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The morning call., 1894-06-24

wanted for crOss-country riding, reveres
and turn-doWu collar are comfortable
substitutes for the regulation straight
necEband. The material and color may
be left largely TO the taste of the wearer,
SO that it be dark aud serviceable. A lady
on horseback is a very conspicuous object,
and therefore anything 0utTe in her equip
ment should be sedulously avoided. Above
all, there should be nothing about the
habit to flap and futter, and no straining
after picturesque effects.
Low, soft hats; fapring capes lined
with brght-eOlored silks; wide linen col
lars and turned-back cuffs of the same ma
terial, are as much out of place in park
riding as they would be at dinner party.
In the country these are permissible, but
for dress occasions and city riding only
plain linen band should be visible at
throat and wrists, and the only proper
headgear is the regulation top hat"
This latter article is, too, by far the N ost
sensible and Comfortable riding hat that
has ever been devised. It is becoming TO
most men and women. stays on the head
better than does any other style Of hat,
ana Is light. cool ana easy when well
lifted 10 the head. Ladies who do not
wear 1t, and are wont to scott at it as a
piece Of atfectation. little know the solid
comfort they miss IN rejecting it.
One important point in regard to the
material used Tor a riding habit is that.
ndb CUulIdIy 10 prevailing
popular notion, 1t should not be
of too strong material, but some
goods that will tear readily in the
event of catching upon anything. The
material that, when the rider is thrown
(and such accidents do sometimes occur) Is
stron g enough to catch on hem or slirrup
aud drag the hapless victim to her death is
to be avoided.
For riding astride. custom growing
more and more popular for ladies, no
really perfect habit has yet been evolved.
Many ladies on this coast are using yery
clever costume planned by San Francisco
lady. consisting Of divided skirt and
long, full, ulster open to the waist line.
This, rightly made. 50 it does not gap
where the ulster divides over the cantel Of
the saddle (and TO avoid this there must be
lap of three inches at the back, looks
very well in the saddle, and is admirably
adapted for walking. Despite straps and
contriVances, however, it does turn back
at the feet, and the cape, which is an i'm
portant feature on many that | have seen.
is open 10 objections which have already
been enumerated.
The habit which ] find preferable on the
horse on the other hand is objectionab Bile
as being wholly impractcable for walking
except in the country. 1t consists of a
moderately full bifurcated skirt and half
ong coat. The one shown in the illustra-
ion is designed more especially for cross
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dressmaker. Ladies' tailors make a great
fuss about the difficulty of fitting it and
charge for making it in pro portion t. their
fuss, but it really presents n o complications
that an ordinarily clever woman cannot
readily comprehend. and by aid of sad
die to fit upon, the average dressmaker can
turn out very fair counterfeit PRESENT.
mem" of the best tail0r-made article.
By far the most satisfactory habit how
ever, for side-saddle use, is the regular
English hunting habit. It always hangs
well, and is as readily adapted for walking
as for riding. The skirt for this habit is
made walking length on the left side and
about three inches longer on the right.
The slope for the greater length should
begin at point in the hem in front about
on line with the right knee. and con-
tinue around to the middle of the back of
the skirt. On the right side seam. near
the waist hand. are sewn a hOok-and-eye.
which takes up the extra length when the
wearer is off the saddle, and makes the
skirt hang evenly all around. The skirt is
gored, fitting tightly over the hips, and has
no gathers at the band. The jacket may
be of any of the approved patterns. If
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A French chemist makes wine out of
potatoes.
London bridge is crossed by 100000 peo-
pie daily.
India has 131. 500 lepers according to the
last census.
The heart of Greenland whale is a yard
In diameter.
In wars of ants none but black ants are
taken in slavery.
Austrian police are required to under
stand telegraphy.
Omnibuses with pneumatic tires are be-
ing tested ia Glasgow.
Come Cutters" is the name of a new
religious sect In Georgia.
A Swedish copper mine has been worked
without interruption for 500 years.
The Salvation Army in New Zealand
has been burning novels at the stake.
London has eighty six free hospitals and
thlriy-iiye free diSpeDsaries of medicine.
There is plant in Jamaica called the
life plant. because 1t is almost impossible
to kill it.
The Penates were gods of the pantry.
from a Latin word signifyinga room where
food is kept
The popular belief that May is an un-
lucky month for marriages dates from
Roman times.
cupid was recognized as deity, but his
worship WAS always merged in that OF his
mother, Venus.
The highest peak Of the Rocky Noun
ta'ns IS Mount Brown. In British America,
1890 feet high.
Gables were laid between Europe ard
Brazil ana Geographic communication was
opened in 1874.
Among the varieties of work now done
largely by pneumatic power are calking
and stone-cut:ing.
Among the smaller rural Industries of
England that of rearing and fattening ducks
is one Of much interest.
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An awful crime had just been committed
at Ortiz. The wealthy Juan Perea, be
whom everybody liked. had been found
dead at his own door, and there was no
trace of the murderer.
1t was old Manuel, the Indian, who
found the body, and when he gave the
alarm great superslitious fear seized all
the people as they fiocked from the doors
of their low adobe houses into the hot
streets of the Mexican village. Where was
the murderer. and who could he be that
would kill such a good old man? And rob
him, too. That was the worst of it. And
the people made up their minds that no
punishment was too severe tic be inflicted
Oh the murderer-when they found him.
Yes. when they found him. 1t looked as
if they never would. There had been no
strangers seen in the village. and every
body who lived there loved the dead man
too much to even hurt hair on his head.
As for cid Manuel, nobody thought for a
moment of suspecting him.
There was no cleW by which they could
work, and the officers. who came M from
Guaymas. went home again at the end of a
week. weary of their useless task.
The good padre who buried the muir
dere0 man out in the desOlaie graveyard
OF sand and cactus, where the sun was so
hot 1t cracked all the wooden crosses, said
a prayer that the villain might be brought
TO justice. But he had little hope that it
would be.
He has disappeared so completely the
devil must be protecting him." said the
old women as they filed out through
broken space in the crumbling wall that
didlduty as gate. Poor old Juan is dead,
and he who murdered him is enjoying the
bloOd-stained gold he took from his peck
cts" is what they thought as they slowly
walked home after the last sad words had
been said.
They passed the house where the dead
man had lived for so many years and
shuddered when they saw tie dark spot
on the ground-stained with the blood of
Juan that flowed from the CHASTITY knife
wound in his pack.
A month passed and poor old Juan was
almost forgotten. His house was still IN
tenanted. The padre had taken charge of
1t and regularly led the many animal pets
that Juan had taken such an interest in.
They seemed TO mourn the loss of their
IN as;er more than the people to whom he
had been so good. The murderer was
still unknown.
Far away from Ortiz, in a beautiful
village OF the Sierra Madre, a young man
had been trying for weeks TO forget some
thing-tryiDg to convince himself that
he had not committed great crime.
He had plenty of gold and the love of a
beautiful maiden If he could only forget
Yes, forget that he had killed his father
Ee could forget if it was not for that
strange whlrrlng sound. like the tapping
OF wings. that constantly haunted hun.
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He first heard it just as he struck the fatal
blow. and since then it never ceased, day
or night
What was that? Surely it was the wind.
And II it was not, why should Leonard
Perea be afraid of a sound? He who had
faced wild beasts and fought Indians.
But he turned over in bed and pulled the
clothes over his head to keep away the
sound. That awful sound that first
whirred like flock of pigeons and then
died away like an infants wall.
"Pm sure it has nothing to dc with
the killing of the old man." said Leonard
to himself, but somehow The whole scene
would come up before him. Again he was
riding along the road to see the father he
had deserted years ago. He was not going
because he wanted to see the good old
man, but because he wanted money.
Money be must have at any cost. 1t was
long past midnight when he Knocked at the
door and his father came out to greet him.
His father was glad to see him, Leonard
members distinctly, and when he asked
good quantity OF gold. But it was not
enough-he must have it all. 1t was such
an easy thing to DO. Only thrust wi h
the knife as the old man turned TO go back
into the house after bidding him farewell.
and the gold was his. But what was that
whirring sound? The village was in dark
ness. but it followed him rs he sped down
the street to his horse, and kept near him
as he flew over the country, farther and
father away from his crime. No, he
never got away from 1t. The sound was
always with him.
Ugh! There ii was again, and Leonard
pulled the blankets tight over his head.
Morning came. But the wblrring sound
came with it. At might 1t was nearer than
In the daytime. but it never ceased.
II won't pay any attention to it TODAY"
said Leonard TO himself as he went for his
breakfast. | am sure it is nothing and has
nothing to do with me-"
1t was beautiful day ana the sun had
nearly reached the zenith. Leonard threw
himself down on the ground in the shade
of tree 20 get little sleep, that he had
been deprived of in the night, but had
scarcely closed his eye
"Whirr-fap, hap-whirr."
Ugh"
"Whirr. Flap -"
Leonard felt cold breeze fan his cheek
as he jumped to his feet, but there was
nothing near him. He was alone.
BY night Leonard's brain was in whirl.
The sound was every where Surely it was
his fathers ghost Angels had wings, and
the old mans spirit must be passing
through the room.
"Whirr. whirr."
Let me out of this. / don't want the
gold" and Leonard flung the bag OF yell
low coin out OF the window
Over the hills and mountains he sped. he
The morning call., 1894-06-24
LIVES IN A MINE.
The Story of a Strange
Old Man.
His Mine Is Five Hundred Feet Deep,
but Never Has Yielded
Any Gold.

Many people who climb the hills of
Marin County few miles back of Sausa-
Ito may have noticed a peculiar gray
patch at the head of a ravne. 1t is several
hundred feet above the bay, and looks like
the dump from a mining shaft. Such il
will prove to be TO any one who elm BIS up
to it,
a mighty strange place for a mining
shaft most people will say, and they will
be right but if they will take the trouble
to visit it they will find human being that
is equally strange. Ii is evidently
strange mine owned by strange man.
the mans name is Jim Oliver, and at
one time he was quite we'll known in San
Francisco. But that was a good many
years ago. and very few will remember
him, for he was an old man then. In the
old days Oliver was a married man. he is
now for that matter, but he hasn't seen
his wife for so long he hardly remembers
her. She was much better educated than
her husband, and was the one who got him
to tunnel for gold on the hills of Marin
County.
Oliver and his wife lived together n
great number of years, and lie never
noticed anything erratic or strange about
her; so when she got In dabbling In occult
science he thought she knew great deal
more than be did. She told him many
strange things he did not know before,
and when she told him she knew where
there was vein of solid gold be believed
her. Just how she came 10 possess such
marvellous knowledge did not trouble him.
She described the spot TO him. and he
went and dug. Once she visited the mine
and assured him it was in the right place /;
he kept on digging.
He dug for months and had a gang of
men TO help him. but none of them found
anything that looked like gold. When the
tunnel was several hundred feet long OIL
yer wanted 70 stop. but his wife urged him
10 continue. She said they were getting
nearer to the vein every day.
Soon Oliver got short Of money and
finally found himself fat broke and there
was no sign OF gold. When Mrs. Oliver
knew just exactly how things were she told
her husband to 90 back to the mine and
work and she would send him money. The
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vein could not be very far off, she said.
Oliver worked and waited for several
weeks and when his grub ran out be
started to find out why the money hadn't
come. He went to his home and found il
empty. Mrs. Oliver had sold out at auc-
ton day or so after he left for the mine
and then left herself for parts unknown.
Since then hehas neither seen Dor heard of
her.
The blow nearly paralyZed Oliver, but
he raised enough money from friends
to get back to his mine, which was the
only thing in the world that be owned, and
has remained there ever since.
He has soured on the world, and will
never 60 back to it. His house is a most
curious one, but comfortable in certain
way. II is far back in the tunnel. where
there Is never enough light to read bv:
but he says it is always warm and pleas
ant He builds his fire On the ground,
and the smoke curs uD and gets out
through some opening which has not been
discovered.
According to divers story he came back
to the mine after he found his wife had de-
serted him, because he had no place else
to go, and sold all the tools, which brought
a comfortable little sum. He has been lv-
iEg on the proceeds ever since.
Many people have asked him why he
didn't go back to the citv with the money
and get into business, and he has always
Il III
TO work. and the money is not enough for
me to live on very long. But here can DO
rs | please. 1t costs almost nothing for
me to live, and what have will last me a
good many years. Longer than expect
to live"
Heis very strange old man. melancholy
and sour, and constantly mourning over
his sad fate.
"BGt l don't want my wife back again."
he said. IF she could treat me like that
she WON'T ever do me any good and am
glad she is gone. Anyhow l am happy
here"
His ideas OF happiness are certainly
peculiar-to live in the depths of a
mining shaft and eat only the commonest
food, with nothing of what people cali en-
joyment. There is not book or paper
in sight or anything by which ne can
amuse himself. He simply lives alone and
does nothing, he says.
That may be, but IL is more than likely
that he is at work in the depths of the
NINE, still hoping TO find the gold his false
wife told him of.
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deDsers in series along the line. This divides
the line into sections, and the aggregate effect
OF the inimcal influence mentioned already
the self-lnduction and the capacity-alOng he
whole line Is thus rendered not greater than
that Of one section. TIE result is hat The cur
rent reaches by. as 1t were, series OF siep-
plng-stones, point to which il could not
attain by single unassisted impulse.
The Importance of DR.. Pupin's claims is evil
dent from the fact that if practically estab-
lished they not only furnish solution OF ocean
telephony, but will enablr 400 words per min
ute instead of a maximum of 30 TO be sent
through ocean cables, and they w9nid bring
LONDON electrically within mile of New York.
Furthermore they admit of telephony between
New York and Chicago over ordinary elegrapn
wires, and make telephone communication be-
tween New York and San Francisco an easy
possibility. For long land lines there seems 10
be no practical difficulty in applying he iuven-
tion rs cOndenserS can be installed In way
offices in The same way as Geographic relays;
but for submarine work the mechanical dlfh.
cultIes would appear, at present at all events,
to be prohibitive, as the cOndensers weuld have
TO be both large and numerous.-BO Tran
SCript,
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/" SWEET MARIE"
The Tune | S All Right but the Words
Do Not Suit Chicago.

The Tune / S All Right but the WORDS
Do Not Suit Chicago.
L wonder who it is writes The words for
these popular songs" said The man 10 the
photograph place, as be pulled the plugs out OF
his ears after listening 10 "Sweet Marie"
as sung by Miss Daisy Somebody OF Clncln-
NATL "NOw, there's tune Sihost goou
enough 10 be a hymn" continued ne man,
'iand iiIs saddled down with some words bad
enonoh 70 gag YOU What do you think of
man thal'u write something ike this:
every star mp in the sky
seems TO pause and wonder why
IT'S so DINNER than your eye,
sweet Maree-e-e.e."
"Tbat may not be exactly right, but i3s near
enough. Just imagine the planet Mars get
ting out OF Its orbit and wor wing itself sick be-
cause it doesn't sparkle like the eye of sweet
Marie. That chorus makes me tired too A
nan wants sweet Marie TO come to him, not
because her face is fair and all that, but as he
says:
Your SOUL so pure and sweet.
Makes my happiness complete
And falter at your feet
sweet Maree e-e-e.
Ibid you ever know OF such moonshine?
Her soul makes his happiness complete! Why
can't they put some sense iuto these songs?
time, and | told her tile other day I'd fix up
SEINE new lines something like these:
You are always clean and neat,
While your cooking can't be beat.
And you never CAD the street.
Sweet Marie.
eff she was that kind of a girl theTe'd be
some excuse for him getting dead stuck and
writing a song 10 her."-Chicagu Record
It will be possible to travel around the
globe in forty days when the transSiberian
railroad is completed.
The morning call., 1894-06-24

throwing the ends forward together under
the first finger. to be he'd by the thumb.
Then draw the cur breiBs one on either side
OF the third finger and take these also over
the forefinger and under The thumb. Draw
the reins So that the pressure on the bit
Will be even, but. as you will except in an
emergency, ride on the suaffl' the curb
relns should hang little looser than
the first named. Hold the reins firmly,
the back OF your hand upward, your
elbow close at your side and your wrist
little bent This position will enable you
to guide your horse easily and effectively,
LII yon carry crop it should be under
your right arm; q whip may be carried at
the right side.
In dlsmounting change the reins into the
right hand, disengage the foot from the
stirrup, lift the right knee from the horn.
turn sidewise. with the right hand on the
knee horn, the left one resting on the
cantel of the saddle. Maintain a firm hold
The morning call., 1894-06-24
PROGRESS IN TELEGRAPHTNG.
An Invention That Win Increase the

Power of Sending Messages.
The most notable elecuic happening last
month, perhaps was The issuance OF two
patents 10 Professor NJ. l. Pupin of Columbia
College for methods and apparatus for so facili-
taiing the transmission of alternating currents
as 10 throw a new and valuable light on per-
hans the most important electrical problem by
which inventors are now MISUNDERSTANDING
rine rapid biography and telephony. and long
distance land telephony and rapid telegra ply
with conductors of moderate cost. Dr.. PGpIn'S
invention consists of the interpOs itiOn Of con-
The morning call., 1894-06-24
ODD DISHES.

IheY Are FaVorItes With People
Who Live in Asia.
AS all cooking and eating had stopped
at the sound of the morning cannon, we
found great difficulty in gathering to-
gether even a cold breakfast Of ekmek
yaOurt and raisins. Ekmek is a cooked
oran-fiour paste. which has the thinness,
asistency and almost the taste of blot
ting-paper. This is the Turkish PEASANTS
staff of life. He carries it with him every
where; so did We. As it was made in huge
circular sheets, we would often punch a
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It will be possible to travel around the
globe in forty days when the transSiberian
railroad is completed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-09
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS RUINED.
Recent EIot Winds and Continued Drouth
Too Much.

Recent Elot Winds and Continued Drouth
Too Much.
Notwithstanding the reports that
crops in South Dakota are yielding
fairly we'll, they are u failure. After
each littlo rain which have been very
infrequent, reports have been SEN out
that the crops we're greatly revived,
but the long drouth, intense heat and
the %scorching winds have doEe their
deadly work. Speaking generally,
wheat will not average four bushels to
the acre; oats may average eight
bushels; barley will yield probably six
bushels; corn, which was in the finest
condition possible the last OF June, Is
10 just about u failure. The hot wind
OF the past W. weeks catching the
corr in tassel has burned the life out
OF It; with plenty Of rain flax would be
half a crop; late millet, potatoes and
grass are In tho best condition of any
thing in tho vegetable line, but they
longer. The small grain harvest is
farmers have alre ady threshed their
grain. The quality is very good. but
the quantity Is small. There are spots
w the state where crops will about
average with last year, bnt they ;rc
few. Beginning about ten miles south
of Sioux Falls there is a strip of coun-
try twenty miles wide which has been
wonderfully blessed with rain. The
strip extends through Lincoln and
Union Counties. The crops are good
in that strip, and farmers feel CONT
dent Of getting twenty bushels OF
wheat to tho acre and twenty-five
bushels OF oats. Crops last year were
not considered good, but they we're
much better than the crops of this
voar
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-09
THE ERSE
A Mellifiuous Tongue Still Spoken by q
ward of 2.OOO,O 900.

A MellifuOus Tongue Still Spoken by Up.
ward of 1000, 600.
We are glad to notice as an event of
literary Importance, sa;s the New
York SIN, tae recent organization in
Provi cnce. II. l.. CT a Celtic society.
the ob.e-t OF which is to revive in
terest in the mellihuous and influential
tongue of Ireland.
No other lang age, having itself no
great masterpiece of literature. ha;
had such eject OF modern literature
as tie Celtic. To it we owe ma ~ o.
the fairy tales of ouc childho d. Sc me
OF Shakspeare's pays, some of the in
clients detailed in the Arthurian
poems, ever some of those in the De-
vine COMEDY, are drawn from Celtic
sources. 1t was said of Washington:
Mature made him childless { lat he
20 1T might almost be said OF the Celtic
that it might be the mother of other
lit natures"
The Collie language is not a dead
language. One-sixth of the pjpula-
tion of the Emerald Isle in round
numbers, 100000 lersonsl understand
Erse; 5000 persons there know no
other language than it; one-third OF
the territory of Ireland is still Coltic,
81 far as the ability to understand the
language Is concerned, and upward Of
2,0t,,ND in this country ana Canada
are familiar with the tongue. The
path OF the new society and of its pre-
decessors is uphill, but the ascent has
An end. A century ago the Welsh Ism
guage was really in worse case than
the Erse l. now, but by the e, ertions
OF scholars and the local Gle: gy of
Wales 1t was rescued, and to day is
vigorous both in Wales and America.
That similar success may await the
Celtic societies OF this country in their
patriotic latorS we Sit cercy nope.