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rASN1ks SKINS,

Each KIND OF skin requires some
special treatment that is, all skins
cannot be tanned in the same manner.
Bnt the general principle is to trim
off the useless farts of the skin and
remove all fat ffom the inside, then
soak the skin III warm water for about
on hour. then apply a coating of
borax, saltpeter and CHAMBER salts, one
ounce of each dissolved in sufficient
water TO make q thin paste. The fol-
lowing day give a coating of q mix
ture of one ouhce of sal soda, one
half ounce OF bbrax and two ounces
of hard soap. This mixture should
be slightly heat ed, without allowing
it to boil. Aft9r this, fold the skin
together and have in n warm place
for twenty -four hours. Then take four
ounces OF alum. J eight ounces of salt
and two ounces Of saleratus, dissolve
in hot water, and when cool soak the
skin in it for twelve hours, wiring out
and hang up tofdry. II the skin is
not sufficiently soft after this, the
soaking and drying has to be re-
peated two or three times. New Eng
land Homestead.
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Uses Of Old Shoes

Old shoes are not lost by any means.
In this country they are dissected and
subjected to a course of manipulations
by which they are converted into a
kind of artificial leather, which is
made to look very fine. and may be
elegantly ornameEted. In France
they go through a less elaborate trans.
formation. At the military prison in
Montpelier the shoes, the majority of
which come from Spain, are ripped
apart and the nails are drawn out.
The parts are softened in water, and
are then cut up by a machine into
vamps for children's or little girls
shoes. The soles are likewise utilized.
The smallest pieces are used to make
the Louis XIV. toes which were in
fashion q few years ago. Pieces a lit
tie larger and thin ner are made into
the soles of babies shoes. The nails
of iron are separated by means of a
magnet from copper nails, and the
latter are sold for a higher price than
the others. The manager OF the prison
represents that the returns from this
manufacture nearly equal the cost of
the old shoes.
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out on the sand dragging their wagon

out on the sans dragging their wagon
across the beach.
1t was $50 O'Clock when the wagon came
to q halt opposite the schooner. the outlines
OF which at that hour could scarcely be made
out as she rose and fell and twisted under
the force OF the waves.
1t would have been folly to have attempted
to launch a boat, so a big fire was lighted on
the beach. Rockets were discharged ut in
tervals bidding the crew Of the schooner to
keep up their courage.
Al daylight tho life savers could see the
nine men in the rigging of the schooner. A
life line was fired several times before the
men succeeded in throwing 1t into the
schooner's rigging.
This time the line was well directed and
went over the rigging and hung there safely.
The men in the rigging made attempts to
reach it, but could not. They had dashed
themselves with rope, and did not dare
leave their places.
Every wave lifted the schooner into the
air clear OF the sand, and as the water rolled
on shoreward the schooner sank back upon
the q with q hump. 1t seemed to those
on shore that every time the schooner sank
II must throw the men in the rigging from
their places by the shook and hurl them into
the sea. To leave their places Of compare
tive safety w0uld have been certain death.
Six OF the crew were In the forerigging on
the port side. The other three were on the
flying jibboom, There they chung with
desperation, and there for two hours more
they remained.
Ii was q couple of minutes after 7 o'clock
when the schooner made the last plunge.
She was lifted on the crest of a giant wave
for a moment and then hurled back upon
the hard beach. Her ribs were crushed in,
and in a minute she was O mass OF wreckage.
The mizzenmast tottered and then fell to
port. and as II went down the foremost fol-
lowed, Before the foremost had struck the
water with its six men, the aftermast had
gone by the board and the nine men were
lost.
Once more a wave lifted the schooner, and
when the last blow came the vessel went to
pieces.
The crowd had little moro to see. The
wreck was complete, for it would seem that
not d timber remained attached TO another.
The nine human tetngs in the rigging had
not the faintest chance for their lives alter
the masts went, so the villagers, who had re-
manned for three hours on the beach, started
homeward. The llfe-savers dug up their
anchor. reloaded their cart, and, leaving q
guard 10 watch for bodies and wreckage,
started back to the station.
1t was about s. 30 when the first body came
ashore. 1t was caught before the waves
could reclaim it, and it was dragged up out
OF the reach OF the waters. IL was thai OF u
man Of powerful built, with o reddish beard,
apparently the captain of the schooner
The ships papers drifted in. but her log
did not appear. Later on there came 1oat-
ing in a doll, and a short time after the doll
a child's chair was buried upon the beach.
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Ostrich Hunting

An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport; or rather the sale OF booty Is
so great as to attract hunters. The
Arabs give themselves to it with a real
passion. Mounted on their fine little
horses they try as much as possible to
fatigue the ostrich, for as it is eight
feet high and has very strong legs it
possesses a quickness of movement
which the best horse cannot attain.
1t has great endurance. Overtaken by
the hunter, it seeks to defend itself
with its feet and wings, but more of
ten it still strives to escape by flight,
uttering q plaintive cry. In fact, the
ostrich is deprived of the power OF
fight by reason of its great size. The
muscular force with which nature has
endowed it is not equal to lifting such
q weight. 1t peculiar organization
has made it the courier of the desert,
where it is able to quickly traverse
the almost limitless expanse. The
Arab knows very we'll that it is the
habit of the ostrich to make great de-
tours about its nest in a circle. He
chases it then without ceasing until it
is almost there, when, worn out, it
succumbs, concealing its head in the
sand in order not to see its enemy, or
instinctively hoping TO escape q dan.
ger which it cannot see any more.
This chase requires eight or ten
hours, but it offers large rewards.
The plumes are worth a considerable
sum, the skin makes good leather and
the Arabs are very fond of the flesh.
Besides, in spite OF the fact that it re-
produces its species rapidly, the os-
trich is ali the time becoming rarer,
and it is hunted for export and do.
mestication in other countries. 1t is
one of Airica's great our and
may become a new source of prosper
ity to Algerians if they are willing to
make the effort. The truth of the
saying, "the stomach of an ostrich"
has been confirmed recently by an
autopsy on one, doubtless for a time
captive, when the following was found
in its stomach: A parasol handle, two
keys, two great pieces of coal, a glove,
q handkerchief, a pair of eyeglasses, o
ring, a comb, three large rocks, the
necks OF two beer bottles, the sole OF
q shoe, q bell and a little harmonica.
PARIS Univers Illustre.
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DROVNBlO ON ALHESHORE
Grew Of the ichooner Nahum ChaOiu
Perish PIT Quogue, [. /.
LIFE SAVERS VAIN EFFORTS.

Throw Their Lines Over the Wreck, Hut
the Crew is Heipiess.-cling for Life In
the Riggins.-.yessel Goes ia Pisc.s
and Not a Soul on Board survIvss Tho
Crash---Drowned in Sight OF Hundreds,
QUoouE, N. Y. (Speeial).-In the Rloom and
horror of the great storm that swept the
Long Island coast Wednesday night tho Ma.
hum Chaplin, a large three-masted sehooner
laden with 1900 tons OF bituminous coal wos
hurled like a catapult against the sandy
shores Of Quogue, and pounding for three
hours on the outer bar was ground into n
thousand fragments.
The men who went down in the wreck
were: s. E.. Arey, captain and part owner. of
Maiden, Mass, leaves a wife and four chill.
dren; A. Z. Davis, first mate. of Maiden
leaves q wife and one child; e. A, MADDOX
second mate and steward, of Cambridge
Mass, leaves a wife and children: Oscar
Anderson, seaman; Fl. o. Anderson. seaman.
Antonio Aucyanich, seaman; Albert Lowe
seaman; John Neiber, anna Victor
1t was the swiftest wreck and most com-
pleie that ever befell In the fatefal history OF
the Long Island shore. To those who saw
the splintered fragments of this stanchly
built vessel later In the day az thew Law
spread abroad for half n mile from the
Quogue Life-Saving Station eastward 1t
seemed Incredible that sand and pounding
water could work such havoc. How she
anne on no man will ever know. For tine
lips Of every man aboard are sealed In
death.
Patrolman Charles Carter, of the QuoSue
Life-Saving Station, burst into the station at
1 o'clock a. m. with the news that a big
ihree-master was on the outer bar, half a
mile from the station. Captain Charles
Herman and his men In two minutes were
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A Curious Racing Mistake.

Among curious sporting incidents
should be recorded n told by Mr..
John Kent in his "reminiscences of
Goodwood," where a horse loses a race
from being too far in front at the
winning post. Mr.. G. Greville, who
was judge, was seated on an erection SO
far above the level of the course that
Dandizette passed, unnoticed by him,
two or three lengths in advance of vi
tellina and Ghost, which were running
IN the opposite side of the course.
Ghost hung 81 much upon yitellina as
to endanger her being driven against
the rails, which SO attracted Mr.. Gre.
ville's attention hat he did not see
Dandizette and Boyce, who rode the
mare, asked Mr.. Greville if he did not
win, stating that, although he passed
the post first by some lengths, he could
have increased the lead had he felt dis
posed. So apparent was the error that
Lord Verulam-the owner of Vitellina
Offered the Duke of Richmond the
stakes.
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Famous American War Horses,

The most celebrated battle steeds OF
the Civil War we're Cincinnati, Travel.
er and Winchester, the favorite charg.
ers of Grant, Lee and Sheridan. When
the hero of Vicksburg visited Cincin.
natl q few months after the close OF
that brilliant campaign, he was re.
quested to visit q dying man who was
exceedingly DESTROYS Of seeing him.
When they met, the invalid said {:
General Grant, l wish to give you a
noble horse, who has no superior on
the continent, as q testimony of my
admiration of your character and past
services to our country. There is a
condition attached to the gift-that
you will always treat him kindly"
Grant accepted the magnificent bay,
of course faithfully keeping his
premise, and named him Cincinnati.
BE vas a SOL OF Lexington, with a
single exception the fastest four-mile
Thoroughbred that evcr ran on an
American course. The general was
offered SO, 600 for the horse, as he
had a record of speed almost equal to
that OF his famous half brother, Ken,
lucky. Cincinnati was q superb and
spirited steed of great endurance,
Grant riding HIM almost constantly
during the Wilderness campaign. and
passing from end to end of our long
line. The noble horse was retired
coon after the close of the war, enjoy.
ing "an old age of digni6ed leisure
on a Maryland estate, where his mus.
ter frequently saw him and where lie
died and received honorable burial if
September, 1S94.-The Outlook.
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HORRORS or THE PLAGUE.
A British onicer Describes the Scenes
the Stricken District of India.

DH''ssh Omcer Describes the scenes IN
h Stricken District of India.
Major Edward J. Turner, an English army
oficer stationed at Bombay, now on his
way to England on q furlough. gives a
graphic description OF the horrors of The
plague now devastating Bombay and other
cities Of India.
The natives are so wasted by starvation
said be, sthat they nave no power 10 resist
the plague, but panic-striken; they fall a
prey to the horrible death. In the outlying
districts / found the bodies numerous In the
roads On the banks OF the Ganges, where
the CHATS are all located, hundreds Of bodies
are lying awaiting their turn to be buried.
Fhe CHATS are small, raised. burning piles,
mad OF stone. The victim ia brought to
the river, II possible: before death, that he
may die by the sacred stream; then when he
dies his body Is dipped In the stream, taken
out and laid on the CHAT with a pile Of wood
under and above it, aud is soon reduced to
ashes, which are swept into the river.
'Ihe natives look upon the plague as a
scourRe OF their god that eannot be helped,
and Will not tolerate any interference with
their religious rites.
II look for some outbreak, and do not
expect to more than reach home before be-
ing summoned back to my post. The situa-
ton Is becoming alarming. The proposition
Is being seriously considered OF setting fro
to the entire native quarter OF the city, as
well as the barracks Of the native troops, In
the hope OF thereby burning out the con-
taglon.
~ don't know what will be done, for the
whole earth seems laden with the poison,
and 1t is carried by rats and other vermin
everywhere. Nothing except n furnace heat
raRed.n
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Prominent People.

The late Shah of Persia left S2OO, GOO 1000.
Harry A. Garfield, son OF the late Presi-
dent, is being doomed for Mayor oil Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey are TO begin o
series of revival services in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on March 5.
". D. Howells is to make his first appear
ance as a lecturer this winter. His topic VIII
be the modern novel.
Governor Pingree, Of Michigan, has de-
clared himself in favor OF laws limiting the
value O. indivldual holdings OF property.
The only surviving British peer who was
In possession OF his title at the time OF the
Accession Of Queen Victoriais Earl Ne'son.
George W. Gable, the novelist, of New
Orleans, who now lives at Northampton,
Mass, is said to be contemplating a tour OF
England, where he will give readings from
his own works.
Ainsworth R. Spofford, the Librarian OF
Congress, received his appointment from
President Lincoln in 1854. HIS memory Is
phenomenal, and 1t is said that his knowl-
edge OF Eng .ish literature Is greater 0
that OF any other person In England OF
America,
Paderdwski, It Is said, can play from
memory loyer 800 composil0ns. He needs
to = play a composition new 70 MN
only in order y memorize 1t, and.
frequent afer .reedins it over. can sit
down at h4s& aud playit without re-
ferring otes-
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COUNTRY SWEPT BY COLD.
People Are shivering From Canada to
Arka nsas.

People Are shivering From Canaua to
Arka nsas.
SARATOGA, N. Y.-Thetemperaturein north
ern New Yor k reached the lowest OF the sea-
son. Blue Mountain Lake reports 80 de-
grees below zero, North Creek 20 degrees be-
low, Warrenburgh 20 degrees below, Lake
Lonely 10 degrees below, Saratoga from 8 to
10 degrees below, Malone 20 degrees TO so
degrees below, Meacham and Saranac Lake
80 degrees below. and WATERFOWL IL degrees
to 20 degrees below.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-At moor 8 degrees above
was indicated, and at 8 p. In. 4 degrees
above. The demand upon the associated
charities for food and fuel WINS never greater.
TIL Police Department is doing everything
possible to relieve the distress. Twenty-Five
frostbitten victims were treated at the City
Dispensary, and three amputations were
necessary. Hundreds of homeless people
are sheltered at the police stations. For the
first time in mans memory ice formed
for n short time over lower White River In
Arkansas. Snow Is reported in West Ten.
nessee and Southern Illinois. The great
fruit section of Southern Missouri and North
ern Arkansas has especially suffered and
nothing can save the crops. A fall OF snow
that would have saved the wheat fields of
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, did not come
with the cold wave, and predictions OF disas-
ter to the cereals were frequent on Change.
OMAHA, Neb. -Pitiful stories OF want and
restitution are coming 10 the attention OF
the authorities, who had to provide coal for
over 1000 families, In addition to food aud
clothing. The charitable institutions of tho
city are able to assist only small proportion
of those in actual need of aid. The Missis-
sippi River is entirely frozen over, n ice
was formed a foot thick on the lakes. Out
in the State the thermometer ranges from IL
degrees to II degrees below zero.
OTTAWA, Canada.-Twenty-six degrees be-
low zero was registered here on Monday.
Intensely cold weather holds sway in the
whole Ottawa district. At KazabazuH, Que
bee, 80 degrees below zero was registered.
At Maniwaki, Quebec, and at Pembroke,
Ontario, it was so degrees below, and at
Almonte 81 degrees below.
TORONTO, Canada. The coolest weather
OF the season prevailed throughout Ontario.
The lowest temperature reported is SO de-
grees below at White River, in the North
western part Of the province.
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ing from the ~stylovate to the top of the peli-
ment is sixty-fve feet. There are sixty col
umns, each t~hirty-two fest high and and six
feet In diameter. The walls stand nine feet
chino the pillars and are three feet thick
and forty feet high. The Enclosure measures
sixty-four feet In length. The Building
Committee places the cost of the ice palace
at $1,000. The old palaces cost almost $4,000.
The walls on the outer side are fringed with
electric lights. The idea of storming the leo
notion and was appropriate enough whom
the building was In initiation of a castle.
The idea Of storming a Parthenon is too bar
barrie even for consideration. The ice palace
this season Is to be admired simply for its
architectural beauty. There will be no
bombardment,
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Sheep will not fasten on snow balls
and q wind bath.
Corn fodder may be fed to horses
with good results.
The small flock of sheep we'll cared
for will bring more net profit than the
big flock half cared for.
lfyou cannot cut and crush your corn
fodder n shred It get it under cover.
1t will save a very large portion of its
value. Snow and sieet, frost and rain
saps the virtue Of any feeding stuff.
Southern SOW peas are likely to be-
come n success at the North. At AM
herst this season they gave five to six
tons of clover-yalue green fodder per
acre. They are an excellent feed to
balance fodder corn.
Theory is u good thing in agricul-
ture, but it isn't best to advocate it
too far until a little practice has satis-
fed you that tie principle is a correct
one. The progressive farmer must DO
a theorist to some extent.
Sheep neeA a dry airy place free
from drafts-pt close or as warm as
some that are Needed by other stock.
. lapnla -..ka1 ar 0FA hnlnO
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Capital Ready for Investment.

promoters have had a long vaca.
tion," said L. A. Langley of New York
at the National. From 1887 to 1892
there was nc trouble in making a great
deal of money by organizing syndi.
Gates and stock companies. No legit-
innate enterprise needed to suffer by
reason OF lack of capital, and 1 was
like all other men engaged in the bust.
ness, l did not realize soon enough that
conditions had changed. During the
past three or four years I have lost
money in everything I have under
taken. But ] have already received
inquiries from several capitalists ask
ing what I have to offer, and I know
OF several heavy transactions that will
prove of immense benefit to the coun-
try at large. Capital does not seem
to be inclined to wait until there is
financial legislation, but is ready for
investment ~now."--Washington Star.
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WHICH TO MAKE, BUTTER OR CHEESE

WHICH TO MAKE, BUTTER OR CHEESE.
While the receipts of fresh butter
continue so large, and with the bur-
den of held goods larger than for any
previous year, 1.-THE outlook for in
creased prices is not good. We may
expect a low average for the whole
winter season. That we must find an
outlet for our goods of the better
class we believs one of the ncces-
stiles for securing even fair prices for
the next six months. With these COLI
ditions prevailing in the butter mar
ket, the thoughts of many of our fac
tory men have turned to the question
as to whether it would not be more
profitable te-divert a large portion of
the milk to the production of cheese.
The conditions in the cheese market
are exactly the opposite. Supplies of
cheese in storage and of fresh made
goods are light lighter than usual.
And the demandy both for home con-
sumption and export trade, is active.
Prices have ~adyanced, until at the
present time the parity between the
manufacturer ofoheese and butter is
entirely in favor of cheese. With
filled cheese largely eliminated from
the markets in the South, the chances
for continued good prices for good
cheese are much greater, it would
seem to us, than for higher prices for
butter. Many OF the factories are not
situated, of course, so as to make
cheese, bnt many OF them are, and it
would seem to be the part of wisdom
and good business for all factory men
who are so situated as to make either
full cream cheese or part skins to de-
vote a large portion of their milk to
the production Of both these grades
of cheese.-Elsi1 Dairy Report
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WOMAN'S POWER.
Or SHAPES THE DEsTlNlEs OF MEN
AND NATIONS.

Where Men Are at 70 Disadvantage, and
"Oniy a Woman Can Understand a To.
mans Ills"
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CHICAGO COLD AND HUNGRY.
An Army of Destitute People Suffering
for Necessaries of Life.

An Army of Destitute People Suffering
for Necessaries of Life.
CHICAGO, m.-With the temperature at 81
degrees below zero and 90, 1000 people actual
ly In need OF fuel and food. Chicago has on
its hands the biggest task OF charity 1t has
seen since the great fire In 1871.
The aid societies, the churches, the county
agent and the police have exerted every en-
ergy to relieve the distress, but there are yet
thousands OF suffering people who have not
been reached. Ten thousand dollars a day
have been spent since Friday through these
different sources.
Mayor Swift has intimated that 800, 900
should be raised Immediately to meet the
situation. His estimate Is increased to
$400, 600 and $500, 900 by those who are in
the field and who have a personal knowl-
edge OF the extent Of the suffering. Tho
people OF Chicago are aroused as they have
not been in a quarter of Il century.
The following table shows, in brief, what
Chicago's distress means: Persons unem-
ployed in Chicago, 5000; persons who need
assistance, either provisions or coal, 10000;
persons on verge OF starvation, $4,000, per-
sons who lave been relieved by aid societies,
$4,000; persons relieved by churches, G000;
persons relieved by police, $500; persons re-
lievei by County Agent, 1900; persons re-
lieved by private charity. 1000; destitute
who have not yet been reached, 5000; peo-
pie housed and fed In police stations, 1929;
estimated total daily expenditure from all
sources for relieving distress. 10000; esti-
mated daily expenditure by aid societies,
$4,000; estilnated daily expenditure by
s%hurches, $4,000; estimated daily expenditure
by County Agent. si50l; estimated daily ex-
penditure by private individuals, $1,000; es-
timated daily expenditure by police, $500.
In almost every drug store in Chicago tho
proprietors and clerks are kept busy thawlng
out frozen ears aud noses. The motormen,
conductors, street car drivers and teams.ers
are the worst sufferers.
Fifty-three persons were overcome by thu
cold, and wore rescue | in q partly frozen
condition. Two deaths were duo to the
cold, and a number OF psop!e arc likely to
die as tho result OF frozen limbs or exposure
Most of the sufferers succumbed to the cold
while ut their work, but O number Of the
victims were homeless wanderers.
Mayor Swift issued n proclamation up
pealing to all citizens who have the money
to spare to contribute at once money and
supplies to prevent star walton and freezing
among Chicago's 10000 destitute Ioor.