Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 44, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 April 1890 — Page 7

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WOMAN, AND HOME.

SHE BONNET PARTY A SUCCESS AS A SOCIAL DIVERSION.

of a Fimont Woman—A Sew of Card*—Infantile Dont*» ud

Other Hint* for Mother*—MIM Drcxel'a Nerve—How a Woman Pay» ^Jaro Fare.

There bad been card parties, tea parties, ikey parties, almost every kind of party jjhtovrn to oxirt, and it seemed that there was iiotbing new under the son until a bonnet |arty was thought of. As there had never l^een one ia our little village, invitations taere given out. Each lady was requested to |}ring ait old hat or bonnet, with feathers, lowers, ribbons and laces for trimming the |cnore old fashioned and ridiculous the better

When the evening come each lady arrived I harrying packages of all shapes and sues. FXhe gentlemen looked on in blank amazement •The bonnets and hats were all placed on a tatbhfii the back parlor, and all the trimmings Ion/another table. 8uch a collection! The irrets had all been ransacked, and the rejit was truly amazing. When the guests l|ad all arrived cards were passed to the lal.lies, each having on it a number, and the |«entlemon also had cards with corresponding [numbora, only thfclr cards hod a needle stuck [in one corner—very suggestive of work to follow. When each gcntluman bod found his ortner ho went to the tables and selected a or Ixxmet and trimmings and then profeed «1 to work, threading his own needle, [fhe ladies were not to help, but suggestions tow and then were in order. The rooms f'wero large, and each one sat off by himself and worked for dear life.

When the bonnets were all trimmed the relit was truly astonishing, and when the laiies donned them it was still moro so. Then

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Indies voted for the host bonnet, and the worst trimmed ono. A black sailor hat, really trimmed very artistically, took the head prize. A bonnet with flowers on one side, ^feathers on the other, in the most comical arrangement, nnd wido strings, took the booby prize, which was a gentleman's black silk hat lined with yellow silk for a cuff and •collar box. After the bonnets were all trimmed a march was ptayed on the piano, and the couples marched and countermarched, and it is safe to say that such a procession was never seen before. Simple refreshments wero served, and all pronounced the party a success.— Good Housekeeping.

IufitntUn Don'tiii

Even the baby is the victim of reform. Methods employed twenty years ago are intolerable in tho nursery of today.

Tito infantile don'ta are almost as numerous 4is tlio etlqtiettlpal negatives. Among the approved aro:

Don't rock tho baby. Don't lot him sleep in a warm room. Don't lefhinr sleep with his head under the covor.

Don't let him sleep with his mouth open. Don't "pat" him to sleep. Don't try to make him sleep if ho is not sleepy.

Don't lot him nap in tho afternoon. Don't let liim bo kissed. Don't let him wear any garment that is tight enough to bind his throat, arms, waist or writits.

Don't have ball buttons on tho back of his dress. Don't havo clumsy sashes on tho back of his dress.

Don't cool his food by blowing ifc. Don't feed him with a tablespoon. Don't use a tube nursing bottle. Don't change the milk you started with. Don't bathe him in hot or cold water. Don't batho him moro than three times a week.

Don't allow a comb to touch his head. Don't lot IHtn eat at tho family table.— Torouto Globe.

]M«liig CJlltupn© »f Famous Woman. This woman who sweeps by in tho gay •crowd on Broadway wwa famous beauty in her day. She is still good looking. Iler face is a trifle stouter

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her brow and crow's feet iu.her cheeks, but it is Htlll a faco that would bo noticed in a crowd. It is Mr*. Kate Chase Sprngtte.

This once famous beauty, who wielded more power in American politics, pcrlmps, than any other American woman has ever done, i« going down tho hill of life in a quiet, •easy way. Kiwi comes to Now York occasionally to visit friends, but her homo is in Washington. Sho is no longer the gav butterfly •of fashion, and her dresses, while fashionable and wall made, have not tho dash that mado her so much talked about in ante-bellum days.

Her life in the national capital i$ a simple one. There is uouo of tho luxury of Edgewood that characteriscd her life during her iatherVi camr. Out she is happy, nevertheless, for her children ore growing up around her, and sho looks on calmly nt the progress of events with a smiling face. The White Huuso has passed out of her mind forever. It was utt idle dream at best. Cut there is sunshine at Edge wood such as this woman could uever have found had she Iseeome tho wife of .» president of the United States.—New York Mail «ud Express.

A Ifew Game of Card*.

Do you ever play domino whtstf It is the latest game of cards extant, nnd is rapidly superseding other games involving minimum of science with a maximum of luck, in the home circle and qttict, decorous social gatherings. Four people play the gaue, mid one who is ftunlliar with the tcehnkol names of cards informs us Uiat the parson who sits «t the left of the dealer—whatever that is— b^ins by playing what is called a waven spot of come suit—spadtw, hearts, cluba or diamonds. If the player cannot show up a «sven *pet be electad to put a chock la the pot.

Theu the next poram takes up the game and plays a seven spot—if he can—and after a seven spot is placed on the table the other «rds in sequences*® placed, eightspots being placed on the right and six spots on the left •of the seven spot. Every time a person cannot play a card on one of the four piles in tho •center of the tab]a, down goes a check to the bottom of the pot. When some on* plays bis last card the game u»ntan end, and he takes chock for each card held by the other three players whofc the game ceased.—Louis Republic.

Mis* Drrset's Sem.

Miss Kate Drexel, who has gone into a nunnery with her income oC 1300,000, ami who intends to devote her life and fortune to the •welfare of the Ind inns and Africans of America, is a petite youag woman, mild as a dove, with a will as iron Kite B» Bismarck5*. JBer entrance to the caster rwaUed np hardchip or privation with which she was not aK realty fomilisr.

Prior to taking tbe felt of the novice fiha had lived In a small room fisted up like a cell. The walls were bar®, tho fioor had no carpet, the beat had been turned off and ti»e r««i*ter dosed, only eoid water and coarse wap and towels w«re provided In the bathroom id* filing, and the only facilities for making a KoUst were a comb and brush, noil file and fwhiak. Even the mirror was excluded with 4» other hueuriaa to whkb tho lady

bad been habituated from chiMbood. Fter a bed she had an iron couch furnished -with a thin mattress and an insufficiency of covering, In imitation of some holy women whose lives area series of self denials.—New York World4'ig§fgg i-^r^-pElow It Is Bone. igjSfJ

Nothing"can be more delightful than the careful deliberateness with which the average woman conducts the monetary transaction between herself and the bone car conductor. Here is a typical case, which was watched by half a dozen amused passengers on a Sixth avenue car a day or two ago:

A woman with the small -feather bag that always accompanies a woman shopper seated herself in the car. When the conductor entered for his fare she opened her bag. took out her purse, shut the hag, opened the purse, took ten cents therefrom, then shut the purse, opened the bag. put the purse in it and closed the bag. By this time the conductor had given her her change, and once more she opened the bag, took out the purse, closed the bag, opened the purse, dropped the nickel therein, closed the purse, opened the bag, laid the purse carefully in and closed the bag, while tho intent look faded from her face, and sho leaned bock with the happy look of one of whom the world could expect nothing further.—New York Evening Sun.

Rag Baca.

A Berlin woman has given the following directions for making a rug from bits of woolen rags. Her plan allows much smaller pieces to be used than in the knitted ones, and the effect is also somewhat different:

Cut finy scraps of firm woolen material— tho more bright colors, blue, green, yellow, scarlet, the better—into pieces half an inch wide and Bix long. Sow them, slightly overlapping tho edges, on a narrow strip of black woolen till a number of yards of this fringe has been made. Next cut a piece of jute or coffee sacking a little smaller than the rug is to be when finished, hem or bind it with woolen braid, and sew the rag fringe firmly around the outside edge, then continue sewing row after row toward the center—leaving a space of three-fourths of an inch between each strip—till they meet in tho middle, whero they must bo fastened a little bearer. Tho narrow strips of cloth must fall •jver each other in such a way as to conceal the sewing.—Louisville Courier-Journal.

The Care of tho Face.

The doctor says you are only aniBmic, and perhaps you rather like delicacy and pallor. But you are only ~0. Does 15 seem so very long ago? Believo mo, the next five years will pass far more quickly than the last five, and at 25 you will care just as much to be fair and beautiful as you do now. If tho auxcniia, which is nothing but poverty of blood, ia allowed to persist, at 25 the interesting pallor will have become sallowness, and all tho arts of the toilet will not hide from yourself or others tho fact that your freshness and bloom havo departed.

This need not. bo so. There is absolutely no reason why you should not ba us beautiful and attractive ct 25 as at 20. If, as the years slip by, they write themselves your faco in tho fine, firm linos graven by intellectual and moral culture, and you do not at the same time lose your purity and beauty of color, the maturity of 25 will bo found to have a charm beyond that of early youth.— Anno M. Hale, M. D.

Patent* on Household Utensils. The sowing uiachino \vas iuventpd by a man, but there aro machines' patented by women, and there are twenty-two improvements on tbo sowing machine mode by women. Thcso improvements cover every part of the machine, and some of them are valuable.

The best flat irons in uso today are made by women. Miranda Fort, of Georgia, has an improvement in plows Jane E. Oilman, of Connecticut, has a combination bureau and bath tub Augusta M. Rodgers, of Now York, has patent stove for railroad cars, and Mary A. Holland, of New Jersey, has.invented a burglar alarm. The icecream freezer now in uso was invented by a Washiugton woman, and before she got out her patent every family stirred its cream with a spoon instead of using tho crank attachment wliilo it was freezing. Tho inventor of this is Mrs. Johnson, who took out her patent for it in 1S43 and who has mado considerable money out of it—Cor. St. iJbuis Post-Dispatch.

A Ituro Acc«mpU*Iune»t.

One of tho best known society women in tho city has a rare ami wonderful accomplishment. don't sing, or talk, or do any of theclever things of the day," sho said recently, "but I cati in-iko moro hideous face* and more of them than any person in New York, I am certain. Just watch me." Then she began. On the ins!:ant a hideously ugly faee^ppsiimi whero tho pretty one had been moment before. Then is was sad, then comic, then grotesque, old, envoi ed, wicked, malformed, simpering, everything hi a few moments except its own natural, sweet self, "It's my one accomplishment." she said, with a laugh, as her fsc. rattled into rei«Jao. "I took it up when I was a young girl just for flsn, and the nrausjnient it has been to my friend** hits led me to keep it up ever r.inco in spltoof its lack of dignity."•'—New York Evening Stm,

KiiUttK Uetnvpn IHohIH.

A youu child should have apiece of bread and butter Ivtwwn meals if it wants it. Some Spartau mothers think that eating at irregular intervals injures tha digestion. Regular habits are important to a child's welfare, and this among them but even older persons sometimes feel faint nnd hungry when the food that they have eaten at one mce.1 kt of a nat -re that digests more quickly Ui|m usual, and dws not satisfy them until tho next Why should not children feci the same pangs I Hunger is nature's cry for food, ami liould never bo disrcganled when one has the wherewithal t« appease it This applies particularly to children, whose rapidly growing bodies demand a plentiful supply of material to form new tissue as well as to repair the daily waste,—Elisabeth Robinson Soovil in Ladies* Homo Journal.

Uonhettr's hecoratlwi.

Rosa Bonheur, tho great autm I painter, wears the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and XL Rene Fcyrol, her brot icr-1 law, now t» how tiiu distinction was gained. The empress asked f«»r it for tlto artist, but the request could not tw granted. The Cross had never been given to a woman, ami thr mintsters jrotcsted against a !rce«lent. lt«t the empress bided Iter time till the follow tag year, whew, during the absenccof the emporta- in Algeria. *1» acted as regent One morning a servant hurriedly entered Rosa BonbcarV studio with the annoancemer.t that the empress was below. In another tatnuto she was ia the «tedk» borrowing a pia from one of her ladies. Tho empress then kissed tho artist* wfeo. glancing down* saw she Legion d'Hoan-cr pinned on her breast—New York World,

Uwc Water »n4 Milk.

When the stomach It intolerant of food It tstiws geoeral practice of physician* to arder ttaw-smter tobogireo with railk.and if tbey are rightly g^ve® tl»y ar« atoort always well hem*. Bat ask** duly instructed as to tb«

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propartioaa of «•«& majority of

people aro qttlte to make mistake of

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not using enough lime water. It is of course only of value as an antacid, and it is bat very slightly alkaline. AJScompared with the bicarbonate of

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Economical Purchasing.

The careful matron, in choosing dress goods for herself, will select those which are in no way conspicuous in color and will avoid novelties in trimmings, remembering that die cannot have many drosses, so one must be worn frequently consequently it must lie so neat and inconspicuous as not to attract1attention. It is well to bear in mind also tho possibility of making the dress over, and, other things being equal, to select those goods which may be turned aud which might make fiver suitably for the little daughter. It is better to buy a liberal pattern than a scanty one, for the extra goods are pretty sure to be needed in remodeling the dress. Otherwise one may sometimes be obliged to sacrifico the dress for lack of goods.—Montreal Star.

How Mme. Patti "Waalies Her Face. My standby has always been cold cream made of white wax, with benzoin and a very little ottar of roses to remove the fatty odor. With this I-clean my faco, neck and hands, and keep tlie skin smooth and moist. Traveling, ono has all Sorts of water, which 1 carefully avoid. If I can't get rain water or distilled water to wash in, I use a dry cloth and tho cream. Water or no water, though, I do not believe in washing myself to death. .In the cars I keep my head and face veiled. On the sea I never wash my face the air is enough and the best cosmetic in the world. In a city with as clean and sweet an atmosphere as New York, I should be able to keep clean with one ablution a day.—Interview in New York World.

The Cost of Salts.

The relative cost of men's and women's clothes was never more clearly illustrated than in the prices charged ata leading tailor's establishment in this city. Complete suits of chevioU, in three pieces, are mado up for men at from $30 to $35, while a woman's gown of. tho same material will cost 875 finished with cheap cotton linings with silk linings it is $85. It takes about twice as much material for a woman's gown as for the man's suit, but this is a small item and would not add more than 25 per cent to the cost The chief, reason for tho higher price charged women is that thero is very little competition among tho tailors who furnish women with dresses. —New York Tribune. .. ..

An Agreeable Eye Wash.

Irritable eyes, due to strains, dust, cold and a variety of other causes, aro quite commou. Among the domestic remedies which aro the most popular are applications of warm milk, tea, sassafras pith

Borax and camphor watery an agreeable and efficient remedy, has long been used by physician^. An eye wash very nearly, if not quite as serviceable, can bo made by adding one dram of the crystals of boracic acid to a pint of soft, boiled water. This should be boiled and lcept in a cool place. Three or four times a day half a cupful of the solution shoukl be hoated, and the eyes bathed with it as hot as can be borne.—Boston Herald.

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The Ago of Cosmetics.

Tho art of beautifying the complexion by artificial means is very old. The women of gray antiquity knew how to give their cheekB t»ho rosy hue which nature had denied them. In Nineveh the prnctico of enameling was quito common. The skin was made smooth and clean with pumice Skene and then covered with a layer of white chemical preparations. A toilet case found in the ruius of Thebes contained a whole arsenal of littlebottles full of perfumeries and complexion medicines. The women of Athens painted themselves with white lead and vermilion.— Berlin Courier. ______

Have Two Steamers.

In buying a rango or stove,'two porcelain lined irou pots and a steamer are usually among tho utensils thrown in. Now, in addition, buy another steamer to fit tho extra pot It takes no moro fuel to keep two pots boiling than one then why not on ironing day steam a loaf of your husband's favorite Boston brown bread over one pot, aud the Gt cr.med raisin puffs, of which the other members of tho family ore so fond, over the other! The result cannot bo otherwise than satisfactory all around.—Christian Union.

Do You Wear Ileal Fur?

A New York society woman says: Because so many excellent imitation astrakhans have appeared, the owners of the slmon pure, honest John make a little tear in theirs to show a bit of tho skin. It is juslt tho same with India shawls. Our grandmothers used to wear theirs wrong side out (as do their granddaughters}, and show all the roughness and even tho Arabic price mark, so as to show that they were tho real, original article.— New York Commercial Advertiser.

Flannel for the Fa

Women whose complexions are undeniable will tell you that they used neither the porous sponge nor the linen doth as wash rag, but chose in preference a good sized piece of fljumel, a quality being selected In whicfc there is sufficient cotton to keep it from shrinking very much. Just what are the virtues of this rag nobody knows, but that, from the beautiful Gunnings down to Lilly Langtrv, it bits been favored for the face, is undcuiable.—New York Sun. t'--'

UctbE In Caglaud.

Lacing is a vice that obtains very generally among the women of this country nowhere else are to be seen such slender waists as are found here. The vice of tight lacing Is practiced in every class of society be she duchess or barmaid, the native woman indulges with the same persistence her vanity in this particular. —Eugene FiekTs London Letter.

Borax for the Baby's Month.* Always wash baby% mouth and gams every morning with wa£cr In which you have pot a pinch of bonis. It keeps the mouth fresh aad sweet, and prevents that uocosnfortable affliction, a sore mouth, with which co many poor babies are troubled when their mouths ore not kept perfectly clean.—Good HctaeiRefdsg

mk Thread In PatsMKHta.

The Sanitary News draws attention to the foet that silk thread is soaked In ace&ftta of kad to increase its weight, and persons wbo pass it through the month in threading needkt, and then bits off the thread with ths teeth, bava suffered from toad poisoning.

THTWrte TTATTTB SATTTlSAY?l^linNG.MA]lju

ordinary dose of the

same Is equivalent to six ounces of lime water. So a tablespoonfulof the latter in acup of milk—the scanty proportion used by many in sickness—is really of no value.

To obtain an action of any moment it Is necessary in giving milk and lime water to have the mixture contain the latter in proportion of at least one-third. Very often where they are in equal parts the milk is vomited up in hard, sour curds, in which event, if tho mixture has not been given too freely, it is best to uso a stronger antacid. Bicarbonate of soda is a good substitute, and about a teaspoonful should be dissolved in a large cupful of water, and that solution bo added to the milk in place of lime water.— Boston Herald.

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ACROSS THE KARROO.

We had already journeyed seven days from Capetown, passing through the pretty villages of Paarl and Ceres, with the vineyards and maize fields, and had now reached the edge of tee desert known as the Karroo. The- «it» is marked on the map of South as beginning beyond the range of fh»*great Zwarte (Black mountains}.

The entrance to the Karroo is through a small gorge about a quarter of a mile long and twenty yards wide, with abrupt walls of stone On either side, which seems to indicate that at some former period a stream of water had passed out through tliijs gorge from a lake whose bed is now an arid desert. The distance across the desert to the point we wished to reach was 100 miles, which we wished to accomplish in three days. It was necessary to be careful of our horses, knowing there was no water on the journey for them. We hoped to do forty miles the first day, and thirty miles each day of the two following. We entered the Karroo'Poort (Karroo Gate) at sunrise, and set out on our hazardous journey.

I should state that we had stopped over nigbt at a last farmhouse near the Poort, to give our horses rest and a good feed, and to supply ourselves with forage for them and \vater for ourselves, filling every available vessel with the precious fluid. Our conveyance was a light though strongly built cape cart, on occasion covered with a canvas hood to protect us from the sun's rays, and there were four of us. No one can set out upon a desert journey without mingled emotions of hope and fear, there aire so many contingencies lying along those weary roads, and roads rendered more desolate by the bleaching bones of, dead animals—for often the willing beasts, the horses and oxen, fall with fatigue, and see with dying gaze the keen eyed vultures swooping from afar.

As we entered the desert it spread before us on every side like a boundless brown sea, silent, solitary and vast. As the sun rose into the sky the warmth became intense, and when by midday we halted we could see the heat rising from the scorched plains in tbe wavy columns like golden flames. There is no greater alleviator of thrist than cold tea, and no safer stimulant in a torrid land. While the horses were being unharnessed and fed Meadows and I prepared our midday meal. In three hours we broke up camp, and went on again until the day was nearly done—a day that had passed fairly well.

There was neither tree nor mountain in sight nothing to break the level monotony that stretched as far as the eye could see. We encamped for the night in the midst of this swelling loneliness, and then perhaps for the first time began to feel its power. We spent the last hour before sundown in cutting and gathering a quantity of biushwood (Karroo shrub, the only thing that grows upon these plains) to feed a necessary fire to protect us from the wolves and japkals which scour the desert in packs,

After supper we put away our tin disKes, replenished our big fire, wrapped ourselves in our rugs, and lay down with our weapons by our sides and our feet to the fire, ylfr H'J??

Adolpli and Willielm Moritz, happy Dutchmen, were soon asleep Meadows and I lay chatting for some time, then relapsed into quietness, the deep and strange silence that surrounded us broken only by the stir of the horses tied to tho wagonpole. The singular seusation of lying in this noiseless desert drove sleep from my eyes, and I lay awake a long time after George Meadows had fallen asleep. Suddenly there catne into the dead silence a long, sharp, piercing cry, answered by another in the opposite direction, equally distant these were the cries of jackals.

Then came the bark of a wolf, nnswered by a chorus, and Meadows suddenly rose Into a sitting position. "The brutes are coming!'' he exclaimed. Instantly a hundred throats seemed to be baying into the darkness, drawing nearer and nearer, until we could see, surrounding us like a circle of fire, the scintillation of red eyes. The scene was now become one of startling reality—all about us the dense darkness, lighted only, and in a manner made more perceptible, by the rays of the glowing brushwood embers in all directions about us the glare of shining eyes, and now the brutes came so near that we could hear the angry snarls and the snapping of their jaws.

George Meadows rose and threw fresh fuel on the fire the flame that crackled and flashed up brought into view the shaggy forms of the gray wolves, the striped hyenas, behind them, again, the jackals and the horses, realizing that their deadly enemies were close at hand, gave low whinnies, as though calling upon us for protection. The Moritz brothers were up, and, together with ourselves, opened fire upon the animals, shooting at tbe shifting masses where they seemed thickest, answered by howls and cries of rage as oar bullets tore their way into tho restless groups. For an hour or more tho animals skttlked around but, as we kept our brushwood fire In good condition, they finally gave up what we feared was a premeditated attack, and stole away. And thai we rested and knew no more till the chilly dawn awoke us, when a fresh misfortune awaited us.

In the confusion of the night before a wooden canteen, filled with water, had been kicked over, the bung started and much of the contents lost. While the horses were being fed and

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Meadows made coffee, and then, greatly refreshed, we set out before tbe sun was up, journeying still deeper into the desert Our drive was a

dreary

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we passed close to where a flock of vultures were feeding on the carcass of some animal that had wandered off tbe road to die. Our track was Uned with whitened bones. After we had halted for an hoar's rest and & hurried breakfasti we went on again, and should have been in good spirits enough had not our horses, inured as tbey were, begun to show unmistakable signs of tbe fatigue that follows a lack of water. ... We oGxuslvcs had not too much to sat­

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isfy the needs of four men, and we determined to put ourselves on short allowance since the mishap of the night before. After the midday "outspan" our late afternoon journey was enlivened by a singular display of thieving boldness. We were slowly "trekking" along, the two drivers of our four In hand team seated on the front seat, Meadows and I on the seat behind half asleep, the curtain at the end of the wagon rolled up a few inches to permit a draught to pass through, when all at once we heard a scuffling kind of spring and scratching at the tailboard, and looking round we caught the glimpse of the nose of a jackalas it disappeared from sight. The reason was obvious. Lashed against the back of the wagon outside was a sack of dried salt fish, the odor of which had attracted the sharp scented thieves, and which the brutes were endeavoring to steal, and finally succeeded in doing so by biting off the lashings.

Moritz would not stop the horses, but whipped them up afresh, saying: "Let them have it." George and I, however, used our revolvers, leaving many of them dead in the road behind but, having secured the fish, they seemed satisfied, as we could see them in the distance fighting and tearing at each other over the booty.

Night came and all was quiet when we outspanned at the close of the day, our bed against the hot sands and our covering the dim vault above, studded with stars that looked like points of burnished silver stretching far away.

Our third aud last day's journey was a most trying onei during which we fully realized what desert traveling may become. We had exhausted our last drop of water the night before, and we awoke with a thirst that seemed then unbearable but before the day was over we learned that our morning thirst was but a trifling affair. Everything was intensified on that day the sun seemed fiercer, the heat greater, the desert drier and the sky more defiant in fact, we seemed to be journeying deeper and deeper into a furnace whoso fires forbade a further approach, and when we halted for the noonday rest both man apd beast were utterly exhausted.

No one who lias not crossed a desert can possibly imagine the fearful condition to which a want of water reduces him the food ia swallowed with difficulty, and the system is faint with fever, while the knowledge of its absence does but heighten the craving of the body for its cool refreshment. After our rest we set out again, and tho time slipped by in silence^ Later, looking,- up, I saw something, and turned and said to Meadows: "Thank God! there is water ahead. See, there is a lake a few miles off." "A lake!" exclaimed Moritz. "Don't you know what that is?" "What is it. if not a lake?" demanded Meadows, "A mirage—and nothing else," Said the elder Moritz. "A mirage!" I cried. "Why, I can see the water there are the reflections of the trees and deer drinking." "You'll see what'll becomi of your lake, mynheer, and your trees and your deer, as we go," he replied with a short laugh.||§"No! you'll see no water till we're out of the Karroo and at Verbeck's farm."

Far away overhead in the brazen sky was a single vulture that made one dizzy to look at. An hour later the stumbling horses suddenly pricked up their ears, and the leaders neighed. "Thero is water," said Moritz, in an undertone of surprise. "You may deceive a man, but you can't deceive a horse."

True enough, in a short time we'eame up to a nearly dried pool of filthy water, little more than mud, as thick as porridge and as brown as chocolate, towards which the horses rushed with new energy. It was a cruel act, but we pulled up suddenly, and Adolph arhl liis brother leaped to the ground and held'them back while Meadows and 1 ran forward and scooped up the liquid and strained it through a handkerchief until we had collected a large kettle/ul. Then we outspanned and let the horses go, and stood and watched them as they eagerly licked up the muddy compound. One may ask how it was this little pool should be in the road tracks of the desert, where, as frr as wo knew, no rain had fallen I cannot tell I only know that it was there and that it saved our lives. Afire was made, and the kettle set on it we knew we had the water and could wait. It was boiled, to free it from impurities and germs it might contain, and then, when properly heated, we again strained it through a handkerchief, afterward pouring it all into a porous pitcher we had with us, and, incasing that again with a strip of wet flannel, we placed the pitcher in the gun. where the evaporation of the steaming flannel cooled the water inside *o a delicious freshness, though it could not improve the flavor.

We drank a large cupful each—it was the celorof polished mahogany-*and put the rest into the wagon, slaking our thirst as we drove on. Just before the sun set, a globe of crimson fire in an empty, quivering sky, we saw before us, touched with his last beams, a distant fringe of trees, and we knew we were ncaring our journey's end, for Verbeck's farm lay behind that distant foliage. Our Last meal was eaten on the desert, our last rest taken till the moon was up, and then on again we "trekked" through a silent world.

At midnight of that same day we walked our weary horses up to the farm gate, and were met by the hospital farmer Verbeck and his family, heralded by the troop of dogs that are invariably to be found hanging about the Dutch farm houses. Our journey across the Karroo wa» accomplished and we had reached the farm of mooifontein (beautiful water). Behind the white walled house and shaded trees ran a small river to which we led tbe horses before taking them to the barn and later, over an impromptu supper, we told Verbeck tbe latest news from the civilized world, and slept that nigbt with a grateful sense of perOs overcome, far into the morning light of the following day.—Tliustrated London News,

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DUSTERS

ARE THE BEST.

100 styles, prices to suit all.

VVhu Anus

4K

SONS,

Hans and Specliicatious furnished for all kinds of work.

"pvR. W. O. JENKINS,

JL/ Office, 12 south 7 sU Hours 1 :S0 to 3:30 Residence, cor, 5th and Linton. Office telephone, No. 40, Baur's Drug Store.

Resident telephone No. 170.

TR

GEO. MARBACH,

XJ DENTIST. 423)4 Wubash Avenue, over Arnold's clothing atom.

GILLETTE.,

DEUTI3T.

Filling of Teeth a Speciality. Office—Comer Seventh and Main streets, In. McKeen's new block, opp. Terre Haute House

ROBERT H. BLACK. JAMKS A. NISBJEE*

JgLAOK & NITBET, UNDERTAKERS

and

OFFICE 102 8. SIXTH STREET,] Opposite Savings Bauk. Night, calls at office will receive prompt attention. Telephone No. 135.

T^R. R. W. YANYALZAH, JL/ Successor to RICHARDSON A VAN VALZAH,

IDIEjISTTIST-

Offlce—SouthweBt corner Fifth and Main Streets, over National State Bank (entrance on Fifth street.

QHOLERA HOGS^

Cosh paid for dead Hogrs at my factory on the inland southwest of tho city: also 1 allow, Hones and Grease of all kind. Dead animals removed free of charge. Office No. 13 o» tiecoud. Telepbouo No.

J. NUGENT.

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life I fe--,T- 4

PHraAUBLPHXA* dealers.

Sold by all

TVD MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN FT AT.T. JL/XU CATAKKH, HKAD, THROAT,

EMBALMERS,

20 N. Fourth St., Terre Iluuto, Ind. All calls will receive prompt and careful attention. Open day ana night.

JSAAO BALL, FUNERAL DIRECTOR.

Cor. Third and Cherry Sts., Terre Haute, ind. Is prepared to execute all orders in his line with neatness aud dispatch.

Kmbalmlng a Specialty.

RS. ELDER -ft BAKER, ltOMBOl'ATHia

PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS.

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NERVOUS DISEASES,

Mole^Tomors, Superfluous Hair Removed

1151». Sixth Street. Hours: 0 to 11 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m.

A ECHITECT.

Xi. W. B. WILSOU, With Central Manufacturing Co., Office, 930 Poplar Street, Terre Haute, Ind.

8Mmi_

M.J. BROPHY*

£J"TJGENT & CO., PLUMBING and GAS FITTING

A 4 dealer in

Gas Fixtures, Globes and Entrineer*® Supplies. SOS Ohio Street, Terre Haute, I»4

COAL. COAL.

Wehaveoriened acoal office utOV) Sin! it. at th® former Kuhn elevator office und keep all kinds of

BLOCK fc BITUMINOUS COAL

We solicit a share of the public patronage.

JOS. LEE—WM. DORSKY

NePlus Ultra

Dyeing and Renovating Ladies* and Gentlemen's Wear in all desirable shades of any fabric at short notice and moderate prices at

H. F. REINER'S

STEAM DYE WORKS

083 Main Street.

Established 1861. lncorfiorated VM*

pLIFT & WILLIAMS CO.,

Successors to Clifft, Williams A Co.

XAjrtrrACTtraKHS or

Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc. AltD

DHAiatS8

tn

LOMBEB, LATH, SHINGLES GLASS, FAINTS, OILS

5

AND BUILDERS' HARDWAKB. Mulberry sU-ftet, corner »tb.

R. GAGG,

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ARTISTS' SUPPLIES "•"""•SEW.

Picture Frames to Order. McKeen*s Blook. MS Main nt, :0p: 6tb and 7th.

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