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A dispatch from Grand Haven, Mich.,
save.* Full particulars were received here
regarding the terrible experience of the
crew of tiie ioe-locked steamer Michigan.
On Monday morning, February 9, the
Michigan, with Gapt. Prindiville aud
twenty-nine men on board, left this port
in si^arch of the distressed steamer
Oneida. When offLudington the Mich¬
igan encountered a gale and was
1 etnmed in by luavy ice. She drifted
with the ioe to the southward, experien¬
cing many dangers, bnt at no time being
within twenty miles of land. She finally
got iu compact ice, many feet thick, to¬
ward the head of the Jake, bnt on ac¬
count of the drifting and turning they
could not tell their exact whereabouts
Sunday last it was decided that, owing
to short provisions, half of the crew
would have to go ashore, as the food
would last but a week longer.
Monday was very stormy. Tuesday
morning, from the crosstrees, a rim of
land was sighted to the eastward. Thir¬
teen men were chosen to remain and
seventeen of the most hardy to make
the land. The mercury was ten below.
At 7 o’clock Joseph Bussell, first mate;
David Martin, steward; W. P. Kenny,
clerk, and fourteen of the crew, started
with a day’s rations, axes, pikehoie,
blankets, etc., expecting that they
might have to be out over night, as the
land seemed thirty miles away. When
about twelve miles off the boat, Clerk
Kenny broke through the ice, wetting
his right leg to the knee. They went
on about six miles, when they found
Kenny’s leg frozen. AU were badly ex¬
hausted, as the ioe was very rough and
blocked into nearly impassable ridges
many feet high and miles wide. Each
man went for himself, knowing that life
depended on his own exertions, except
Bussell and Martin, who helped Kenny.
When off land four miles Kenny coni d
not stand, and dragged himself along
on his hands and knees for two miles,
when he was completely exhausted and
so frozen that he could not move and
urged the others to leave him and save
themselves.
Some of the party had by this time—
5 o’olock—reached the shore, and found
a few houses at West Oasoo. They
warned the neighborhood, and the farm¬
ers went out and oarried the brave but
insensible Keuuy to the beach. The
laud there rises ICO feet almost straight.
All hands worked like horses to throw
off the insensibility creeping on them
aud climb the steep. Heaving lines
were plaoed on Kenny, and he wae
drawn up by those above and carried to
a dwelling. The men were apportioned
around among the farmers, who willing¬
ly cared for them. Kenny recovered at
10, and everything was done for him
that was possible. AU of the men are
able to take, care of themselves exoept
Kenny. The surgeons have dressed his
limbs, and it is hoped he will soon be all
right The Michigan is now in no dan¬
ger, since so many of the crew have left,
the provisions will last the rest 80 days.
When Charles Crocker set about
building his house in San Franoisoo
there was one lot on the side street he
wanted to complete his space. The
owner demanded a large price for it, but
Crocker consented to pay it. Then he
doubled it and Crocker “stood the raise. ”
That didn’t satisfy the fellow's avarice
and he made fresh demands, until, at
last, he wore Crocker’s patience out, and
he refused to buy the lot at any price.
He built hi« house, laid out his gronnds
aud quarantined his neighbor with a
fence 50 feet high, and out off the view
on three sides of his house. This made
the man very sick and he moved oat.
The fence is there yet
Domestic Recipes.
A good tomato soup may bo m*do by
thin recipe: Chop fine half a turnip, one
carrot, two small onions, one stalk of
Celery and three sprigs of parsley; mix
with one can of tomatoes and one quart
of water, seasoning with one teaspoonfui
each of salt and sugar and a little pepper.
Boil gently for one hour. As the water
boils away add more, so that the qu&n
tity may not be diminished. Mix two
heaping tablespoonfuls of flour thor¬
oughly with one of batter, and thin the
mixture willi some of the soup. Then
mix I he thickening with the soup and
*' 0,1 !or ,uinut es. Strain the soup
aud serve.
For a mutton ragout cut three pounds
of the neck or breast of muttou iu pieces
au inch wide and two inches long, put
them in a saucepan with two ounces of
butter; set on the fire and stir occasion¬
ally until brown, then add a tablespoon
ful of flour; ctir for one minute and
cover with cold water, salting to taste.
Season with one oniou, a bun jh of sea¬
soning composed of one bay-leaf, one
sprig of tliyme, four of parsley and ft,
clove, also one clove of garlic chopped
fine. Boil gently until two-thirds done;
then add pieces of peeled potato, cut in
the shape of orange oxrpels, as many
pieces of potato as of mutton. Boil
gently until done. Place the meat in
the center of the dish with the pieces of
potato around it. Bkim the fat from
the sauce and strain it over the dish.
Serve very hot.
Veal cutlets prepared in this way are
palatable: After trimming the outlets
nicely, dip them in melted butter and
dust them well with a mixture of equal
parts of grated Parmesan cheese and
bread-crumlw. Then dip them in beaten
egg and dust them again on both sides
with the oheese and crumb mixture and
fry them brown. Boil half a pound of
macaroni, and after it is drained add two
ounces of butter and a cupful of tomato
sauce, some grated Parmesan oheese
and salt to taste. Let this become thor¬
oughly hot,, stirring occasionally.*
In the center of a dish and plaoe the
outlets around it
Photographing a Thief in Action.
A Mrs. Curtis, carrying an alligator
skin hand satchel which contained $22,
entered a photographic gallery in Chi¬
cago to have her photograph taken.
Two men unobserved followed her into
the gallery. While the photographer
was in the darkness of the camera he
heard a great noise and pulled the trig¬
ger taking an instautaneous photograph.
When he got bis head out of the curtain
a man was rushing out of the door and
Mrs. Curtis was screaming. The hand
satchel was gone. Mrs. Curtis said that
a man had rushed iu and snatched her
satchel from her. When the artist looked
at the plate he was astonished to find that
he had a doable photograph. Portions
of Mrs. Curtis showed up through a
maze of outstretched hands, a fur hat
and a brown overcoat. He had photo¬
graphed the thief in action. The Des
Plains street officers arrested William
Burns. Some of Mrs. Curtis’s money
wa3 found in his possession and he was
iully identified by the photograph.
African Explorations.
Borpo Pinto, the celebrated African
traieler who started for Central Africa
ia^t year from Mozambique, came near
starving to death not long after he began
uis march. lie aud his comrade, Lieut.
Cardoso, were stricken with fever iu a
district where famine prevailed. They
could buy little food, and, beiDg too ill
to be removed, their party were soon
reduced to sore traits. The Governor of
Mozambique heard of their distress, and
scut a relief party, who remained with
them until the explorers were able to
push on to ample food supplies beyond
the famine district Pinto is leading
into inner Africa one of the best
parties that ever left the
A Japanese ftlrl'a TotirL
When a Japanese girl gets up in the
morning, she washes her face, but does
not have to dress her hair. That is at
tended to bnt onoe a week. The hair¬
dresser comes to the house and arranges
her jet-black locks in the fashion for
little girls of her nge. Bo she has no
trouble about her hair, and after her
bath the servant assists her to powder
her neok with a small white brush. She
puts a little red paint on her lower lip,
aud a little gilding in the middle. When
she removes her sleeping-dress, she has
on only a short skirt, which is simply a
square piece of cloth, crape, or silk,
tied around the waist No other under¬
clothing is worn.
In making her toilet for the Jay, she
first puts on a garment made usually of
some coarse material, not very long,
aud reaching only to the waist, but with
long sleeves. Oa the neck of this gar¬
ment is sewed a deep fold of scarlet or
some bright-colored crape or silk. A
long, straight skirt of blue or red crape,
silk, or wool is tied around the waist
and over all three of these garments is
worn the kimono, or dress, This is of
some dark color, and made of coarse
span silk or thick crape. For festivals
and holidays the Presses are of very fine
material and very handsome. The outer
dress is simply a wrapper reaching to
the feet, with very long and wide sleeves
hanging nearly to the ground, and used
as pockets. On each shoulder, a deep
tuck is made which extends to the waist,
thus making a little fullness for the
skirt. But the dress has no gathers,
and is straight all the way down. The
neok is adorned with a wide piece of
black velvet or satin, whioh reaches
nearly to the waist, and the dress is
crossed over the bosom and confined by
a girdle. Over this is worn a very wide
sash, a piece of brocaded silk or satin,
stiff with embroidery in gold or silver,
liued with soft silk, and fastened behind
in a very large bow. When these are
all on, bnt barefooted, or if in cool
weather, in white mitten-socks, made to
reach only to the ankle, and with a place
in whioh to put the great toe (just as
mittens have a place for the thumb),
she goes out to say “Ohaio,” or good¬
morning, to her father and mother.— St.
Nicholas for March .
A Mormon Story.
A Mormon bishop told a friend of the
editor of a Sait Like paper of this, a few
days ago, that he had suffered with the
blues all day, because of something one
of his daughters had said to him. When
asked to explain, he said:
'‘You know my daughter Mary, the
eldest child of my second wife ? She is
about the age of Lizzie, who is the
daughter of my first wife. Well, this
morning I was going with Mary over to
Lizzie’s mother’s when she suddenly
s lid :
“ ‘Father, I wish I was Lizzie.’
“I asked her why, and reminded her
(hat she was quite as bright and pretty
as L : zzie.
“ *It is not that,’ she said; ‘Lizzie’s
mother is your first wife.’
"We did not speak again all the way,
and I have had the blues ever since.”
This is a true storv all but the names.
The Silver Party.
Great interest is everywhere shown in
the aualysis pf the vote iu the United
States House on the Silver bill. • The
vote in the House shows that of the 118
members in favor of suspending fc- e
coinage of the silver dollar 54 were dem¬
ocrats and G4 republicans, while of tlio-e
asraiust interfering with the present law
118 were democrats and only 32 repub¬
licans.
The House consists of 325 members,
of which 200 are democrats aud 125 re¬
publicans. According to the analysis
54 democrats voted for, 118 against the
proposition, and 28 did not vote, were
absent or paired; 64 republicans voted
for, 32 against the proposition, and 29
did not vote, were absent or poured.
THE FREE LUNCH.
U’tiiit n New Orlrou Vlellor Hays lie
Found Down Month.
The restaurant keepers complain of
the free lunches. They have given up
preparing much ft. the noonday meal,
and their tables are lonely, while the
crowds surge around the bar-rooms.
The most striking thing about it all is
to see the sort of men who patronize
the free lunch. Dignified and well
dressed men, gray-haired and bald,walk
iu and wait patiently until the luncheon
is announced at noon. Then they tuck
napkins under their chins and go to
work. There is nothing diffident or re¬
tiring about the New Orleans free
luncher. He doesn’t walk in with a
careless and nonchalant air and look
with a casual interest at the pictures
over the lunch while he dallies with the
bologna sausage with the near hand.
He doesn’t assume the free, easy, and
jovial mein that is sometimes affected;
and the conscientious man, very rarely
met with in the North, who takes a drink
before attacking the lunch, is never
found here. Workmen in their shirt
sleeves stand side by side with office
boys, gamblers, local swells, and there
is no conversation, but a simple, stead¬
fast, and brisk endeavor to put away as
much luncheon as possible in a given
length of time. It is on record in the
bar-room of the St. Charles Hotel that
a large, portly, and prosperous-looking
man, whose waistcoat was adorned with
several gold chains, walked in about
noon and put a big bowl of green
turtle soup under the watch chains.
Then he took some veal stew, two slices
of rare roxst beef with mashed potatoes
and pickles, a plate of macaroni, and
some cheese and crackers. Then he
looked at one of the hard-working at¬
tendants and growled:
“Say, nigger, bring me a cup of black
coffee.”
Then the large man leaned against a
pillar and ate a plate of olives while
he waited for his coffee. As it dil not*
appear he walked over to the bartender,
after spreading a sandwich with mus¬
tard to carry him through, and repeated
the demand. The man behind the bar
said they didn’t serve coffee with the
luuch.
“You don’t,” said the large man,
speaking thickly through heavy emo¬
tion and the sandwich; “well, I’m
blessed if that don’t knook me silly. No
coffee? What kind of a place is this,
any way ?”
Then he called down the wrath of
all his ancestors on the house, and in¬
dignantly departed without spending a
cent’for drink.
‘ Before long,” said the idle barkeeper,
a=i he gazed at the hungry crowd in front
iiiin, “we’ll have to give away billiard
tables and pianos with the beer to get
people to drink.”
Nearly all the saloons .have regular
bills of fare for every day in the week,
with a specially elaborate one for Sun¬
day.
A sample of what the free lunchers
get is furnished by the following list oi
dishes in a saloon by no means preten¬
tious and not particularly prosperous in
appearance:
Monday—Gnmbo soup, roast beef,
beef stewed with potatoes, stewed kid¬
ney, baked macaroni, corn, tomatoes,
lettuce, green onions, sweet potatoes,
beets, cold slaw.
Tuesday—Pea soup, dry hash, roast
beef, stewed liver, fish cbowder, boiled
shrimps, baked beaus, boiled rice.
Yet, though the native of New Or¬
leans, for flamboyant and cheerful alac
rit-y in taking the free lunch, elicits the
admiration of all visitors, the New York¬
er », after their first attempts, succeed in
holding their own.
An old carpet was taken up irom a
San Francisco room the other day and
burned. The ashes of the carpet yielded
more $2,500 in gold-dust The room,
from which it was taken was in the Uni¬
ted States Mint