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THE ISLAND
OF SARDINIA
A PnnlUo lor Spoitsnn'it ami
Anjrlcrs-CliiloiH iMoiiuiiiunts
That Arc Holluvml to Autcdatu
tho Pyramids.
Cnprcrn. S.mlfnl.i. Special Correspond
ctice, April n. luoi.-It Is mi unueeount-
y able fnct that while scientists and nntl
iiuurlans have for c. nturlcs ,vvn orili
Ing far and iIIkkIiik l...p for curious
things, they have passed almoHt unno
tlcoil this easily accessible ImIhihI ulth
its prohlHtorlc monuments umi "tombs hi
tho giants." and Hcaltirl all mir Shi
dlnlu nro thoui.inds of iiurughl, or ub
orlglnal sepulchis. which ,,te tuiipics.
tlonably nnumg lhi oldest Htt iii'tiircn In
the world-tho work of rni.es uhlih van
ished from the earth so Ioiik ago that
even their names are forgotten.
That tlrts liislKiillk'.nit Island In the
Mediterranean should possess n clus of
monument peculiar to Itself Is an Illus
tration of the frngmcntur.v natuie of bo
duty In the ancient wmid The tulvots
t-of the near-by Hnb-rie Islands, the abo
rlglnnl monuments of neaiei Malta. Sic
lly. Italy, the Celtle remains .,t Stone
hinge and Aveburg, and other relics of
early European races-nil differing from
oach other, but bearing Home points of
resemblnnce aro uono of them in the
least like the nuraghl of Sardinia Th.-v
crown the mimmltH of natural hills and
artificial mounds, hundreds and bundled
of them, and to describe one Is to de
scribe all of them, as, cveept In size, the)
vary In no single particular.
A riuran Is 'ilva.vs a round tower, in
tho shape of an Immetiso bee hive, or
truncated conn, with sides sloping at an
nnglo of lo degrees to the horizon. Its
Intensions varj from 'Jo to Umi feet In
height, ulth precisely the name measure
ment in iliiiniPter. It Is composed of
rough masses of the Inrge stones peculiar
to the locality, pi iced In tegular horizon
tal layers, the largest boulders at the
bottom, and gr.ul:i.ill diminishing in size
ns they moint upward The stones bear
no marks of the chisel, but the appear
to have be. n rudely wrought hy some
heavy blunt Instrument (perh-ips anothei
stone), which served the undents for a
hammer The Inside Is always occupied
by circular chambets, one aboe another,
according to the numbt r of storb s. eon
structed of projecting stones forming n
done, with the seitlon ot an arch. The
cn.imners occupy onlv one-third of the In
ferior space, the rest being taken up
with double walls, between which a ramp
staircase asrends to the top of the tower.
Kach nurig was oilgliuilly surrounded
by a high wall, of which now onlv frag
ments remain. Ocnerally It stands alone,
but occasionally they aie found In groups,
to which access Is gained by a doorway
In the central tower. They are absolute
ly without nny architectural ornament or
Image, sculpture, Inscription, to Indicate
their origin and purpose.
Unlike the pyramids, whine mysttrles
are partially unveiled, the nurnghl fur
nish not n single hint by which their age
or history may be discovered. It Is cer
tain, however, that thc are of great an
fliulty, because In seeral places tho
piers of Honian aqueducts and bridges,
themselves now In ruins, rest upon the
stumps of desecrated nuraghl, and the
earliest classical writers allude to them
as uuguessable mysterlts even In their
lay Some of the stones In the lower
courses weigh many tons each, yet are
arranged with perfect acoracv. Sar
dinians believe, them to have hi en the
Work of (limit
who nro said to have onc.i Inhabited the
island; but more piobably the monuments
nro tho results of unpaid labor, exacted
by despotic chiefs or instigated by re
ligious devotion. At an rate, their rude
but massive cones have survived those
shocks of time and vicissitudes of empire
vlhleh destroyed the magnificent edifices
of Uabylon and Nineveh. Tyre and
Thebes.
There are a good many of these nur
nghl in the neighborhood of Sassarl, and
wo prolonged our visit another day hi
order to explore the most pt rtect speci
men, which stands, a mule and solitary
Ufntlnel, on its mound about four miles
from the city. The method of transit was
a Sardinian carriage a ponderous sort
of Illack Maria, drawn by three mules
harnessed abreast ami wonderfully bedlz
ened wltn gaudy tassels and Jingling
bells. The well-kept mail winds between
olive groves and the best cultivated fields
of tho Island.
rl.owhero in Sardinia are the native cos
tumes seen in all their original plctur
esfiueness ns In the submits of Sassarl.
Tho corsets of the women are bright with
rainbow colors, gold embrold.ry and sil
ver buttons; nnd the men wear a hlncii
Jacket over a long wnlstcoat reaching to
the knees, white troasers, black gaiters
nnd long hanging cap like an oxnggeinted
Phrygian bonnet.
We found the tomb rising out of a
dense thicket of shiubs, with tufts of
grass growing In the chinks and crannies
of Its old, old walls. Its eutiance is so
low that one Is obliged to almost crawl
In on hands and knees, the lintel being a
Blnglo stone, weighing nt least two tons,
supported by protruding Jambs, This
nirag Is of only one story, twenty-live
feet high, tapering upward till Its npec
la formed by a single stone. The Interior
Is In perpetual shallow, no light being
ndinltted except through the low passage
In the double wnlls Around the sides of
tho chamber four recesses are wnrKid In
tho solid masonry, each about live feet
high, three feet deep nnd three feet wide.
Not a vestige of bone or dust remains to
show that tho deud slept In those gloomv
cells before the dawn of history. How
strange It Is that the work of mnn en
dures ages nfter the hands th.it wrought
are turned to dust after even their dust
has disappeared!
4t no small rlsw we scrambled between
the crumbling walls, up heaps of stones
seesl
heathen S) ro-
six to eight n feet blub, of conlc.il out
line and swelling gradaallv In the mld
'"' not unlike the ivu 1,. remains. ,.,.
cept th.it these t N,.j ,inl anv impost
horizontal tl.. ,h,. ,. melhons ,
M. 'Helling,. Pn.hahlv tliev lire the relies
luium- worsiilp ithat of the
ine ere, ,1 mid l,v t)l
Arabian peoples
Most llltrt, .still,' of nil ,.,.. m I
files de les glatlles.' or tombs of the
giants, found evervwh. le In Satdlnla
Ihese are a serl.s of large limes, pi .,J
together without cement, so as to Indus.
II tlellch floiu llicen to foilv feet long
still riotn thlee to six feet deep, covir.d
VMIh Immetfe slabs of H0111. The trench
Is alwavs dug from mutlivvest to south-"-t.
and at (he south. ast . ud ils.s a
bug", upilglu h.,,,,1,,,,,,,. rrom ,,, , lf.
I' en fe.t high vurung lii roim from
"I'"'!''. l leal 01 ideal to that of
lite.-fourths of mi egg. and alwavs neat
the i..,,,,. ,,,.,,,, llll(1ll (,K,lt,.,.n
Inches Kiliilte. () ,..u., ,,1,1,. r ,hM
xllillig. headstone commences a series of
separi.t- stums. Inegular m size and
simp., bet foimlng an Immense arc. No
iiiiiir inise vveii.
MJlti-u lime, but
may be had a beautiful prospect of shin
ing sea and encircling mountains A few
.vears after riatlhiildl t death his famllv
c.ded iiipiri to the state, on condition
that a hospital for seamen be elected
upon it nnd the home of the original
owner be forevir piesirved
-I'ntiiile II Ward.
ran 'iiii:
Points I'l-oni
iioitxi;.iiiti:i:ii:ii.
that once wire stairs, to the top of the
sepiilchur marveling by what minus
that ponderous slab was raised which
caps the cone. The view Is line from
tho summit of the green Sassarl plain
the gray battlementcd walls of tho an
ctynt city; Its towers and domes nnd tall
white houses rising out of dusky olive
groves, and away to tho west tho shim
mering Mediterranean and the bold out
lines of Anlnnri Island.
Among many other relics of nntlmilty
In Sirdlnla are the monoliths, nr stone
obelisks, known to the natives as pletra
M1A1 and ucrda-lunga, They 111 o from
gltlVes III some for-
what lnantiii nr n, nut,.
11 1,1.. 1.. ... . '
.....- 111.01 none -4ii, lell. The earliest
rot tns of sepubher ol which we have
anv knowledge m. ,,r p,Ki,t stone
with sup. rliicumbe.it s.,i, such ns tin
Dnildl. il kNtvaene and the ancient
i-mibs r (j,,,,.,.. Afl , 1(, Hloy ((f
Klatils, there ate mntiv (lndltious con
eeuilm: the for'ller iM, are of 11 colossal
I 'ice 111 Saidlnli. as well iis In the neigh,
bin In jj Islands.
Its scmlv popuiiiion and tugged moun
tain ranges, with datk forests between
iniki S.ii.lliil.i a vuv
I'lirnitUi. rr Honleisi
while Us niativ rlv.rs and salt lagoons
ami lb. deep, still channels between the
Niels (Nut Ml. ,, ,H ll)11( , !,
Itaitruids ami well-kept hlghwavs con
nect tin towns tid cities, but one has
not rat- to go tl m. ,,,,. no,, n,,,,, the
beaten paths to inter ptlmeval wlldei-
lless lleMiml t, e nnls lllld l-llltl-
v ited plains i,. Ulst npi,,,,,! i,t,.,ms
eov.-ied with t.,11 myitles and heath and
blnm-lilng aibutus. Int.lspersed with
in.ignltlceiit groves of .-oik tiees r,..
loaned with blossoming cieipers.
Th.-n comes the forests, tho pride of
Hie Mauil-chestiniis, ,,.,Si beeches-.
latches -with ileuxe ihii kets beneath nnd
I'lleilicltig vines above, making perpetual
twilight which no my of sunshine pene
lr.it. s Higher and high,.,- ellmb the for
sts to the ) .Mitral legion of mountain
Hdges. vvhli li Inclose a sublime amphl-tbi'-itir
of shehing and pieclplious cliffs,
roiks anil pinnacles, brawling torrents
and hanging woods. This Is the haunt of
red dier ami mntillliii. both lovers of lofty
solitudes The forests are full of p.ut
'Idges ami niHin- kinds of birds, and the
biiivn plateaus are lite, ally alive with
bates ami wild boars-ihe latter fatten
ing upon the long, fibrous roots of the
irpodel. whose beautiful yellow llowets
lourlsh when, nothing else will grow.
Weie It ,,n for Us undeserved reput-itlon
for unhenltlifiilness, Sanllnla would be
'Ifonged with sportsmen from all parts
of Ihtrope.
The story has gone nbroad that Its ell
mate Is deadly to foreigners. The truth
Is that from June till October the coast
districts of the southeast should be avoid
id on account of mnlarla-here called In-temperle-whlch
resembles a double ills
Ulleil combination of Komnn fever. Mich-
Igan ague and Santiago calentura The
itrange thing about It Is that while adults
who have become "seasoned" to the
marshy districts can remain In them
with Impunity the whole year through,
children and newcomers Invnrlably fall
victims to Inlemperle, nnd then the mat
ter of life or death Is a question of sur
vival of the fittest. Uut this occurs only
In a snnll portion of the Island and
luring the few months above named. The
malaria Is caused bv overflowing moun
tain loirents In springtime, which bring
Jnwn Immense iiuantltles of vegetable
matter to ferment nnd decompose In the
1 oast lagoons.
Northern and Central Sardinia rennln
evcepllonallv salubrious tho year around,
with dry, transparent atmosphere and
really delightful climate. Owing to the
latitude, he winters are never severe,
even In the mountains; and the summer
beat Is less excessive than that on the
neighboring const of Italy. Hspeclally
during" December and January the trav-e.-r
finds here the very perfection of
weather. February Is apt to be n month
of continual rain. Spring manifests Itself
with full luxuriance toward the end of
March; and fiom that time till midsum
mer nobody need complnln of the health
fulness of Sardinia.
Not tho least Important of this too long
neglected countiy Is tho smnll Islets that
cluster close around It, like buds on tho
parent stem. There nro hundreds of
them, from the size of a bed blanket to
a lespeetubh" farm, and though compara
tively few of them are fit for cultivation,
all are of some use, as pasture grounl,
silt beds or the homes of fishermen. The
largest nnd most fettlle Island, nnd nat
urally most populated, Is San Antloco, on
the southern coast of Sardinia, where It
forms the western wall of the Gulf of
l'nlmns. So vtry nurrow Is tho deep-sea
passage which separates It from the
mainland that It Is crossid by n Komnn
bridge and an ancient aqueduct San
Antloco Is only about eight miles long
b thieu wide, but II suppoits threo or
four thousand people tho majority of
wham turn their honest pennies In tho
time-honored occupation of smuggling
nnd wiecklng,
The liucclnarl Islands, on the northeast
of Sardinia, 11 ro rocky, waterless and
barren, but of considerable itnportanco
as commanding tho Strait of Honlfazlo,
They have no land worth cultivating, nor
evin pasture for cuttle, hut are famous
hunting grounds for goats und rabbits,
l tilef among the liucclnarl are the his
toric Islets of Maddalena und Caprera,
the latter famous as
C.nrlliiiliirH Home
In exile. Tho Italian patriot bought tho
Island and built n home on It, early as
IS.'il, ami twenty yeais later It became
his prison. Daring his ill-Bturred attempt
lo sill ii), r.volt In the papal Mutes he
was wounded nnd taken prlscner at
Aslua-I.uugu, und soon afterward was
banished to Caprera and foi bidden to
leave It without 1 xpress perm'sslon from
tho Italian government. Hive he spent
the evening of his life In crntented sim
plicity, nnd died In Juno tl 1SVJ. It u
characteristic of tho l.ntlr. temperament
that after his death tholtallan nation
made a saint and hero of him, gave him
tho most Imposing funerAI that could be
devised and honored his memory In eveiy
possible w-uy Our Inst glimpse of Bar
dlnlu was of tho little homo in which tho
modest patriot spent so many years. A
Harden of artificial soil surrounds tho
house, and from 11 great rock behind it
Sound VlioneaolM Vn-
llinrll.
Or Curryer of tnls riute r one of tin
soundest nuthniUles In the West on pric
tl Ml horse bre.illug 11 n cent talk In
snld he was a In llever In omelhliii; o
the natuie of n klmti igatteti foi voimg
colts. He Ilk. it to begin the i .location
of the colt when not inoie than u day
old
Pint, -ntch the colt end hold him hv
putting on aim In tram nnd one .back
or him. The pivotal point or action is
the enter of the both, fast, n him In
trout nnd h tiles to go bnckwanl. I'usi
n him at the Har and In libs to go for
war We should tiudi rstnud the law.
wl.lv h Is a pail of the i.itiiie of the colt,
whet, we in- to govriii liltn. Von can
easily hold the toll If ou pi. ue one III III
1 unifir the nick tin otlru under the ham.
Handle tb It Hist on one side, Iheu
on the nth-i. tb n give him n tump or
sugar He may not ent It at Hist, but
pass It ncioss his mouth and he will soon
learn to like II
Vou have now shown tl it voui pow
er over him. and that you do not wish lo
hurt him Next give him a li sson in the
JI3C.L'f.tle hllller. If il'UPUt I he haUjT
on him and null, iegiTes ha.lt To ornin--teract
this, pla a stiap an. und his body
Just In front of the hind bgs Attach a
rope to this and run It thnnigli a Hug
In the halter. Win 11 the colt goes bacli.
pull lilm up 10 .vou. Hun give him some
sugar.
When you me able to handle Hie colt
well with the Imlttr. glie him some les.
sons In driving I.el the old horse tcai li
Hie colts their first lesson, and to do this
I take a pair of old calilige wheels on
an axle. To tluse are t lipped two wood
en bats, fourli.ti feet long, nboui two
feet from the ends; the longest ends, ex
tending in ftont. make tin thills lor the
old horse. A cross-bar Is placed Just In
front of the wheels, extending out r.ir
enough to hlt.-l, the colts on either side
of the old horse. The colts are hllch.il
to light bars placid in front of the horse,
with ropes arranged nt the side to keep
the colts In place. They soon lenrn rrom
the old horse what to do. and they get
used to Inuring the wheils roll behind
llieni, so that thi) are not nftald when
hitched to a wagon
Stallions should not be Hid by the head
in unirow stalls, or even kept conilniuillv
In box stalls or small yards, but should
be worlf-d or dilven dull), to sustain the
vigor ins digestion that conies from tuns
cular exercise, and gel the fresh ulr and
suuhtfluc, nil of which are as necessary
to th health of the horse us for the hu
man famllv. All the usefulness of the
horse cpihI.Uh In his action, movement
and woik, the are compatatlvely' worth
less whn Idle boarders on our hands
feed, i:rr und muscular energy are
thiowii away. It would be far better If
stallions were kept nt work every day,
out of season. If owners of brood mures
wool 1 Insist on patronizing only the sires
that are In the harness nnd kept nt work
dally, the result would be protlt to tho
owners of stallions and also to the pa
trons, as the offspring would be stronger,
and there would oe 1111 Improvement 111
the fet and legs of our horses, also in
endurance and loiistltutlou.
.no i'mn i m:Tii.
In Mnn'. I.nst Miiim-iit. He llns I'ener
r VII111I umi lo,,.
Moie material than was the psilmlsi,
who 11 k .1. o. Mi nil., whole Is iliv
sting- 11,.. phv.kinn of lo-dav not only
Hl-kf. tile S,ii .- llUC'llntl. Illlt HIISrt.TS It
'it Ins no .,, V)) ,,, ,, I'uijn
SllhiHflell who his made extended ..b
Mtvnllms of the U11.1n.vim t leuh In
Its iiianv roinis "in his last supreme
inomeius moil has u,, need for mdMt1.1l
or ph Ml, .1 eonir.Ml Tin peace nf mind
und hodv an his without the aid of priest
or plnsh-lnn. either "
Or. Slrltlgllrld holds Mint ,ii-., 1, .......
mil onlv Is painless, hut that the ilvtiu-
If conscious nt all b mes reconciled to
the apploach of II. This welcome to the
destiov.i- mitv be extended onlv ,1 minute
befoie II r. goes out. or Die patient mav
have be, 1, awaiting his coming for weeks
und mouths
'i have loim.l th.it most peisous under
Ihlrlv-llve veins old make a tight for life
to almost the last moments." said l)r
Stilngllibl. itevond thlilv. six and forty
yiais, something In the conieninhiiloii i.r
death lei inn lies lllelll to It. or else they
welcome it as a telcase fiom caies and
responslbllltlis. The sluing vouug na
lure, making Its Instinctive light against
death, mav be In mental protest almost
10 the hist moment, whereas n man of
nny venrs prnlmblv would leallre his po
Mtlnn and awall ihe 1 ml calmly, perhaps
for bonis Hut In ihm m,.,.-...,.
"I - ..H.IH.-lll
of passing, ouch would llnd the peace of
leaving life.
-UHight --:,- Is-i.-j-r: M-og-rent
myslelles i-r dentil, liven when the mind
bus become cmiiptel, teconelleil to
death, we Mud the whole phvslcal riame
wntk lighting Ther" 's the muscular
struggle for breath, sometimes to the
last. Cveii when 11 man has beoi, dead
for bonis his muscles will 1 witch mid
lead from tin- IrillaHou of declrlcal
ciirienls. Yd n,e mind or the dvleg one
may have wilcomul death ,1.1 a boon.
"Long sickness and Intense suffeilngs
liriv have much lo do with lecolicllllm
a poison lo death long before 11 conie
"Then many persons in not mnl health
me -M in 11. g ,-x-ni ,.ir imv ,,,
but beea.lse he
Not
aflel
th-v
kept
tleut
beat
leason.
hug ago In Chicago 11 young
mnllcal stud Mil dhd An .lent disease,
had cut him mf In the pi Inm of life.
His fib nds In the piotfsM,,,, would not
.lave 11 so foi tvvciilv-foir hours Inmrcr.
ills heiiit bud Mrst ceased lo beat,
supplied attlilclal lespltallou nnd
Hull li mui at Us work Tho pa
was uncoiisi Ions, bin his pulses
legulail.v ami even the lungs per
formed some pan of .hd,- ncctihtomcil
funillon prompted bv the life Hut hud
been l-eslol'i il In them.
"At am timi. In that tw-uily-four
luiiiis." slid a well-known plosldau,
' I hose persons siipphlug ol" to Hm lungs
coin I have I'll him a dead man In
lialllv he was dead when tliev took hold
of llllii. He had dossed the Hue be
liVeeii life and ileum bit tics., filcnls
bad pulled him hack.
"At the point wheie a mm iushps
from life to de.ilb. JuM a Utile tipping
of tl' scale will haiiten his il". mi lure,
nlWMs. (Mien Just a ilttlo measure of
eiicoutiigem. lit will biltig him luck
Hh.iek Is inn of Ihe agencies iismI for
tesusi Itatlug a 111,111 He mav be st ippi d
bi'lsklv Ills tongue may be seined mill
pulled roiwaiil. stinnglv Hlectikitv
III IV be Usui All) thing to shoi k or
stimulate the body mav seive lo
Horn the leihmgy of
It be a lasting eir.it.
however, depends upon the 1 .institution
and tho iiiuse of dissolution Clikago
Tllbuiic.
II
OPENING THfi sJl'PEK NILR.
Hat
awaken a man
iloUh Whdhei
m;i,i:ii r.n iinrirns.
Chrrry IteasiM-ls, llniiili'lluii lirerim.
Onliiieiil. Pies. Ille.
Sug-jji sll.'iis for ClielT) Hessoils III all
fruit, pie making. It Is very ndfiinlngoM's
to infiUi the crust the day bifole, from
the fait that tho molstuio In the p. isle
will mine or less evapoiale. thus nsslit
ing 11 belt -r. wdl-bakcil under iiusl.
which will never be soggv. It is ulsa de
slruble to h iv o ns deep a dish ns possible.
In ol ill r to preserve Hie Jul"e. If the
Chen les an- sweet, It adds gieatlv to the
dlgcsilbllltv. as will as giving an ap
petizing savor, to odd 11 Utile b moll Juke.
When the pie Is leinovid from the 0'eli,
v have flgui.,1 thin Mf,. H,,t t ,, the lop of thv stove, buck, f-.r
trouble. Two liniiilk- ,1 shod time When cool, sprlll.de welt
Am-cilotnl.
"I find myself too poor," faltered Sir
Walter Hnlelgh, "to keep n servnnt!"
"Well"'" rejoined the good Queen
ness, with frohlnur, for she chanced to
be crosser than two sticks Hint duy.
"Your majesty." quoth the courtier,
"If I have no servant, who, prny, Is to
throw nn ewer of water over me ns I
enjoy my pipe, exclaiming: 'Wlieru
there Is smoke there Is lire?' "
Even the Tudor could not llnd it In
her heart to stand In the vvny of Sir
Walter's having nn nnecdotnl side to
his character, accordingly, ulbelt, It
was with no very good grace, sh drew
nn order upon the roynl exchequer.
Detroit Journal.
The liuniorlnl IlnVTea Inn.
It was nt the Hnwcs Inn that Scott's
learned hero of "The Antiquary," while
he waited for the "tide of ebb and tht
evening breeze," lo enable him to cross,
r'guled himself In the sanded parlor on
the nppetlzltiK bill of fare of "Caller
hnildles," mutton chops nnd crnnberr
tnrti. The Hawes Inn has been im
mortalized nl two romances, for S e
venson made his hero In "Kilnnnuri"
first smell there the salt of the sen, and
stnrtLMl him on his unpremeditated voy
nge In the "Covenant." which thtevv
threw that rather stolid youth, David
Ilnlfnur, into Hi eenllvenlng company of
Alan Hreck. Chambets' Journal.
To Cntfh Hill oil Until Silica.
Alpine Guide Here nt tills cross Is
the place where the guide Peter fell
nnd was killed. Don't you want to give
me a Ilttlo money for his poor wife and
children?
"Oh, yes: but how Is It thnt yester
day, on the other side of the mountain,
they showed us u cross for the same
guide? '
"Thut Is nil right; thnt Is for the
travelers who go up on the other aide."
Exchange.
Frank nnd Free.
I.r.
excuse me, saui the very new re
porter, Retting his notebook nnd pencil
ready, "what Is tho first thins you
would do If you had nn Income of $50
per minute?"
"Take unother brenth," replied the
leading citizen. "Sny, send me a mnrkeo
copy of the paper containing this Inter
view, will you?" Chlcnj;o Times Her
aid. Depth of Misery.
"The saddest, most hllghted-llfe case
I ever knew," said the major, "was
that of n man who received ft life-pass
over ft new railroad."
"How wns thnt?" nslted the colonel.
"Why, that pass wns Issued before
mere was a rail laid nnd then the road
was never built. He has felt swindled
ever since." Indianapolis Press.
A I'riii-lleal Juliet,
Reginald "I love you, Mndellne. For
you I would bIvo up family, position,
wealth"
Madeline "Hold, Reginald! alve up
family Is nil right 1 fain would be
spared a mother-in-law; give up your
position If you can get a better one, but
please hold on to your wealth. W
may need It."
isn't woiih tin
nine "lists 01 111.. Kind aie unilei my ob
servation now. They aie a widow and
her il.iiaJitct'-lti-l.ivv. They are not
morbid They would never commit sul
clde. but they would not cm,, ir death
should come to-moirow. Theie Is eveiy
leason for tin Ir living, too. The) are
wealthy, move In good society and are
uiiusuiill) Intelligent.
"Take thus., two women, and. other
condlllons being eiiial. tliev will die
much mine easily limn one who has
never thought ol duith. .No iicute ills
ease either, could shake them In their
desire for death The mind Is dominant
ovi r the body."
Illustrating this fait. Dr. Hlrlngildd
told of n case a few )can ago which
Imd Impiesscd him deeply. He was In
general ptactlce at that time, und wns
called lo see a woman supposed lo be
dying. Her husband was ruber ills
solute, and often had III treited hei. On
that morning he had been luitsh Willi
her, and when the doctor airlv.-d he
found the woman in mil) a semi-conscious
condition, with a thrce-year-old
daughter looking on In won. lenient and
".-. 1 ou inoiuers one nxvil idea was
that she wanted to die.
"She was close to It at that moment,"
said the doctor, "hut I lined my eves on
hers und slowly and distinctly kept u
pealing lo hi r; 'No, )ou must not die:
)ou must live for .vou;- little girl."
"After 11 lime she seemed influenced
b) iny stiadv ,izo and rep nled winds
of ndvlce. I hid occasion to go Into an
other room for water nnd I luanl her,
rinsing up. say shuiplv ' wont g
I won t ili lenve me for my little glils
sake- rihe was bitter wh. n went In.
and she gr. w bett. r and dually w.-ll
"A je.tr later she came to my ofHce,
deiply In ininest, saving she wanted to
tell me something. She nskid me If I re
called leaving the room that time when
she was ho near death. I told her that
I did; also that I had heanl her say she
wouldn't die. She seemed pleased that I
remembered, and she told me that while
I was out u small, bright light had come
through thu wall at tho foot of Hie bed
and camo closer nnd grew larger until
tho figure of Christ had stepped out of It
In blue flame, beckoning her to come, It
was to this llgure she had spoken. It
had stood for Just n moment in sorrowing
posture, then had stepped Into tho cloud
of lire umi disappeared as It had come.
The woman said she had often wanted to
tell me of tho Incident, but was afraid to,
nnd to show how earnest she wus, even
a )ear after the incident, she thanked mo
with tears In her eyes for not laughing
nt her story of what she believed was
n divine innnlfestutlon."
Dr. Strlnglltld believes that a person
mn 111.1 m run possession of his fncul
tics, up to one minute or less, of lliml
dissolution.
"In the enso of the man Itlghy who
died In the (Jrnnd Pacific hotel a short
time ago. he was conscious to the last
moment. He talked of Vorkshlre. of bis
wife, and of half a doxen othir thing.
He could have been asked a nuestlon con
cerning uny period of his life und he
would huve been able to answer It five
minutes before ho died His was no un
usual example, either. Sometimes it looks
as though there wns a clearing up of the
brain of a mnn until his faculties nro
keener than normal when he Is on the
threshold of life.
"No doubt there are visions nnd hallu
dilutions Just nt the point of deuth.
1 Mings get far awny. They see trees mid
streams and meadows. I recall the case
of n woman who was dying Her hus
band wns nt the foot of the bed, crying,
wnen 1 spoKe to him tilling him If he
wished to have u minister present he
would better send for one.
"Hut the woman heard me. She stnrted
up In fright, exclaiming that she wns not
going to die; that I had no right to
frighten her so. She was shaking with
tho fright of tho suggestion. I tried to
soothe her, but die kept crying out that
sho was not golt.g to dle-thnt she did
not want to die.
"Hut suddenly she Iny hack with elos
Ing eyes sighing that sho had found
SUCh peace. Only sho Was linensv tl.n.
Alphonse, at tho fool of tho bed, win
gdtlng so far uway. She saw beautiful
miadows nnd llowirs und birds, but she
was uneasy thut Alphono would not
come. 'So far-away' she complained
with her Inst brcuth, und wns dead at
the Instant."
And yet death, as It Is commonly tin
derstood, Is nut an arbitrary thing, a
person rany have hem dead two hours
or more from asphyxiation or from
drowning find Ik resuscitated und
brought ba;k to a long life.
Willi powdeieil sugar
tiuMi) Puffs Two eggs. I cup milk. H
cup huller, 'J cups Ibiur, 'J teaspoons mir
ing p-iwtlfi, 1 cii sugar, l'o cups stoned
1 hen lis. .Mix tin buttei, sugar and Hour
well together. Put tin biking powder
Into the milk mid add to butt.t. mignr
nud llout. Then add the . ggs, w II b"iilcn.
lust Mm chi nl -s. 'lining first tubbed theiu
with limit. .Mix nil well together. Itc.itit
one-null' hour In Jelly tumblers. Seive
will1 sugar and butter since.
Dieiry nud Cunant .Jumpllngs Slop,.
1 pint clienles nud stem the same amount
of curiaiils Ker the ciust. usi 1 pint
Hour, I'.j teaspoons baking powder. 'J
tablespoons sugar, "t tubb spoon silt. 1
tuhir.ip'.Dii each butter mil laid. v. pint
sweet m)h- mixed wtth 1 . gg well dentin.
Wet the Hour wl:h this and mix to u solt
doiig.i. Hud the cherries und cuiiuiils
will with flour, Iheu divldo the dough 'or
the dumplings, and fold the fiult In,
Mig.ulni: well Hulter well the tin and
bake hi moderate oven. Serve vvllh
sauce, same us for puffs.
To Can Dandelion (Ireeiis Dig unit pre
pire same as for Immediate, use. When
ready for cooking, pour over them plenty
of boiling water, press tho greens down
into it, let stand 11 little while, then drain
tho water off This Is to lemove some
of the hitter taste, although for my
taste. If the dandelions are cultivated
ones, they are none too bitter If they are
not scalded, and the hitter Is what gives
them th.-ir medicinal value. When scald
ed put Immediately Into boiling salted
water und cook until tender. Have lendy
flesh washed and scalded cans and new
rubbers and a sin ill polato muslier, also
hot. Put the greens Into the cans, press
well down with the masher until Ihe can
Is within hiilf an inch of full, then have
ready some of Ihe water the greens weie
boiled In. boiling hot and unite null Kill
the can level full, put on the hot lid, turn
th can one side a little und roll It uroiind
to sen If any water conies out. If not,
they are probably airtight. I do not turn
them bottom up, ns I want the salt water
on top, U Is a good Way lo test the cans
with hotw-uter before the greens are put
Inlo them. Pill part full of hot water.
put on tho lid, fasten down, turn bottom
up; If no wnter escapes, they are all
right, but be sure vou use the same cover
and rubber that wus on the can when
you tested It.
Fruit Syrups and Julces-The following
teclpes are for those who do not mre to
utllUo svrups left fiom canning, which-Is
the mest economical way to do, although
not unite as satisfactory.
In preparing syrups, use granulated su
gar fir sweetening. Cook In 11 porcelain
lined, ngnle or granite ware kettle. s,.
the noltles while hot, wrap In brown pa-
per 111 exciuue the light, und carefully
label inch Jar or bottle. The syiups cuii
lie made from ulmost uuv fruit, and nn
so useful to the housekieper thnt she
finds them ns much a necessity as her
Jams or Jellies. The) are exctl'ent to
flavor Ices, creams nnd other deserts.
Just the thing for coloring gelatines, re
freshing for the sb'k when usid ns n bev
crng, nnd make a delicious summer
drink In lc water. When yo-i want n
drink en a hot sumrrer .Inv, fill a lumber
ore-fourth mil of thesyrup, add shaved
Ice md fill with watir. 1 nm sure )ou
will think It supeilor to uny lemonade
iiii ever taste I.
Ciiriont Exiriirt the Juice from .1
quarts ripe red cut 1 nuts by conking for 1
few moment, m.ishlu.'t the denies
through a tobindei und straining through
n cloth bag. .Measure and allow 1 pound
sugar to 1 pint Juice, heat and let .simmer
for ubout 'Jo minutes, when It will be
ready to bottle This Is 11 most refresh
ing drink nl uny time, especially ho In
the summer time. I se three tablespoon
in a glass of water.
Strawberry Hull and wash 3 quarts
Hpe strawberries, mash them and strain
through 11 1 loth Jelly bug Put In the
preserving kettle nnd let bull 10 minutes;
mid S cupB sugar for inch pint of Juice.
When the Migur has dissolved, bottle, seal
and set away In a cool, diy phico until
needed.
Peach When peaches are not plentiful,
Inferior ones can be lined, although tho
result is tiot ns satisfactory ns vvllh ripe,
lulcy ones Cut the pi aches up wlthoui
removing the skins, crack n few peach
stones and mix with them to Increase thfe
flavor, place on tho range, cover with
cold water nnd boll till soft Strain llrsl
through n colander, then ilruln In a
cheesedoth bag. Press out all tho liquid
nnd allow a-;i pounds sugar to every 1
pint Juice. Put on tho flic and boll 10
minutes, pour In bottlc3 und seal while
hot
1'rnmoli.il C'olniiifirru It......
Kliiirliiniii mill Uganda.
A "coiiiinisHloiiei" of tho l.oarton
1'eli'Krapli who has boon lecenlly f.rav
t'llfiK In tlu regions of tho unner mil.
ilesciihps the largo results of Major
I'enko'H work of ciiltliiK throiiKU thu
"siiild" that obslriictetl navigation nnd
tin- Mow of the Nile. Kloatluj? Islands
of WKPlitllun hiotmht toKether hy tho
current hail blocked dm rlvor nt lutor
vuIh over a distance of 'Jul) mllos. Tim
siiild on examination was found to bo
from la to 20 roet iloep. with l(i fact of
water uiulerneiith. The (op was por
fectly dry anil men could stand upon
I'iMkii cut parallel ditches ihrutiRh tho
conipiesseil under layer, with the re
sult that the pressure of the accumu
lated water forced tho vvhola mass of
Htitlil ilovviiHtrenni, iiuikliiK tin open
channel from mo to 100 feet wide and
twenty feet deep. The amount of wa
ter 1 pleased was eiioniioiiH. Hlnco tho
rutting of tho siulil tho N'llo has fallen
at Wiiilel.il. ROD tulles above tho 0I1
Hliiiftloii, us much as nva feet, ami
l'K.vit liiis enjoyed n nioro abundant
Nile. ( iiintui.r,.,, is also promoted. Al
ready u ii-milar monthly mall serv
ice Iiiih been established between
Khartoum und t'Kiindn. Supplies, for
Hiitlsh olllcers In PKun,a mo hrouKht
fiom Khartoum In six weuks aftur
HoiulliiK an order Instead of twolvo
months the tlmu consumed formerly
In orileilng goodH via .Mombasa.. Let
teis from KiiRlnml now leach (londo
koio In thirty days nt a cost of 2
wilts. 1'ielght rales liavo been ro
ilined to comparatively Binall IIkiiith.
Hut much lemaliiH to be dono before
the Nile will deliver Its water until
mlnlshed by ovupoiutloit fro 1 exlatlm;
lakps ami swnmpf formed ujulntl tho
acciimuliitpil Hinlil. Near Shambe, for
example, them is an Immense Inke. ten
miles long hy keven miles broad, which
will run dry us soon as u dnru formed
by vegetation Is cut through. At pres
ent ho.itH make their way southward
via this lake because the real chan
nel of the Nile Is blocked by tho last
remaining p,.,.c f Htt(ll. There uro
many such lakes, with now chantielB
find lagoons, formed by the choking
if the old chunnel, but all these will
he drained and a large feitllo terri
tory will be made again habitable
when Major Pcako's work Is coraplet.
cd.
THE ELDORADO OF CATHAY.
Imimrtanrn of Chlnn, In Production of
C'o:l ami Iron,
The piovlnce of Hlmnsl, In China,
where tho Pekln syndicate of London
has secured the sole right to open nnd
work the coal nnd Iron deposits of tho
central and southern portion, Met to
thu west of Chlh-I.l. says a l.ondon
newspaper. It consists of an Interor
plateau of 3,000 feet elevntlon, moro
or leKs cut up hy mountains rising to
,000 feet and 14,000 feet above tho
sea. In some places theso ranges have
been cut through hy rivers; but In all
parts they "nro rugged, and tho trans
portation mum ho effected hy pack
mines or camels. In the eastern por
tion of the province, and running Into
tho province of Houun, are deposits of
anthracite coal. The western half has
bituminous coal covering somo 12,000
HQiiuro miles, und all along tho west
ern boundary are depoalts of petrole
um. At many dllTerent points In the
con I region aro deposits or rich Iron
ore. Tho coal strata are practically
horizontal and ut an elevation of about
2.00Q foot. They show wherever ero
sion has cut to a sulllcient depth. This
anthracite coal vein Is unbroken over
un area of 13,500 squaro miles, and
its thickness varies from 25 root to
50 feet, uu uvernge of 40 feet. AM of
this deposit Is within tho limits of tho
concession. There are thousands of
nuttvo coal mines now In operation,
and tho coal has been used for prob
ably 3,000 years. Tho iron ore is now
worked by tho natives. Consul Hags
dale says that there Is probably no
coal Held known In tho world that
can comparo with this of Shansl. eith
er In quality or qimntlty of coal, or
the possibility of cheap production.
Tim Cnnvr-atnnnl Hop.
The "conversational lion" Is con
ducted In this way. Dlstrlluito among
the company cards on which aro writ
ten twelve subjects for conversation,
duly numbered. The men should then
choose partners for each subject, put
ting the lndyVi name on their sards
und hers on theirs at the subject they
are 10 talk on. At a signal given hy
the hostess the purtners tnko their
pUces, teto-a-teto all through tho
room; tho conversation must ho exclu
sively upon the subject designated
upon the cards. When tho conversa
tional hop is finished that Is all tho
twelve numbers talked out. votes aro
cast by tho ladles for tho best conver
sationalist among the men and by tho
men for the best umong tho girls,
PrUes aro awarded accordingly.
A Ciirlnui AilvarlUaineiit.
Tho following curious ndvprtlboment
appeared a few days ago In a musical
Journal, published at l.elpslu: "Want
ed, a skilled musician, who can com
pose before warm weathor begins a!
tragic opera In one act. Tho author oP
tho libretto will place nt the disposal'
of tho composer a house, which Is fur-
nisiied with a piano and which Is sit
uated near tho aea In a most Idylll.j and
romantic country; ftirthermort . tho
composer will bo well fed and supjilUd
with all necessary fuel. A poor I ut,
gifted nrtlBt ought to be able to make,
his fortune In a place like this and
under conditions such as aro hem pro
posed. Thoso who apply for the sit
uation are requeated to send bloirn&h
Ical notices of themselves to the offljo
oi this paper."
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