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MEXICAN FARMING.
Fannie B. Warde, writing from Mex
ico to the Plain Dialer, says:
Much his been Mid about Mexican
hacienda*, but probably few people real
ize tbs rast extent and unlimited possi
bilities of some of them. In this won-
• derful country there are estates into each
. of whirh many an Old World principality
-.might be crowded, and which a King
plight be proud to own as his domain.
An example of this is the famous Solado
filed ends, which covers more than eight
hundred square miles. It lies partly in
the States of Coahufla. Nuevo Leon,
Zacatecas and Be i Luis Potoai, on thi
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Lettuce Saxon.—Three large heads
of lettuce, wash, squeeze dry, and chop
not too fine; add one cup of vinegar, aa!t
I pepper,., four large table^poofols of
i vinegar, and pour over the
I one-halt cup aw
great highway to the cap'tal and the line
of tha new Mexican Central Railway,
having an average elevation of over 4,
feet. Chains of moan taint traverse it—
bow rich life* miner*! wealth nobody
knows—while flourishing farms, mining
settljment*, manufacturing centers and
even incor.orat d villages are founJ
limiti. Just think of it!
CO.OOJ acres of this frnitful
bears everything grown in
rate and tropic rones, produc-
it two crops of corn a year and a
l and almost spontaneous crop of
lettuce; add r
cream and two hard-boiled eggs chopped
fine.
Hashed Potatoes.—Boil in water
enough to keep from burning; when soft
pour off the water, set back on the stove
a minute; then take off and mash well:
salt, add nearly a pint of milk,or enough
to make them creamy. Do not be afraid
of udng too much milk; a little cream
will add greatly. I seldom use any but
ter. When cold they arc nice cut in
slices an inch thick, sprinkled wit’i flour
and fried.
Jellt Roll.—Three eggs, one cop of
prepared flour and one of powdered
sugar, one tablcspoonful of butter, jelly
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The reflections of a day wall spent
famish ns with joys more pleasing than
ten thousand trium) ha.
To rejoice in another*# prosperity is
to give (onteut to your own lot; to
..nMiar'a rrnaf U tn
mitigate another's grief is to alleviate
or dispel your own.
lie that waits for repentance waits for
that which cannot be as long as it is
waited for. It is absurd for a man to
wait for that which be himself has to do.
None are so fond of secrets as those
who do not mean to keep them; such
the beaten
into a brua 1
Bake rapidly.
and floor, and pour
pan. well g.eased.
whil* still warm
money, for the purpose of circula
tion.
The real difference between men is
energy. A strong will, a settled pur
pose and invincible determination can
•accomplish almost anything; and on this
lies the distinction between great men
and ittle men.
Real merit of any kind cannot long be
concealed; it will be discovered, end
nothing can depreciate it but a man’s ex
hibiting it himself. It may not always
* ' ’ *' lght;
be rewarded as it ought; but it will at
spread with jelly, jam or marmalade. | kD0VD .
Roll it op, pin a tool of toll doth about He ^ wi „ gj Te t0 mlnII „
it to keep it in shape, end do not 1 - ...
this until the cake is cold and firm.
Succotakii.—Empty a can of corn and
one of string beans several hours before
vou wish to use them, draining off the
liquor from both. Put together into a
saucepan half an hoar before dinner,
and barely cover with milk and water in
oy other things is a neat little prop
equal parts, boiling hot and slightly
" 4 " ntly twenty minute*,
immort.l Sa'rv would say.
As to the t:%\ productiveness of this
soil it i«difficult to get information in re-
much his field or orchard yields find the
invariable answer—accompanied by nn
inimitable shrug of the shoulders—is
“quien aabc (who knows) f” or “asi Dioa
vuircrc”—as Ood wills! I have ascer
tained that with Mexican cultivation—
which msans merely tickling the surface
of the soil and turning on water now and
dered a rat Ufa
tory return. Tin f.-w who have tried
Improved methods of cultivation affirm
thatseventy fivc bushels of corn twice a
year per acre may easily be produ:ed,
planting the first crop in February and
tho second in July or August. In this
country the standard price of corn
two cents per (xmnd. Probably the
. finest soil in the republic it found on
tho e fertile plains lying between Leon
and San Juan del Uio, whore one fanega
(about three bushels) of seed will yield
onaumoderat) average not less than
forty-five fanegas of com. In several of
the Mexican States—notably Guerrero,
Jaliseo, Oaxaca and Tobasco—three
crops of corn a c ngu’arly produced in
a single year, called respectively ri-go,
temporal and ton.-dmilc. Wheat grows
to good advantage in all but five of the
Mexicm States, a .d two crops in twelve
months is the m'e. It docs exceptionally
well at as high an elevation as the capital
(8,900 feet), analtitudo which in most of
the United Stn'ei would be inn region
ore of ways to get mosey may be rich; so he
that lets fly a’l he knows or thinks may
by chance be sarcastically witty. Hon-
be rich: so he
salted. Cook gent
and >tir in a table*poonTul of butter
rolled in one of flour. Season with pep-
per and salt, stew ten minutes more and
dish. You may substitute Lima for string
beans if you like.
Casxed Peaches.—Be sure to secure
fine ripe fruit. Pore and cut in halves,
removing the stones or pits. Place them
from the action
Fill the jars with the peaches,
dd hot syrup till within
of the
closely packed; add hot syrup till within
two inches of the top. Put the jars in a
boiler of hot water, the latter coming
nearly to the neck of the jar*. Cook for
ten minutes. Take from the boiler, un
cover, and leave them for five minutes.
Then add hot syrup to fill the jars full,
and seal up. They can also be preserved
whole, when they should not be cut at
nil, but cooked twice as long as when
halved.
I.r.uox Rice.—Boil lull f a teacupful of
only that thou const not escape thy
reward. Whether thy work be fine or
coarse, planting corn or writing epics,
so only it be honest work, done to thine
own approbation, it shall earn a reward
to the sense, as well as to the thought.
No matter how often defeated, you are
born to vittory. The reward of a thing
well done is to have done it.
THROUGH AISLES OP CORN.
Through alike of com, through aisles of
TCI evening** breeze blows ekir and sweet,
Tlu prairie’s king with tan-stained face
Whoes net work desks the sloping glades;
He laughs care-laden fear* to scorn.
As prowls be treads the aides of corn.
A youth, hie swaBing heart was thrillel
With lire, as those long lines he title 1;
Matnrer years still found him there,
Deap-drbikiag draught* of fragrant air;
Fall manhood with iti duties came—
The lane of green was much the earns—
Then sturdy son* his glances met,
Who share 1 the inarch unbroken yet;
And so till life’s long evening falls
He’ll tra np between thorn opal wxh
A HOVELTY D CHDfATOWH.
A Jre tai ft. w.rekl, .r CMnac.
_ . UXewVatk.
Pedestrians up and down Chsthsm
^eeet^ °e re it is now known. Park Row,
■New York City, have noticed an unusu-
* ? number of Chinamen arrayed
in holiday attire passim? in and out of the
Thews is no justice in the world’s cen
suring a man for his errors, unless the
world itself, under like circumstances,
has tamed such defeat into victory.
Feeding Wild Animals.
The Philadelphia Timet describee how
the animals at the Zoological Garden in
thatcity are fed. It says:
The big cats of different species pac?d
up and down their cages with constantly
increasing uneasiness. Then there was a
sound of dashing of tin pans from the
lie glrati upon tbs lustrous sight
Of dainty twin leave* deckel with light;
The cmamll skein o’er dutky field*
To waving pennons quickly yields.
Then shi ues a denm-leaved billowy sea
Where taseeli are the white-cape free;
Full soon the amber banners stream
Whose fold i reflect the full ear's gleam;
At last, in autumn's harvest cheer.
Spiked yellow nuggets crown the year.
Amid those stretching tier* of corn,
Since 'nsath no gilded planet born.
The toiler finds not fortune’s door
Yet garners home a bounteous store;
There’s none who might not wiih to be
As ri;h in honest wealth as be,
Ob, miner of earth’s truest gold,
Impressed with nature's fairest mold,
March on, full-fed from plenty's horn,
Through aisles of corn, through aisles of
(way of 208 Mott Street. ..
imposing looking entrance; it
°pena directly upon a steep stairway,
and the only suggestive feature is a stnj.
of red paper over the doorway, which
looks as if it was a label torn off n pack
age of fire crackers. It bears the name
of “Joes,” and tells the devotedly in
clined Celestial that the temple is up
•taw. Early last week the new interior
fittings of the temple, the altar, tables
and chairs, arrived here from China and
were put in place. Now the unpretend
ing third floor of 202 Mott street con
tains some of the finest specimens of
Chinese art in that city. The altar is of
carved ebony, practically a large frame
. .*k° picture of Joss and his attendant
deities, executed on satin in the most
elaborate style of Chinese art, and a heavy
table for holding the incense burners and
votive offerings. As a whole the carv
ings represent the universe; along the
bottom, under the table, is the sea, with
fish, aquatic plants, and the huge turtle
upon which, according to Chinese my
thology, the earth is supposed to rest.
From each side rise trees,* shrubs, and
heavily carved foliage, with birds and an
imals among the branches. The branches
interlock over the top, and the whole is
Occasionally do foreign phrases express
SSL£*SSU;.
" He* asteedy thing, it te simply a
ind to
cloak to screen hie or bier incompetence s
backed with heavy plate glas* mirrors,
wexia tlSckly
^presenting the heavens thickly studded
with golden stars. The chairs and ta
bles are in the same style of rich Oriental
carving, and the room is lighted by carved
lanterns hanging from the ceiling.
The walls a
PITH AND POINT.
little room behind the fountain, and the
cats, instead of pacing, increased their
gait to a run from one aide of the cage to
another. Tiger Jim, Second, emitted a
i oar, which was echoed by Rose, his
ticc Jn a pint of milk* with sugar to , *“ e 1
tit it is soft, then pat it in a I
taste, until
basin or earthenware blanc mange mold
i the last five years many plows
and other agricultural implements have
been brought to Mexico; but upon the
vast majority of farms nothing to this
day has ever been employed for turning
up the a il but great forked sticks, or
clumsy, three-cornered wooden con
cerns—precisely like those used in Egypt
a thousand years ago, if pictures of the
latter arc correct. The process of thresh
Ing, also, is almost universally conducted
• ..... , * * i of King David'
in the primitive ladiion
day (according to the Bible description),
or by the more simple method of
throwing tin gra’n into an inclosnrc
and driving a flock of sheep to and fro
upon it.
in this tropical cum."7~ wWc k Mas but
two seasons, the wet and dry—the film
of heaven are not to be depended upon
for much actual service. To be sure, they
fall according to promise, “alike upon the
just and the unju-t,” but do not fall at
all during half tin year, and then deluj
all during half thi year, ana then ueiage
the fields with flood* that generally do
far more harm than good. Therefore
expensive—i* absolutely
everywhere in Mexico; and the canals
and ditches are as necssiry for carrying
off surplus rains at certain seasons as for
supply ing water at others.
That perplexing water question, which
In Utah, for example, the Mormons have
regulated to the nicety of clockwork, is
here among the my stories that “no fellow
can find out.” If you ask a farmer about
thickly, cot the peel
half an inch, put into a little water, boil
them-up and throw the water away;
then pour about one tcacupful of fresh
water upon them, squeeze and strain the
juice of the lemon, add to it two ounces
of white sugar and then pour on the
water and shreds of peel; let it stew
gentlyon the fire for half an hour. When
rold it will be a syrup. Having turned
tho jellied rice into a glass dish, pour the
syrup gradually over the rice, takingcare
the little shreds of peel arc equally dis
tributed over the whole.
Household Hints.
Wet mildewed fabrics with lemon
juice and lay them in the sun.
A bag of charcoal suspended in a cis
tern will purify the wottr.
The inside of a coffco or te* pot, which
hat become discolored, may be made
bright ss n-sw by filling with soapsuds
u boiling it forty-five minutes.
A good mucilage is made of two parts
of gum tragacanth and one part of gum
arable. Cover with cold water until dis
solved and thin to the
with water,
beaten fine.
To mead ckina: Into a solution of
gdffi-arabic stir plastcr-of-Paris until the
mixture assumes the consistency of cream.
lion, replied, and George and Minnie,the
leonine lovers, joined in the chorus, and
" leopards, pumas and jaguars piped
tenor to tne bass of the lug brutes of
ir own family.
During the din of brute voic:s Keeper
Shannon appeared with two big buckets,
filled with juicy tenderloin, sirloin and
shoulder pieces of horse meat. Beginning
with the spotted leopards he tossed each
a huge chunk, whicn they first grabbed
with their | aws then taking it in their
mouth leaped to their board, perch,
where their disposed of the meat to tho
last fibre. They try to conceal the bones
for night consumption, but Keeper Shan
non rakes them out with his iron hook.
Old Pomp takes his select piece of sir
loin with gratefulness and without any
wolfish demonstration. His teeth are
worn away to tl\p gums and so he gets
the choicest bits, which he disposes of
by licking the meat with his rough
A plane issue—A shaving.
The fishery question—Got a V.tef
Mental gymnastics—Jumping to a con
clusion.
Pugilist* are the only men who really
make money by striking. —Deiroit Free
Press.
No bald-headed men are enlisted now.
It aggravates tho Indians. —Nash villa
Union.
Speaking of the United States, we won
der now the Preside at is pleased Iwith
his.—Nontick Bulletin.
tong
iigcrtfiui, cixunu, u*
ing time, as though he were
native jungles. He receives his great
hunk of meat from the end of an iron tri
dent, and ravenously tears it to pieces
and gulps down hnge chunks without
mastication. Rom is almost as bad, al
though the is a little more dainty in eat
ing her meat after it is in her possession.
At feeding time they are both treacher
ous, and would take any advantage they
'nr “““tency ] could of their kteper.
ill to have the gums | mid Keeper Shannon, “-ill
come up to me with a smiling face, and
“Another tie up!” shouted a newsboy,
as a man passea whoso necktie had
mounted above his standing collar.—
Biflings.
The difference between a buzz-saw
and a bull-dog is that when the former
is most dangerous it never shows its
teeth.—New Haten News.
The Philadelphia Press is authority f ot
the statement that in a tornado in Ohio
“the boundary lines of several townships
were bent all out of shape.”
“It is worry, not work, that is killing
me,” said the tramp, sadly, as he tried to
worry down a slice of bread and batter
without any jam spread on it—Siftings.
The fact that the Home Rule bill has
been defeated in the English Parliament
doss not give American hen pecked hus-
A max who slope to grieve over trifles
to forfeit hS place in the line
hint at learaing.
table compound, entirely foes from opiates,
poiaone and narcotic*, and which ha* received
the public endorsement of physicians and
chemists everywhsrs. Twenty-five cents.
It la difficult te counsel a man to the necca*
sary method to pursue In ordsr to make his
mark la the world, but it Is comparatively
easy to congratulate him after ho has hit the
mar* juid enli«ten him that yon always proph-
Ou the appearance of the first symptoms, as
general debility, loss of appetite, pallor, chilly
sensations, followed by night sweats and
cough—prompt measures for relief should
bntahcv. Consumption Is scrofulous disease
of the lungs: therefore use the great antl-
ecrofnla, or blood purifier and strength-re
st QfyJjr. Pie roe's ^Golden Medical Dtecov-
ced liver oil as a nutritive,
t as a pectoral. Foe weak
blood, and kindred affections
Sold by druggists tho world
“wee's treatise on consmmp-
- tn stamps to World's Dts-
I Mala street.
Halt of mankind lies awake nights thinking
how to ontwivthe other half.
If yne feel as though water was gathering
around the heart (heart-dropsy) — *- — *
’ itationof the hi
lung with Chinese mottoes,
the air it heavy with incense, and it is
hard to believe that we are in New York
and not in Cathay.
The whole affair cost the Chinese
dents of New York between $6,000 and
$8,000 and is entirely self-supporting.
They have queer features in their re
ligion which was quaintly explained to
me by the old priest in charge. I noticed
that a huge portion of the worshipers
would come in. make their obeisance to
the altar, burn a few prayer sticks and
go out Some, however, remained
longer time and gave the priest su
varying from twenty-five cents to a dol
lar. In response to my inquiry he said
“A man can say all he wants to ii
three minutes, so lie have three minutes
for nothing; if he have good deal to say,
he pays twenty-five cents for tho next
threo minutes, fifty for tho next three,
and so on. No good to pray too long.”
Then he added after a moment’s reflec
tion: “In Mclican church man talks an
hour and everybody pray two hours or two
hours and a half, then make collection
beg to pay tho minister. Chinese way,
500 or 600 people pray two hours we
make two or three thousand dollars.”
The system strikes me as a good one. It
pays the expenses of the temple and dis
courages garrulity. With its dingy ex
terior the Chinese of New York have now
one of the most richly furnished places
of worship in the city.— Constitution.
. _ have heart-
rheomatisaLpalpi tattoo of the heart wit h nuffo-
catloii^jrmpuiheUc heart trouble—Dr. KHmi
OcKAM-wagp regulates, corrects and cures.
About the only way to euro conceit, if in
herited, is to (tie.
The Weaker Sex
“Favorite I’reecriptlon,” which
cum wi iohuUs derangements, and give* *—
to the system. Hold by druggists.
The devil should have credit for one thing-
He reward* all alike.
Itlsa fact worthy of note that the most suc
cessful subscription book publishing houses in
this country are those owned and controlled
by men who commenced as canvassers them-
•etvoa B. F. Johnson, who la head of the firm
af B. F. Johnson A Co., of Richmond, spent
eight yean in the field, traveling through Vir-
ginla and oilier Southern States. The junior
... • - . -
member of this firm commenced canvassing for
him a few yean ago In South Carolina with a
cash capital of leas than $10. Now they have
the largest aad most efficient force of ■
of any noas* la the South. Their large expe
rience as canvassers enables them t'» «n
the hands of their agents only such
tne hands of their agents only such books as
**« adapted to the wants of the Southern peo-
Gin, Ftwtr, Con
denser, Cine-Hill,
SV--
tuoIaS cam?
Cavlagtea. Us.
Salvo
uples. Blotches, Scaly or Oily Skla,
I Blemishes aad all Skla Diseases Cared
land Csmplexlsa Beautified by
Bttsm’s Irtmatic item Salptmr Sup.
Sold by Drngxtats or sent by mall on receipt oil
•Mcents by WM. DREVDOPPBL, Mana-f
facta rer, 'JOS North From St. PhlWelphli, Pa. I
JONES
» reward of their good judgment
.ivaafejfA,
For every^ family contention h'atan puts a
ory, lack of self-confidence, premature lose of
manly vigor and powers, are common result*
excessive indulgence or youthful indtscre-
i ons and pernicious solitary practices. Vic-
l with ten cents in stamps, for
ina and join together. In three daya
the article cannot bo broken in the same
pi ice. The whitencts of the cement adds
to its valno.
Stains may bo removed even from tho
most delicately colored kid gloves, with
out injury, by suspending them for a
that he" has “nmo days* wmter,” “thirteen
days’ water,” or “twenty days’ water” as
the case may be—meaning that he has a
right to tarn water on his land once in
every nine, thirteen or twenty daya—a
privil go which, you may be sare, has
cost him a good round sum. In thickly
populated section* tho greatest difficulty
now teems to be thit all the available
water ha* already been tranferred from
the rivers to the irrigating ditches. It is
but reasonable logic to conclude thit if
Mexican land Is valuable only when Irri
gated. and if mo t of the available water
u now in use on already cultivated area,
the country mu4 look to some improved
method for lessening its enormous
stretches of waste land and barren des
erts; and—as the natives have not ad-
wanced agriculturally a a ngle step in the
coarse or threo centuries—it clearly rest*
with their more enterprising cousins, the
Yankees, to come down here and devise
the methods. It lias been proved again
and again that all the#? desert sands and
arid reaches or cactus and chappcral
may be made to “blossom as the roee” by
merely taming water upon them at regu
lar intervals: and government lands are
everywhere for sale at the rate of from
$0 cents to $ cents for an American rcre.
When the Spaniards first reached the
Yallay or Mexico (SSi yean ago) they
were astonished to find in me all over the
Artec em lro—and
thing to tnosa semi-1
of irrigation superior
ion laid ja-t
A Japanese Race Coarse.
We are just in time to see His Majesty
the Mikado arrive, sitting dressed in a
dark uniform in his well turnei-out lan
dau, and surrounded by an escort of lan-
lie a tall glass cylinder,
place strong aqua ammonia. Be
tho bottom
of which pf "
careful to remove from the sides of the
jar any ammonia that may have spattered
upon them. Suspend the gloves to the
•topper in the jar. They must not come
in contact with the liquid.
ccrs, who look smart enough in their
* ’ " His Majesty
green aad red uniforms. . w
ascends to the royal box, to the some
what dl«mal strains of the Japanese na
tional air. Close behind him arrives the
one and only four-in-hand in Japan,
owned by an eccentric American. The
dark-printed dreg and well matched
team of dark ponies look smart enough r
hut progression through the streets ol
Tokio is slow, a groom having to run at
the head of each pony.and outside Tokio
there is but little road fit for such a turn
out. And now five ponies emerge from
then wficn he thinks I am off my
he will make a grab at me throuj
bars. He is a vicious' brute, but * wiu . « —
soon have him in hand. I think his cir- —Chicago News.
delphia
Mr. Faintheart—“Do you think it
would be safe for me to approach your
pa on the subject/” Miss Fair Lady—
“Oh, perfectly; ho has the gout again.”
—Chicago News.
A grindstone, says an agricultural con
temporary, is one of the wont used im
plements on the farm. And, by the
powers! the other is the boy who has to
turn the blasted thing.—Lowell Times.
Mrs. Socictie—“This fashion magazine
says the male domestic servant is rapidly
dkiniwiritwr from th« heat houses’’ Mr.
disappearing from the best houses.'
the ! Societie—“Y<
eq and the worst of it is, the
will ! daughters are disa]
appearing with them.”
cus experience spoiled him.”
The three pumas, or mountain lions,
who occupy one cage, are hard to feed,
as they try to rob each other. One has
been sick recently and is imposed upon
by the others. He is sensible enough,
however, to know that Keeper Shannon
Is his friend, and when the. latter se
lects a choice morsel the puma comes to
the bars and takes it from his hand.
These animals also try to conceal the
bones for the purpose of gnawing at
bones for the purpose of gnawing
them at night. Tne other animals
ceive their doily meal without any un-
r what they get and make no kick.
Queen Victoria's Horses.
It is not generally known, says the
8L James's <7az«ttr,thst the famous cream-
state carriage, as they have drawn
carriage of her predecessors before her
for the last century and a half, belong
“Do you think I could mold public
politician of a veteran in the profession.
indulgence or youthful Indtscrc-
,ernicious solitary practices. Vic-
t ms whose manhood has thus been wrecked
•hould address.‘
large lllnat rated I
feet cure. World’*
atlon, S63 Main a
As man grows In wisdom he lear ns how in-
BOOK AGENTS WANTED fbr
PLATFORM ECHOES
or UVIXO TRUTHS FOB HEAD AND UEAKT,
By John B. Gough.
Lyon's Iieel '-HfTener*. and wewr them again.
A Remarkable Car* of Screfoln.
r, of Lewis. Vego County, Ind.,
Sawed or Resawed.
Fly catchers—base-ballists.
Loop-holes—watch out for them.
Meridian casts the shortest shadows.
«takeo with Scrofula
No Ropo to Cat OR Hones' Manes.
healed ap, He lew
wxMe t» you to ictac
Rest, easiest to use anti cheapest Piso’s
R»m*ny for ratarrhT Bv druggist*. fiOe.
Why pay a bill to-morrow that you
can put off until next month/
An honest laugh marks the honest
man. If he laughs through his teeth
watch him.
The soda-fountain man is tho only per
son who can “ hiss” at people without
giving offense.
you introduced in
your speech seemed a little mouldy.”—
Boston Bulletin.
The most extraordinary incident of
who forgot what he was about
the middle of a prayer and sat down. In
a moment he arote, and, pointing to the
amazed congregation, said: “Oh! by
the way, amen.
“Are you having a pleasant timet”
asked a lady of a little miss at a fashion
able children’s party. “Delightful,
thanks.” “And will your pap* and
mamma come later?’ “Oh dear, no;
papa and mamma and I don’t belong to
the same set.”—Harper's Bazar.
Mrs. Maternal (conversing with a
friend at whose house she is callinj
... m disturbed by seeing her little daughter
to her not as Queen of England^bat as a j in another part of the room examining
Moorshid jja-t succeeded in establishing
on the Ib -vian peninsula. To this d*y
the same system is practiced everywhere
in Mexico, and hundreds of the aceqnias
or irrigating ditches of the ancient Aztec*
nre yet in use, t o improvements having
ever been attempted. In the vicinity of
lakes and rivers, perhaps the old way
coal ! scarcely be improved upon; but in
sections where neither are found, or
the Japanese ponies exceed 14 1-2 hands,
but many of them are neat, well-built
animals, inclined to be weak behind, bat
with a fair enough tarn of speed. They
are nearly ail riaen by Japanese jocks,
who are very light and fair horsemen, but
inclined to get excited and luec their
beads, and flog their mounts long after
the race i< over.
It is not my intention to describe the
racing, most of which would be consid-
ere l very poor sport anywhere e’se,
I bough some of the finishes were really
good, one resulting in a dead heat. Baf
fler it to say that a programme of nine
races per d em was successfully carried
to a conclusion la three days. A vast
amount of time Is always lost at the
starts, and the last race each day is often
! run in the dark, so ranch so that I have
>cen a groom run into the middle of the
cnnrssat the fiai«h,holdrag a big lantern
in his hand.in or ier that the judge might
see which animal pa sed his box first.
Wonderful to narrate, the ponies did not
seem to object to this proceeding in the
a portion of the year, something
needed. Artesian wells have not been
tried to any extent foe purposes of irriga
tion; but that water is everywhere abun
dant, though sometimes far below the
surface, is shown by the numerous deep
wells of tho purest and clearest water
which are lound all over Mexico.
A curious feature of three meetings is
the day fireworks, which are sent up from
the island during the racing. They con
sist of fireworksln smoke, if I may so call
them, and are often extremely
Rockets are also sent up, which •
into paper balloons of various l
forms, fish, birds, beasts, men, etc., which
float away gracefully in the air, to the
vast delight of the crowds of Japs who
“ ' * ~ edges of the course and the
At dusk these give way to
tome of the breed for a very long
period baa been at Herrenhauscn, a
country residenca lying a couple of miles
outside of the Hanoverian capital. There
may be seen to this day a stud of ani
mals, kept by the Prussian Government
on behalf of the exiled Duke of Cum
berland, out of the revenues of bis con
fiscated estate. The breed has so long
been carefully kept pare that it is rare
(so say the attendants) for anything but
a cream-colored foal to be produced. In
Hanover, on State occasion^ the King**
carriage was accustomed to be Irawn by
the creams, while th? Queen sat behind
the creams, while tin Queen
a team of bays. If tho account of the
stable authorities may be believed, the
footmen who walk' at the head of each
animal are not merely ornamental. Ex
cept on State occasions these horses
never leave the stable, and they are kept
in each a gross condition that they need
to be watched lest they should swidenly
give way to a desire for instant repose,
and thereby disturb the stately progress
of tho Queen's cortege.
The Seed Wouldn't Sprout
Some time ago Sunset Cox forwarded
to Senator Brown, from Egypt, a pack
age of cottonseed that had been found
ect in bed with a mammy. The mammy
belonged to the race of the Phsroahs.
and had been pronounced dead 4,000
years before Mr. Cox discovered the re
mains. Three of the seed v ere sent by
Senator Brown to Dr. Connelly, of this
•city, and were duly submitted to the test
of sun and soQ. They were planted in
tabs, filled with highly fertilized dirt,
and were carefully watched and watered
foraperiod of thirty days. Insriteof
this toe seed failed to sprout, ana they
were fira’ly dug up and examined. 7* —
were filled with dust, and it is snpp
that the germ of life that once had exis
tence in the frail shells had passed away
utterly.—Atlanta Constitution.
ornaments)—“IIoi tense, dear,
would't touch those things.” Hortenso
—“Ob, they’re not so very dusty,
mammal”— Cincinnati Commercial.
HATCEE AND ART.
I saw a clevis bead.
With many a flowing curl,
A .w,«U/ pretty t.*
And fljuro of a girl;
I Hood and ponder d bn-,
In meditation lost.
And triad to lejton up
How much the fixin g cost.
—Siftings
“I see,” said Mrs. Follinsbee, looking
up from her paper the other evening,
‘•that they say Modjeska has a lot of per
fect sticks supporting her this season.”
“That is entirely appropriate,” replied
the colonel,with a diabolical grin. “How
is toatr “Why, she is a Pole herself,
you know.” Mrs. Follinstee was so in
dignant tost she didn’t spsak to him for
au the evening.—Comet.
Counsel (on cross-examination)—
“What is your age,madamel” Witness—
“Forty-seven, air.” Counsel—“.Married
or single!” Witness—“Single. I never
hid an offer of marriage ia my life; and,
if it is any interest to toe court I don’t
mind saying that I’ve worn false teeth
Los Angeles, Cal., allows no young
lady on the street after nine o’clock p. m.
He can be on the street—the gate be
tween them.
The most modest man ever heard of
was in a rowboat in a storm. He got
swamped anti drowned because be re
fused to hug the shore.
Many high Chicago buildings u
elevators are objected to bccauso of the
climattic influences incident to their up
per regions.
The Marquis of Lome is ont against
home rule. Nowoudcr. He knows toe
disadvantages of it ever since he was
married.
Glycerine and rose water is a good
remedy for chapped lips, and young
ladies will find it much safer than being
tickled by a mustache.
Should Mrs. Cleveland ever find her
self at all lonely in the big house, she
can enter her carriage and go shopping
in Pennsylvania avenue.
The men that take care of themselves
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ing to shake the dire t testimony of as
truthful a woman as you are.”—Puck.
An Electric Sword.
' Shanghai has. after
new and deadly weapon. This
electric sword, which, when the point
find little fault with the property-
talk anarchy
ing classes. Those who
want the workers to divide.
A North Manchester (Ind.) maiden has
brought suit against her' too vigorous
lover for fracturing her breast-bone in an
amorous embrace.
Science may settle everything else,
but we are sore it will never satisfac
torily explain why a woman always sacks
her finger, when she burns it.
Miss Cleveland will go on writing
novels just as if there was not a man in
the world- She does not consider
of much account, any way.
A Kentucky negro has been sent to
prison for life forstealing thirteen dol-
and yet the Thirteen Chib contend
that the number is not unlucky.
The Barest tranquilizer of tbs
■sBtefno wh'ch rewstUMdhtevww
f irivijMwtifX
-yea always wen
the nerves always weakens them. Wbat they
need, then, tea tools, not a sedative. Thslat-
ter te only useful when there l« intense WMtafc
excitement aid an immeditaliiy
Ity ol the nerves by endowingtW
vigor roqahite to bear, without being Jarredl
disturbed an healthful] r, the ordinary SvJ
»ions produced through the mediwaJ
hearing and reflection. Nay, It]
NHMnRHHNRDMMsiMiw
of ten*kyo from mental application which they
* would be totally uaable to aodnra withooMSw
party attacked, sends a pow
erful shock through * "* ‘
him, and if not im
mediately killing, will at least put him
bon de combat The sword is an ordi
nary military sabre, but along its whole
length is let in a fine platinnm wire,
which ends at the foil of the weapon. A
small hut very power iul storage battery
is carried strapped about toe waist, much
the same as a cartridge box. Insulated
connect the battery with the sword,
5 is getting to be quite ^ pressing a button the holder can
" 'ete the circuit at once.—Shanghai
Being outgeneraled by a woman is apt
to be the epoch in man’s life that renders
swearing delicious.
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Chapped iiaxds, I
skin cured by using J _. .
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bowels, th# safest remedy te Alex's FlUs.
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