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household
HINTS :
Ta Clntli Oil I'nliillnR.
Oil pointings may bo donned by di
viding n wound, row potato, linvlug
previously removed the Hklti. anil up.
plying the tint, mil shl to the surface
or the picture As the soaplike froth
accumulates use a very soft piece of
h)iiku and n little lopld water to ro
move It. Tin- superfluous moisture
will be readily absorbed by Hit; care
ful application of a piece of chamois
leather. Ah the potato gets duller mit
oh a tliln slice and use again.
- Tim Miturint Tra,
"Hove your Sunday supper whore or
yon happen to 1 in tho drawing
room, library or sluing room In the
whiter, on the Ihu-ii or porch in tho
Hummer," writes Mis. S. T. ltorer In
the Ladles' Home Journal. "Have
iw dainty basket of sandwiches, one
lot made from tlnely chopped cblfken
v mutton, seasoned according to the
meat; another or fruit sandwiches
ninfle of finely chopped fruits put be
tween thin slices of bread and butter,
nnd have a large pot of chocolate.
Have yur little tea kettle at hand, or
your alcoitol stow where your ohoco
Kite may be reliealed. as your family
or ruchU come hi. Have no set hour
for such a meal. but lei each one help
himself when In feels that he needs
to c-ut. Menus for upcrs nud teas
aro trequently too limp: - ton henry.
Persons ith weak digestion eaunoi
eat Hkjm, esp"cinll nl let a late din
nr. and. as Indiuosliou is uol an un
common complain! suppers aie golug
out of fashion, and I trust that ere
imv
the
; the. will be
pist."
anions the things ol
A Vlcili-I Cimiiii.
livery girl who maker- any preten
tions to iH'lat. up todnto lias appro
printed a tqkciul How it and lerfutuo
for ber own use. Everything she
touehes must be imbued witli I lilt, per
fume and oerihin. about her room
aud lier personal belongings must par
take of this color
One ptotty blonde school ghi uus re
cently displayed to her admiring
friends a lovely i inlet loom, that is a
la'r typo of this fad among girls. 'The
cent? of tlie light linrd wood lloor is
covered hj a nig In which light and
dark lavender iint are ulcuded, and
upon the white enamel bed is a dainty
Ilnen coTerlet. embroidered with scat
tered violets in their ualmal colors.
The "empire" whitewood dressing
table wub Its triplex mirror reflecting
the silver brushes and toilet boxes, Is
covered by a scurf of linen and Irish
point litre placed upon a squuie of vio
let satin. Ker. thing in the room re
juoduce," the irniler tints ot the violet,
and the wiill and celling retlect the
same delicaie line.
Tho faintest po.-sible odor of wood
violet is In the air. and the genera! ef
fect is one of gnwe and beauty, al
though there Is nothing; in the entire
furnishing th.it is ! ti nil for thor-
ough enjoyment and eery day use.
Philadelphia Itecoi d.
c?
household reopes
Spanish Hasli Pie-Prepare pie paste
In the usual manner, cut into large
round cakes size of a largo plute. Have
in all about four. Place h tablespoon
of lard in n frying pun, try the cakes
one at a time on born sides, spread
iiiacu rather thick with cooked hash.
"Out the pie in the usual way and
servo at ou'ee. Delicious.
Pried Chicken Cut up three half
grown chickens In small pieces, salt
and flour well; huva the lard hot and
fry to a l'ght blown. When done take
up, pour out nil the laid but a table
spoonfuL Iteheat. sprinkle In a table
spoonful f Jhur and when It browns
pour In u cup of sweet milk As soon
as It holla pour over the chicken. He
Biiro to use plenty of pepper uud salt.
Doston Tea Cakes-Beat two eggs In
a teacup, till the cup with sweet milk,
,tnrn into a bowl with one cup of mi
gur, tea oven tenspoonfnls or melted
butter, ona and three-fourths cups of
flour and two teuspoonfuls of baklug
powder. This is the most reliable,
easily made uud accommodating of
rnkou. Delicious baked Id layers and
ui-.fii with Inm or cream. May be
baked In u loaf or small patty pans.
Serve warm with tea.
Pried Celery Clean and wash a
bunch of celery, boll until tender In
plenty of water, clralu and cut Into
plecen about flvo Inches long. Put Into
a bowl half a pound ot flour, two boat
cb eggfl and a little water; add a pinch
aalL Mix nil together until you
hare a smooth paste thin enough to
pour from a spoon. Cover tho celery
with the paste nnd fry in deep hot
lard until a light brown. Drain und
orve with a tomato sauce.
The 1'open.
Forty-three Popes have belonged to
tho Order of 81. Ilenedlct. ten to that
of St. Kruucls, and four to that of St.
Doululc.
London' HIr Kei-riili.
VLondou's new water reservoirs near
Staines will cover eleven square miles.
One ftloue wlU be u& big as Hyde Park.
CITY?
II to A.-lt-(l Thnt TiMrmi W
SMMra
a Karl ii tSH'J,
It will l of lnteirt to all our North
ern and Western ucighhoi In the sis
t 'rhood of Stales which Arizona Is
.noli to enter to learn that we have In
our Territory h city not only far utile
dating tin' Anierlcnn devolution, but
uNo tlie oldest cliy in the United
Stales.
Coorge (,' II
'Treasure Land."
Hllxliigcr. In his
presents the facts
in sprightly verse and prose:
"Anoint in imi. but Iter lon life well
petil,
Sli minks seteutiy at lite fnoe of lime.
Sphitiv-hke. Iic snl. while line ciiine nnd
in-Ill.
Tlie olih-st eitv ami the centlest clime."
"The struggle between Santa IV am!
San Augustine on the question or pri
ority or settlement lias about worn
them out. Hnn Augustine pants upon
her sandy shore, while iwor old Snntn
IV grins disconsolately fnuu amid her
ruins, Tucson has not. heretofore.
clatiiMd anything but climate anil
proiperl but now she rises to ex
plain thnt thexc I wo houry-bended sin-
ners have been wasting their declining
years In trying to prove private prop
erty in what belongs to neither."
Mr. Hll.iuccr concedes, for the sake
of argument, the claim of Santa Fe
thill it was settled In ltr.. His de
scrlption of the settlement of San Au
gust luo 1 noteworthy for ll spark
llnir orlciualiiy
"In im;u Admiral Collni obtained
from Charles IN, of I-'raniv the privil
ege of plant iiif: a Kreneh Protestant
cidony In I he new world and finally
Kiiii'eedecl in estaldlshliis one on the
Itlver SI. Johns. In Klorlda. Tlie wlo
nWts had Junt iH-coine comfortably
settled when the Hinnlurds, Who cLib
sltleil heretics with nsltalors. poituceil
upon I hem.
"On August US, lt"H.i. (the sauir year
the Spnnlnrds rmered New Mexico to
Chrlstlanixe the lndtnnsi, Pedro Men
ende.. Willi a company of 11-100. de.
si ended Uhiii (he flugueunts and ex
terminated tUein. but left the alliga
tors nnd mosquitoes.
"Philip If. was then proclaimed
monarch of North America, or what
eer It might thereafter Ik culled, and
San Angustln (as it was then
spclledi was founded with due pomp
ami ceremouy.'
Mr Hllzinger gives the date of set
tlement of Tucson ns ir". some half
n century earlier than the founding of
Santa Ke or San Augustine. II bases
his claim ukmi authentic documents,
Including a parchment discovered
among the records of tlie old mission
of San Xavler, dated 15,"2, when the
settlement was ordered to be estab
lished, and attached to which is no ac
count of tlie founding of Tuesou. writ
ten in the hand of Mnreos de Nina,
wlio explored Arizona In 1K19. Phoe
nix Ilepubllcnu.
Story nf "Neural-, My God, In Tlir."
"As n writer, as n poet, there were
few In the literary world of London
(In tlie forties) who hud not heard of
Sarah Khmer Adams, tlie gifted worn
an to whom all Chlstciulom to-day
pays homage In its love for her immor
tal hymn 'Nearer, my (Sod, to Thee.' "
writes Clifford Howard In the Ladles'
Home .Niirunl. "it was written In
1K4(i. and had subsequently been set
to music by Kllzu Klower, and In
cluded in n collection of hymns writ
ten and composed by tlie two sisters.
Only within thai yar bad their book
of 'Hymns and Anthems, been pub
lished, and the hymn that was dis
tilled lo Inspire I lie world bad then
been lieu id but oncci or twice, und
within' the wulls of a single church
South Palace Chapel, Loudon.
"if was not, however, until after the
yeur 1800, when the present well
known tune was composed for It by
H r. Lowell Mason, of New York, that
the hymn nttulued It widespread pop
ularity. Up to that time it hud at
tracted but little notice. Through the
spirit of Dr. Mason's sympathetic
music it was quickened Into gloilous
life nnd brought within the reach of
every congregation and every Chiie
thin soul. Hut this was long after the
author the hymn had parsed away.
She died iu 181S. without knowing of
the triumph and the glory that
nwalted her work. Her gruvo lu the
little village of her birth hi unmarked
by any monument to her fame."
Mitil Mucmr Onttlnir 1'ur-i-.
"You will find this season's crop of
maple sugar better than over," said
the man who dealt iu such things to
his friend, the real estate agent, as
they rode luto town for the day's busi
ness. "And why Is that?" he asked. "Are
the trees Improving with nge, or are
they grafting something Into them?"
"The sugar will bo better becnuso
tbey nre'keepiug somothing out of It,"
be began. "Butternut sugar is worth
more than ever before, and the grow
ers can't afford to mis it with their
maple. You know there Is a good bit
mom saccharine la butternut sap thou
In maple, aud ever slnco there wbh n
particularly short crop about ten, years
ago the farmers have been pouring the
sap Into their maple vats, Id spite of
its bitter, nutty flavor. The drug trade
has found a market for butternut su
gar under Its own name, and this year
the price Is away up, while maple au
gur prices will range rather low."
New York Tribune.
Electricity at HI. Helen.
The Governor of 8t. Helena In his
nnnuul report Just published expresses
the belief that when the new burrocks
are finished It would pay a small com
pany to erect u plant for lighting Lad
der Hill aud the towu by electric light,
worked by windmills. There is al
ways u steady wlud from tho south
east traders, only ulue days having
been culm lu l'JUU.
AMERICA'S OLDEST
ODD PORTO RTCAN WAYS
ALL THE ISLAND TOPSY-TURVY IN
THE AMERICAN EYES.
Tlir llnck nt (he llotiie tUntlly In Tront
Alt Wlmtnnr Tnnllltonn VIoUtMt
Nallvr PpiiiiIIfm anil Hiiiy Hoc
Wax Tall lti ami Uowii.
Porto lllco Is most remarks tile for
what It Is uol. but might be. It Is an
Island of negation. Its people should
bo marked with minus sinus. Us laws,
ciHtoms and milliners are tho opposite
of everything lu the American code.
Kverytblug Umu the Islands, writes
the Arroyu correspondent of (lie New
York Sun. Is the result of n struggle
ngultiel nature and natural methods,
from the mouutalin whose broken
peaks tell of the eruption which left
them high above the sea to the poor
est little rir.orlmck pig, which for gen
eritlous has been struggling to bo n
real hog: from the men who were
once straight bred Indians, Africans
or Simulards, and ate now nil three,
to the little. Inch-through tomatoes
which would be ruddy, succulent fnilt
if they had the least encouragement.
The mountains alone seem to have
titilshcd their struggle. The other ele
ments nre still in the throes. Kvery
tblug ou the island Is done in the
wrong way. Iu outer to do anything
right It must be done wrong. What
seem lo 1h the fronts of the city
houses are really the backs. The
bucks of the houses, which are the
real fronts, are lu tlie front yard
which Is tit the I wick, and the fronts
of the bouses, which are really the
backs, face the alley which Is called a
street.
The frout yard In the back usually
contains what Is called a garden. This
garden Is paved with bricks or tint
stones, nud variety Is gained by mak
ing raised concrete circles or squares,
lu each of which is placed a little
hump of dirt, and from the bump
grows a bush or shrub ns luxuriantly
as the scant nutriment nud the re
flected heat from the brick pavement
will permit. Thcic Is never a spent- of
guiss or an Inch of lawn.
The windows ot the Iiouhch In this
Island violate all the traditional reas
ons for tlie establishment and exist
ence of openings in tlie walls or dwell
Inus for purposes r light and ventlln
atlou. There are no glazed windows.
A few rich men have glass In the front
doors of their houses, but It Is merely
a decorative matter and Indicates opu
lence. The matter of light and air
has been tlie subject or earnest consid
eration on Hie part of the municipal
authorities, Kvery inuuirlpaltty hnn it
ortlclul architect who supervises the
construction of all buildings and is
sues nil building permits. He sees
that all the laws are strlctiy compiled
with, und the laws have beeu care
fully framed with a view to compel
ling all the city buildings to have
plenty of light nnd air. The Ingenuity
with which the laws have been framed
is equalled only by the Ingenuity with,
which they bnve been nullified.
11 Is provided by law that the cell
ing of every bouse shall not be less
than thirteen feet high, and that each
house shall have nu open court yard
one quarter of the slut- of the building.
The nlrlntfrt thus obluiued Is offset by
the milliner lu which the building Is
constructed. Next to the open court
is bulll a long hall. Iu the looms
which open from this hall tltere are
no windows. The rooms nre without
ventilation except what comes through
tlie doors. They are, therefore, most
dellghtrul for sleeping; on absolutely
close room Is esteemed a great luxury
lu u land where sixty-six degrees Fah
renheit is ley whiter weather. The
poor coplc who are unable to shut
the air completely out of their miser
able shacks swathe their heads tu
blankets when they sleep.
Tlie window novelty lias caused
much discussion among the Americans
nud the arguments caused by the
Porto Hlcnu habit of keeping the
Tront shutters closed wheu the wind
blows have been heated nud frequent.
One prying Amerlcuuo attempted to
secure positive information, and put a
mild native to the toifme iu Ibis ruati
nei: "Sny, Splggotl, why don't you have
windows In those rooms opening off
the hall?"
"The law forbids," replied tlie native.,
"Forbids what?"
"Having the window." j.'--'
"Why?"
The native shrugged his shoulders.
"Why does It forbid having win
dows, Splggotl?" persisted the Ameri
can. "Oh. I don't know. It's an old law."
"But why Is It law? What Is to pro
vent "
"We might get through Ihu windows
on our nelglilior'H property."
"Well, what If you did? Would you
harm the property?"
"I don't know. I
l ppose tbey
might uol like IL oh?"
"Ain't you honest?"
"I thluk so; yes."
" 'Yf s, 1 dou't think, you menu. If
you'vo got auch a fool low, why didn't
you build the hall on the dark side?"
"Oh. I dou't know."
"You don't know, eh? I guess that's
no jest. If you'd put the rooms on
this side and the hall on tue other
you'd hare got light and breeze,
wouldn't you?"
"Yes, I suppose so,"
"Why didn't you do it, then?
wouldn't have cost nuy more."
"I uuver saw one bulll that way,
"Don't you like light?" ,
It
t
"Not to sleep In."
"Don't you like air?"
"The night nlr you people of the
north don't know what It Is. It Is so
damp and cold, It gives you what you
call the pneumonia. It Is very bad
Ijoo-o-o," nud the native shivered at
th thoughu - - .
"Then you like to sleep cooped up In
those dark kennels, do yon?"
"The rooms you see. thoxe we like "
The law which forbids windows that
oien toward or upon the adjoining
proHfty Is so strictly enforced that a
man who owned two lots and built on
one of iliem was forbidden lo put
windows ou the side of the bouse
which whs next to his oilier lot. The
city architect who was bucked by that
dominant and nti'ttist personage, the
Alcalde, said that some day the lot
might ! sold nud the new owner
might object lo the windows, It so
happened that the builder wn an
American, who piocecded lo make the
Windows despite the wwiiilng. There
upon the Alcalde sent a down little
policemen, who carried pistols In one
hand ami exttn ammunition In Hie
otlver. Tlie windows weie not made.
In addition to the necessity of doing
everything wrong In order lo have It
right, It Is essential to do tblng back
ward, to select the longest wny round,
lo Nnd the nitnl dllllettlt ami laborious
mptbcsl. All these thing are done by
the Pnrlo TMeans with Invntlnble reg
nlnrlty. The Porto HIimii Iswitiimu
rows with his face lo tlie liow. In or
der thai be may belter sec wbeie be
is going, be says. Tlie llirhicis used
for unloading ships arc propelled
stern first, although tbey bnve prows,
Ilrb'ks nud inoiliir and cbnrcnal are
carried iu bags nnd I he use of wheel
barrows Is limited to n few of the
cities. A Porto Ttleo gentleman berk
otix to his servant to come to him by
making a gesture which tnean exact
ly the otpolto lo the American, The
dogs wng their lulls up and down, aud
the truth Is n He or a He I be truth, ac
cording to the demands of the Instant
The men. especially those of the
lower class, are upl to Im Idle nnd laxy
and to lounge around the house while
the women work. The women and
children have Hie privilege of doing
their own farming. Iiegglug. stealing
nnd vending. Tbey are happy, con
tented and hungry when they have no
money, and they ale us hungry, happy
and contented when they have money.
In fact, they never have money. H
tbey ncisl n dollar and tbey enn get It
by wen king one day. they will work
one day. If tbey gel tlfly rents a day
they vvlll work two days. Contact
with the American has urouscd their
cupidity, but hns not stimulated their
activity, and they think now that one
day's effort should be (is productive us
two were fornieily. The American oc
cupation and the enhanced purchasing
power of the money has, therefore, re
ditcetl the necessity for working one
half. The men gamble when tbey have a
few cents nud they always lose All
of them lose. How tbey or'- all suc
cessful In this direction Is one of the
tiiiuxplniiicd mysteries, but tbey nil
go broke and tliey are nil happy In
tltflr perennial poverty and content to
absorb malarial plusmodhi and suck
gugarcntu;, iyA
"DoIiik" Avtor Library.
The elderly lady marshaled the
younger one through Ihu library portal
wllh some dignity, and swept with her
over to tlie obliging gentleman who re
lieves the entering reader of bis cane
ami overcoat. "This Is the Astor LI
brary. Is It not?"
"Yes. madam."
"Aud It has some three hundred
thousand volumes uow?"
"Vcs, madam."
"It was stinted by .Tohn Jacob As
tor in 1818 with a donation of ?l(K),
(XKI. I believe?"
"Yes, niadaui. If you wish uuy in
formation you "
"And be gave .f.V)t),0(Ki more at bis
death, aud his son donated $300,000 iu
1881, I understand ?"
"Why, yes, I "
"Well, Llz-le," und the elderly ludy
sighed with the satisfaction of a duty
done, "you can see some of tho Iwoks
up there, through that glass door, and
tbew are the murine busts. Now we
must hurry nloug and do the CooMr
Uulou." New York Commercial Ad
vertiser. ,
Wnin-n SI i eel Cur Voiidurtor..
The cburrnlng bluck-eyed women ot
South America are working us street
car conductors. Tlie new woman Is
there with a yengeance.
Heretofore we baibarlaus of the
Noith dreamed ot the beautiful seiio
rltus of our sister republics iu the far
South only as wonderfully fascinating
creatures hiding behind veil und lut
tlce work. This realism of the age,
tho tendency to give to woman what
ever share she aspires to iu tlie busi
ness world, seems to buvo worked
greater havoc In South America than
evcu heie. In Vnlpurulso, the capital
of Chile, nearly all the street our con
ductors aie now of the reinule ser.
Just think of it!
The change Is reported lo be a satis
factory oue. The men ure too gallant
to be disagreeable, und the women pas
seugers prove more trnctuble. The
city being ono of mngnltlcent distances
tho gentle couduetor has been pro
vided with a scat on the reur platform,
where an may read her newspaper lu
ease and comfort. Now York Journal.
Coasting la HawH4
The hillside at Pacific Holghls fac
ias Munanu Volley Is uocoiuIuk a
great resort for youngsters of all col
ors and of many conditions of pros
perity. The "kids" flock to the place
u droves. In emulation of tho exam
ple set by their brothers of a colder
cllmo these children, who probably
have never seen suow, have con
structed a coasting place down the
steep Incline. A sled Is not necessary,
nud they don't liuve to wait for snow.
Nature bus provided the hillside and
the long grusB which grows on It, as
well us the sled which Is used. The
latter Is a palm leaf which has been
dried by the buu. Honolulu Ilepubll-
IflftM.
AFTER-DINNER SPORTS
SOME
FINE FUN FOR THE
WINTER EVENINCS.
LONC
A lliMnliiK Hmiin Sprilihnr Mltlun
n a llnttln lUlnurlnic on lrrilli
llrnnmnllrkx A "l Mglil" In a
Drawing Itooiu.
Age cannot wither the device of
aniutenicitl. and whosoever amuses the
world deserves the grul II title or all
mankind.
You tuny hae engaged the greulot
comedians the most noted society Jesl
ers whom money can procure, to aimmo
your guests, yet lle minutes or the
"IHIud Man's Steeplechase" will do
mote to put every one In a good hu
mor t tut it any number or uimle songs,
says the writer or the article lu ques
tion A drawing loom teeplechase Is done
In this way A narrow course Is itr
niugcd down the length or the loom,
laid out with "Jumps." varying lu
height, and at different distances from
each oilier The Jumps are innde with
piles of books, or cushions, foot stools,
small chairs 'aid en their sides, or In
uuy oilier way thnt Ingenuity can sug
gest, but all must be small enough to
lie entity stepped over
Some ime -preferably an athletic
young man who prides himself on bis
skill lu hurdle Jumplug-must uow be
blindfolded, nud It Is required that he
stall lourney from end lo end of the
coin se, stepping over all, without
touching nuy or the ohstoclcs, This Is
carefully explained to him beforehand,
and be Is allowed to study the various
obstacles ami to estimate t holt heights
slid distances before his eyes are
butiduged; In fact, he may miike u trial
(rip over tlie course, so thai the dis
tance between the Jumps may be llrm
ly llxed In bis memory. Then he Is
started ou bis steeplechase.
No sooner Is ho off than nil the ob
stacles, quietly and stenlthlly are re
moved from bis path He ndvauces a
step or two, gingerly raises n loot,
throws It out, and makes n ghinl
stride over an Imaginary Jump nnd
ns he goes along, so Indescribably lu
dicrous are bis cnrcrul efforts to clear
the obstacles wheu not one Is In Ills
path. Him I long heroic he ha" reached
the winning post he will be the only
who is unt feeling tired from cxcpsp of
laughter. The misguided sleepleclms
or thinks, of course, that he Is net
forming splendidly when he finds that
lie Is clearing everything lu bis path
without n touch nothing funnier can
be Imagined than the wny in which
bis complacent conceit at his own suc
cess gives way to the bitterest cha
grin when his eyes nre uncovered, and
he tluds nut the bonx.
As dlttlcult as the feat of climbing n
greasy pole Is the drawing room ssirl
of sitting on a bottle, nud, with u can
dlestick lu either baud, lighting the
wick of, one candlg from the tluiue of
tlho other.
An ordinary wine bottle Is laid op
tho floor. Ou either side Ik placed a
caudle, nud one of the wicks Is lighted.
Then the competitor sits on the bottle
so Hint Its neck points toward his
feet. Putting his legs straight out lie
now places tlie bee) or the right foot
on the toe of the left, and, taking a
candle lu either hand, lights -or, rath
er, attempts to light-the unlit wick.
The fun Is soon iu evidence, for at
every nttempt to rolse bulb candles
from the floor over rolls the bottle uud
man. und down pours the grease. But
after u few falls and t; little practice
there comes a niomeut of steadiness,
and then both candles are safely light
ed and ure placed on the floor In their
original position.
Unfailingly popular ns a drawing
room sport is a very pretty game
played with a chair and a pin. The
pin Is Inserted n the side of the chuir
ou the seat's edge, lu front of one of
the hind legs. Some one then takes
his seat ou the rhulr, sitting sideways,
with his feet on the same side as tho
pin. Suppose that the pin Is stuck into
the edge of the sent Just In front ou
ihu right hlud leg. The performer sltH
with his feet to the right side or the
chair. Leaning far back und raising
his feet from the ground, he bends
himself round the back of tho chair
and grasps the bottom of the right
hlud leg with bis right hand und the
top with his left bund.
This Is a highly critical position. At
the slightest shifting of balance the
chair Is liable to upset and to send Its
occupier rolling ou the floor. Shifting
his position very carefully, by degrees,
therefore, the. performer works him
self so far round the back of the chair
that ut length he Is able to withdraw
the pin in bis teeth. He must then
work himself buck ngaln to bis origi
nal position, bis feet all the time to be
off the ground nnd his legs resting on
the sent of the chulr.
It Is delightful to sec a mnti trying
to preserve his balance while be crimes
his head forward to grip the pin iu
his teeth; then, Just when victory
seems assured, nud he is cautiously
returning with the prlr-e In his mouth,
he falls to negotiate the corner, nnd
over he rolls. The pin should bo grad
ually shifted further round the side
of the chair as tho competlWH skill
grpws in tho nrt of withdrawing It
from the seat.
A "Jap tight." in a drawing room Is
oue of the funniest sights Imnginnble.
Two men nre blindfolded, and are
then laid out nt full length on the
floor, fuclug oue nuother, each hold
ing tho loft baud of the other, each
carrying In the free hand a long,
beuvy roll of paper to act us a blud
geon, When A asks, "Are you there?"
It must answer, but, having duly re
plied, he may change his position, and
move ids head to any place that 1m
thluks will bo out of range of A's
bludgeon A then. Judging by the
sound of li'n voice, or by uuy sUghr
notse he may have made when tnor
lug. raises Ills arm aloft and deals a
mighty blow at li's bend.
Possibly this terrible blow will fall
feel a way from the mark -possibly, on
I he other baud, the paper roll may de
sceiid wllh n resounding thwack on
It's person; In nny case. It Is now ITs
turn for retaliation "Are you there?"
he calls out "Pioseiil."inmwer A.
ami then It nlrlkes wllh all bif
strength. And so the gninr goes on
uud tlie fun waxes fasl and furious as
the two men squirm on the floor, cau
tiously stalking nnd prospecting, dellr.
cling mighty blows amid the loud np
plaiise of Hie assembled concourse,
and then lying still nwulllng tlie one
niy's attack tu fenr nud trembling.
The rules or .lap fighting nre not
hard and Ms H Is not essential, for
Inslnnce, Hint the left hands shall be
held. The mnln iMilnts to observe,
however, are that each comlmtnnf
must He nut nt length on the floor nud
Hint II Is not admissible to shield the
bend under tho nrin to nvokl a blow
or lo rise up on the knees when strll:
Inc. There Is n favorite deck game played
with a clothes hnskrl that proven Im
mensely successful when adapted ton
drawing room. A broomstick Is passed
through the hn miles or an ordinary
clothes basket with equal projections
nt Isitli ends. Two chairs nre placed
feeing one another, the basket In
lifted and the projecting ends of the
broomstick are balanced on the semtn.
so Hint the basket swings freely. Four
coins nre now put on the ebnlrs, one at
each of the front corners, nnd the
preparations nre complete.
Any one who Is willing to give an
exhibition of the art of bnlnnce uow
steps Into the basket, slls astride the
stick nnd with n wnlklng stick knock i
off the four coins from the corners of
the chairs and steps to the gronnd
ngaln. Simple ns this may seem, It In
only necessary to attempt Hie feat to
discover wherein the dltlleully lies.
Although the walking slick, which
may be used us n support, enables one
to enter the basket and lo sit ou Hie
broomstick In safety, so soon a any
nttempt is made to raise the stick in
order to knock down the coins the bas
ket at once swings round am) proba
bly throws you as noatly ns u hwk
Jumplng horse might throw bis rider.
Tlie clothes basket game would mnke
a merry parly from the dullest tunic-
rial. Ponrsou'a Magazine.
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HlauultlUK With Mar.
Apropos or communication betweea
the planet ; an Kugllslimnn writes thus
tu the Wcntmlnsler Hnzcttc:
"If our neighbors, Hie Inhabitants of
Mars, should ever be seized with a
wish to communicate with us, n Urn
nlguul would probably be the incuna
they would use hut I hey would sum
ly make this signal In the form of
some simple geometrical figure, such
n a trlaugle, circle or square, the ar
tificial cjmrcjer vt w,llill could not
uS Jnlsundorsiood; we 00 old lien, (t
the expenso were not prohibitive (a
consideration which ncrliup. bus iu?
weight In Mars), make a retufh sig
nal by reproducing the same, flguro
In tho same way. If ufter that anoth
er signal were made by means of
some other geometrical tlgtue, out re
ply as del ore would be the reproduc
tion of this second figure. We should
then, nt nuy rate, have arrived nt u
mutual conclusion as to both worlds
being Inhabited by Intelligent persons,
but we could not advance beyond this,
I conclude.
"I think, however, tlitit we ahull
have to wait for Hie Initiative to couiu
from Mars, whohc (R'ople, It Is thought v
(and hoped) limy be greatly our supe
rims in every way a supposition by
no nieniis diflicult to entertain." ? ft
The IiUint Sclipoloiailer. ,
"A schnolmuNter should, above ait
eltw, be u man eminently Just, abso
lutely true, nud one who has been, is,
and always will 'be,' u boy at 'Jicorr.X
writes Caroline Leslie Field In rUmI
Laches' Home Journal, "Such a man
wHi'uot'only deserve ftf5dr command
his pupils' love uud tcMioct, but wIM
hiivi) also u knowledge of human na
ture which will enable him to dis
criminate wisely nnd to draw his Hues
of limitation straight and clear. Such
u man hns his rights. His work beglus
ut a tlxed point, nud the material for
that work should have, boon properly
prepured before presenting It. It Is
too much to expect Hint, inking In
hand fifty or u hundred odd boys al
ready ou the outer verge of childhood,
bo should do for them uol only bis own
work, but also what their parents
ought to have bi-cn doing for Hieui
from their cradles. Yet often this hns
not loon done; more often it bus been
badly done, with the result of over
work uud anxiety to the muster, wear
iness unci discouragement to the pu
pil, a loss to both which can never b
madc good."
Killed a Olaat oir.
A giant punther-llke wolf, .n ensur
ing seven feet long and three nnd a
half feet hlgu, was shot by Lou Browa
on tho Griffith farm, six miles from
Washington, Iowa. This animal has
been prow Hug around the country for
several -weeks, giving rise (o wonder
ful panther stories aud narrow escape'
from It. The Volt was'dsovercd,trot'-i
ting ahead of a lot of cattle! inakturj'
for the woods, As It crossed n hedge
n bullet killed It.-St, Foul Dispatch.
A flood Nrtglitjorlioott.
Brown hud been living a inonth la
Harlem wheu ho met his friend .loucu,
who preferred n Hut dowu towu.
"How do you like it up there?" Jones
nsked. -
"First rute. I tell you, Harlem la
not half bad." :,
"Hood neighborhood?" v ?
"Good! Why,' mini, we dou't havo
to chain the doormat." New York
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