Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1890, Page 8

Ft CRUISING IN CANOES. How An Autuma Outing May Be Pleasurably Spent. THE COST OF AN OUTFIT. Hiem From an Experienced Navigator— ‘The Division of Camp Work—What ts Written for Taz EVENING Stam ANOEING is becoming more and more popular every year. The meets of the various clubs not oniy attract scores of isitors, but, through the medium of the ‘press, they arouse interest in the sub- Ject all over the country. Wherever there is a river or s lake there the American youth is bound, sooner or later, to try s little canoeing aa an experiment. and the chances are that he becomes a confirmed canoeist. It is for the benefit of this young man particularly that we publish the following useful article by Mr. C. B Vaux, the well-known authority on canoe- ing: The man who truly enjoys canoeing as a Fecreation will journey alone rather than stay prosaically at home. The pleasure of a trip is more than doubled ifa friend accompanies one —in another canoe. The perfect cruising party WASHING DISHES, therefore all perishable goods must be kept dry. Adl the duds should be so fastened in the canoe that in case a capsize does occur—and it is sure to come at the most inconvenient time— nothing can be lost, and then it is a matter of little consequence. The paddle must be held on to, whatever occurs. If it is lost the trip must come to an untimely end. Each man must be supplied with a plate, knife, fork, spoon and cup. which he washes and carries in hiscanoe. ‘The party need a frying pan, broiler, pot for boiling vegetables in, small pail for coffee water, French coffee pot, stew pan and double-decker (one vessel within the other) for oatmeal, prunes, apple sauce, a milk pail, pail (or sausage skins) for butter, pepper and salt boxes, a water-tight fruit jar with screw top, to carry plenty of matches, a small ax and fire irons, if an open fire isto be used. Those things and the provisions are evenly divided up among all three, so that carries his share of the common load. Sugar, coffee, tea, oatmeal, dried apples, prunes, fower and similar articles are put in muslin bags having puckering strings at top. All of these small bags are placed in a larze waterproof one when not in use. Rubber bags, large enough for clothing, blankets or pro- visions, can be got at the rubber goods stores, During rainy weather it is always well to carry a little dry kindling wood in the canoes to avoid delay in starting a-camp fire. An open fire for cooking should bea small one. The oN \ ‘Song for earrying canoe? is three in three canoes. The fact that each man navigates bis own boat, carries all his own belongings and enjoys perfect freedom insures good feeling during the trip under try- ing circumstances. ‘There are many ties to bind the men together—the frying pan being wot the leastamong them. One set of cooking Utensils is enough for all, equally divided smong the three, and, as a meal cannot be cooked unless all are present at roll call, a mutual agreement is sure to result when a camp site is under discussion. The majority rales, and with three in the party the odd man must obey the dictates of the others. ‘The camp work naturally divides itself into cooking. the procuring of supplies, fire wood and water and dish washing. Each man in turn assumes these duties. or agrees to do one of them all the time. if he has a natural apti- tude that way. When bis work is over each man can attend to his personal wants, bed mak- ing. putting up his tent and the like. It is foolish to start on a canoe cruise alone without having had a previous canoe and camp experience, as the discoinforts will become simply unbearable. The wise novice accompa- nies two experienced cruisers on his first trip and learns the ropes gradually and without suffering abject torture half the time. A little experience is absolutely necessary before a eruise is undertaken, as even the simple work of paddling {s very tiring to untrained muscles. ‘The man who cannot swim should remain at bome until he learns, or seek his recreation on ary land. The first necessity of a canoeist’s outfit is naturally a cnnos. Canoes are not “to let.” and one must be bought or borrowed—the latter be- UNDER SAIL. fire irons are placed over it and cooking ves- sels rest on fa Meat should be broiled when the fire has burned down to a bed of live coals, It is an art to so arrange the cooking that the “long” and “short” stock of meal is all ready and hot at one time. Dish water is put on to heat while the meal is being eaten, Two hot meals a day are enongh on a cruise— breakfast and dinner; Iunch can be taken cold, and thus save ‘abor and time. Assmall tent over the cockpit of the canoe (securely and firmly placed on shore) affords shelter for the might and keeps reptiles and insects at a respectful distance. ‘This tent is made of waterproof canvas or oiled muslin. It is supported at the ends by sticks (or the halves of the paddle) stepped in the mast tube: The cost of cruising is about 50 cents a da; nty-five dollars will pay for an outtit, ra y fares, provisions and a few luxuries for a two weeks’ trip, not including the original cost of the canoe. The constant surprises, the difficulties to be conquered and the pleasures of exploration are but a few of the attractions tiat canoe cruising haa for those who have a bit of the spirit of adventure in them. It costs little, benefits health, adds strength and vigor to the whole body, occupies the mind constantly and is capable of furnishing rare sport to those who have the grit to thoroughly master the details, C. B. Vaux. soe BIRTH OF THE MINT JULEP. A Traveler Initiated a Farmer With Dis- astrous Results. From the St. Louis Republic. Mint juleps are the most refreshing beverags known to modest drinkers this very warm weather. There is much demand for the ea- sence of the sweet-smelling leaf, but of all those who smack their lips after tasting the de- licious mixture there are few that know the origin of the very pleasing drink. Some years ago when passing by a farm in the state of Kentucky a traveler stopped at the farmer's house on the roadside. and, getting off his horse, asked the smiling old lord of the big estate if he could have a glass of water. “Why, yes,” was the reply, ‘‘and maybe you would not object to a little of the good old stuff in it.” “Fot a bit, my friend,” answered the traveler and the old man went to supply the wants of the weary rides. While on his mission of char- ity the traveler's nasal organ came in contact with the sweet odor that emanated from a large bed of mint in an adjoining kitchen garden, and on receiving a glass of clear spring water with a bumper of “genuine old grog” thrown in, asked his benefactor if he would not kindly give him a bunch of the mint. He got it and dipped it into his glass several times until nicely flavored, and then drank. The old gentleman was surprised and asked what in the name of heaven he had done that r, to which the thankful traveler replied by asking if he would permit him to mix one for him. The farmer consented, and after drink- ing smacked his lips and said “Grand!” The traveler continued on his way after thanking his host for the hospitality shown him, having mixed the first mint julep heard of. Four years later he passed the sume way again and stopped at the same old farmer's house for a glass of water. Instead of his old friend he was met at the door by an old lady ing a difficult thing to do and generally unsat- isfactory when accomplished. — Leaving out of the count racing canoes and big sailing boats built for open water cruising, there are two general classes to choose from—-the open Cana- ian and decked cruiser. A light open boat is best for shallow water, rapids, camping in the Woods and on cruises where the canoe has to be curried over land around falls or through the woods from lake to lake. Either the single or double blade paddle may be used. These Boats cost in Canada from #20 to $30 and one third the cost must be added to the price here for duty. Small open canoes are made by Dutiders on this sids of the border weighing from 10 to 30 pounds that cannot be improved Upon for some kinds of cruising. * A good @ecked canoe weighing from 60 to 100 pounds an* costing about #100 now is the best boat for river, lake and rapids, when it is often to lift the boat out of the an obstruction. Excellent second-hand eanoes of this variety can be obtained for much lesa i ly-bordered cap. “May I have from members of cauoe clubs who every | “ering 8 nice! ~ 4 now and then get a bad attack of the racing | “iss Of water , Ma'am?” jabba fever and part with good cruisers for nominal tranger, as he drank a glass of pl ‘Well, you see, about four years ago a stranger passed this aud taught my poor husband how to drink Wags in it. He never drank his at without grass in it and when died.” —+0.- = The World’s Diamonds. From the Boston Post, The world’s stock of diamonds has increased enormously in the last fifteen years. In 1876 the output of the African mines was about 1,500,000 carats, last year it was over 4,000,000, and the great “trust” which controls all the principal mines assert that they have 16,000,- 000 carats ‘in sight” at the present time. Mean- tame the demand for diamonds has wonderfully increased, and they are higher today—partly because of the “trust,” but also because of in- creased demands—than they were a year or two ago. In one respect the diamond industry is different from almost all others. Its pro- duct—that is, of gems—is never “consumed.” Prices. The personal ont&t for a cance cruise is a Simple one and consists of one coat (rarely worn except on shore), two pairs of trouser: two flannel shirts, two suits of undercloth four pairs of socks, two pairs of shoes—rubber. Soled canvas or leather—one hat, a suit of oil whisky with Of gold and silver a much larger amount than most ae would beliove is literally consu: in the ar! ut a reat stock, and it is 4 CANOR TENT AND “DUFFLE.” tocome upon the mar! tkins for rainy weather, and a few handker- ebiefs. A complete change of clothing is kept in a rubber bag tied up water tight and stowed away in the canoe hold ready for use in ease of awetting from rain or an unlucky capsize. A double-bladed paddle nine feet long, Jomted in the middle, is the instrument ef locomotion. The canceist must travel “light,” and therefore every article he car- fies should serve more than one pi en advancing prices, is an index of how much of its surplus earnings it can afford to expend yesrly in this particular form of luxury. ‘The romanée of diamond mining is ali gone. It is now a matter of excavating vast beds of blue clay by machinery, becsgape 3 itand sifting out the yp Becmere 9 which, after being roughly sorted for size, are sold in bulk by weight. a bien yg et Sf offense | The men who do the actual work are as the canoe up a rapid. A. four-foor.| and their pay w proportionately Hypnotizes Her Converts. Two St. Louis physicians have appealed to the mayor to stop the religious revival now in and 4 life preserver in case of necessity at any time. The most comfortable night dress isa suit of flannel pajamas, and they can be worn also on hot days when away from settlements, Only barbarians sleep in day clothes, A sleeping bag is the best covering at night, as it ives the maximum amount of warmth for its —_— and bulk. It should also be kept ina rubber bag when not in use aired every day gunned, as it should be a part when the cruiser is on shore. It is of the ‘Btmost im to ki the night covering Perfectly Try for health aud comtent A 3 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON Neem BOLIVIAN TROOPERS. ———__ Warriors Who Array Themselves in Brilliant Colors, —_— STORIES OF THE SOLDIERS. —_—eo— Standard Benrers in the Past and Pres- ent—How Gen. “elgarejo Ruled His Men—Starting His Army for France— A Tribe of Hand-Painted Indians, a Correspondence of Taz EvENte STaR. La Paz, Borrvia, Jaly 80. NA LAND whose institutions are upheld by force of arms alone soldiers are nec- ily s prominent feature, and in La Paz, since the late revolutionary troubles, they seem more numerous than ever. The rebel army, by the way, discouraged by the lack of funds and the refusal of the bank to cash Gen. Camacho'’s worthless check for $60,000, has temporarily disbanded, and for some weeks past a sort of armed peace bas pre- vailed. The rebels, however, are orly biding their time, waiting the opportunity to spring upon the government in some unguarded mo- ment, like @ very small kitten upon very large mouse, in which event there is no telling what the result may be. Military parades are always frequent here, doubtless with a view to impressing the people with their powers, but now hardly a day goes by withouta grand display of cavalry and infan- try, rank and file, evoluting around and around the plaza, Martial music is continually in the air. At stated intervals during every day a company of soldiers comes sweeping down the hill from one barrack or up the hill from an- other, marching behind a brass band in full toot and halting before the president's casa, where they render a selection or two for the delectation of the people. It is only the cere- mony of guard mounting, and although it oc- curs every few hours, year in and year out, it is invariably attended by the samo flourish of musio and musketry. Besides all this it has been the custom from time immemorial to have military music in front of the palacio two nights in every week and on the evenings of most flesta days, when three bands stationed in a row play alternately, each musician with a soldier before him, whose back serves as a rack for the score, while gaily caparisoned officers off duty swarm like mosquitoes and crowds of people promenade around and around the plaza, GUNS STOCKED IN CHURCH. All the soldiers are obliged to attend mass on Sunday mornings, “clean shirt day,” as it is irreverently called, and an interesting sight it is to see them come marching in with shining ts over their shoulders, each division headed by its officers. They’ completely fill the body of the church and the sound of the organ is drowned by the biare of trumpets, Ata signal arms are presented, down goes every musket upon the stone fioor with a thud whick shakes the building and then the men stand motionless as statues until the proper time comes to fall upon their knees, In the Bolivian army a great variety of uni- form is noticeable, each ofliccr having appar- ently been allowed to exercise bis own taste in the equipment of his company and amazingly have their individual faucies swung out in the matter of personal adoraments. There are suits in gray and gold, in black and gold, in blue and gold. in blue and red, in black and blue, in gray and black; others all red, all gray, all blue; and caps of various shapes and colors in the same regiment. Some of the officers wear long doubled-caped overcoats of scarlet cloth, others gray cloaks not unlike those of Franciscan friars, and others the graceful satin-lined circulars of black broadclot acteristic of Spanish hidalgoes. The “Presi- dent's Guards,” whom we see careering about the city in gorgeous array, are, of course, the crack regiment—in dress and demeanor as far removed as the antipodes from the shabby, bare-footed common soldiers The cavalry make the finest display, the officers on power- ful white horses, a thousand men clad in scar- let from top to toe, and riding as only South Americans can. Without disparaging the valor of Bolivian soldiers their generat get-up reminds one of an historic inciden’ which may perhaps illustrate their character. It was many years ago, in some fracas between Peru and Bolivia, when the armies of the two countries rushed forth to battle with banners flying. So spiendidly ar- rayed were they and so stunning an appear- ance did they make that when one beheid the other both sides turned tail and fled in contu- sion. Gathering courage at jength, the rival generals, with such men as they couldraliy, returned to face one another, keeping at re- spectful dist nce and talking through trumpets, when, after considerable parleying, the wat was declared “‘off,” both armies marched home in triumph with flags unfurled, and to this day the local historians of both countries chronicle their side as victorious, In connection with the difficulty of placing Bolivi soldiers according to their uniform it may be mentioned that her armies are com- posed of about as many officers as men. From time immemorial it has been the object of ruling powers to render the military loyal to the government through pride of self-interest, if not from patriotism. Thus we see corporals flourishing about in toggery of colonels, with pay to correspond, and the leader of one of the bands wears the full uniform of a general and receives the honors and emoluments per- taining to the latter position. AN INTERESTING OLD HERO. One of the most distinguished warriors Bolivia has produced was Gen. Melgarejo, who appears to have been as original in character as he was fearless and determined. Evidently he was designed for those feudal times that have long goue by, and his methods would not be tolerated today in any civilized land. At one time he lived in the big house at the north- east corner of the central plaza of La Paz, which is now the residence of the bishop. He was extremely fond of “the rosy,” which in his case not only cheered but inebriuted. One day when he had been entertaining a foreign min- ister and had imbibed considerably more than was prudent he boasted that his troops were the best drilled in the world and absolutely infallible in the accuracy of their movements. The statement being received by t guest with polite in- credulity, Melgarojo ordered up a company to dri!l in the patio of his house, After many curious and before unheard-of evolutions he formed them single file nnd marched them up into the second-story front room where the minister and himself had lately breakfasted, opened a window dircctls in front of the line and gave the order “March!” Having no order to hait, every man, accoutred as he was,stalked straight through the window aud off the bal- cony, a drop of 15 feet or more, to the curbing below, A lot of broken bones was the con- sequence, but the general’s “discipline” was roved beyond cavil, the unfortunate soldiers Enowing that to falter or to disobey meant int stant death, Melgarejo had some French blood in his veins and was very fond of the land of his an- cestors. On the night that news was re in Bolivia of war huving been declared b; France si Germany, in I871,he w: hour, more than “half seas ove: and at midnight assembled all the troops to arms in the plaza with orders to march, but ‘ith no hint as to their destination. alarm possessed the people. who.naturally im- agined that some dire poril threatened them from foreign foes. At length Melgarejo him- self app mounted on the famous steed “Holofernes,” which had carried him to many victories, notably those of Socabya, Yanacocha, Igart, Iruga and Montenegro, ‘The great cap- tain general of Bolivia's army, who was also general of the division of Chili and wearer of the badge of the Imperial Order of the Cross of Brazil, a rare distinction, en- titling him to be ever afterward known as “Grand Cross, Melgarejo,” halted in front of his brave men nd addressed them, with voice of thunder, with these memorable words: “Soldiers, the integrity of France is threatened by Prussia. Whoever threatens France threat- ens civilization and liberty. I am going to protect the French, who are our best friends, and whom I love as my own countrymen, You are going across the ocean with me. If there is not @ vessel in readiness we will swim to meet one; but let every man take care not to wet bis munition.” Neither officers, men nor citizens dared ven- ture a word of it, ity and up the mountain leads oun thi D.-C.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. man, some of them terrible enough to curdle the blood in one's veins. That be was not al- ‘the b: tio of Tetaaian, in a 7 of a e january on which occasion hisurmy routed the iodine: tional forces under Gen. Castro Arguedas, In the midst of the field, with the dead and dying around him, the victorious jo, using a dru toric proc- gin! “Men of Bolivia! The smoke of gunpowder has purified the political atmosphere.” A many prisoners had been taken; among them number of promi- nent officers. They were confined to the prison of Loreto, that place of somber memories where, a few years before, the ex- ident of the republic, Jorje Cordova, and political associates were sacrificed. by the ferocity of the commander of the department, Col. Placido Yanes, whose name, meaning “tranquil,” does not seem to have been very well applied. On the day after the battle Melgarejo, mounted on horseback, made his way to the plaza of Loreto and ordered all the —— to be brought before him and placed inarow. Knowing the character of the man this order was received by the prisoners as their death sentence, and the people of the place, overcome with terror, expected to wit- ness a horrible scene of bloodshed and ven- geance. The ayes were filed out, among them many of Melgarejo’s army, who had fled from bis stern rul joined the enemy on the day of battle. When the row was formed, every wretch expecting instant death, Gen. Melga- rejo approached and contemplated thom with @ gaze that froze the blood in their veins. He said: ‘So these are my opponents; these are the curs who thought to conquer Melgarejo! Away with you, ye vermin, ye offscouring! Blink back to your homes and return not 40 seek quarrels with me, Dedicate your misera- ble lives in the future to the service of your families. Away with you, ye corajo dema- gogues!” (Corajo is the worst swear word in the Spanish language.) It is needless to add that the prisoners skedaddled, flecing through the streets in all directions like so many frightened deer, fearin; that the great general might change his min before they were out of reach. Melgarejo then took up his position in the village of Viache, where, in the public square, he signed upon a cannon the celebrated decree of convocation which assembled « national convention in the following August. He then and there an- nounced his intention to make a triumpbal entry into the city of La Paz mounted, not on his stately Holofernes, but astride the same cannon on which he had written the decree, and he actually carried out the program to the astonishment and terror of the inhabitants. GROTESQUE INDIANS, We have been much interested of late in ac- counts of the Yuracares, a tribe of wild Indians who inhabit the eastern frontier of Bolivia. They wear but one garment, a sort of shirt made from the bark of a tree, the bark being beaten thin until it resembles cloth. They paint ‘hese shirts in all kinds of grotesque fi , using bright colors extracted from vario! plants, On state occasions the cacique also wears a pig tail made from the shells of nuts, the backs of green beetles and gay feathers from parrots and macaws; besides which he and all his people further enhance their beauty by painting black rings around their arms and legs. One would think that nature had made them dark enough, but they evidently enter- tain a different opinion and make ase of a kind of fruit which looks like an apple, which, when rubbed on the skin, turns it black as ink. Then they redden their cheeks with tke juice of a berry and paint scarlet rings around the eyes and mouth, From each car a silver coin is suspended; around the neck Isa string of beads and berries with a bird's wing or claw of some wild animal for apendant. As a proof that they are rather proud of their appearance, each curries a bag containing a few articles for use in adorning himself, a comb raade from thougs of the palm tree, a quantity of the berries and fruit for painting the skin black and red,a pair of Pincers (which are nothing but two mussel shells) for pulling outany supertiuousbair that makes its appearance, a snuff box made from a snail shell and the musical instrument of which he is most fond—the polished bone froma stork’s leg or that of a monkey, which, being round and hollow, answers very well for'a flute or whistle, especially as it is noise he desires and not a tune, The chief sustenance of these Indians is chicha made of the cassava root (yucca), boiled and then partly chewed by the women, after which it is mashed between stones and left to ferment. On the third day it becom little sharp in taste, which quality increases as the fermentation proceeds. Its consistency and appearance are much like mashed potatoes, and to prepare it for drinking a lump the size of your fist is taken in adirty hand and kneaded in a gourd of water until well mixed. ‘Then all the coarser fiber which flonts on the surface is removed with the fingers and the beverage is considered “fit for the gods.” Those who have so far overcome their natural prejudice agains the fangs and fiugers of the squaws as to taste it report that it is both palatable and wholesome, “GOOD ENOUGH FOR ANYBODY,” Ican testify from experience that the civil- ized chicha of Peru and Bolivia, the universal beverage of the lower class good enough for unybody. There are many ways of making it in different parts of South America. That most common in the two countries above men- tioned is from shelled corn, well washed and bruised, then tied up in leaves and boiled ten or twelve hours until quite soft. ‘This puipy matter is then run through coarse sieves and put into barrels, which are filled up with water. Mieb! (honey) or sugar-cane sirup 1s then added in varying degrees to suit the taste of the chicha maker, and after a few days of formentation it is ready to drink. Another and perhaps more common method isto put the shelled corn, uncooked, into large, square holes dug in the ground not deeper than six or eight inches, the top and bottom being weil covered with a layer of clean straw. Water is then poured on several times every day and in the course of a week or two the corn begins to sprout. When these shoots have grown about an inch iong the corn is taken out, crushed between stones, put into barrels and fermented with water and honey as before. Chicha is not intoxicating unless taken in inordinate quantities, but is mildly exhilarating, and among the poorer classes in @ measure takes the place of food, It is the fashion among los ricos and the foreigners to treat one another to picante luncheon—mean- ing native cishes made very hot with peppers and aji, cooled by goblets of chicha. Farmer B, Wanp. A Good Census Yarn. From the Pall Mall Gazette. Apropos of the coming census, a contempo- rary is reminded of an old story which went the round of the last census period. During the taking of the census in India in 1831, in a district in the Central Provinces, some of tribes took fright and ran away. The district officer finally induced their head men to listen to explanations. Relying on the fact that wagers of various kinds figure oxtensiveiy in nodes folklore, he solemnly assured them that the queen of England and the empress of Rus- sia, having quarreled as to which ruled over the most subjects, had laid a big beton the point. He went on to explain that the census was being taken in order to scttle the bet, and he warned his hearers in @ spirited peroration that, if they staid in the jungle and refused to be counted, the queen would lose her mone: and they would be disgraced forevel nimak-haram, or traitors to their salt, The ite Purpose and the tribes came in, Heard in a Furnishing Store. “Good morning, madam! “I wish to see some men's shirts,” “For yourself?” “For your brother?” “The size is thirteen and a half,” “Young man?” “About my age.” “Of course I would not dere——” “Nineteen.” ty ts kind of ashirt does your brother 1?” “Oh, something that sets up well around the neck—something jaunty.” jaunty? For your brother?” I know what ™ want—I mean, what he ink this cheviot will about fit him.” ‘tee this fit?” is, if your you would like to—that ther would like to try it on—why——' ‘Wrap it up!” z anything else?” “Yes, @ four-in-hand—blue.” “How does this strike you?” “Do you think it would “ahr” “Pebawi" (Exit.) — p99 _____ Time Works Wonders, “And so you will be seven next week, setae ay: you are getting to be quite an A GENTLEMAN TOPER. HARD RIDING IN THE EAST. SCENES IN TOMBSTONE, Never Intoxicated, but Never Completely | Some Feats That Have Been Done by | Decay of the Once Famous Arizona Sil< Sober. Tartare. ‘EE DISCOURSES TO A STAR REPORTER OX THE ART OF DRINKING—HE THINKS THIS A DEOEN- BRATR DAT—HIS DAILY PROGRAM—AN ASTOR- ISHING CAPACITY FOR ABSORPTION. — KENTUCKY gentleman, sab,” said the old general, drawing his tall per- sonup with dignity as he stood, giass jim hand, before the bar, ‘makes a study en connoisseur of the art of drinking— anart, sah, which is shamefully neglected now- adays, by gad! In this commerctal age such un- ceasing activity is exercised in pursuit of the elu- sive dollah that aman who expects to sustain the competition and getalong in the world is really obliged to keep sober nearly all of the time. That beautiful old fashion of a century ago, sanctified by hundreds of years of hospitable Practice,which made it the fashion for the host to gently strive with his guests at dinner over the wine cup until both he and they had to be dragged out from under the table and carried up to bed by the servants in the small hours has fallen almost wholly into disuse. Actually in our day—or rather I should say your day, my boy—a young gentleman is considered to be disgraced if a little over-exercise of the elbow incidental to an interchange of courtesies with his friends has rendered him percepti steady on his pins. By gad! it’s a fact, though you'd scarce credit it. It reminds me of a story my friend Col. Jaybird was telling me the other day about a bummer who saw a Salvation A Procession passing, witha banner that re: “We bend the knee, but not the elbow.’ W! the bummer said was: ‘I never did believ that demmed habit of drinkin’ out of the bung- hole.’ But you must see for yourself that gen- eral social intercourse, which in all ages of the civilized world has been more or less on an al. coholic basis, must suffer in the quality of its results by reason of the abandonment toa great extent of stimulants. Why, do you know, young clergyman of no condition by birth and without parts worth mentioning had the impu- dence to ask me one day lust week for the hand of m youngest daughter. Suid I in reply: “I would like to inquiah, sah, on what you base your demand for my ‘daughter in mar- riage?” “That posed him just alittle, but*he man- aged to stammer out: “I have $1,200 @ year, general, and no bad habits.’ “Such bad habits as what, sah?” I asked. “I drink nothing, at all events,” he said. _ ‘Drink nothing!” Ireplied, “And do you imagine that that will serve as a recommenda- tion to me? In my time, sah, it was considered the thing for a young man to have a few gen- tlemanly vices, and even a sucking parson did not despise a share in a flask of good Bourbon or Veen of wine without arubber nipple on it.” “So I did all but kick the clergyman out of the door. But the ouly thing bothering me now is that my daughter is determined to marry him, and I suppose I shall be compelled to yield sooner or later, THE ART OF DRINKING. “But to return to what I was saying about the artof drinking. In its highest develop- ment its first principle consists in not becom- ing intoxicated. It is worth while to havea sort of program when one is really drinking and not merely toying with the flowing bowl, “For instance, to begin with, suppose that I wake up at my country house in the morning after a slight over-indulgence in stimulants the night before. The first thing I ask for isa bottle of ice-cold beer. Persons less experi- enced in the art of drinking than 1 would howl for a cocktail at once; but that would be alto- gether inconsistent with propriety in such matters. Acool bath, not too coid, is the proper thing next, and thereupon a second bot- Ue of beer. An hour's lounge naturaily follows, and that in turn is succeeded by a well-con- structed Manhattan cocktail, compounded of whisky and vermouth, Then I have my 2 make for mean elaborate toilet, which is in itsel{ refreshing. About 12:30 p.m. I get down to breakfast and swallow a second cocktail, likewise prepared by my mat “At breakfast I do not use more than two wines—a sound Bordeaux and some good Sau- terne, with a bottle of polly water for a fresl- ener. ‘The breakfast itsclf must be highly seasoned—a steak, achop or a grilled bone, with fried potatoes and black coffee. After breakfast I am ready to take two or three drinks of meliow whisky, not less than seven yeurs old, with water and a cigarette for an ac- companiment, Then I am ready for a ride or drive, in the course of which I drop in at the houses of friends and partake of what they may give me in the way of juleps and soon. Re- turning home I swallow a plain whisky cocktail, go tomy room, and make, with the aid of my ian, another elaborate toilet. THE EVENING'S PLEASURE, “Coming down stairs in my dress coat and linen I take still another cocktail as a prepara- tion for dining. This makes mo feel entirely well and I am in my best mood for entertain- ing my guests conversationally, while I keep myself up to the mark during'the repast by taking my share of sherry, claret, champagne, port, liqueurs and brandy to top off with. “At 10:30 p.m. the ladies go to bed and I re- tire with the other men to the smoking room. The only things in the way of refreshments wanted there are cigars, whisky and a bottle of apollinaris. I am then prepared to converse until 1:30 a.m., taking doses of whisky and | water at intervals of halfan hour. About 1:30 is naturally proposed something to eat, which naturally “serves as a superstencture for more whi I turn in at 3:30 am. or thereabout "and get up the next morning between 10 and 11, prepared to repeat the course. This can be kept up with agreeableness for two weeks, and [ can con- scientiously gay that during that period I have not been really intoxicated once and at the same time I have not been sober for one mo- After two weeks of it I am likely to feel |, but Ihave lived. Ina fortnight of such convivial indulgence it may be justly said that aman can see more, experience more and go through more phases of emotion and of thought than 2 teetotaler can accomplish in a lifetime. Such was the philosophy of the fine old En- glish gentleman, which so well deserves imita- ton.” —>—_— Hans Makart’s Lovely Model. From the London Daily News, A widow charged at Vienna the other day with throwing a wine bottle at a man’s head, to his serious injury, appealed to the mercy of the magistrate on the ground of her destitute condition, She told the following story of her life: She said she had been called “the beau- tiful Emily,” and was the famous model who posed for several of Hgns Makart’s largest mythological pictures. Afterward she had mar- ried a well-to-do manufacturer, whom taught to be idle and fond of luxury, so that at his death she was left penniless. She had ince lived by writing letters to benevolent ladies and gentle: describing her destitute position, which was such that she had not often amealor a fire and never arag to put upon her back. She was especially animated in m- forming the court that, while she generally ob- tained some sort of help, a lady had once writ- ten to her that she did not give clothes to peo- ple who had been so long accustomed to go without. The ex-beauty seemed to take this asan insult to her former profession. The court was moved by her destitute condition to mit her sentence to one week's imprisonment. ———— - ee The Influence of Telegraph on Diction. From the Jewish Tidings, Somewhere I read long ago that the ever- growing practice of telegraphing was under- mining the grammar and the literature of America, Though I believe that the literatare America, especially of the United States, is but just begun—barring, of course, some notable instances in the earlier history of our country, candidly confess that in the nature of the brevity of the telegrams there is somethii which tells against pure diction and soun ammar. I was in receipt only last week of a ter from a well-known editorial writer on a Now York newspaper. The language of raphy was as discerned as though the epistle had been written on a Western Union Bhat. “Toure received,” “will write again,” rpg Pal of ? ars this tions same,” are some ex well-trained writer allowed toslip from his peu. investigate. Ot ahs nid co ae cna ingurance,” she ‘From the Galveston News, During the last century, when long journeys, called riding posts, were much wn vogue in Europe among the aristocracy and wealthy sporting men, a match was made between Mr. Shafts and Mr. Maywell for 1,000 guineas, Mr. Shafts to find a man who would ride 100 — per day for twenty-seven, conpequtite There was great deal of mbne'y'bot ti ‘Thile thing, principally against it boing done. It was well known, however, that distances of 800 to 1,200 or even 1,500 miles had frequently been covered at the rate of from 100 to 120 or even 150 miles per diem, but the knowing ones thought that the enormous distance of 2,700 miles at 100 por would be likely to break suy horseman down. Nevertheless, Mr. John Woodcock, who was selected to ride by Mr. Shafts, performed the feat without any extra fatigue or punishment. He used thirty horses and rode three or four of them each day. In Turkey the sultan's mails and dispatches from outlying provinces used to be carried by Tartars riding post, with relays of horses changed every 20 or 30 miles, and are now in some parts of the country where telegraph bas notzbeon established. The same man in charge went the whole distance; these couriers would often perform great feats of endurance. From Bagdad to Constautinople 600 miles, not over a level or rolling prairie, but frequently crossing mountain ranges, along precipices, across torrents, &c., and there is not « mile of made road ¢! whole way, yet the dimary time the Tartars took to perform the distance was a fortnight, and on urgent occasions it has been done in twelve days, ard even in eleven days. There is no doubt whatever about this, be- cause the route through Asia Minor, from’ the Persian Gulf, was in former days, before the Red Sea route was established, often used by officers and others who did not mind rough travel and were in a hurry to get home or to = out to India, and they often rode with the ‘artars from end to end, besides which the British resident at Bagdad, or rather the resi- dency, was.for more than a century in the habit of transmitting dispatches from India to Constantinople and Europe by these same car- riers. As much as 159 ais per day has often been done for eight or ten days by the Tartars. They only rested four hours out of the twentr— four, and pushed on the rest of the time ata rate of 6 to 10 miles an hour, A zatrensncuntnn en THE FIRST CHEW OF TOBACCO. How It Feels for a Boy to Try to Bs a Man Too Suddenly. W. D. Howells in Harpers’ Young People. The boy said it was @ peculiar kind of to- bacco, and was known as molasses tobacco, because it was so sweet. The other boys did not ask how he came to know its name or where he got it—boys never ask anything that would be well for them to know—but they accepted his theory and his further statement thet it was of amildness singularly adapted to learners without misgivings. Tho boy was himselt chewing vigorously on @ large quid, and launching the juice from his lips right and left like a grown person, and my boy took as large a bite as his benefactor bade him. He found it as sweet ashe bad been told it was, and he ackuowledged the aptness of its name of molassos tobacco. It seemed to him a golden opportunity to acquire a noble habit on easy terms. He bet the quid rest in his check, as he bad seen mon do, when he was not crushing it between his teeth, aud for some minutes he poled his plank up and down the canal boat with a sense of triumph that nothing marred. Then ail of a sudden he began to feel pale. The boat seemed to be going round and the sky wheeling overhead, The sun was dodging about very strangely. Drops of sweat burst from the boy's forehead; he let fall his pole and said that ne thought he would go home. The fellow who gave him the tobacco began to laugh and the other fellows to mock, but my boy did not mind them. Somehow—he did not know how—he got out of the canal boat and started homeward, but at every step the round rose as high as his knecs before Ein, and then, when he got his foot high enough and began to put it down, the ground was not there. He was deathly sick, as he reeled and staggered on, and when he reached home and showed himself, white and hag- gard, to his frightened mother, he bad scarcely strength enough to gasp out @ confession of his attempt to retrieve the family honor by learning to chew tobacco. In another moment nature came to lus relief, and then he fell into deep sleep which lasted the whole afternoon, that it seemed to him the next day when he woke up, glad to fiid himself alive, if not very lively. Per! he had swallowed some of the poi- sonous juice of the tobacco; perbaps it had acted upon his brain without that. His father made no very close inquiries into the facts, and he did not forbid him the use of tobacco. It was not necessary; in that one little experi- ment he had got enough fora whole lifetime. It shows that after alla boy is not so hard to setisty in everything. see. Sweating Feet. From Good Housekeeping. There is another affection of the feet not quite so general as the above, which is, never- theless, quite as aggravating, and in some re- spects more annoying, and that is sweating. If there is simply a tendency to perspiration, frequent bathing and changes of foot-wear will be especially necessary. In such cases the ad- dition of a smali quantity of ammonia to the water will be found beneficial, and if there is excessive tenderness—which is very apt to be the case—weak alum water may be applied. An application of cologne, bay rum or diluted atcohol is also helpful. Powdered chalk and starch are also recommended, especially w! there is a tendency to chafe and blister. Where perspiration is attended with an of- fensive odor the problem is more difficult of solution, In addition tothe treatment above indicated the use of a disinfectant must be quite often resorted to, and for this purpose either boracic acid or permanganate of potash shouldbe used. An ounce of the former toa quart of water will give about the right strongth, and of the permanganate 20 grains to the ounce of watex Of course only cotton hose should be worn. The feet of these may be dipped in the solution and dried before wear- ing, changing daily or oftener, as circum- stances may require; but, }, a better way is to wear cork insoles whic! been immersed in the liquid and dried, changing as often as necessary. External! clexnliness iv no relief for chronic malodor ‘of the feet, but something may be gained by avoiding in the diet such articles as fish, cheese, onions, and others of a like nature. In connection with the dietetic treatment the feet should be bathed three times a week for an hour im a de- coction of ashes, to which steeped laurel leaves and a little turpentine have been added. In addition to the morning and evening bath, after the feet have been wiped dry, rub with ® powder composed of a drachm of camphor, two ounces of iris powder and eight ounces of powdered starch. An application of oxide of zinc, beginning with a weak solution and in- creasing the ses ed if necessary, is recom- mended as a positive cure. Where these simpler treatments fail, tho method of M. Legoux, an eminent French eentp ode pga After bathing the it frequently in cold water di ® couple of days, the doctor ts them with a composed of five hms of glycerine, two ounces of solation of perchloride of iron, with forty drops of essence of bergamot, The ab- normat heat of the parts is at once reduced, the perspiration diminishes and with it the offensive odor. Treatment twice a day for a week or two will generally cure the most ob- stinate cases. ——_—cee____ Curiosities of Sunburn. From the London Daily News. ver Camp. Tolimbed to the summit of the hill on which is situated the reservoir of the Huachuce- Water Company, writes s correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle. Below was the Con- tention valley, in the bosom of which nestles the pretty and once prosperous city of Tomb- stone—name of illomen. The picture is aa exceedingly pretty one to one who loves the mountains aud whose heart throbs in @nison with the music of the drill” and the hammer and drop of the tireless stamp mill. There is Ro more picturesque placo in Arizona than Tombstone, none more prettily situated, and not one enjoying a more salubrious climate or Possessing « more intelligent, enterprising and Senerous population. Its massive blocks and elaborate places of business are reminders of the prosperous days of 1880 to 1885, During that period millions Were invested in mining machinery and within three years more than €5.000.000 were paid out in dividends. Below lay the original discovery of the camp—the Toughnut mine. Beyond, te the right, was the Contention, the Grand Con- tral and other propertica that contributed so much to making Tombstone at one time the largest silver producer in the country. I estimated —and it was subsequentiy confirmed by inquiry at the oftices of the mines—that I was ooking on hoisting plants and mills thet cost fully €5.000.000, This estimate dors not incinde the h since abandoned mills and smelters that line t San Pedro from Benson to Charleston and be- yondthe Nogales. These latter must have cost several millions more aud stand as remind. ers of the ignorance of character of the ore and the means needed for their reduction, Today but one of them is in operation—the Grand Central mill—but they have had their uses, They furnished the which their buiiders and operators wei abled to find the londsione to attract the pre. cious metals from the ores of Contention moun- tain. Having served their parpose they were abandoned, charged to profit and loss and are now rapidly decaying. ‘The plants that rested under the eve were no More active than those that fringe the Bam Pedro. Excepting one little stack on my ex- treme left they were all idle. The cages were hanging idle on the cables and rats and lizards inhabited the adit. Of the army of miners, whose monthly pay once aggregated €200,000, Jess than a hundred are at work today. The strects that once swarmed with people are now Practically deserted. Blocks of handsome buildings are untenanted. The variety theater, where serio-comica cracked their voices and other peopie’s eurs, and where newly made Millionaires healed those cracked throats with Jersey champagne at “ ." only & few yoars ago. is now va. dark and dreary, the boxes that hang bird cages from ‘the sides stil! carrving a suggestion of wicked women, wasted lives, empty purses and headaches, Three banks liave given to one, and over the whole hovers the evil spirit of desolation, The transition came as ina night. With the dying out of the flames of the Grand Central au 1555 came the gloom that has since hung over the place. ‘The great strike two yoars be- fore was an injury to the camp, and it had searcely recovered from that when the other disaster came, Five years of idleness; five years of contraction of values, of detraction ; outside, of waiting. And yet there are here brave spirits who have never wavered, never despaired. Through it all they have stood by Tombstone, and express a determination to do #0 to the end. The attachment men form for ® mining camp is stronger than that for any other locality. In the end these loyal Tomb- stoners will get their reward. More disastrous than strike, fire or water was the act demonetizing silver, That law paralyzed the entire camp. Th tral Company did not fecl warante 4 pumping plant that cost between £350, $400,000. Soon others ceased pumping, and the water gradualiy mr aud no one could work beiow the water i; While work was prosecu no change was found either iu the value or the gharacteristics of the ores. There was no rea- bon to believe that with silver at a fair price the large dividends should not be continued indefi- nitely. Those riches are still in these mimes, under the water, ¥ cannot be reached up- less the water is lifted, and that means the ex- penditure of a sum approximating €1,000,000, Noone company feels like going to this ox- pense, since its pumping would help ail ite neighbors; indeed, every mine in the camp. Efforte have been made to consolidate the great irand Cen- d below that level interests of the eamp and jointly erect a pump- ing plant, but without euccess thus far, All miners agree that the body of water encount- ered in this camp is enormous; indeed, that it - is quite phenomenal; but with silver perma- neutly at from 1.15 to $2.20 this dificuity would be soon overcome and ombstone would * once more be itself. see WILD BILL'S WAY. How One of the Desperado’s Many Vie- tims Met His End. From the Denver News. “It has been a good many vears since I was in Denver,” remarked William P. Jameson at the Albany recently, as he prepared to look over a paper from San Francisco, his present place of residence. “The last time I was in this city,” continued he, “I made the acquainte ance of Wild Bill, whose sudien taking off al Deadwood is stili mentioned in the papers. A few months after leaving Denver Lagain met Wild Bill in Salt Lake City, It was rather an exciting time, for Bill had just killed a man in the streets, The circumstances of the killing were about as follows: “The night before the affray Bill sat down to & game of cards with an old frontiersman named Jack Williams. Both the men were good card but luck went against Bill, and about 3 in the morning he staked his last cent aud lost it. With some hesitation he drew out his watch, which was a fi old peater and was the present of « friend of former days,and put the watch up against #200, At the end of ten minutes the watch was gone. ~ ‘Williams,’ said Bill as he arose from his seat, ‘put the tch in the hands of the bar keeper and I will redeem it in the morning. “Oh, I guess not,’ was the repiy. “The watch is mine and I'll wear it down town im the morning.’ “A wicked gleam appeared in Bill's eyes, He again asked that the watch be left at the waloon. *-T'll wear it,’ was the reply, “if you wear that watch you'll die,’ said Bill, with e firm tone. *What tim, you be on the street?” “Ten o'clock,’ was the laughing reply. The men parted. “True to his word Williams sauntered down the street at 10 o'clock the next morning, Bill met him at the principal street corner. ““Have you got that watch on? asked Bill “I have,” was the prompt reply. “Both reached for their revolvers, but Bill was too quick for his opponent. Two shots nes out and Williams droppeddead. Bill was un! art, “Looking scornfully at his fallen victim. Bill hissed between his teeth, ‘By —, I like » game man, but that’s what « fool gets.’ Bill was never tried for killing Williams and it is safe tosay that he recovered his watch, I have been told,” continued the speaker, “that after Wild Bill's death it was found that in the palm of each of his hands there was a round, calloused spot caused by dropping bis hands on the handles of his revolvers.” soe Kangaroos for America. From the Helena Independent. We are assured, on what seems good author- ity, that the project of importing kangaroos into this country is seriously entertained by several enthusiastic and wealthy sportsmen of the west, The animals have been successfully acclimated in England and France, and we are assured that there is no reason why they not thrive here. The practical bent my | the buffalo has left the plains without