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Simmentealer cattle, svrites Chief
Henry E. Avoid of the dairy division
of the bureau of aatmal induStrY, are
"amid, with slight variations, through-
out western Switzerland and along the
rontlers of France,
Few representatives of this breed
have been brought to America. The
first Importation was In 1SSES, when a
small herd was taken to Texas. A
year later a few of these cattle were
imported by an Illinois farmer. One
small herd of choice animals is be-
ing kept pure In northern New Jersey.
The chief use to which the blood of
this herd is being put is an experi-
ment in cross breeding with Jerseys,
the Sirnmenthaler being used as the
sire. No resalts can yet be reported.
The auimals of this breed are. large
framed and heavy, the cows ranging
from 1,200 to 1,700 or 1,800 pounds
and averaging 1,400 pounds or over,
SIMMENTHALER COW.
while the bulls when mature weigh
2,200 to 2,500 pounds and frequently
wore. The color of these cattle is a
creamy white or a wbite ground with
large, Irregular spots of a light yellow
or cream shade.
They have a rather small, well shap-
ed head, light red or white nose, large
nostrils and mouth and small horns,
turned forward and upward, yellowish
white and waxy to the tips. Theft ears
are rather long, shapely and well fring-
edwith hair. The neck is short, with
a strong dewlap. The mature bull has
a high, well arched crest. Animals
of both sexes, and especially the males,
have loose, pendent skin under the
throat, a peculiar characteristic of the
breed. The back is straight and broad,
body well rounded on the ribs, hind
quarters broad, long and prominent,
legs round and well formed, rather
short, muscular and. strong. The skin
Is in most cases smooth, soft and very
loose, With fine hair, quite thick. The
udders are large and well formed,
rather fleshy, with skin soft and yel-
low.
Simmenthaler cattle of both sexes
are generally gentle, tractable and eas-
ily managed. The Swiss farmer uses his
eiews to plow his land, haul manure,
harvest the bay crop and do general
:renal draft service. They are not over -
fastidious as to food and are noted for
'excellence at the pail when fed little
else but hay or pasture grass, yet they
require good care, comfortable sta-
bling a.nd abundant food to do them-
selves justice in milk, labor or flesh -
making.
This breed has a good reputation as
dairy stock, although not quite equal to
that of their Brown Swiss kindred.
Cows yield 6,000 to 8,000 pounds of
milk a year, superior animals produe-
Mg 10,000 pounds or more. Among
the few in this. country, records made
conferm to these figures. Their milk
will make about four pounds of but-
ter per hundredweight.
This strain of Swiss cattle shows at
a glance their natural hardiness, vigor
and strength of eoPstitution; alsatheir
adaptability to labor and beef produc-
tion. There are several' offshoots of
this Simmerthaler breed, but they have
little more than local reputations in
arid near Switzerland. The best known
ef these Is the so called Freyburg
breed, which is simply a variation from
the parent stock, common to the can-
ton of that name. Their chief dis-
tinction is In having spots of black,
instead of ereae'or yellow, or red, as is
isometimes the markings of the Sim-
menthaler. The Freyburg cattle are
till heavier and coarser and decidedly
Inferior for dairy purposes.
The Intelligent cow.
Next to the sheep, the cow is re-
garded by the slaves of insular preju-
dice as the stupidest of four legged
things, says the London Globe. In
pictures, when it is not eating, it is ly-
Mg down. In comic journals it Is ei-
ther tossing inoffensive old ladies or
galloping madly round a field with its
tail on end. And even to him vvho
aometiroes gets beyond the four mile
radius the cow in propria persona
presents no particularly intelligent
elaaracteristles. Its life apparently is
'divided between eating when awake
and cheering the end when dozing, and
tee farmer Is ready to admit that for
ell:illness of comprehension tbere is no
animal on the ferns quete so bad as the
cow. But a writer in one of the week-
ly papers Seeks to correct this idea,.
If the cow is stupid, he avers, it is be
-
earner man hag made her so. In a wild
state she lo a highly intelligent beast,
and to this day there are places on the
earth where she is held in high esteeni
for other preperties than her milk
getting virtues. In South Africa the
eow appears In the role of the Pooh
Bab of the farm. Among South Arra
ean savages, we are told, tbe cow not
enly peovides the breakfast milk, but
abo is trained to rvatelo the sekeep and
keep them together, to driee off wild
suelmals, to come down the a 'Wolf on
the fold on the midnight' burglar and
even to take an active part in the grim
aueltefle of tribal warfare, Whether
The milk IS Of so good a qOallty as that
glelded by our stupid, cud chewing
animal Is a question which the writer
Verbes,rs to dieouse.
HOG KiL.L.1Nak
Paehiog rorlt, Setting and St.:molting
llama, Shoulders, nee.
Hoge to be slaughtered shatild not be
fed for 24 hours before slaugatering
They will not bleed feeely. Nor sbould
they become heated by chasing or any
other (guise. It likes -else has a tenden-
cy to cheek the flow of blood. Nor
should a bog be scalded until It his
fully expired, Saye a writer In Field ante '
Palhn In Preface to the folloWing use-
ful Insteuctione in hog killing on the
faem:
After the beg is hung 'up and the Inees
tines, lungs, heart and all are removed
and washed oat split the carcass right
threugh the center, leaving a small at-
tachment near the tail and at the end
-
.of snout, so as not to overbkilance it.
As Soon as the leaf lard Is eolthenorigh
to be principally eemoved take it out.
This will ,ifesure the perfect cooling or
the meat., The heavier the hog the
more esSential its quick and nerfect
cooling. Never 'allow meat to feeeze
solid or pack it fn fi•ozen condition,. for
it is sure to spoil.
Before cutting up the carcass remove
spareribs, tenderloinS and zing over -
plus of lean meat from the side pork;
unle.se it is con.yerted hate hems, and
evenly divide the width of side pork
from ,four to fire incites. Trim off all
surplus of fat from hams and shoul-
ers. All this will increase die surplus
of sweet lard. '
Now for a good new barrel or one
that neyer had the least bit ,of sour
meat in it. Do not use a whisky bar-
rel. A L-erosene barrel burned out and
soaked for a time with pure water will
do, but a new barrel is always safe.
There are numberless ways of pre-
serving meats, but we have reason to
think that all additions of sugar and
the like have a tendency to harden and
dry the meats. Cover the bottom of
the barrel with an iamb of pure salt,
pack in the meat, the rind outward, so
that salt may get between the pieces,
cover again with ° salt over each layer,
and so on until the barrel is full, up to
about five inches. Lay a cover of clean
new boards on it, with a stone to weigh
It down.
Prepareet brine of clean salt and wa-
ter that will bear up an, egg and cover
the meat three days after packing. In
about six weeks thereafter take out the
meat, lay it on a board to drain, take
out the brine in a wash boiler, put it on
the store and as soon as the scum com-
mences to rise skim it and continue un-
til clear before it boils.
Rinse the barrel, repack It and when
the brine is cold pour it on, to cover the
meat. Enough water can be added
during the heating and skimming to
have plenty to cover it. Sometimes wo
add one ounce of saltpeter. This, if al-
ways covered with brine, will be sweet
meat 12 months from date of packing.
Take the hams and shoulders and
cheeks, rub them well with salt on both
sides, lay on a declining board, so as to
have drainage, and cover the flesh side
swell with salt. Take a lot of fine salt-
peter and work it in at the end and
around the center bone. Let them re-
main three to four days. Have a clean
barrel ready, clean off all the bloody
salt from the meat, pack in the barrel
rind downvvard and outward, pour on
and cover with a brine of pure salt and
water that will bear up an egg.
Hams from hogs weighing 250 to 280
pounds dressed weight should remain
in this 14 days only. Take them out,
drain and dry two or three days, then
smoke them. Soon after smoking cov-
er and sew up in any kind of clean cot-
ton cloth.
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Caring For Sheep.
There are no secrets about the best
way to care for sheep. The man who
owns a farm and does not keep sheep,
making an excuse for not doing so be-
cause they are hard to take care of, is
either ignorant of sheep busbandry or
simply lazy, says Farm, Field and Fire-
side. Sheep dre about the most com-
fortable animals to take care of tbat
we have about us. They are quiet and
gentle and are not very particular
about their food if they are kept in
good health. They need to be fed reg-
ularly and given sound and wholesome
feed, but the feed need not be of the
costliest kind. Good, bright hay and a
small amount of corn will keep them
in good shape during the winter, and
grass is all they want In summer, al-
though if there are briers, elders or
any other scrubby bushes in their pas-
ture they will eat them up by way elf
relish. They should be protected from
the storms of winter and salted regu-
larly the year, through, and for the
amount of labor involved they will
make better returns than any other
kind of stock.
News Notes.
A great shortage in garden seed 11
the word in both A.merlea and England.
Recent experements on the availabil-
ity of hoof meal give it higb rank agri-
culturally among the annhoniates.
The New Jersey station's experience)
Indicates that crude petroleum Is sure
death to San Jose scale whenever
brought into contact with It and does
not injure the trees.
The crop of onion sets elide year (Iowa
not appear to be at all burdensome.
Reporte to Orange judd Farmer ,from
hirge growers attd dealers making a
specialty of onion sets indicate tbat the
supplg to be Wintered over and avail-
able for the markets next spring shows
no general Lnerease compared with a
year ego.
The iron and steel trust is Credited
With reviving one old rural Industry --
that a cutting hoop poles. Years ago
Iron bands crowded thid trade out, but
noW the high price of leen Is Inereaeing
the demand for wooden hoops, says
Rural Ne W Yorker.
The NoveMber erop report snakes the
total yield of corn, estinatted, 2,063,-
50(1,000 bushel, against 1,924,184,660
last year. The acreage till* year wail
nacaar isslai-naltarri.-rfeAs*-lsnlef-gsiss.;ft 4:**
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()rale, sits teaks -"of )114 trip, cleelaree
lie is delighted with the glinepee he has
hadHor. Algiers, ,and woaaees how it
would pay a good doctor to settle down
there for the wittier months; at which
Jbn deentres it ,sould just eitit hint.
Then. the other drops a Fentle eine to
his late inovement,s by 'asking John
which arm it was upon, which he 'was
recently Vocelasted, which is a Dug-
zler to the young; fellow until the amine
of Malta is umutioned, .when he cries
, "Were you at' Valetta, father?"
' "1, reached there two' days sifter you
le,et. Bless 'nice the whole town was
still talking over a brave deed that had
eeeendy saved a child's '
4 N, nseefal '
"11'ell, it Pleasedeme when 1 hehr.,1
the .nanle of the young man, who seved
the child at the risk cif his own life.
I was proud to know. I was his fathen't
Still 'no mentionof the. real cause that'
lias brought him' so 'far .from hones
Jehn is baffled. '
Ills recent happiness is dimmed a lit-
tle, and lie has an uneasy feeling, as
though the unknown were ationt to hap-
pen; a weight rests upon his heert.
A. strange thing occurs., Sir Lionel
posses tlie dome and immediately Craig,
sr., is taken with ts s.pasni of fury. He
acts as if to start to rush Cut, then
ices his son. John sees his father's
face for the first time conSrulsed with
fury.
"Do you know that .man?" , liade-
mends.
"Certainly."
"Is this name Blunt?"
"Yes, sir." ,
"I thought I could not be midtaken.
There is something 'singular that brings
him here at this time. John, is this
Reginald Blunt a particular friend or
yours?" •
"Why, no, sir, in fact, he was my ri-
val for the hand or Ruth Stanhope.
But you call him Reginald; this, is Sir
, Lionel Blunt, a colonel from India and
the south of Africa."
'Tfhaee,
ne.I, made a mistake. ' It is his
cousin. Yet I knew the face; I knew
the
Again John wonders.
"Dicl a Blunt ever do you a wrong,
father?".
"Yes, I have believed so these many
years; have been ready to stake my
life upon it; and 'yet, aed yet. I-Iese
yen forgivefor what Wicked, thoughts
I have hugged in my heart."
These word arouse aa Wild hope in
the mind of John Craig. Can it be pos-
sible his father has after all these
years seen light?
The idea cis so wonderful that, al-
though hope causes his heart to beat
Jike a trip-hammer, he remains, silent.
When the time comes, Ceraigs sr., will
speak; he knows this of old.
Later on, when John finds himself
alone, he begins to think again of, the
little scheme he has decided to work,
for the edification of himself and the
future good of Sir Lionel Blunt --ditto
Mademoiselle Pauline, the tragedy
queen. •
It must be well carried out to pro-
duce the intended effect, for these aee
more than ordinarily sensible people
and might resent the interference of out-
siders in their private affairs.
Whatever happens must not appear
to have been prearranged, but be pure-
ly accidental.
Perhaps success may come; it as worth
ar, effort at eny rate.
, John fears more than ever lest Pate
lire, in the bitterns of her anger, at-
tempt some Injury toward the girl he
loves and who has made the sweet con-
fessicsa that he is very dear to her.
This causes him much more uneasis
ness than anything else ever did. He can
feel afraid fo.r the safety of nuth
where he, would not /imam of allow-
ing the sensation on his OWn. account.'
Hence Ids anxiety to mature hie
plans and clear, the path ahead.
In the perfected work, lie believes
he can count on the assistance or Mus-
teplea °adj. The Arab guide has al -
reedy proved himself so valuable a man
that John is ready to trust him with
nearly anything.
So he NVaitS to hear of some rnesen.ge
from the old Moorish doctor, and while
waiting begins to arrange in his mind
the plans for a future campaign.
, Pauline is still at the hotel, for he
has had a glimpse of her. Tb0 actress
Gees not Seam very much discouraged
by the disasters of the past. She
smiles on meeting John, tend node in
a cheery way, as though giving him
to,understand that she is .not done with
him yet He feels that he can afford
to meet her in the same spirit, al-
tlirsugb anxious about his Path.
Fortune favors Irina, too, '.
The British nobleman •happens to be
standing nedr as Pauline sweeps past,
and Os is her professional habit she
gives kith a hridlit look, that somehow
starts the blood to bounding in the
veteran's 'veins.
He approaches John.
"Pardon me, but did you bow to that
lady, iny deer doctor?"
Jahn admits that lee did, though care-
ful not to show any unusual eagerness
ebont it.
"May I ask who she Is?"
"Coale, this is rather singular."
"What is?"
"Why, truth to tell, I' believe the
Indy m?,
is interested in you.
,Il
Sir Lionel at once puree out a little,
as' though feeling consequential. It is
aentifying to his conceit to hear that
isortutlful being has actually taken
non .
nonce of ,
"Well, It would not be right for me
to say mere," continues the dipinnatie
young man, and this Ineretutes the eari-
estiy of the voldier.
"lento is she, doetarr'
"One of the most noted benutles on
the Amerlenn stage, ,replies Sohn.
"An actress?"
Yes, end a clever one, very poptaer
In the States, and bighly respected.
'Why, ehe set half the young men
Chicago wild a year cr two legee'a
"Inaludime yourself, doctor," slyly. •
hi acknowledge the corn, Sir Lionel.
Young aloe have no show to wia her
favor,"
"Laical."
sge. 4. won who hgletasitsleepUlnaniiroetanmdlecIlite
yea experiences.
"In snort, Sir Lionel,. Panlirre Potter
Is an admirer or bravery; she adores
a soldier who has won his spurs."
"Ahem! Pauline is' a favorite name
of Ilene. I've read of bet- triumphs, too,
She was out in efellieurne two years
or more ago elid °aerial the town by
n
f
;"1.)1.1:1111set itlake itlet
,ttic'r'e know whit rvs
Woe e mind to do?"
aseVhat's that; Sir Lionel?" asks Joh,
,
well • a very sober face, but secretly
chuckling at the BueCess that is meet-
ing him ]tali -way. Why, he has hard -
Is' dug his pit lactfore the baronet comes
tutetaingento it.
,1"I've a good notion to strike up a
flirtation with Mademoiselle. Pauline,te
relieve the tedium or the hours. Who
knees what result it nalght have?"
thiuking that perheps. such, a 'move
might erauSe 'a' feeling of jealousy in
Lady Ilnth's heart, and thus disclose
to herself the state of her feelings.
"IVho knows, indeed? Be arefill,
Sir Lionel. Pauline is a beivitehing,
creature. She nmy add Tour heart, to
her est or coequests."
4'Weil, if I entered the lists, I'd give
as •goocl as I received," complacently
stroking his luxurian t moustache.
",Tovei I really believe you would.
And I'm human enough, having ador-
ed . the bright stair in vain, to wish
that some one else might cause the beau-
tiful Pauline to feel some of the pangs
she gave us. 12 the notion .strikes you,
colonel, I wish you success." •
Then ;John immediately branches out
upon another subject.
The ssed is sown. It will .requirc
time to germinate, and then penhaps
the result may prove satisfactory.
So rauch for the begenaing.
I'Veen John ends himself alone, he
sets to work trying to kindle a counter-
irritant; a congenial flame that will
burn in the heart of the actress -
Securing a beautifers bouquet of flow-
ers, he fastens to them a card upon
which he has written in a hand some-
what like the bold chirography of the
veteran, the words;
"A. compliment to beauty and ls-
trionie renown." ' • '
This he first shows to leedy Ruth.
Then' a servant is hiree to take It to
the room of Paulin e Potter, 'end he tfi
to utterly , refuse eny information be
yond the fact that a gentleman paid
hen to do it:
Of course this will excite the curios-
ity of the actress, and further devel-
opments may soon be expected.
John, in, a secure earner, waits, nor
floes Ike have long to watch before Pau-
line appears, going straight to the desk
where lies the ponderous torae In
which have registered men of nete frone
till over the world.
She is locking . for a signature that
will in some degree at least correspoud
with the writing of the the note found
among the flowers. Only a few min-
utes she remains there, and then, turn-
ing anase gives the watchful John a
chance to see the smile on her face.
Pauline has, as she believes, discov-
ered the identity of the unknown who
sent the flowers.
The little side plot worts asxtee, dace
each of them aleeady feels an interest
in the other. The flame being kindled,
the fireegill grow of its own accord.
He believes Ile ean turn iiis attention
to other things if necessary.
The remainder of the day is put Itt
with sightseeing. John notes one
thing. Sir Lionel leaves them carter a
time and saunters back to the hotel,
When this occurs Lady Ruth and ale
doctor exchange significant lools,s. They
ttederstrind that already the seed is be-
ginning to sprout, and the absence of
the Englishman is a positive relief to
fascia.
(Duncan Craig aceompanies the party.
Aunt Gemis has already taken a great
fancy to the •gentleman, and makes it
as plestsant for lien as possible.
John tries .to F,tudy his father in se-
cret, but finds it a hard task.
Craig, sr., is a lawyer .of ,.ropirte In
Chicago, a Men with a large ihecene. He
Ikas been called a sphinx, end well de:
serves tile cognomen, for no snail shows
Iicteasr.ipon his face the emotions of his
iri
Only In 'debate, and when addressing,
a jury that hangs breathlessly upou his
words, does ,he drop the mask and.
show what fire is in his soul.
So John, as in times 'of old, Is unable
to fathona the depths of his fatherhi
thoughts. •
He is ,wretched, not knowing whether
the 00Ining of Oreig,, sr., will influence
his mission for good or evil.
And still the expected message
from Ben ',Caleb does not come. • ,
Once more eveping veils dey'S' splen-
dor, and another night approaches,
night that john hopes will, mane a
change in this moncitonolls run ef luck*
and bring .hins news.
Imagine his astonishment ana secret
delight when an open carriage stops
at the door ,of the hotel, aed es, he
glances 'at the elegant couple Nested
therein discovers Sir Lionel and the
Potter.
It almeet takes his breath 'away.
"Well, he iS a hurricane Ittlove, '
declare. If he fought in, the suktn4
way -the 'Victoria Cross . wouldn't he
enough to deeorate him. Sorrel. they
already are dead set, eaeh with the
other. That Nab the cleverest piece of
lousiness I ever attempted. If auccess
comes, have to set up as s match -
How gallantly Sir Lionel assists tans
lovely actress' from the vehicle, ea if
be expeet,s that the ,whole town may
beDNsoltutbetiliells1;' his fictions' are in part
studied with a view to the effect item.,
o certain Person, nameless', seen must
assuredly be looking troralier chambes
window above.
, La that 'ease the is apt to go too far,
and soon find himself in the wiles 01
Pauline, who, riceu stoned to playing
*Rh Men es one might the 'pieces OD a
chess -board, would have little trnothio
in manipulating pee Innetliehmam fres]
from the wilds of Seutheifelete
So ;Tolle res on hie oare ana weite
for the elaanee to eeraei; .rinci• the 'unseen •
load tiest weaves. tire fabric of thole
I ves, maninulates, the shatttle through'
- the woof.
When llustaphit catches Ids eye he
coniesno hastily, 'understanding teem
sometlairig in the" ,wind..
"We are to go again into the oal
to`I'll'I'11;;;ele, monsieur?"
"This night. ' See! Ben Tale]) has
sent Inc it message."
'Elm Arab Jenks at the paper stolid-
ly; it might as well be. Sanskrit to
hil`121:Z. end It, monsieur."
So John complies, and his guide takes
in all that is sitid. Ile nods his head
to show that lie understands.
"Thi e time L too, will change my
appearance, land they will net know that
it is Mustapha Cali who svelte through
the lanes 'of old Al ,Tezira with an un-
believer at his side."
"A, bright thought, Mustapha. When
shall we leave the hotel?"
"Say half -past nine, meet me b.ere. I
will have all arranged. The burnoose
18safe."
John
prepares for 'business.
He remembers that on the previous
occasions he had need of weapons --
that they came very siaar an encounter
with the natives—and hence ar]ns
BerOre quitting the hotel, he feels it
ineumbent bread himself to see Lady
Ruth, and tell liewhere' he is going.
Nothing like beginning early, you know.
She hes already commenced to control
his destiny. '
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CHAPTER XXIII.
John hears at 'last
A native servant brings him a note,
and it Can be set dowCas positive dint
the young Chicogan eagerly breaks the
seal.
It is from Ben Takla He writes
fair English hand, for he is a man of
much education.
"Come egain this night at eleven.
Tell Mustapha to be at the wall where
you &Tarter' from my house at that
hour, and to rap upon the large stone
with the handle of his knifengiving the
signal of Mahomet's tomb
,
"BEN TALEB, of aloroceo."
So John's heart thrills with expec-
tation. This looks friendly; he may le
near the end of his journey. It is still
dark mad uncertain ahead, for even
when he has found his mother, , a re
conediation between, •• these separated
patents seems impossible. The pare
lies too much of bitterness in it to b,
easily put asisle.
His first thought is of Mustapha..
and he casts around for the Arab,
syliona he last saw close by the door
or the hotel.
The dusky courier Is near by, engag-
ed in a little game with several com
panion guides, for the Arab, as a rule
loves gaming, and will risk everythin,
but his horse. -
Lady Ruth has a headache, and is
bathing her brow with eolog-ne in the
piivacy of her little boudoir parlor, but
teadily conseuts to see the young man.
'You'll think me a fright, John, with
my hair brushed back like this"—John
stops this in a thrice, as an ardent lover
might, taking advant.age of the profes-
sor's abdence, and the fact tha-
t Aunt
Gwen has gone back in the second
rcom for another' cheir—"but once in
a great while I have a headache that
will only succumb to certain process.
You will excuse me?"
"Indeed; I sympathize with you;
have had the same splitting headache
myself more than a fesv times.' I
•wcatldn't have intruded---"
"You know its no intrusion, John,"
with reproach in her eyes.
"Kind of you to say sos my dear,
but to the point. I have hear from
Rtm Taleb." '
"Oli! your face tells me it is good
lie.‘,Isia."tre to fisit him a.t ten."
"To -night?"
"But !ohm the danger. You 'yourself
told me it was rio little thing to enter old
Al Jezira in the night. Those narow
lanes, with strange fioseess here and
there, eyeing one fieeksesty; the houses
that threaten to topple over on one's
head; all these things make it 'a risky
place to wander in even during the
daytime. After dark it must be aw-
ful." '
So John describes the plan of ac-
tion, and interests his affianced, who
fists more ,questions about his former
visit, not forgetting the 'marvellous
beauty of the Moor's daughter, for she
is human.
Time flies under such eircumetateees,
andlienee it is John suddenly ex-
claims:
"I declare It, is after nine o'clock." '
."And my hemeaehe is gone."
At this both laugh.
"You must be a wizard, John, to
charm ,it away BO completely," he de-
„elatrs.
"I'trust / shall alvsays be as success-
ful in the ,days, to come,” breathes
Jelin, and this of course causes a blush
to 'sweet) over the fair maid's face.
He hurries to, his room to prepare
for whatis before him. Deep in his
Ceart arises a prayer for success. Aglin
that feeling of entlapatiens sweeps
over him. Remembering former dieaP-
peintruents, he endeavors to subdue his
Ittespes and to prepate for another set.
back, but this does net prevent him
,tt,vtipimueesss ,from indulging in dreams el
hIt is Just half -Pant nine when h
rc
OSCheB the door of the hotel.
Mustapha Cadi is there, looking cote
&lent and bearing a smell bundle.
Again, ,in a dark corner, John assumes
an Arab covering, while his conductor
plaVvdiem
°e ee'dFito alter
.h111aetmay h1 own
looks
not so
oktnhoawt
a
who tile tall Aran is.
So they trend the lanes of the hill-
eide town. JustOG Ott the Previous
n
!gist, they 'meet Arabs, Moors, Neby-
tote Jews and negroefo The silence it.
like that a the tomb, and yet the In-
terior of more than one house doubt-
less presents a speetaole, gay enough
to please any lover, of light and color,
Javely woolen, of rippling fountains,
Sweet flowers that load the ol,e
their Incense, rind all the accessories sr
iVroorislr court can: devise, far these
people., while keeping the ' exterior oe
their dwellings Oahe, spine luctuey
Itt-
visItly upon the interior.
Noe- they are al the wall, and ales-
tapha givee the signal clearly; luded,
John faneies tike hilt of the 'mire nreete
the stone sidth more force than is ne,
oeSsary, Or else ltls ear ,s deceive him.
The signal is heard, is answered, and
ta another minute they al'e Inside the
avail.
To MI CON.t.INTRID.]
THE ARCTIC MOSQUITO.
_-__---_-
01 Is About the Moat Terrible Inneet
Pest Jo the World.
"Nothint,.. that has ever been written
about the arctic: mosquito begine to
'mine up to the real thing," said a guest
in the St, Charles corridor tee other
evening. "I went up the Yukon river.
,in the sauurner of 1896, repreeentieg
the Alaska ana 'Dominion Trading
company, and we struck mosquitoes ae
200L1 as we got into the hills. They ere
twice as large as our familiar bayou
species, and their etIng is like the prod
of a Lot needle. They ssveep along the
valleys in dense clouds, and it' they
catch a man unprepe red they are liable
to blind him before be Can escape. I
heard stories of children being stung to
death and can readily believe theni. '
"Whenever" we went asbore we, wore
heavy hat ties and took the utmost
precaution, but were certain to suffer
,more or less. Oue of out. party cut the
or
tongues out of his shoes, and a utierew
line of sock WEI•S exposed under the lac-
ing. Next day lee was bitten there at
least a hundred times, and his feet
were so terribly inflamed that the shoes
had to be cut off.,
,
"Another man a fireman in the boat
crew, got drunk on Alaska whisky one
afternoon and lay down to take a nap
in a corner of the 'engine room. ,I no:
ticed him a little later and'was horri-
fied at the solid brown mass of mos-
quitoes that had settled on a small ex-
posed section of his cheek iiincl throat..
In an hour his face was swollen out of
all resemblance to anything human; he
was unable to swallow and was burn-
ing with fever. It was a week before
he was able to be about. I saw a num-
ber of ,cattle near Fort Hamilton thatt
had beea. macle stone blind by stings
near the eye.
"The arctic foothill mosquito ig• with,
out doubt the most terrible insect pest
in the world."—New Orleans Times -
Democrat.
HUMBLED THB SENATOR.
He Tried to Assert Fliairndependence,
but ratted Miserably.
The writer remembers a good many
years ago when the late Ezekiel Clarke
was a member of the state senate from
Johnson county. It is well known that
the senator or member from Johnson
county is always expected to get a
large appropriation for the state
unl-
versity. To fail would be political
death. Senator Clarke was anxious
to succeed and during the early part ,
of the session voted for everything.
If another senator had a bill, all he
had to do was to go and whisper in
Ezekiel's ear, and he would vote "aye."i
One day, however, Ezekiel came into
the senate with bale Cut and a clean
shave. He sat upright f13 his Seat and
began to slaughter right and left.
State Senator, George P. Wright look-
ed across to where the senator from
Johnson was sitting and inquired,what
chlinge had come over the senator
trona Johnson county, The other sen-
ator replied that the appropriation bill
Lor the state university had now pass-
ed both houses, and the senator from
Johnson was going to make up for
lost time.
Clarke kept on punching heads until
the senator from Jefferson, Moses A.
McCold, rose and solemnly introduced
a bill for an act entitled "An act
repealing the appropriation for the
state university.a A broad smile pass-
ed around the room, and everybody
except the senator from Johnson saw
the joke. But the spirit of levity pass-
ed away from Senator Clarke. He at
once assumed his humble attitude, and
the other boys voted him as usual dur-
ing the remainder of the session.—Des
Moines Capital.
The Architect.
Oho must wonder why it really
that so little is said or thought about
architecture, the grandest, the mother,
of all arts, a great, a most useful, sci-
ence, one in which a greater revolution
has lately taken place and in which
more progress has been made, witb
more stupendous results, than in any
other, remarks a writer Iri The Inter-
national Magazine.
Was lt not Richelieu who, paraphras-
Ing an ancient writer, said: "If it is
versatility you seek, go find an archi-
tect. He must be an artist, or his
buildings will offend the eye; an engi-
neer, or they will crumble Into trouble;
tao 1 atrwLebrie rab eilld oWc r ,g eotr Iasi spahturoilndsinTs.
will be hygienically unfit to live in,
and, last, but not least, he must be a
gentleman, or'we will have nothing to
do with hirn."
Habit.
Habit bath se vast a prevalence over
the butpae, mind' that there Is scarcely
anything too strange or too strong to
be asserted of It. The Story of the -
miser who, from 'being long accustom-
ed to client others came at last to
cheat himself and, with great ,dellght
and triumph picked las own'packee of .
fie guinea to convey to bbs heard. is
Impossible or Improbable. "
Ruseian families, when moving tO
a • new •home, , kliadie the fire on the
hearth . With eckal brought from the old ,
residence.
It Is etrange, but erne', that foliar
will bo yesterday tomorrow..-"-tahleage
• e• saseeesete, sliesese.
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