corn brood: A pint nnd n half of
white torn meal, n tnblesjoonful of sifted
flour, a scant teaspoonful of Kilt nnd threo
heaping tenspoonfuls of linking powder mixed
thoroughly together whtlo dry. Add ono
tablespoonful of fresh butter und a scant pint
sf sweet milk or crpnin to mako a soft dough;
hake at onco in a buttered pan.
IDENTIFYING A TRUNK.
A CiircliMi Trawler Klnil t Ills ILiggagi? by
u ICi-vt'liitloii.
A passonjror over tho Lake Shore
who hud lost his baggage chock was
called upon yestorduy to pick out his
L I- - It.. - .1 .
intuit irom uuy oinors in mo uaggugo
room: lio suoeeodod in establishing
its identity after awhile, but when
usked for a list of contents ho went to
pieces at once.
"Have you any clotho3 in it?" quer
ied tho oillcial.
"I supposo so, of course."
"Any valuables?"
"There is a watch, but I've forgotten
liow it looks. I guess it's silver,
though."
"Any books?"
"I guess so, but I ain't sure."
"Well, what aro you suro of?"
"Gimme ton minutes to tr. Uk."
Ho took fifteen and walked up and
down, and nt last a revolution come.
"Say, I've got it!" ho chuckled, as ho
enmo back.
"Well!"
"Woll, if that's my trunk lhc?2 arc
six now uuchor-decks in a green box
right on top."
"Any peculiarity about tho cards?'
"Yon hot! That's whoro I'm solid.
F.very pack has a marked back, for I
bought 'em to bamboozlo tho country
chaps out of their shekels. I urn go
ing out of hero with n hog show, and
after tho show I pluy pokor. Just look
for thorn cards."
Tho trunk wus opened and tho cards
found as doi-cribcd, and tho owner
whispered:
"Might 1 havo tho audacity to hopo
you won't ginuno away on this?
Christopher! but you orter seo how tho
suckers do blto at this season of tho
ycarl" Detroit Free I'rea. -
How Sunlit Aro Conlicd,
A southerner tells that snails nro very
largely consumed as food in New Orleans.
They nro killed by throwing into hot water.
Then tho snails nro washed in weak lyo and
tU'5 Miens m stronger lve. Tlio meats ure
boiled nud then misted in tho shells, with a
dressing ot bread or parsley.
IN A LION'S DEN.
V TTelsh rrofoMfonnl llnter Minute .rllt
Savngo llenstft.
An announcement made by tho crier
tho other evening that a man named
IVilllam Samuels, a 'local innkeeper
ind tho champion boxer of Wales,
would enter alone a don of lion3 at a
oienagerlo, located at Swansea, caused
:onsiderablo excitement in tho town,
md drew a great crowd to tho nho
At ninn o'clock the band played "For
He's a. lolly Good Fellow," and thn
Samuels, nccompaniod by Mr. Hostock,
;ho manager of tho show, walked up
Jo a den containing a lion and about a,
lozen lionesses. A great crowd at.
Dnco assembled round the cage. Mr.
Rostock mounted a platform and in
formed the public that his old Iriend
Samuels had volunteered to per
form a deed of daring such as had
never been dono in the menagerie sinco
its establshment in 1805. Mr. White
head, he said, recently at Cardiff,
ntcrcd the cage accompanied by Mme.
jalvn, tho lion-tamer, and had by his
lotion caused a groat sensation In South
Wales. But Samuels was going to sur
pass this feat, for though urged to lot
Mine. Salva accompany him, ho de
sllned to enter the don at all unloss
allowed to do so alone. This he was
now about to do.
The announcement was received with
great cheering, though it was evident
that, on the part of many present, th jre
was a feeling of considerable anxioty
and alarm. Samuels, however, seemed
to share none of thoso feelings of an
easincss. Attired ns a prize-fighter
and with a blue rosctto on his breast,
he nppears at tho entrance of the cage,
und, cudgel in hand, boldly entered it.
The lions uppeared in no wav to relish
this intrusion, and it looked as though
Samuels would have had a warmer
welcome than ho bargained for. Pos
sessed apparently with nerves of steel,
tho man walked undaunted up to tho
end of tho cage where tho animals were
huddled together, awaiting only the
slightest encouragement to spring on
tho intruder, and hold his cudgel
threateningly beforo tho noso of 'he
fiercest. Growls of rngo greeted this
act: but Samuels, in no way discom
posed, walked among the animals, and
made them ily right and loft beforo
him. This ho did soveral times, and
on one occasion actou so rasniy tnnt
grave fears wero entertained for his
safety by thoso in charge of the exhi
bition. These who as a precaution
were armed with red hot irons were
ready to act promptly, when Samuels
again obtained the mastery over his sav
age companions, and showed his fear
lessness of them by firing a loaded pistol
in their faces. Thou, his courage
maintained to tho hist, ho went to tfio
gate of the den and waited in a dan
gerous position whilo Mr. linstock
resented him, amid tho cheers of thoso
present, with a unique chain composed
of spado and crown, and with a cortlti-
ato recording the fact that ho had j.c
omplished his purpose. Immediately
afterward tho band played "See the
Conquering Hero Comes," and Samu ls
was borne in triumnh out of tho nwii-
gorio and through the streets. South
Wales Daily Ncics.
TRAINED
SENSES.
Skill With
Tint Murks of Ctiod Mutton.
Good mutton and good lamb may bo known
by its line grain, gocil color nnd white fat.
Vho breast is the best part for stows; it isalso
the cheapest. A breaat weighing threo pounds
'-"'ill mako tho principal dinh for n dinner for
lOtir people, and costs trom four to ilvo cents
per pound.
L'nlqui! AirangpniPitt of u Heavy Drapery.
A uniquo design for tho arrmigoment of a
hoavy drajicry for a jiorticre, which can also
bo applied to window draperies, is described
uy uoinorest ns follows:
no. l-tsiQir. r where.
Tho curtain shown in tho cut Is heavy old
roil silk chenille, with n broad Iwiil cf old
blue, n:ul tho taq is of multi colored silk in
Persian cu"ects, with old bluo silk notting and
cord.
Cinder in th Eye,
Railroad conductors get a great deal of
medical information and tho understand
ing of many helpful little schemes iu the
courso of a long year' ruu. Many of tho
conductors, who, among tho many other ills
and aillngs of their passengers, havo found
that of n particle of dirt or cinder in the
eyo to Ikj tho most frequent nud painful,
carry with them n supply of horo hair.
Their exjiericnco makrs them experts in
doubling tho hair and drawing it over th
lyo wUU Mm lid U clOMU. Chicago News.
no. 3 now thk murr-nr is folded.
TIw second cut shows tho mannor in which
tho drapery is folded, nttaehod to tho ringi
tud drawn over tho curtuiu olo, which isset
in tho door frame. Tho advantage of this ar
rnnpeniMit over other methods of hanging a
jrajMry ovr i intend of on tho jwlo U tlwt in
Jmwing tho curtain aida the wnwt poai
tlou of tho foldi is malitair.nl by tho ritijs
oinn Instances oi Hxtremo
Kyn mill Hand.
We hear a great deal about tho won-
erful precision and accuracy of ma
chinery in theso days, and of course it
is wonderful; but tho degree of aciHirn'y
to which tho human hand can bo truinod
is equally wonderful.
Playing cards are required to be cut
with tho sides quito parallel to each
other, because if a pack bo trimmed by
tho maehino slightly wider at ono on.i
than tho other, and they become turned
"end for end" in dealing, tho excess in
width of some cards over others at the
end of the pack will bo double tho vari
ation in any ono card, which would
facilitato cheating, a very minute vari
ation being perceptible. Tho men who
test these cards for this, make calipers
of thoir linger and thumb and by pain
ing them along from ono to the oth;t
detect a difference in width between
tho two ends which it is difficult to
measuro by any other means.
There are men employed in fnctoroj
whoro dried yeast is made who-e busi
ness it is to put tho yeast into package
weighing a cortain amount each. It i.r
on a table in front of them in a largrt
plastic mass, and there are tho scales
for weighing it. But tho men do uot
use tho scales. They simply separate
from tho mass with their hands a lump
of it and put it up, and you may choo-vi
at rundon and put it on the scales. u"u
it will weigh exactly the right amount
tho scales beam just balancing.
Whoro largo numbers of eggs ar1
handled and shipped to market thr -isuproeess
known us "candloing" eggi
whlcn consists in taking them up in ih
hands (usually two eggs in each ha:iJ
at a timo) and holding them up bofon
a lighted candle. Tho light shining
through them reveals to tho prncthv .
eye tho exact condition of thocontei.-
lJutsoinoof tho men soon get so t!u
thoy do not need to use tho candle, th
moro contact of their hnnds with th
shells denoting tho condition of th
egg just as infallibly and much :nor
quickly. And thoy distinguish in tlus
way not moroly eggs, which aro docld-
edly bad, hut thoso which aro just be
ginning to lose their frushuoss.
Horo aro threo tlHTorout wavs in
which extroino skill of tho hnnds U
shown by persistent tnilnlnc: First, in
dotectlug slight differences in mngn.-
tudo; second, In wolght. and lastlv. i:i
toxturoor ohuruetur of biirfaco handled
American Machinist.
Tho largest johnuy-oako known t.
havo boon mado was thirteen foot Ion '
and in twonty-lx jmrt, oaoh ropiv
routing a Stat. It was mado by hull.-
during Ihu fonuar Harrison ciunpulgi.