Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1889, Page 10

OUT WITH HOUND AND GUN. The Pleasures of Squirrel Hunting and Rabbit Shooting in October. BEST METHODS OF BAGGING THE FEATHERY-TAILED LITTLE FELLOWS—HOW TO COOK THE GAME—A GOOD RABBIT HOUND ESSENTIAL IN HUNTING— HOW THEY SHOOT RABBITS IN EGYPT. With the falling of the leaves, the turning brown of the acorns and the hickory and but- ternuts comes the season of squirrel hunting. Walks through the woods are indulged in to see what the squirrel crop is looking like, and plans are laid for an carly campaign against the feathery-tailed little vagabonds. In this country there are about six varieties of the squirrel, of which every one knows the cunning little chipmunk, and the common red and gray squirrels. The flying squirrel is Scarce in the eastern states, but a friend of mine shot one in Broome county two winters ago. The fox squirrel is also scarce, and is” fine, strong fellow, large asa cat, with an im- mense tail. In color they are dark gray alone, anda bright russet beneath. These and the Grays are good eating. A MOTIONLESS WATCH. The best time to hunt squirrels is, undoubt- edly, early in the morning. or just before night falls, as they are stirring around more at these times than at any other. Enter the field quietly and walk slowly about in a zig-zag manner, as if undecided in what direction you are going. In this way the squirrels are puzzled as to your ination, and many an easy snap shot at them running to the trees may be got, when ing in a direct line would scare them out @f range at once. When they get in the tree remain perfectly still, scarcely even breathing. Be careful to assume & natural and easy position, for before ou have been still a minute your nose will gin to itch. or your ear tickle, or your leg to be cram ‘ou will want to move in the worst way,simply because you have to keep still, Before very long you hear a “chatter,” “chat- ter,” followed by a hoarse bark, and soon the curiosity of the little beast will cause him to peep around the trunk to find out what you are doing. Watch him, and soon he will come right out,either to go along the bough, to jump & ‘another tree, or to climb higher up the tree is in. SCARING THEM OUT. If after waiting he appears inclined to sulk end will not come out, it is a good plan to fire st random into the tree with one barrel and when he jumps, as he is pretty certain to do, catch him on the move with the contents of the other barrel. If there are two hunters, one should stand still and let his mate slowly go around the tree. This will give the one on guard ashot. In shooting in a patch of woods @ glance at the foot of an oak or hickory nut tree will show on what they are “working,” i.e. feeding.as there will be a number of shells and -chewed nuts at the foot, and wherever the “workings” are, in those trees will -be found the most squirrels. ‘The peculiar drum or bark of a squirrel is Yery difficult to locate unless one is in good tice, for it seems to come from all direc- ions. It will help locate the sound to stop the left ear with the tipger. The two great inciples of success in squirrel shooting are, it, singleness and quickness of movement. Do not move even a finger until intending to fire, and then with one motion pull up the andshoot. If not a good shot take an un- fesaea gun and practice getting the hang of it; | jalk around, euidenly £2 your eyes upon an Object, pull the gun up quickly, with both eyes open, and it will be found that the muzzle will fairly cover the object. HARD TO KILL. Small as these animals are, it must be re- membered that they have to be hard hit to kill them and that a light charge is of noearthly use. In a twelve-bore gun at least 314 drams of black powder. or its equivalent in wood der, should be used. I have found 14 es of No. 4 chilled shot the best load. Now, as to cooking a squirrel. Old hunters unbesitatingly deciare them to be fine eating, but the average dweller in cities who has been favored with a ‘‘mess o’ squirls” will declare them tough and good for nothing. So they are if not properly cooked. The squirrel should be ed, cleaned and well washed, and then dina steamer for at least an hour, and afterward roasted or broiled in the ordinary way, when it will be found delicious. If, how- éver, the hunter would like to try true squirrel iter’s cooking, let him take his squirrel as soon as shot and bleed him by opening the throat. When ready for cooking let a large fire of small twigs be built so as to get a lot of ashes. Singe all the hair off the body, open it, wash and clean it, then sew it or skewer up the stomach with thorns, and roll it in a big ball of earth paste, made of clay and water. Put this WITH THE SECOND BARREL. fm the middle of the fire and rake the hot ashes over it. Inan hour's time rake itout, open it carefully, when the skin will peel off and the flesh will be a feast that is a revelation. wetted and wrapped round and round the stick Until s rade cup is formed, of which the stick with the hole in it forms the bottom. The stick is then placed upright in the ground and siz to eight inches of molten lead are poured the paper cup. The lead runs into the , fills the cup and hardens at once. cold ‘the paper is stripped off and a club with a heavy knobbed end is left, which can be thrown with great accuracy and which is used With deadly effect on the squirrels. The heavy end always brings it to ground and the in the wood is for the purpose of fasten- the lead to the wood. iow is approaching the time when a friend = E who owns a hound dog is valued at a high ae for the days of rabbit hunting are TOM THE “STAR” BOY. Olive Risley Seward in Wide Awake. The silence of a brilliant July day in the Rocky mountains is broken by the murmuring sonnds of busy life which rise from a beautiful little town grown up suddenly on one of those smooth, gréen land bays which indent the Tugged base of the great range. A youth of some eighteen summers is dash- ing into town behind a lean pair of bronchos, cleau-hoofed and well-groomed, hitched to = box-fitted buck-board wagon. The box is fall of potatoes—those long white tubers’ which grow only in Colorado soil, the sandstone wash of the mountains. But potatoes are not all the driver's load, for he draws up before ashaded cottage, halts, jumps down, and with an air of importance begins rolling out a dozen big watermelons, dark green as the distant sea, and one, burst open from very perfection of when he knew what it neouragin; e? id in half oan ites e ing words, an a a dog io wall broken. Such a dog is worth his weight in gold for rabbiting. POINTS FOR RABBIT HUNTERS. As to hunting the rabbit, if the dog is a good one, few hints are necessary. Let the hunters out and not follow one another, as the rabbit is liable to turn at any minute. If hunt- ing on a hillside, let some one go along the foot of it. When shooting don’t get rattied, but take things quietly and see that there is no one in the line of your fire and that you don't shoot the hound. 8 long strap, with which he coul 4 over tg his —— = <a y's k. Then he packed the for the | mang rien these things: a large of twine, a bologna sausage, two nails. five —— snaps, & comb, a pencil. a big package of molasses taffy, a 8 blank account book. and a per Pt el unique traveler's outfit, cer- Gay, but for some reason or other the lady made another provision in another bag of which Tom knew nothing, but shouldered his own in proud contentment. urpose in taking the blank spaniel’s head. Now this was a liberty, and the King Charles felt it so: she shrank a bit and looked doubt- ingly at the grimy hand. small, and ogg ood withal, looked inquiringly in the boy's face again, and then Piccina, with her own little, stately grace, licked the hand with the tip of her rose-leaf tongue. and walked back to her fender post, to watch the fire, languidly waving enough money to make a first brother Patsey, who had done very well at his own trade in Washington, went to visit Tom, and was able from his little fund, hard earned 7 Tom a ey hedgerow or English rab- - pr ™ ‘jack rabbit,” * sweetness, shows » crimson center that might | her plumy tail in tranquil satisfaction. book. He printed on the cover in large | and carefully saved up, to help Tom to buy bitg’ These little animals are in every part of | rival a Jacqueminot rose. . In o gaze between Tue Stan boy and the | letters: ronchos, the globe. They are one of the most prolific animals in existence. beginning to breed at six months old and giving birth several times a year to four to eight voung ones. They are very hard to kill. The best charge to use is one ounce and a quarter of No. 6 shot and three drachms of powder, putting a good thick felt wad on the top of the shot to make it scat- ter well. A gun with short barrels, and not too heavily choked. is best. On the French coast near Cape Griznez is a long stretch of sand hills which some years ago swarmed with rabbits. The poachers there adopted a novel plan. They came in the night with a number of small nets, which they fixed by pegs toevery hole they could find. These nets havea long pocket, so that the rabbit, rushing out of his hole, is entangled in it and cannot get free. When all the nets were fixed they got a number of small crabs from the sea, and taking a corresponding number of pieces of candle fixed fixed them on the shells by the buckboard and the And this is how it came about that Tom Mul- doon, the Washington Stan boy, turned into a Colorado ranchman. is now seen, on this bright July morning, driving his own bronchos in own buckboard to town to present the pota- toes, first fruits of his own ranch, to his lady friends, a lasting friendship was formed, closed and sealed by that lick and that pat, a relation- ship in which the ladies were included. Later, Tom ate a food supper, Piccina sitting onachair beside him, evidently wondering how he could dispose of such big pieces so quickly. When he was quite done, he lookesl so intently at the few bits left that the Indies asked him of what he was thinking. ‘Sure of how Patsey would laugh,” he answered, “if he'd acut of that same corn bread, with but- ter, and a potato for his supper.” He showed no dread of the storm, a few moments later but dashed into it bravely, after accepting an invitation to breakfast next morning, his deep pockets well lined with Patsey’s supper. THE yran boy was on hand at breakfast time, but the night’s sleep had notrestored him, and it was plain to see that the little fellow was suf- fering from a long strain at overwork and “underfeeding. A warm corner was given him to rest in, while the ladies went to find his home and to learn what else they could of his story. What a walk they had down the muddy ex- cava by the Potomac; and the hut Tom lived in—what a place, when they found it at last! A clapboard hovel just as Tom had described it, about fifteen feet square and six feet high. The door was locked, for it held all the doarly-prized and only possessions of the two orphans, Patsey and Tom. A poor woman of the neighborhood, who was friendly to the boys and glad to gossip about them, fetched a key which unlocked the door. The hut had a chimney and a hearth, and there were a few coals; near by an old kettle,| ‘The lady who had felt some natural concern a frying-pan and a toasting fork. A wretched | about launching a youth on the sea of Western bed with scanty coverlid was neatly spread on enterprise, was reassured by this evidence of the damp, clay floor, in one corner; three | Tom's business instincts, and they were soon wooden boxes served for table and chairs, and | started again on their way, across the praries ona rude shelf were two tin cups and plates, | of Indiana, Iowa and Missouri to the plains of with knives, forks and spoons. It was touch- | Kansas and Colorado, ing tosee the boyish attempts to have this] At night, in a desolate part of Missouri, a meager home decent and orderly. Some stray | tornado struck their express train, and a “wash prints, play bills, and the like, were nailed to | out” carried away the railway track. ‘The pas- the boarded sides, the dismal little room was sengers, stranded by the overfiow of a river, swept and cleanly, and an old hod and broken | could got nothing to eat while waiting for the trowel, some bits of straps, pasteboards and &| railway to be repaired, and women and little pile of unsold newspapers told the “trades” of | children cried with hunger. Some of the pas- the little occupants, -| sengers, kind-hearted men, left the train when The woman, who kepta shop near by, said] the flood had subsided, and making their way the boys had lived there four years, quite by | to the few houses in sight, bought all the milk themselves, for having found the hut deserted, | and food in the vicinity, and brought ft to the they “moved in from the street after their] train. There was not half enough to go mother died, ‘‘All these comforts” they had] around, and Tom and the lady had not one gathered since then, she added; “for their | crumb of bread nor a taste of milk. ‘Tom, now mother’s belongings were sold to ‘pay her fu-| grown used to plenty, found hunger a hard- neral.” The neighbor was glad to tell how the | ship which he Fad never thought of in his children had lived on alone, industrious, days of poor fare. He grew pale and restless, poeeet obliging lads, never begging, and al-| and at last ventured to say with some hesita- ways willing to lend a helping hand. “I love tion, “‘I_ believe I could find something to eat, themindeed, next to my own,” the woman | ifI tried.” said, “and Loften mend their clothes and give them my cold coffee grounds and let them hate them over on my own stove, for the comfort of @ warm drink.” The ladies decided, without hesitation, to ask Tue Star Boy to come and live with them; & proposition he took kindly to, after they had also found a home for Patsey. When Tom's old velveteen coat was pulled off, and rolled up together with his Srar Boy's Spa seared to his transfer into clothing of a different sort, he asked to be allowed to keep it to ee to a boy he knew much rer than himself and the request was grated. Before many days no one would have recog- nized Tom the Star Boy in the trim little man, who waited on those ladies, ran errands for them, and took Piccina towalk. Plenty of bread il and Gopetreet, had quite You know ata glance that the boy fs a Colo- rado ranchman—every sign about him speaks his calling. He is dressed in a brave new suit of stiff hickory with big horn buttons, and has on long slashed leather leggins, such as Buf- falo Bill’s cowboys wear. A spike of shining blue penstamon is fastened in the buttonhole of his Norfolk jacket, his heavy reddish-colored boots are fragrant of crushed sage bush, and he brings with him all the fresh, spicy odors of the plains, The boy has driven down from ‘the divide,” eighteen miles, skirting the foot hills, past the grim rock forms of Monument Park, past Glen Eyrie,where long ago bald eagles loved to build; the Garden of the Gods, where gray wolves still sometimes prowl, and over the breezy mesa road to the town. He has not minded the long, shadeless drive, but rather enjoyed every step of it, and whistled a merry tune at thought of the end. WHAT I SAW BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND COLORADO. A TRUE LIsT. And this is what he wrote inside, beginning the very first hour of his journey: “Depot, lots of men, wome gines, trunks, newsboys, porte: witches, dogs, doughnuts. I 't write ‘em all down today, but will tomorrow. A tunnel. dark as pitch, one more, two more, a bridge, over Gunpowder creek—damp place for gun- powder, I should think; a rickity old bridge— ther'll be a break down there some day, you bet. Philadelphia, goodness! awful big place! dirt! Mountains, awful high. ; amie Blue Juinata: where's the bluing in ti “Pittsburg, smoke. “The rest of the way, cornfields, “Don't seem to see much of anything else.” The travelers arrived at Chicago Inte at night, Tom was up bright and early the next morning, and off by himself to see the town. In one hour's time he had formed a favorable opinion of Chicago as a commercial center. “This,” said he, ‘is the foinest place for papers I've ever heard of; they sell like hot cakes, I tried a hand with a few Tribunes, myself, just for fun, and cleared a quarter. The boys are never stuck, they say, and onct there was a splendid fire here, when they could get a dol- lar as quick as a cint for ‘the latest,’ only there wasn't any papers; if there had been there's a boy I know says he'd have made a fortune, sure pop.” hildren, en- gongs, sand- HOME MATTERS. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL HOUSE- KEEPERS—HINTS FOR THE DINING ROOM, PANTRY AND KITCREN—RECIPES WORTH CUT- TING OUT AND KEEPING. GooskBERRIES ARE SELDOM a save in the form of a tart or pudding; these are eaten with a fork, unless sweet cream is served with them, in which case a spoon is proper. A Satve tuar 1s Goop For Aut kinds of wounds, ete., is made of eqnal parts of yellow wax and sweet oil. Melt slowly, carefully atir~ ring. When cooling, stir ina small quantity of glycerine. Tuene 1s Not 4 More Lraciovs Drsx than a baked quince. Bake it till well done, then cut it open, remove the core and spread it with butter and sugar. Eat while hot, For 4 Goop Ciornes Cieanen, roll a strip of cloth a few inches wide over and over very tightly until there is a roll as large as a broomstick, sew down firmly on the sides, trim the ends evenly. Tux Mepicat Recorp States that the stick- ing plaster treatment of erysipelas is highly recommended by Professor Wolfler of Gratz. Strips of isinglass plaster about the breadth of re thumb are applied over the affected sur- face. A Scne Cure ror Catiprarss.—Boil yellow turnips until tender, mash, strain the water, and soak the feet in it as hot as it can be borne. Do not remove the skin from the turnips be- fore boiling. This has been known to cure many cases, Tae Fact Saovtp ne Kyown that finely powdered elm bark, say two teaspoonfuls to a pint of a new milk, will prevent coagulation in the stomach of children of milk into hard, tough lumps, so that the milk will be more readily digested, Sow Drors.—One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, whites of five eggs, one small cup of milk, three full cups of prepared flour; flavor with vanilla and nutmeg; bake in small round tins. Those in shape of fluted shells are very pretty. Tue Best Pray to test cake while baking in the oven is not to insert a broom splint, but to draw it gently forward and listen. If it be not quite done there will be a little sputtering sound. If entirely done, it will be dumb. Cramp Sovr.—Boil a shank of veal several hours in three quarts of water, strain off the liquor and boil one cup of rice in it. About twenty minutes before dinner time add, with their juice, fifteen clams, chopped fine; season to taste. No milk should be used. Tuoroveuty Amep Mixe wit Keer Mucu Lonoer than ice-cooled milk. for as soon as the influence of the ice is removed and the temperature goes up the germs that produce lactic acid manifest themselves at once and the milk sours very quickly; and even when milk is own bronchos, that is earned the brave ranch such jaunty ease. A ranchman’s outfit is not complete without a wide-brimmed, white felt hat, with tassel—the sombreroof the Mexicans and the Texas rangers —and the lad’s freckled cheeks do not lack the shade of even this final sign and warrant of his calling. The young ranchman is » proud and happy lad. Those potatoes are of his own rais- ing, and the melons are the product of his skill in trade, for on the way to town he has met another ranchman coming up from Rocky Ford with a wagon full of melons, and to give a hand- somer look to his own load the lad has ex- changed a bushel of potatoes for the luscious fruit. He is now bringing them fora gift to some ladies, to whom he owes all his good luck, as he believes, though the ladies themselves think otherwise. To one who knows his story it is no wonder that this young ranchman’s wide, low-crowned sombrero hides blushes of honest pride as he unloads the potatoes and rolls out the melons. The hat seems almost as broad as the boy is long, for he is still and perhaps always will be a little fellow, What a mite he was when the ladies’ first saw him in Washington; he was just big enough then to be a “‘Srar Boy,” and had never even heard of cowboy or ranch. Indeed the ladies might never have seen him at all had not a hoarse, childish voice piped so persistently in their ears “Flaze, would yez lind me foive cints?” The yoice came, apparently, from a bundle of tat- tered velveteen, standing in a shabby pair of men’s boots, and topped by an old basin-shaped, soft felt hat, big enough for some burly carter, while two eager, Irish blue eyes peered from. under the crooked brim, It was one of those rare January days in Washington when the elements seem toconspire with the croakers to make folks “pay” for the loveliness of the past autumn days and early winter time. Bitterly cold, six inches of snow turned to muddy stush, with anortheast wind driving freezing sleet, gave a slippery, treach- erous surface everywhere. Common humanity made the ladies stop and brace their umbrellas against the wind to.ask the shivering Stan Boy his name, where he lived, and how his mother could let him run about selling Stars on such a day. “hin me name is Thomas Muldoon,” said the little chap briskly, “I live in 23d street, down by the river,” and, with a fall in his voice, “I have no mother;” then again, this TBAPPING WITH NETS AND CRARS, slightly melting the wax, lit them and turned the crabs into the holes, Their ingtinct to find water led them downward, and the light seared the rabbits out into the nets, and so in a short time nearly every rabbit in the burrows was captured. In Egypt, especially in the neighborhood of Ismailia, rabbits are very plentiful, but they do not burrow into the ground to any extent, They are found lying in the flat, almost desert land, where patches of low bramble and tama- risk bushes are about the only things that grow. An Egyptian rabbit hunt is a social icnic. Anumber of people engage a pro- ‘essional guide or hunter, who is mounted on adromedary and who finds the dogs. The ‘ty, mounted on small horses, accompany jim. When the hunting ground is reached the arty form into a half circle and the dogs are loosed. When a rabbit is found the dogs are called back and two of the riders gallop after the rabbit and shoot at it with a shot gun as it twists from patch to patch of cover. AS each one is killed the line reforms and the old sheik on the dromedary again takes command. There isa good deal of fun to be had anc afew tumbles and rolls in the soft, warm sand, but it is not wise to offer any ad- vice or suggestions to the old leader, who brooks no interference. Some wonderfully fine shooting is done, fora rabbit is a smail mark to hit, and, as enjoyment is generally the one thing sought, a small beg for a good deal of work does not matter. REAL FOXES AND SCENT BAGS. Although the English method of fox hunt- ing, or a very poor parody of it, has been in- troduced into this country, it will never be- come popular with the masses, To gallop eight or ten miles after a scented skin dragged along the ground, and to know that at just such a point or place a tame fox will be turned “Go and try if you like.” answered the lady, who, amusing herself with an interesting book, felt ‘sorry for her companion, grown fidgety with nothing to do. Tom needed no second bidding, but started off, glad to. be free; he made a quick circuit round the train, like a hound seeking a scent, and then struck off in a bee line toward a slight elevation half a mile distant, his head bobbing up and down among the tall weeds and sun flowers, until he was lost sight of in a depression beyond the little hill. The weary dang ne many of them rough miners, look- ing listlessly on, {aid wagers as to whether the little fellow could find his way back, but no bet was taken on the large one offered ‘against the chance of his finding aught to eat in his quest. Before very long, however, ‘Tom's stray hat was seen coming over the hill, then Tom him- 7 ak. . ry : led it should first be given a thorough aera- i time plaintively, “would yez koindly be afth oks. Fitted with new clothes, | self with a basket, and followed by a man | °°! time ethod of hooting the fox wil wai’ hotd | H0dite me Toive ‘lata? "Gum athuck on me Tebered aed bmeagrauay ange, he tate well | carrying an cight-uart mile pail fal of mil, [HOD Orrex Mer Wirn 1x Wonxs 'e i . a’ Wa’ } >I iT ORK! the place of honor with our sportamen. first Sruars, na’re a cint to bouy a new | barbered and sham; d. one could not see | his arms loaded down with loaves of freshly stock wid; in , thin, I'll pay yes bi penny if yez w The first part of his answer rather startled the ladies. They eae if there could poa- sibly be a human habitation on that clay baa by the river, or in the mud hole below the ob- servatory, as the boy represented. But Tom said firmly, “Yes, you bet there is,” when ques- tioned more closely. “‘Yez may go and see for ye'rsilves, the last house, at the foot of 23d street,” and continued his story glibly. “Me father and mother are both dead. I live alone with me brother Patsey—he is fifteen. I'm nine. Patsey was'prenticed to a plasterer, but now he’s lost his place. I've earned my own livin’ since I was foive by ‘Starring’ it. ‘Times bas been hard; before Congress came to Washington there was poor sale for papers, Now that Congress is come I kin do heaps fairer, smarter boy in town. He was naturally ‘an orderly fellow, and now with a pretty little room quite by himself, he took real pride in keeping it neat and every thing in its place. Tom would seem to have forgotten his pre- ¥idus calling in all his new interests of school books and pleasant occupation, but sometimes the ladies caughtan expression of merriment in his blue eyes, not explained until a despair- ing echo of “Stah yah!" was heard, and then Tom's mischievous chuckle to himself, “stuck og Srazs,” proved to him that it wasa good joke. Tom's rough little life had brough him many experiences, for he had tried other trades be- fore he struck the successful one of Sran-selling. He had been s canal driver, a rag picker and a sweep, all with more or less profit, and now the every baked western “‘light-bread,” and cheese which Tom Tue Stan Boy bad found with a good sup) ly of other things in the already garnered fie i, and the hungiy boys in his car hailed him with three rousing cheers and many a “Good for you!” ‘But why did you go round and round the train before you started, Tommy?” asked the lady. who was reading her book. “O, you see, ma’am, this isa little by-switch here and I thought it would be natural forsome one to have a foot path leading to it, so Llooked till I found one—a dog path, soa & say—but it tuck me straight to the farm house in the hollow, which no one had seen.” Later on, when the train had moved afew miles, the tired travelers stopped to rest ata Missouri hotel, and seeing the men go to the Of course, the first thing is co find the runs or haunts of a fox, and the rest is easy, if a rg day is at hand. Early ee the st time, as then the fox will probably have fed and will be inclined to sleep. The scent, too, lies better on dewy, wet grass than on dry ‘ound, and the hound will find him better. Fhere should be at leagt half a dozen sporte- men, 80 as to cover a good area of ground, as, if practicable, the fox will skulk for some dis- tance before breaking cover. He will also break up hill in preference to down hill, and after being shot will run to the last gasp before he drops. He has a habit also, if cornered, of dropping down as if dead, and when the un- wary hunter lowers his gun to pick him up the cunning beast will jump to his feet and get clear away before a shot can stop him, axp Anticies on cleaning and dyeing, is made of one gallon of water and four pounds of ordi- nary washing soda; boil for five or ten minutes, then add one pound of chloride of lime. Let cool and keep corked in a stone-ware jar or air- tight vessel. Warre Kip Snors Cax Bx Cxxanep by dip- ping a pefectly clean white flannel cloth in a little ammonia and rubbing the cloth over a cake of white soap; after doing this rub the kid gently and diligently and the soiled places will be white again. As the flannel becomes soiled change for a clean one. Potato Pountices arg Usep Wita Success in ophthalmia or inflammation of the eyes. It is stated that when the trouble has been of an y descriptions he gave of his adventures were | office to register their names, Tom followed, | acute character these poultices have proved Some districts have curious methods of fox| better! But—Oh, ma’am, I must have foire | novel and interesting; those of his career as | watching them narrowly; nodoubt that register | successful when other kinds have failed. The hunting. I remember some _ ago at Bing- | cents, or lose s good chance;” this with almost today holds the record of his visit, for there he newsboy were, of course, oftenest thought of. Seeing a bill r one day representing “Davy Crocket,” he exclaimed: ‘‘Ah, thar's a bamton, N.Y., a fox hunt took place in which a tame fox was led by a chain between two men on a zigzag course for about five miles, following is the recipe for making them: Boil the common potato, mash or bruise soft and then stir in a little finely pulverized elm bark. asob, and an anxious eye to business, ashe caught the shrili cry, “Stag, yah! second edi- tion!” from an enterprising youngster in better wrote ina bold, round hand, “down strokes heavy and up strokes light:” ram . cole ciate he an “ gute sherri te day aul night at the —— wile of aiagtn, and ver Apply the poultices in the usual manner, lescribing an irregular circle, ending by being | luc rater and tri make out he’s somebody ‘is breach of etiquette was shown up to him —e Jed through a barrel firmly anchored to the| ‘The ladies of course gavo Tux Stan Boy the | else” 8%” | in go serious. a way that at Denver, where the | _S¥EET Tomato Prcxte.—Slice one gallon of ground. About twenty dogs were started on the scent and the first dog through the barrel won the first prize, which, I believe, amounted five cents, and feeling wo to thi % little man, so Dies green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, let stand iF about his ‘chance, travelers next halted, the morning papers an- aed nounced, copying from Tom's second written “ee do you mean, Tom?” asked one of the 2%4 hours; drain; take two q vinegar, ave him their address, telling hi “Well, ma'am, ‘tis this way it was: Onst I | record on a hotel register, the lady's name in | add four cayenne pepper pods,one cup m to about #500. foo them if he liked.” ayia cael oo to the thayater au’ Tat in the front row | full “and boy,” showing’ how literally and | two tablespoonfuls mustard seed and two table- In shooting a fox use No. 4 shot, as nothing| It was too bad a day to make further inquiries humbly he had taken the lesson to heart. The journey ended in the beautiful little city at the foot of the great range, and Tom was not long beginning to learn how to be a ranchman, ‘The very first time he walked out to watch the great cloud shadows chase across the frown- ing brow of Pike's Peak, he was diverted from his purpose by the stirrings in his heart of a future owner of cattle. Gate coo all about clouds and mountains, he ran home breathless with excitement, and fired by a new ambition, “O, ma'am,” he cried,” I’ve seen—I’ve seen— the foinest sight that ever I did see, and a thing you'll buy as soon as iver you put your two eyes on it.” Mines, land-claims and ranches passed .be- fore the sap be vision, and ‘‘What have you seen, Tom, t you're sure I'll buy?” she in- quires “OQ, ma’am, a beautiful little black donkey, ma'am, with a pack on his back, an’ they call it a ‘beauro.’” “A what?” repeated the astonished lady. “A burro, ma'am, a dear, nate little burro, a donkey, jet-black and as tidy as a bee, and i deed, it’s for only ten dollars you can buy him’ ma'am, plase buy him;” and with the old plead- ing tone in his voice—the same, only grown stronger, in which he besought her to “lind of the peanut ery. It was night, but the place was all lighted as bright as day an’ filled & with people. There was music and clappin’ of hands an’ an Injun comin’ and goin’ on the sian, a-givin’ it to bigot done 1 “Thin I rolled off the seat and went to sleep on the floor, for I was tired with selling my Stans. An’ whin I waked up, would you believe it, the loights was put out an’ the people was gone, but a gintleman in his own clothes was walkin’ = and down on the stage a-scoldin’ and a-giyin’ it to the others just as the Injun had done. Then I walked out of the thayater and I met another Star boy on the steps, “Who is that gintleman?’ sez L ‘What gintleman?”’ sez he. ‘The patenes a-walkin’ up and down in- je,’ sez I, ‘and actin’ wild Injun?’ ‘Why, you duffer,’ sez he, ‘it’s Mr. Marks a-practicin’ for the show to-night. ***To-night? sez I. ‘What toim o'day is it?’ “Two o'clock,’ sez the boy; ‘just toim for the second edition; and thin I knew I'd slept all night and caught that gintleman working at the thayater in the day-time, a-practicin’ to pretind to be some man that he isn’t at noight!” His outlook on the world from his hut and post of newsboy often gave him clear insight inte motives and sometimes queer views of men and things, spoonfls each of whole cioves and cinnamon bark; tet this come to a boil, add four sliced onions and the tomatoes, boil eight minutes. These will keep a year in cans or jars, To Preserve Panser.—Take fresh gathered sprigs, pick and wash them clean. Seton a stew pan half full of water, puta little salt in it, boil and skim it clear and then put in the a. Let it boil a few minutes, then take it lay it on a sieve before the fire, that it may be dried as qu ickly as possible. Put it away in atin box, keep it in a dry place and when wanted for use lay it in a basin and cover it with warm water a few minutes before using. Tue Best Mermop or Keerixe Sree. Buckxes, or any steel ornaments, clean and free from rust is the following: Pound up some starch in a mortar and sift it through a piece of fine muslin, then half fill a card-board box of the required size with the pounded starch, place the buckles in it and cover with more starch, Keep them in this when not in use, When wanted the powdered starch may be brushed cff with a fine brush. Should they need polishing sift patty powder through muslin, mix it smoothly with a little olive oil and rub the ornaments (previously cleaned with the finest emery pe with the mixture, smaller is of any use. If a breech-loading gun is used, it will be found a good plan to make a mixture of one part wax and seven parts mut- ton suet and run it when melted in among the shot. This will increase the killing range of the gun fully forty yards, and at a short range is better than a bullet. Wize. P. Poxp. Written for Tar Evexrxe Star. Ich Denke Dein. THE GERMAN OF GOETHE PARAPHRASED, about the forlorn child and the ladies were in a fair way to forget him, well used as they were to the wiles of the sharp little Washington newsboys; but Tom was not so used to kind words and “‘invitations,” however, that he for- got them easily, That same day, later, the ladies were gathered round the shaded lamp in their cosy library, reading the news in Tux Eventna Stan. The fireplace was piled high with fragrant Florida lightwood blazing its fiery heart out and filling the room with a warmth and radiance so like to midsummer’s sunshine that it was hard to realize a winter storm lashing bare trees and blocking dreary streets without, A little King Charles spaniol sat toasting her toes by the shining blaze. She had drawn her black curls all up close around her, and crossed her graceful tan-colored paws on the fender, resting her head and 'y, drooping ears against them, as a little duchess might lean her cheek and flowing ringlets upon an eight-but- tomed gant de Sueded hand. “Piccina” was in her most reserved and dreamy mood; noone seeing her big soft eyes, blinking mildly at the firelight, would fancy the fury she could turn into at sight of a beggar atramp. At such times the small spaniel’s aversions were so reg shown, and so rudely expressed, as to I think of thee when rosy morn Comes o'er the lea, And shimmering hues the skies adorm And gild the sea. In deep’ning night when o'er my way Derk storms arise, Thou art an orb whose peerless ray Ilumes the shies. I hear thee where the silvery waves Play on the shore, Or in still groves my spirit craves One whisper more. And though, dear one, thou art afar, ‘Thou dost appear i a Picci “Have you ever seen the Congress, ma'am, | him foive cints,” did Tom now implore the} Rrpox Caxe—For the dark part one-half With evening and with love's fair star 0 ea aernee Tccen the hoeaaay | ee they makes the laws of liberty for the | lady to buy the black burro. “Indeed,” he cup of butter, and molasses, yolks of four ‘To linger here. Gentle courinane Tice on ne wan ie ba care ian chehcoe aay fi cried at last, ‘I'm very sure that if onct you | C°P ap a nd —DaWers0,senscus. | Enshed inthe library save the’ direry akin | 'O yeu! often,” said the. “Haven't your” [owned nis pou'd never be withrot bia SEE ne ee Soe, Sees a, Une at toe. Brookside, W. Va., 1880. of the blazing pine and the genial rustle of Tuz| ‘No, ma'am, though I've tried, it’s often and ‘ery likely, Tom,” said the lady, “and spoon soda, two cups flour, one cup chopped > y ime; i 2 ins, all kinds spice. For the light part one — EVENING STAR, tten's the time; but somehow I never could | Whatever could I do with him?” raisins, whom my: Tramp, Hi: kee) and Hired Girl. th ‘ to see it. “Oh! think, ma’am, said Irish Tom, “how | cup sugar, one-] cup butter, w! four From ite Dates se ron salt nadine poy omg | tor legeae ‘Why, how is that? Newsboys are admitted | splendid and convanient he'd be for me to run | eggs, one~ cup sweet milk, one-half tea- “I'm perfectly willing to do apy sort of work, ma'am.” he argued, as she held the door open. “I don’t ask you to give me a meal for nothing.” “You'll earn it, will you;” she asked. “Certainly I will, All I ask for is the oppor- tunity.” andatimid knock at the door caused her to start, uncross her paws and listen. In answer to a cheerful “Come in” from the —— oo eyes Kpertapacy Tom “Stan Boy, ttler, ir ant geder than ever in the glow and juxury of thai to the galleries at the Capitol?" “O yes! an’ welcome, ma’am, if they behave, and bw f keep a row of seats all to themselves, too, and I've been there many’s the toim,” said Tom. “But this is how it is: a lot of gintlemen comes in, an’ takes their seats in the armchairs down on the floore; and thin, they looks up all around at the galleries, and many’s a one I've me errands on, or to deliver the evening rs on, around the town!” Pat the life of errand und newsboy was to making ‘‘a lot of spoon soda, one-fourth teaspoon cream tartar, one and one-half cups flour, flavor with lemon; bake in two tins and put the cakes together with jelly or frosting, dark one in the center, Brack Favrr Caxz.—One pound each of but- ter, sugar, flour, almonds and citron; two pounds each of raisins and currants; one dozen be Tom's no longer, and after friends,” as he eaid, in the town, he was soon off in the country at work ona ranch, where he quickly learned a cowboy’s duti herd cattle with the best. He began cet tice on the back of a burro which gave him of mace, one “6, there as bought bis Evenrne Srar from “Ae RTE SRC ea | ea ee ae eye cnt MH] BS ee Sas | my he", om, ls tea | SFY Sanco wears ae gaa thing.” = The five conte were duly accepted with thanks | nd some stands up, an’ more sits down, an’ | "cre ss tru learning how to. “stick on,” ana | ne, wy Rpg eet and beat it into ‘Very well, Tve got’ Mire pletywho has | by ths dodien, and then tee Brie oer nies | Gragnave bepie conti aboot ant ihe neen. he ged Tally’ accom when be | the oags after they have been been running the house for ‘a week er eo, and Uy Niger a ars adem Skt mand pry prep ide power fling pratt db sould aoa a being tame light. Cream the and sugar Thaven't the moral courage to discharge her. | his pallid face, and swept his shoulders | can't get sight of any Congress or In 3 | “CAE the end of six months he had saved up his | and add to the eggs, &c., stir in the dour ghey Come in and work her out” eipged sleet cae eaten an oe atta en ant mnevalis! nO | Soy, andl wed euated o cholitay to oy te | aed babe bor toewe ieeaoe te 4 moderate oven, aoc ine on hee, mania: TD go to the back ped me eae a his old soft | 0, there's the President, ma'am!” he cried town and buy henry booty and ol for the Gish a. Se kalting moods or tates sae Ho was gone about two minutes, and when | bat in both hands and twirled it fast, found and taking Sa his attr he ee ied, Votes, and | "' Goce more with his W. friends, who | One-half this recipe makes a good sized opke. he came back he nearly carried the side gate | round, mechanically. ior he was just were still there, he proudly drew forth from Coox —Peel rather off its hinges in his hurry to get through. He | How the firelight brought out the purplish ladico at the does” Par and met one | Pi Docket « large losiher wallet which held | , HO® ee — didn’t even stop in the front yard, but as he | rings pes < seventeen dollars, the amount of hishard earn- | bananas, © split lemon, kept on he turued his face to the crack in the | the careworn lines in his wisened young face. President himself! Ob! do you know ® pan with red wine poured over them door, and said: "em?" three-quarters of an inch deep. afew sticks of cinnamon, ‘cat in bits. "Bake in « s light brown. This is the most oy Basrmoop, the gives this word of Greater fallacy than that the exposure of the Peculiar to child- future time in spite of better experience them there Teason to would follow. If a take ‘place, too RAILROADS. Y a 2 Vixxarvanta ry SHINGTO AN = BAL TINO AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. For Kane, Mochents — woe ttild: e2eert Suds. 810 a cae for Ene, Capandayrun i Rochester ly. faloand Nincarn dat'y, netuniey, SOO, mh. with Slerping car For Williamsport. Lock ma. daily except FoR PHILADELEG 720, ¥-O0, 11 A, NEW YORK AND THE Ba‘ 5:20) Vand 11:40 a.m. Do, dol 10-00 and 0pm. On Su 1:40 0:00 and 11:20 y n Pai Ma Laue Cars, 2 40 a.m. daily, ym. daily, with Diniag Express 2:10 pam. daily For Boston, without change, 2.50 p For Brooklyn, NY. all through with boats of Bs: ine direct trausfer to F double terriage across New For At Sty, #200, 11 00, 20 p.im. dad! 20 am. and 4:40 p.m. daily, except sunday é For, Avuspolin, ; “20 and 9.00 am. 1205, 4:20 and 6:00 Reept Sunday, Sundays 9:05 a a, 15 pam ALEXANDKIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL. WAY AND ALEXANDKIA AND WASHINGION KAILWAY. IN EFFECT MAY Fo Alexandria, 4:30, 6:39, a.m. ¥:45, 10:57 am, 2 mm. P ‘Accomuuotation for Quantico, 7.4 am. and 4.559, M, Week days. 7.40 a.m. Sundays, For. itichin tw . 4-30, 10:57 am. ner of 1 rect and Peunaylvan the station, where orders can be let th a ot eto destination frum hovels and residences, CHAS. E PUGH, Jk We D, General Manager. General Passenger Agemt, Barrmore Asp Onto Rarzoan. Schedule in effect JUNE R isn ou from atauion corner of New Jervey wenue and ¢ wreck, rthweet, Vestibuled Limitedss. press daily 11-20 a. express ¥ pom For Ciucimuat, St Eouia and Tidisnapolia, expred® iy, 3:00 and a. For Pittsburg aud Cleveland, Vestibuled Limitedex- Press daily 11:20 am, and express 840 pan. Wheeling, Parkersburg wn peweipal ‘For Ob main line, express daily except Mow ‘or Lexington and Local Stati. For La RES i pot aay stations Feat 59 ¥ Be 930 nutes), 1:15. 2.0. ) oy 4:35, 6230, 7-00, 730. B00, 280 pm. For Way Stations between Washin OU, 6:40. 8:30 a mn, 12°10, 3 ye 8:80am, Lei tow 5, 8-00, LU. G30, 21), WO, Lodo © u 745, 8200, 10 00 p.m. For Annapolis, 6:40 and an... 6:0 pan. "On Suudays, 8.30 py re Aunaj oils, 640, . ., Ruudaye, 823 tations «i 0, 10 train Jeaves Washingtou on Sunday at 1.13 P.L., stoppahy ot all stalous on Metropoutan Breuck, For Frederuk, 10:40, T1030 a.m, THU, 14:50 p, m. Sundays.) :15 p.m. For Hagerstown, 710:30a.m. and t5:30p.m. Trains arrive from Chicago daily 11.45 a.m.et 4:05 p.mu.; from Cincmuats and Si. Louis daily Sap. and 150 pau.; irom Pittsbumy 7:10 aun, 6:50 p.m. dail BER YORE AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION, ‘or tor Philadephia, ou abd Chester, “4:00, 18:00, 4:90, “12-00 eine “S90, 8 SE OD mn. inte between Baltimore and 2 :3U and T4230 p.m is oe for W. BO, *2:30 “S16, *S for Washineto: “4:15, *500, rains leave Philadelj 229, “21:10 @.am, Ts e 20pm. For Atlantic City 4:00am. and 12:00 noon. Sum days 4:00 8 ia a Except Sunday. Sunday and Mou Baxyaxe call at CHAS. 0. BC 4. T. ODELL, General Mauayer, IEDMONT AIR LINE Schedule ineflect “PTEMBER 2, 1889, 3:30 a. ta.—bast Leunessee Mail, dai ton, Gordousviile, Chariuttesvilie, statious between Alexundria ad ir Vile, Chattanooye an Sleeper Wastiuyton to Memplis. 11-244. m,—Fast mail daily for Warrenton, Chas teaville, Stations Chesapeake aud Ouio Houte, neh Kocky Mount, Danville aud Stations between yhebburx aud Dabville, Greeusbory, isal- Asheville, Charlotte, Columbia, Awzyanta, iam, Moutsomery, Ne Urlenug Nora ts + Pullin omery to New Orleans," Puliiung, oro’ to Columbia and Augusta. Palit Sleepers Washington to Ciucmuati vie C. aud J. 3S p. m.—Daily, except Sunday, for Manassaa Stragbune and interibediate statue” 225 p. m.—Duilly via Lyucuburg, Bristol and Clst- tapoowa. Vestibule Sleepers Washington 9 us, connectLug thence for all Arkansas pulule, Also Wanlington to New Orica 9:40 p.m —Western Exyrem, daily for Mavasasy Culpeper, Ursnge, Chariottesvilic, Stuunton, Lou Tle Cinclunatt, Pullwan Vertvuic train W untliagtom ee with aka na shoe =a for wiki 200 p. m.—Southern Express daily tor Lyweuburg, Danville, Maivigls | Asheville, “Cuariotte, Goluiibia, A Aan! lonteomery, New Orleans, |exaa, jorlia. Linas Vestibule Car Washington New Orleans, via AUiauta abd Montwomery. Pullman Bieeper Washington to Birmingham, Ala., Vie AUsuts and Georgia Pocine Kallway ‘Trains on Washington aud Ohio division leave Wash- 9:00 azn. dally excess Sunday, and 4 Gully; arrive Kound Hill 11:0 au. and 7 ret leave Kound Hill 6:06 ain, daily &: : p.1. daily except Sunday, arriving Washington 5.30 Ain. and 2:53 p.m, “Tieke f harassed, and ear reservation snd Checked at office, 1300 Peun- Peuusyive- cets. 1. TAYLOR, Gen. Pass. Avent. _POTOMAC RI VER BOATS information Mor ¥ ERNON teamer W. W. CORCORAN, Capt. L. I. Biska, leaves 7th st. wharf daily (excopt Sunday) for Mount on, eBVing at LO Ru, reaching Wanuiaxton abuus 3°30 p.m, Pare, round py 1, includaug eduuienoa We wrounds and mansion, wold ALY ORFOLE INE. D J POINT AND THE SOUTH, Steamer Lady of the Lake, fram th-st, wharf, Tass @ay, Thursday, aud Suvday, 5 p.m. Steamer Geo. Leary, 7th-st. whart, Monday, Wednesday, aud Bp, toaivers stop at Taney Point, Pere 01 oo Lake, Tel call 4: Leary, 40-5, ‘my iz POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. NEW IKON STEAMEK “WALEFTELD" ot pentroet wharf ob MUNDALS THURSDAEB and SATURDAYS at 7 a.m. TUESDA’ KIDAYS and SUNDAYS p. 1, touching at Kiver srdtown, Ma, Connects with Band Oi iat Bienen ‘hee schedule. JOHN BF ca CW. AUDLEY, Manager. ee SPO*ERBRETAR LER LLOYD 8 8.00. Sy iaiteek SS Ba Soc cas pee ae