The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
MATTER WORTH READING

who was explaining his diversion to an
interested crowd. II call IL Tom and
Jerry, and there isn't one man in fifty
can do IL. You take any long necked
bottle and lay II on its side-so," and
he suited the action to the word.
Now take a little bit OF paper and
roll II into ball. dry, and thoroughly
So" and again he illustrated by max
ing the little roll himself. Now.
place the roll In the neck Of the bottle,
near the external opening, and try
with all the lung power you have to
blow the paper ball into the body of
the bottle. If you do It in twenty five
minutes I'll give you So, and the
hotel man drew the bills from his
pocket.
OF course every man In the party
tried it, and, although tho dawn had
begun to break before the last aspirant
had tried to put the ball In. the in
icrest in the puzzle had not diminished.
The first who attemptd 10 get in
Jerry" as the landlord called the re.
calcitrant bit of paper, blew so violently
that Jerry leaped to the floor.
Bravo, jerry" said the. landlord.
Then Jerry" was coaxed and ca
ressed by a gentle breath that played
about him so delicately that he, seemed
destined TO glide into the body of the
bottle.
Look out. Jerry yelled the land
lord.
Jerry seemed 10 understand, for he
came flying back, no nearer In than
when he was started. This raised o
general laugh, the landlord laughing
most loudly because his call 10 Jerry"
had so disconnected the blower that the
latter failed to gauge his wind.
The. first trial began shortly after
midnight, and the last was concluded
at about 4 n. m. Only the landlord had
succeeded in getting Jerry In, and
the guests went TO bed TO dream of
Jerry" and his master, "Tom. !"
Tom" and Jerry" are q razzle, dazzle
pair Boston Globe.
A Strange Race Lately Discovered.
CHICAGO, ILL, June GA special
from Deming, N NJ, says: 'Lieuten.
ant Schwatka arrived here to-day His
party has been successful beyond all
expectations in their explorations, and
especially In southern chihuahua. Here
living cliff and cave dwellers were found
Mexican tribes from Cortez's conquest.
The abodes they live in are exactly
similar TO the old, abandoned cliff dwell
ings of Arizona and New Mexico.
about which there has been so much
speculation and SO much money spent
in investigation. II was almost impos-
sible to get very near them, so wild and
timid were they. Upon the approach
of white people they fly to their caves
or cliffs by notchcd sticks against the
face of the cliffs, If too steep, although
they can ascend vertical stone faces II
there are the slightest creviccs for their
fingers and toes. These cliff dwellers
are sun worshipcrs, throwing their new
born children out in the full rays of the
sun the first day of their. lives, and
showing many other forms of devotion
to the great luminary. They are
usually tall, lean and well formed,
| their skin being very blackish-
red, much nearer the color Of the negro
than the copper colofed Indian of the
United States. Schwatka claims th9t
nothing has heretofore been known
about these people, except by the half
Indian mounted Mexicans and thinks
| his investigation will be of immense an
| thropological and archaeological value.
He estimates the cave and cliff dwellers
from 5000 to 1000 in numbers, armed
only with bows, arrows and stone
hatchets, and enough work for a year
| or two for half o dozen expeditions
Schwatka pronounces the scenery of thu
! Central Sierra Madres as stripendous be
yond conception. The grand barranca
of the Urique equals, II not surpasses
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
while the arroyo of the churches is the
most beautiful sculptured rock of If
teen'to twenty miles in length probably
in existence
| A Humorous War Incident. Il
A Haytian correspondent says thai
the Dessalines had one big muzzle
loading gun, which was used for firing
salutes. The Haytians, he says, are
fond of making a big noise, and they
used to load the gun with heavy blank
charges every time they fired 1t. Al
salutes were fired on every possible pre-
text, the gun was kept loaded in con
slant readiness. One day the coloref
steward was washing dishes on tht
gun deck, and after drying the knives
| and forks looked around for some place
| TO lay them down temporarily. Tht
muzzle of the big gun was at his elbow
and he placed them in that while III
went about some other work. In th,
mean time general appeared at thu
In great haste the gun was run out o.
the port to fire the customary salute
The vessel was only o few hundred
| yards from the shore, and the gun hap
| pened to be aimed for the house o.
General Contreras. Bang went tn,
gun, and two or three dozen knives ant
forks went screeching through the air
| A few minutes later the natives saw
these useful table implements sticking
| In fantastic positions all over the sid,
of General Contrera's house. The in
cident was valuable as n suggestion, foI
men were Il once sent out to collec
missels of various kinds to serve n
ammunition.
| One Sensible Woman.
| met woman the other day to whom
] give an undivided admiration. Sh,
| Is that unique thing, q human bcinl
who conducts her life ON the prinaipl,
4, Of what will make her happy, not o
what will suit or outshine her neigh
bors. She is just now making hel
summer arrangements. They ar
lovely to hear about. She Is the wifi,
Of man ON limited income. Sh
might achieve boarding month a
some fourth.rate watering place, bu
she doesn't not She Her husbanC
hires house boat, and they anchor !
in the bay-somewhere over Bay Ridg
way, i believe, and then she moves II
for the summer, with one half-growi
girl for servant, and spends seasoi
of blessed comfort and freedom. Sh
wears divided skirts and blouses a
home, ties her one baby in the stern o
| n row. boat and rows herself everywher