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The announcement tlmt a company
l,f Chicago capitalist has completed
V trrnngements for building a largo lr-
'Igallun plant which Is expected to rc
locm 2,000 acrcB of arid land In Wy
jinlng marks another step In the new
nnlng of tho West. Perhaps no sin
gle undertaking now under way moms
to much to tho country and to the
world at largo as the supplying of suf
lclrnt water to this great legion, ag
?rcgatlng In area over four-tenths of
he total aroa of tho country, and over
Alili-h the average yearly rainfall Is
rss than half the average In the Kant
iu States.
A MEURY-GO-ROfND WIND
ENGINE.
Much ha3 been accomplished al-r-ady.
Utah and southern California
fore their greatness as agricultural
countries to tho Irrigation ditch, and
In n dozen places In Colorado great
tracts of land have bscn redeemed
from the desert and made most pro
luctivp farms. These great plants are
as a rule controlled by largo companies
which have Invested thousands in
building ditches nnd reservoirs and
which furnish water to a multltudo of
faimers as gas Is furnished elsewhere.
In western Kansas Individual farmers
have largely built their own Irriga
tion plants, and In one corner of the
Sunflower State thorc arc more than
JOO windmill Irrigation plants owned
tV Individuals. But after all 13 said
lbout the wonders which Irrigation
has accomplished, the fact romalns
that the work still remaining Is ln
llnltely greater. Roughly speaking,
It If. said that there are now not much
more than 8,000.000 acres under Irri
gation, while the totul area which it
is estimated may bo prolltably brought
under Irrigation, and which will not
be productive without It. Is- estimated
to be over one hundied million acres.
As a fair example of what irriga
tion .will do for a country and Its peo
pfc, Rocky Fotd, In tho Arkansaw val
ley of Colorado, may be cited. Men
still young havo hunted buffaloes over
the site of one of tho greatest sugar
beet factories In the world, and in a
single year Rocky Ford sends to mar
ket 300,000 sheep and 800 carloads of
melons. All this is duo to Irrigation,
and as a result land has increased in
value from $25 to $250 an acre.
In eastern Colorado, near tho Kan
sas state lino, the largest irrigation
system in the country has Just been
completed. It will furnish sufficient
water for 200,000 acres of land, and
more than a million dollars has boon
stAjnt in its construction. The system
consist of flvo great reservoirs, cover
ing 13,000 acres of land, and provided
with seven great canals and a number
of subsidiary ditches, with a total
length of more than 500 miles.
But oven this irrigation system Is
entirely dwarfed by the colossal work
A HOME-MADE GIANT,
now under way In Egypt, under tho
direction and control of the British
Governors of the kingdom. This Irri
gation systom, work on which has
been going on for some tlmo, Is much
the largest over undertaken in tho
-world, as is indicated by the fact that
It will cost upwards of $25,000,000.
There aro two ways In which arid
lands may bo irrigated. Tho first and
simplest la by means of the so-called
gravity ditches, according to which
water Is diverted from a river or res-
rvoir and flows by the force of gravi
ty through irrigation ditches to the
land it Is desired to water. In hilly
and mountainous country this Bystem
has been systematically followed and
has- proved immensely profitable and
successful. But gravity ditches aro
not practicable on tho flat prairie lands
which make so largo a part of the
arl&West. As a means of taking their
place it was long ago discovered that
over almost all flat desert country
a plentiful supply of water may
bo reached by sinking shullow wells.
Then camo the question of finding
power to raise this water to the sur
face, and out of that ncpd has grown
a demand for huge windmills of curi
ous construction. As for tho necessary
power it has been estimated that tho
free winds which sweep over tho Knn
Bas prairie develop more power than
all Niagara during tho same length of
tlm
So immensely important Is this
question of Irrigation that the Nation-
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voted much attention to It. Under the
direction of tho department a corps
of exports Is kept constantly In the
field with tho Idea of helping tho Ir
rlgatlbn farmer. Ono export, for In
stance, is kept busy experimenting
with pumps nnd endeavoring to do
tcrmlno what stylo lb beat for tho
purpose of Irrigation. Another expert
dilvcs over tho arid country nnd de
termines the depth from tho surface to
water In various places nnd also what
Is the nature of tho water supply. All
tho results of the experiment and
tests are printed in pamphlet form by
the Agricultural department nnd nro
sent free of charge to any ono who
may bo Interested.
Ono of tho great benefits of Irriga
tion la often lost sight of. Not only
doe tho irrigation of a considerable
section of laud reduce the probability
of crop failure In that district to a
minimum, but It also has n beneficial
Influence on other fertile lands which
Ho contiguous to it. The intensely
hot winds which blow across tho
leagues of bairen and heated desert
have u bad effect on tho crops of tho
MODELED AFTER A BATTLE AX.
fresher nnd moro fertile lands beyond,
as was shown by the partial destruc
tion of tho Kansas corn crop during
tho rcccnl summer by the hot winds
blowing from the west. When a desert
region is redeemed through irrigation
the winds which blow over It lose their
sting and are tempered to tho grow
ing crops. In this way a desort does
harm far beyond Its own limits and au
iirlgatcd district scatters blessings out
side its own boundaries.
Of tho hundred million acres of arid
land still remaining in the west the
government experts have made a thor
ough burvey, and they report that a
Bufflcleut water supply Is easily avail
ablo to redeem 95 per cent of It. Gov
ernment lands open for free settlement
nro becoming scarcer, but this enor
mous tract still remains practically un
touched, nnd simply waiting for tho
touch of water to blossom. It is said
by those competent to' Judge that forty
acres of properly irrigated land in
Kansas or Colorado will furnish a
surer and a larger competency than,
160 acres In tho east.
The experience of thousands of Irri
gation farmers has beon practically
tho same. They pay perhaps $1.25 or
$2, or perhaps even $u nn aero for their
land in an arid and entirely unpro
ductive state. At an average cost of
not more than $100 each of them puts
up a tower sixty feet In height and
surmounted by a sixteen-foot wind
mill. This windmill works an eight
or ten inch pump In a well twenty feet
deep. Tho water brought to tho sur
face Is stored In a reservoir about seventy-five
feet in diameter) and which
will cost another 9100 to build. With
such a plant a man can irrlgute thor
oughly at least ten acres of land. If
ho plants ten acres with alfalfa he will
have water enough for twenty acres
in all, for tho alfalfa needs to bo irri
gated only In tho winter time, for its
long tap roots run down so deep below
tho surface that they will find a suffi
cient supply of moisturo oven when the
surface of the ground Is baked and
hot.
In this wny, with nn expenditure of
not more than $250 for un irrigating
plant, a mnn may ralso tho valuo of
his land from $2 or $3 to $40 an acre,
this being a conservative average of
the valuo of Irrigated farming lands
along tho lines of railroad.
A fow years ago there was a big
boom in the formation of huge irrlja
tlon companies. Many of these com
panies failed because tho plants they
A CURIOUS TYPE OF WIND
ENGINE.
built were built In tho most expensive
way possible, becauso they wero not
properly planned and managed, and
because they failed to secure for resi
dents on their Irrigated lands respon
sible aud intelligent farmers and fruit
growers.
More recently several large Irriga
tion companies have been successfully
launched, most of them building at the
samo time a great beet sugar factory,
where the product of tholr irrigated
lands might find a quick and profitable
market, Tho Rocky Ford factory pro
duced last year morn than 15,000 tons
of Hiigar, aud every year Increases Its
capacity,
In southern California Irrigation,
nnd Irrigation alone, has raised tho
value of sonio lauds from $2 tin ncre to
ns many thousands of dollars nn ncre.
Even In dlt-tilcts whore rainfall Is nor
mnl It Is declared that u modified sys
tem of irrigation would bo Immensely
profltnblc, because It would enable tho
farmer to mold the effects of the pro
longed droughts and other abnormal
weather conditions.
'FADDY" MEALS IN LONDON.
'I luwrr HrrnkfimU" u 1'npulnr Form of
Kutrrtnliiiunnt in I.oniton.
The fnd of "flower breakfasts," which
threatened to become n popular form
of entertainment In Loudon, ts said to
have failed of popular approval among
the "sasBlty" people, and so probably
will not trouble as on this side of tho
water. Tor three seasons n certain
"set" has been trying to make them
"go." Tho first season they were popu
lar, tho next lesa so, and tho past sea
son hardly were heard of. Incso break
fasti) consisted of dishes made entirely
of flowers. Salnd mndo from tho blos
soms of the nasturtium alternated with
caper Jelly and myrtle flower soup at
these repasts. Usually tho flowers of a
peculiar species of pumpkin vine con
stituted the principal dish. They wero
yellow In color, fleshy and about tho
size of a silver dollar. These edible
blossoms wero picked before tho petals
wero fully opened, bnked or stowed In
fresh milk nnd flavored with cloves,
which, as every ono knows or should
know, arc the uncxpanded flowers of
an evergreen plant growing In tho East
Indian archipelago. Tho ftast was
finished off with a plentiful supply of
candled roso leaves, violets, etc. It was
an extremely aesthetic sort of meal,
but not filling enough to meet with
popular approval. After ono of these
breakfasts tho guests generally went
out nnd got something to eat.
Dinners of sauces have met with
more favor than the flower breakfasts
and are not Infrequently given by epi
cures searching for now gastronomic
sensations. One of the roost success
ful of these sauce dinners was given
by u momber of a "Bwell" London club
not long ago. Tho soup was repre
sented by gravy sauce, and in lieu of
fish, oyster and lobBter sauces wore
handed around. Then camo egg sauco
and bread sauce, nnd for dessert there
was brandy sauce. This last courso Is
probably what saved tho lives of the
guests and host, for they all survived
and pronounced the dinner a success.
It really seems as if the giver of the
dinner should have Included in his bill
of faro Worcestershire, tomato catsup
and tabasco. A dinner was given at
the Hotel Cecil In London the other
uay at which everything served began
with
There -were "clear" soup,
chickens, chops, claret, champagne,
coffee, cutlets, carrots, custards, cham
pignons, curry, currants and cucum
bers, besides many moro articles of
food beginning with "c." New York
Press.
The Cleansing Hall.
Tho following is au excellent cleans
ing ball to prepare for use on clothes
and woollen fabrics generally, says
"What to Eat." Dissolve a hot of white
soap the size of an egg In enough alco
hol to cover It. Mix In tho yoiks of
thrco eggs and n tablcspoonful of oil of
turpentine. Work in Fuller's earth till
It becomes stiff enough to form into
balls and let them dry. When you
wl&h to remove a stain, moisten the
fabric with a little water, rub tho ball
well In, lot it dry and brush oft the
powder. Thero are three classes of
stains these balls cannot remove ink,
Iron rust and fruit stains. For Ink,
pour over milk, and as It becomes dis
colored absorb it with blotting paper.
Then waBh out well with tepid water
and castlle soap.- If on white goods,
lemon pulco and common salt, often
renewed, and placed in the sun, are
most efficient.
Troublci of a Lady Lecturer.
A certain lady lecturer tells two
good stories against herself. "I was
on tour through the provinces," sho
says. "Ono night, as I appeared on
the platform in a small town, tho
chairman Introduced me to my audi
ence in tho following way: 'You have
heard of .Mr. Gladstono, the grand old
man. Let me introduce to you
tho grand old woman.' .This was in
tended as a sincere compliment. On
another occasion a bluff old farmer,
who boasted of his ability to look on
all sides of a question, announced me
as follows: 'This lady's come here to
talk about her rights,' he said. 'She's
hired tho hall, and so she's got n
right to bo here, and If any of you
don't llko what oho'a got to say, you've
got an equal right to walk out In tho
middle on't.' "
In Hound Figures.
Not long ago a lady was giving a
lecture, says the London Answers.
Her subject was tho human figure, and
tho requirements In the way of pro
portion, for beauty. Sho herself was
of generous one may say unwleldly
size, and her manner was supercil
ious and lofty. She wus trying to dem
onstrate tho relative sizes of the limbs
as they really ought to be. "For ex
ample," she said, "twlco round my
thumb" she held it up ''once round
ray wrist; twlco round my wrist, once
round my neck; twice round my neck,
once round my waist." Hero she
paused, and a shrill voice from the
audience exclaimed: "Twice round
your waist, onco round Hyde park!"
The lecturer hastily passed on to an
other branch of tho subject.
resumption.
"That Isn't the car that man wanted
to take." "Ho rnn hard enough for
It. How do you know It isn't tho ono
ho wanted?" "Because ho managed to
catch It." Philadelphia Record.
LIVED LONG ON THE EARTH.
Kvldenro Hint Men KiUlcil llefnre Vain
Flxrd bj Accepted Authority.
Fortunately theio Is no chnnco for a
religious controvemy over recent dis
coveries that seem to upset tho accept
ed chronology of tho Bible. That
chronology Is ndnilltedly of human
oilgln and theiefore llablo to bn falli
ble. Piofessor Flinders I'otrlo, In n
lecture recently delivered In London,
presented some rather startling theo
ries ns to the antiquity of tho human
race that will doubtless give ilsc to
moro or let's dispute. Tho piofensor'a
proofs as to his theories aro said to.
be Incontrovertible. Ho contends that,
there Is an unbiokon chain of his
toric record going back to 5,000 II. Q.,
besides objects of art and industry that
carry hlstory-JjajJt ioeu-j-ars further,
thus mnklng the Indubitable t coord
of human history cover 9,000 years.
Yet dates 7.000 B. C. do not tako us
back to tho beginning. There aro
traces, ho says, of n civilization that
camo to Egypt from some other coun
try. The earliest graves havo flguro3
of a race of bushmen of n type like
that discovered In Franco and Malta,
suggesting that ono race formerly ex
tended from northern Africa Into Eu
rope. Beyond these bushmen thoro nro
figures of women captured from still
earlier races probably of tho palaeo
lithic age. Of this latter ago thero
aro many evidences In tho elevated
plateau east of the Nile, where, in n
region at present wholly uninhabita
ble, nro found tho remains of many
settlements. Tho exlstonco of a popu
lation hero Indicates that thoro was a
tlmo when tho climate of Egypt was
totally different from what It Is to
daywhen a rainfall fertilized lands
now deserts. Such a climate could
hardly havo existed unless tho desert
of Sahara was then under water. A
rlso of the Saharan area, coinciding
with a sinking of tho prosent bed of
tho Mediterranean, would explain tho
indisputable fact that the fauna, flora
and racial affinities of northern Africa
are with Europe rather than with tho
parts of Africa south of tho Sahara.
Egypt supplies us, according to Pro
fesBor Petrle, with physical evidences
of the antiquity of man in tho shape
of 9,000 yearB continuous' remains, but
other countries, notably Mesopotamia,
furnish similar Indications. Tho
"finds" made by recent explorers in
tho sites of the old cities In tho valley
of the Euphrates seem to prove the
existence of an empire extending from
tho Persian gulf to the Mcdltoranean
at a period when Egypt Itself was In
Its Infancy. Chicago Chronicle.
LOUBET'S ECONOMY,
Substantial Food the Kind the French
President Like.
Besides his salary of $150,000 a year,
tho president of Franco has a civil
list of $126,000 a yoar and an allow
ance of $60,000 a year for travollng ex
pensoa. This allowance for traveling
expenses was voted to Marshal Mac
Mahon to keep him from "running
wild" with tho Bonapartlsts, but ho
novor touched a franc of It. It was
allowed to accumulate until M. Grovy
became presldont, when that worthy
drew the arrears nnd pocketed them.
Tho ullowanco for traveling expenses
is largoly clear profit, for the presi
dent travels free, and all he disburses
when on a Journey Is given In tho wny
of tips. He is exceedingly generous
In regard to tips as well ho may.
In spite of his large incomo Presi
dent Loubct exercises a rigid economy
at the Elysee. At ordinary luncheons
there Is a handsome "set out" but the
fare is more substantial than luxur
ious. The food loft over from the
dinner of the night before Is arranged
with all the skill of a "chef" to figure
on the luncheon table, the cold veg
etables being served up as "salade
russe." The dinners vary in luxury,
according to what guests are to be
present. When only ordinary people
have been Invited to partake of tho
presidential hospitality tho cost Is
about $4 a plate. When a lot of really
"first chop" people nro to bo present
tho cost is $6 a plato, and when a vis
iting royalty is coming to dinner tho
cost goes up as high as $8 a plate. The
dinners aro supplied partly by a pastry
cook-shop and partly by the kitchen
force of the palace. After dinner the
wife of ono of tho officers of tho pres
idential household slips out and holds
a consultation with tho chof, at which
it is decided what 1b to go from the
dining room to the servants' table nnd
what Is to be fixed up for tomorrow's
luncheon. Dishes supplied from tho
pastry cook shop and not broken are
taken back at a reduced price. Yet
with all his economy it is said that
President Loubct docs not save a cent
out of his pay and allowances. When
ever he needs an extra allowanco for
some special "function" It is cheerfully
granted blm by tho chamber of depu
ties. The president gives two balls
each year, which cost htm $15,000 each.
He also gives gurden partloa, concerts
and theatrical matinees, but they are
arranged bo as to cost little or noth
ing. Vegetable llutter.
Is tho cow to be altogether elimin
ated from the dairy? The British
consul-general at Marseilles hears that
"a new fatty substance, for consump
tion in tho United Kingdom, to take
tho plnco of butter, is being put on the
British market. It It called vegetallno,
and Is nothing elso than the oil ex
tracted from copra (dried cocoanut),
refined, and with all smell and taste
neutralized by a patented process. It
becomes like sweet lard, and Is Intend
ed to compete with margarine on the
breakfast table us a substitute for but
ter." A Liverpool firm, wo are told,
will this year help In an effort to pop
tilailze the stuff. London Telegraph
POISON OF INSECTS.
DANGER FROM THIS SOUROE MUCH
OVERESTIMATED.
Hit HHiir Mny fume Doulli, liil thn
Fatal Cnte Art Uitrr I'nrmlc Ali
III l'olOII III Ant", WiMl" mid
lien.
An Interesting article on Innrct poi
sons Is contributed to tho New York
Sun by Dr. L. O. Howard, chief ento
mologist of the United States Depart
ment of AgrlcultuiP. Dr. Howard
points out that the danger from this
source Is very generally ovor-ostlmat-cd
In thu popular mind. Everywhere
among civilized people, as well as
among uncivilized races, theio oxlsts
superstitious regarding perfectly harm
less Insects. For oxampl, tho com
mon dragon fly or devil's darning
noodles, nro feaied very generally by
English-speaking races and children In
this country think that these harm
less Insocts will sew up their ears.
Much of tho common superstition
about spider bites ts totally unfound
ed, while the stories about scorpions
and centipedes nro grossly exaggerat
ed. The effects of Intense nervous
fear, following a physical Injury of
an Insignificant nature, are well un
derstood by tho medical profession.
Hence It Is not difficult to understand
cases of severe nervous prostration,
and oven death following n sting or a
bite from a comparatively harmless
Insect. Tho tiuly poisonous Insects,
that ts, Insects which possess poison
gland and sccrcto poison with their
bites or stings, belong In tho main to
two classes. Either they sting for
protection, as with thu bees, certain
ants and certain wasps, or they uso the
poison to usalBt In tho capture of
tholr prey, as with the digger wasps,
certain pedaceoua bugs and all spiders.
The mosquito belongs to a third class,
and tho purposo of tho polBon which
It Injects is not fully understood. In
sect polsoiiB, as n itilo, wero undoubt
edly developed for use against other
insects. Therefore, they are small In
quantity, nnd, generally speaking, aro
serious in tholr effects only Upon othor
inscctB. The exact nature of tho poi
son Is not well 'understood. In ttnts,
wasps nnd bees It contains essentially
of formic ucld. Cases are on record of
tho death of human beingi us a result
of the Injection of poison with tho
sting of bees and wasps, as well as
with tho bites of spldors. Such cases,
however, are rare. A number of cases
are on record of death from n multl
tudo of bee stings. I know of a case,
woll authenticated, of the death of a
middle-aged woman from a single bee
sting. Tho physical condition of the
patient undoubtedly had much to do'
with tho fatal result. Another caso
of similar nature camo under tho ob
servation of Dr. William Frow of Eng
land, in 1896. The patient, a young
lady of 23, was stung on the neck,
Just behind tho angle of the Jaw, by
a wasp, tho sting of which was ex
tracted by a servant, A solution of
arnica was applied and, us tho patient
felt ill, sho was assisted to bed. Sho
complained Immediately of a horrible
feeling' of choking and of pains In tho
abdomen. Tho nock swelled rapidly,
agonizing, and she died fifteen minutes
after being stung. Dr. Frew saw the
body about two hours after death, and
found tho neck and lower part of tho
body much swollen. Tha tongue was
swollen to such an extent that it filled
tho mouth. The young lady was of a
nervous, excitable temperament, and
had shown symptoms of weak action
of the heart.
The stings of bees and wasps have
very different effects on different peo
ple, and without doubt persons who
habitually handle bees become im
mune to their poisons. Herbert H.
Smith, who Is a professional collector
of insects, catches bees and wasps in
bis net and 'removes them with his
thumb and forefinger. In his case, the
forefinger is stung so often that it
has become thoroughly Inoculated, and
stings upon this finger produce no
effect, but if lie is stung on tho back
o'f the neck or In some other part of
the body tho sensation is as painful as
It is with another person. Authentic
cases of death from spider bite aro
rare, although cases reported are of
almost weekly occurrence. I havo in
vestigated moro than a hundred such
reports in tho United States In tho
past ten years. In many cases tho
reported facts were entlroly er
roneous; In the majority of cases no
spider was seen to Inflict tho bite;
there wero almost no cases In which
the spider wan seen to bite and was
saved for examination.
A New Milk Adulterated.
A new milk adulterant has been dis
covered by tho dairy Inspectors in use
in Minnesota. It in called vlscogen,
and is- composed of sugar, llmo and
water. It has the effect of making
milk appear richer than it is, as the
lactic acid in the milk turns the lime
to a thick, white substance that as
slmlatca with tho milk and Improves
its looks while it does not injure tho
taste. It is not considered Injurious
to health. Philadelphia Times.
Dltcontented Cinderella.
Cinder's Fairy Godmother Why,
what's this? You crying, Cinderella?
And nfter all I've done far you, you
discontented girl! Didn't 1 give you
rich clothes and a coach and six? Cln
dorelln That's Just It. When you gavo
mn tho coach aud six, you led roe to
believe I'd be tho biggest thing at the
ball, andwhon I got thero I found four
of tho others had automobiles! Har
per's Bazai
The Itinerant musician steals many
a march on tho compoer,
WORTH WORE THAN SILVER.
Colorado' I lolri of Alfalfa Ktcncd Her
Minn In nlno,
(lirnt ns la the wealth of the stuto
of Cotorndo In silver she has n far
moro valuable product In tho royal
purple alfalfa tlint supplies foddor for
the Innumerable) herds that roam the
plains and feed In the valleys. liat
year tho valuo of tho alfalfa crop was
placed at $10,000,000. yet that docs not
represent Its contributory worth. In
18G2 tho Introduction of this grass into
tho Htate r.olvcil tho problem of forage,
which up to that time had puzzled the
pioneers, who had not been able to
ralBO, Rucccssfully any other form of
fornge. Alfalfa mado posslblo the great
stock growing Industry of thn state.
I-nat year tho aggregate number of
horrcfl, catttle, hoga and sheep, accord
ing to tho azscisora' returns, wai 4,00) -000,
valued nt $45,000,000. Excepting
tho range sheep nnd cattle nnd Dome
horses In tho cities alfalfa formed tho
greater part of the food of all thoSo
nulmals. Thus dairying, n now but
rapidly dovelop'ng Industry, depends
on tho alfalfa. The great grain farms
nnd potato ranches need this product
as well. Alfalfa Id pocrlcts us a soil
renovator ond enrlchcr. Its long roota,
penetrating to a depth bolow tho sur
face that other plants cannot roach,
gather tho needed elements and, decay
ing, Itbornto them for the bonofU of
future crops. Tho Colorado farmer has
learned that rotating crops of wheat
and nlfalfn mnko tho averogo yield of
wheat in Colorado 25 bushels to the
acre, whllo tho avorago for tho wholo
country Is less than 14 huahols. Thn
samo rotation has produced tho famous
Greoloy potato, as Inimitable In Its way
as the Rocky Ford melon. Tho Colo
rado stock ralsor han discovered that
cattlo may bo fnttoned at homo with
out Bonding thorn to corn states, and
that alfalfa produced beef, not tallow.
Ho has discovered that pigs turned Into
tho alfalfa patch during tho summer
are ready for market In t,ho fall, and
that "alfalfa mntton" brings tho top
prlco In tho cant. Tho small rancher
knows Mint his chickens, geese, ducks
and Belgian hares aro finer for tho
alfalfa that forms part of their dally
food, and that his alfalfa honoy equals,
If It does not excel, the delicious whlto
sago honey of California.
AN ECOENTWIC DINER.
How a French Millionaire Npent -Ilia
Fortune at the 1'nrla Cafe.
Parlu Is par excellence tho city of
gourmets and cranks, and many a
story concerning them has added to,
tho galoty of tho nations. Here ts ono
of the latest, told by a well-known
French head waiter. One of the reg
ular customers of a famous Parisian
restaurant used to bo n tshort;thln, shy
nnd shabbily dressed man, whose name
no ono knew, but who gave out that
he was a butter dealor, for which roa
son ho was called tho butterman at tho
rcHtaurant In question. He ato next
to nothing, but his soup tureen, filled
with a soup specially prepared for blm,
was always put before him. Ho took a
few spoonsful and had It taken away.
Next came a wholo fillet of beef, from
which he cut tho tiniest slice. Then
followed four quail or a largo chicken,
of which ho ato ono mouthful together
with two lettuce leaves and one rad
ish. His' dess-ert was four grapes
never a single one more and a cup
of coffee A bottle of the best claret
and another of tho best champaign was
served with the repast, but he only
touched his lips with a drop of them,
and let them go. He took two of these
moals a day, and the price for each
meal was 120 francs. But this was not
all. Every tlmo the butterman got up
from his extraordinary meal he gave
40 franca to the head waiter, who put
his food on his plate, since the guest
did not llko to handle spoons or dish
es; 20 francs to the waiter, 10 francs to
the lady cashier and 5 francs to thq
portor. Thus each meal came to ooT
francs. Tho head waiter of the restau
rant often did slight errands for him,
buying his cigars, etc., and took them
to the Grand Hotel, where tho butter
man lived. The little old man would
thon open the drawer of a wardrobe
filled with heaps of banknotes of from
100 to COO francs in value and with an
enormous mass of gold pieces. "Pay
yourself," said tho owner, and the
head waiter did so, putting the bills
beforo his patron, who never delgnsd
to look at them. One day the myste
rious millionaire went away and was
never seen again. Westminster Ga
Zett0' ..,!
Original Home of Golf.
The Scotsman contends that golf is
a Scotch sport, to which poetical ref
erence was made in Adamson's "Musesj
Thronodle," published at Perth as long
ago as 1638. The terms used in the
sport ure for the most part Scotch.
But the Dutch assert that It waa first
played In Holland on the ice, and be-,
fore 1638 the Dutch poet Bredero de
scribed how "the golfer, with Ice
spurs on, stands ready to smile with
ashen club weighted with lead, or his
Scottish cleek of leaded box.1' But
while this may be the earliest poetical
reference to the game, it does not show
that Holland Is the original home of
golf. The reference to the "Scottish'
cleek" seems at first sight to point
rather to Scotland. Baltimore Sua.
A Social Sherlock Iloliucs.
"She claims to bo from tho East,"
we said, i of erring to tho now arrival,
"I have my doubts," remarked the ob
servant person. "Have you noticed
that when sho shakes hands she only
raises her hand to her chin, I do not
think sho Is from any farther East
than Pittsburg." It is well, when la
society, to take notlco of these- littlr
things. Baltimore American,
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