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f WATERMELON AT ITS HOME. B' " Hi-- Kj jjrsr uprEciXTK in Tint regions W iruBJiK it is grown. E? A. Inrplns tha Planter's Only Protection By Agalntt Thlevet-Ite Mint Give Away All K; JI Can Bpnre to Save the Itett of the Bgf " Crop Picking Melon! I Like I'almlitry. K" The theory that things close at hand and W easy to be sot nro least valued docs not apply Sg. to the watermelon, for nowhere Is that linked jf1- aweetnoss so rauoli approolatod as out In tho R oountrr down South whom It flourishes llko the troe that tho wicked are likened to. Not HP that everybody can raise melons In porfectlon. K , They won't crow for some peoplo, either be- L ' eause the soil Un't tho right kind or becauso v they are cultivated too cnrefully or not enough, " and they turn out stunted and tasteless; hut. i1 good, bad or Indifferent, tho watermelon has I ' a, peoullar rating among tho people whero It , grows. It is regarded purely as un p atoetera, yet as an Indlsponsablo etcetera. $ ot used, as at the North, as a dessert g- or any part ot tho day's meals, nor yet as a foro- W tailing of tho winter's need like frulU of moro ft substance, but rellod on for regalement In the 5 enforced stillness of sultry noons, partaken of ft Jn between tlmcsof theafternoonslcBtabohlnd f closed-ln blinds, and rosortod to as a beforo- S ' bedtime assungor ot thirst. A great deal has k been said about tho negro's fondnoss forwator- i melon, a partiality widespread and universal; i but tho white Houthernor Is as fond of the fruit , as his black neighbor ovor was or 1. and a summer without watormolona In plenty to be I cut and dipped Into with as muoh dlsourslve- V pees and difficulty of pleasing aa tho bto dls- I plays In hi honey-hunting would seem deprl- L ration Indeed. L ' Bight now. on the ahelf outside of every pan si try window or baolc poroh. where the sun '' , Comes In wholesome moisture-banishing for ' Tor, only strong enough to on re, not soorch, are flat dishes and platters strewn with molon ! toods put out to Beason. "That's a good melon 1 Save the seeds." Is " tho housowlfe's or husband's mandate aa 1 some especially luscious heart piece finds fa 't Yor, and tho word Is passed on to the cook's domains along with the great waiter of partly 1 out. partly sampled molons, and the tiny repro- dueers that threaten to slip off In the flowing Juice ato captured, one by one, and laid care fully on the bottom of the big platter to dry. ( Tho having good seed is of primo lmportanoe ., and the little all black or all brown, light-tinted 1 or dark rimmed seeds, will each bo remem- ' fcered by tho caroful seed saver, and classlflod aa belonging to a certain character ot molon. 't "Very tender flesh and aweet" will bo , tho marking on one little paper bag In which , seed is stowed. " Unusually large and plugged inside like an orange." will be pencilled on E another: and a similar looking assortment will bo labelled as "very pale greon outside and ot uncommonly thin rind and bright pink color." These are tho memoranda to holpjog tho memory when next season's planting time comes 'round. A melon patch, as the darkles call It. Is a Btudy In tint and texture the big flaunting leaves, like felt; the glassy rinds ot the fruit glazed and cool and of tints varying from an all- overdark, metalllo green, only faintly veined, j to a light straw or lemon color vandyked and j Klgzagged over with markings in a dark shade. I Tho little tendrils and baby sprays that shoot L out from the vines aro like ferns in their I mossy, fuzzy texture, and the delloato blos soms have onough green In their yellow tint to I carry out tho color scheme. A patch like thls,one i solid carpet of luxuriance, riotous yet trained, ( looking as though, if you stepped into it. you would be In verdure to thoshootops.lsadlffer- ent thing from the pallid, half-starved vines ' f scattered about between tho rows In the cotton ,' field or kept down to one comer of apaled-ln garden, tho leaves too scant to screon the vine 5 toota sufficiently from the sun while tho fruit T swells, and only a half-atuutod, deformod f looking molon or two to oach vine. The Ideal molon plot at time of bearing Is tempting to tho senses, nnd tho planter who has such for L hit. own nw, not to sell (in ooncrvatlve dls- F' trictH tlioro is an old-rooted prejudice against v aniline melons). puts n Enfeguard about It that s Is bettor Hum a fence, namely, the giving out sj that his melons nro to bo had for tho asking; , enough and to spare for all on tho place. If only 5 ho may bo allowed his pick of tho choicest. "A surplus Is jour only piotoctlonln these f, matters." such u pluutei is heard to say. "Haves ?" you annoyance, keeps ovcrvthlng and overy- r body In good humor and good working order I and raikos the wheels run smooth. I can get ft-''' always all tho hands and all thetonants I want, jt no matter In what emergency, and I daro Bay - that my reputation as a melon raiser has some ? thing to do with It. Melons aro not hard to grow If sou know how nnd aro willing to take a t little trouble, and it's an easy thing enough to f make a dirky hippy with ono " f Tho speaker Is n youngplantor.onorgotlo and 8' tactful, who studies the conditions of llfo about ;j!' blm and lias tlie name amnng his neighbors ot j, getting on well nnd making n. good thing of it. " His melons nro planted in tho Held to tho left h of tho hotiM), just outside tho garden fence. 6 One moonlit July night, when there was n i, danco on Dm lawn, a servant stolon chance to " piiv to the host that utcnunt wanted to see him, i The young man excused himself and went bo- (, youd tli fistiio clicli;. whuto a hulf-grown t negro wnitod. hat In hand. ' Unelo March lSurri- mighty sick," was his w" message. "Ilmi jist a-purchfn' up with the Hv fever, nnd say. If jou don't mind, please to C'- send hiin avimpleon molon out do putch. Uu i Ben 'em shluln' s.u ecu do moon, night 'lore las', ivhou he hud come by, and his mouf a-viatorlu' " for a taste " It was not n night to refuse anybody anything ; or een to chide for the unseemly Interruption, j, and Sanoho was told to goto tho patch and help V, himself for the foer patleufn bouellt. "I couldn't help thinking, though, what a I raroand remarkable thing it was for permls , f Blon to 'be sought in such a mannui, when, owing to tho general rieoceupatlon with tho 1 amusement ot thu eenlng, the bos might , hae stolen their fill and nobody been the , wiser," said the molon owner. The Incident showed mo the negro charactor In a new light. ( Had I been stingy with my melons and exqr- j clsed rigid sun eillance oer them, as some do, " they would hao felt no hesitation about rob- , blngme." atermelnn picking Is something llko palm istry. You hun rules to go by and there nro - certain plain Rigns that mean certain things, but there aro niuny other marks and tokens to P. modify the original nnd moro conspicuous 1 ones, so the moro you learn on the subject tho less sure of thu ground you aro, and only n nice adjustment and counter balancing of condi- ; tlons means success. 1 A man nulto eisod In worldly lore nnd In I. larious difficult accomplishments once went f - Into a promising melon patch with Intent to I I pick melons, and did pick aU, all of which jP proved to be green Ho had narrowly Inspected iU ftnd compared with smaller and less mature I ft, looking spoclmens each of tho melons beforu It' he picked it. and mis quite miffed whon tho , Inst of his six, on being cut open, proved, llko K Its fellows, just short of tho outing murk. 1 " loey Fnrrar Is tho best judge of melon on I the place ; go in the patch with Iicr some time jj- and take lessonB," suggested tho melon grower. w bo the next ulternoou. wlien the slanting sun v. had left the patch wall In shadow nnd a com- :" fortnble lute-day brcezo wus scudding about, J, the aspirant for melon picking lore presented ' himself for lnstmctlon, f "lou want to know 'bout pullin' watermelon, M law mo!" said Maum Vlcoy in astonishment, I looking at the stranger at though to fathom his p, motives much us she fathomed the hidden ; state of thu molon, then she outeued hei pipe with ono work-hardened thumb, stood It up K carefully In u niche of the fence so that the to- w bacoo wouldu't spill (Maum Vicoy sots great fk More by the weed I and started ot hertask. Her m hKirt was swung up woll out of the way bya V oord knotted aUmt her waist and her huud St hundkci'chlef pushod uu oil her brow, as f, thouRh sho must be rid of all extra cumbering on this Important occasion. , "1 goes 'em over careful dls time In de oven- g. In', and marks all w hat's ready, and 'fore de men W hands goits out to do flcP In do moniln'iley K' comes and totes 'em in," she explained. " You K seodey's warm now, de sun been on 'email day, f" but by layin' out in de cool all night 'mongst de v.et vines Joy's lino h morulu', elder to cat right awny or to luy'om up In do middle of do house somewhere where do heat can't git to , 'cm I)o colored people does like warm mtlon. r Dey kin cat 'em right nut de patch In do twel o 'lt o'clock time and not mind, but do buokro llko em.plok soon 'fore sun-up, when they's mora fresher. " How I does tell a rlpo melon ? Partly by dls ore little klnklesproutln'out by the stem and partly by the yellowness ondorneat' Hitting up one carefully to Inspect the part that lay on the H grouiidl. ami mrtli hvde sound when I thump k it Now.de little klnklo on do stem of dls hero M melon is dry nnd shrivel up, bo dat shows do 1 melon 'bout riponln', und do ondorneat' part, i what la always bound to be more bleach out than the rest, is got a yellow tinge to it, Yellow creepln 'round de odgo of de bleach place, dat faJWA. a,1?" tho heart rlpenin'. most rlpo onough to PHn, KuiC i,ut all both those signs don't tell whether or no tho melon better.be left to stand a day or two to make It moro hotter, and you can't 'splclon. de real state of It till you thump It a, couple of times and study good to mako .sure. You kin toll a little- by balancln' of It whether It dead weight or too light weight, but you must do It easy llko. not to snap de vino nor iar it too much, causo onco you Jar It tho melon ain't gwlno git no moro sweetenln' In it no matter how long you let It stand. A rough plckor does do harm In a patch iou must tako time an' go easy wld do business Hameasdo Serlptcr have It. thoro's a Mine to danoo and a tlmetoinone, jlst so dero's do time to snap a melon vino. A day beforehand or behindhand don't muko no dlfteronco In do size, you got jour melon all do same, but do natural sweet ness and fUvorment only come one tlmo. llko de sup run up in a troo trunk, an if yon leave it ovor dat timoor pull It 'fore dat time comes you losn do bofitness A melon a day ovor its tlmo is soft, just n little, an' If It pull too soon It miss dc BUgnry tasto 1 been pullln' melon too long not to know bout 'em. " Does I ov or mnko mlstako ? In course I git fooled 'caslotily, but not often. I'sgotde right ear for melon soundln': everybody gives mo thnt naiii(i."and tho champion moves on to whoro a pudgy, streaked and striped melon hides endways among the leaves and thumps and listens, with her car to tho rind, as Intently as though graver Issues were at stako. 11 Old air. lluokra, what tend de, cattle, and drlvodo ox cart and ono ting and anudder iu between tlmo, he doos portend to bo n picker," she goes on, "and all do tlmo he's braggln' 'bout do wagon load on top of wagon load of molon ho had usen to pick down on de old boss river place, whero do melon ground was so rich, but ho ain't touch me. when It como to tollln' 'bout rlpo melon. LaB' lay-by time I had gone to visit vv Id de children down do country. Mr, lluckra piuk do melons outen dls patch whilo I was gone, but law, do boss done tolo mo when I gltback.nny how as muoh as llo out of a dozen would be a slip-up. How do hands did devil do old mnn'bout dnt molon ptckinl All 'tis, thei had llko It moro better causo dey was moro give way In do quarter count ot poor tastln". just cut open and piece takon out and den throw away. . . .... The would-be melon picker watched Maum Vioey's manoeuvres and heard her mandates, but gained little additional skill. "Experience and being a good guessor is what carries with tho watermelon picker." was his summing up. Watorraolons are oaten very differently down flouth, where It takes only energy and not dol ars to get them, from tho stlff-stllted. regular slt-down-to-tho-tablo fashion that obtains in moro formal roglons Tha provalent and favor ite way Is for n family, visitors and all. to lino up on u shady back porch or piazza and hold tho axe-shapod pieces priraltlv ely In the fingers, biting off only the uppor crust, tho odgo of tho heart-sweetness, aa It wore, discarding tho rost nnd turning to tho pllod-up tray for frosh hearts to conquor. "Watermelon I Cutting It now." calls some body, whoover happens to bo in melon mood and averse to eating alone, and In a trice thim bles and books ana any manner ot occupation aro cast aside and the clans gather to the fray, armed with suoh eating Implements as may suit their individual notions. " I llko my molon host onton with a spoon out of the rind. I like to scoop out the mouthfuls !ind leave little wells and embankments for tho ulco to fill In." savs one, when a half melon Is landed her, the knob on the bottom end prop erly lov elled off, so that It may stand scourely. "I prefer to take mlno witn a fork : It tastes nicer that way," savs another, and anothor de clares for shaving off broad, wafer-thin nlloes with a sharp-bladed knife. At theso behind-the-soenes, off-guard gatherings everybody vv ants only tho heart, and acouple of congeulals will be seen bearing off a monster melon be tween them, to bo eaten tete-a-tete under the trees or In some oonveniont nook, whoro they make as little or as much impression on tho heart as they wish. Planters famous for the fine melons they ralso oan always count on plenty ot company In tho mldsummor season. Hummer trips and vaca tion outingB that cost solid dollars in railroad fare and hotel rates aro practically unknown among tho simple country folk; besides, the heads of families, at least, must stay at home and tend to their crops, but every young per son and many older ones as well spend at least two or threo weeks in homes other than tholr own. with far-off neighbors and connections, and a plentifulnoss or scantiness of the molon supply Is of Importance In tho reckoning ot both host and visitor. " You ought to go down to Col. King's somo tlmo; thoy liavo tho most dellolous melons, and so many they can hardly get rid of them," Is the report of somo lately returned guest of tho Colonel, and ten chances to one if you act on the suggestion you will catch tho Colonel play ing solitaire on the piazza, whilo a sack of nioely cooled melons Is just being hauled up out of the well Devoted to solitaire tho Colo pel Is. but no'ver too engrossed to remember. If one of his wagons Is starting off anywhore. to send threo or four bouncing melons of hla own raising to somo neighbor or ponsioner In that fiarticular direction, not gifted with the know ng how of melon making, or perhaps too much taken up with burdensome farmer's cares to pay much attention to luxuries. The watermelon plavs a promlnentpart In tho Bum mer's reckoning at the Houth. aoclal, domestic In whatever relation, and the choicest and finest are not common enough to bo held cheap or loso their valuo. An Idyl of ISSth Htrcet. It was last Saturday night In narlcm. and 125th street was a blaze of glory nnd good fel lowship from tho Kist Klver to Momingsido. However.it is always that. Thero Is nothing moro refreshing to tho weary denbon of the hlgh-wnllod city than a stroll any ev enlnc along this groat artery ot Harlem, and notably bo on Saturday ev ening. There is a rustic svv ectness in tho atmosphore of the street and a cheer ful companionship among tho peoplo that is positively uniquo in its delightful ef fect. However, that la not quite to tho purposo of this article. Last Satuiday night ut 10 o'clock, as the curfew-loving folk were buying up cheip fruit at tho markot and col lecting tho children preparatory to getting them into tho fold, a showy windowed dry goods storo not far from Eighth avenuo. with a moving ship ns a window foaturo, had drawn a orowd of curious und hippy women about it. Thero must have beon fifty or moro and they took up most of tho sidewalk, but no body cared for that. He walkod out In tho stieot pleasantly or bumped up softly against tho yielding and generous proportions of the plump and plothono matrons of Harlem and pushod his way through tho crowd. Tint is to say. he did If ho wanted to gt away from the window, but most folks did not. They wanted to see what was going on. One of the clerks had come out Into tho window, which contained, besides the ship, several figures on vtlileh were exhibited hats, shirt vvnlsts and oilier feminine orunmentB and belongings. Tin so were to bedecked fortheBnbbatlidav-.so that w hile tho place was shut up the attractions would still go on. Thus it was that the clerk was in the vv Indow. Then hoaddressed himself to tho figure, consisting only of wax head and face. a woodon body, and a wire frame. Ashe whirled It around nnd laid ovor by it, convenient to his reach, the clothing ho was going to put on it. tho women folks on tho outside of the vv indow began to show a sudden and profound Interest In the clerk nnd his work. Homo of them even went so far as to giggle. A pretty girl with peach pink cheeks and sunny hair blushed nnd tried todragthe voungmanwith her along, but ho would not go. lie li id on alO cent collar ten Inches high nnd he was as linmeli as the girl wasn't. Tho man in tho vv indow, vv ith tho businesslike and unconscious manner of window trimmers, who aro gazed at alvvnvs by admiring crowds, janked the wire works before him around to tho front and reached for the shirt waist. IHo gav e it a shake and a punch In the slats nnd slapped It around tho llguro Then he pulled it In at the neck nnd the waist, hit it tt lick or two, stood by to see the elteet, and reached for the skirt that Is. all tho actual apparel the w Indow lady was to wear forHunday "Huh I" sniffed one fat woman, "anybody could seo ho was u married man." That started them, and nt the same moment the trimmer hauled up tho skirt nnd llred It down cvortho llgure, and shook the wrinkles out of It. "Ho ought to have tho Job." said another woman. "1'llbetho'sa New York man," snlokereda third "Well, don't ho know how?" laughed a fourth as the man gave the train a graceful sling. "INo Harlem man could uver learn a thing llko that," said u tidy-looking woman with a baby on her arm. "How does ho know how?" giggled a girl, and when it big woman, with a 5-cent box ol peaches in her hand, lookedaerossherflhoul derathor, the girl dodged and got around to the other side of tho crowd. "Hullygee!" piped a nowsboy, after he had crowded In to sen what it was all about, and off he run tnwnrd Klghth avouuo. though just why nobody seemed to know. "Wonder what kind of a wife that man's got?" Raid a woman who hadn't said a word slneo tho man hud first appeared In tho win dow. "Well, hasn't ho got tho nerve?'' remarked a tall girl to mi elderly poison who looked like ho might ho her father When the man put tho hat on tho llgure thorn was a general chorus of "Ohs I" and "Aha I" and when he smiled nt the crowd, which he had nt last begun to notice, and gave to tho hat a snueyllottciy tip over tho eyebrow, which looked strangely out of place iu Harlem, a luugh followed, which showed thut there was plenty of humanity iu the old town still. Then tho trimmer put somo wax hands on, which cnused an unexpected admiration, for until the hands were put on not a woman In the crowd had noticed that the figure was with out hands, so interested were they In what she had on nuch is womankind even In Harlem. When the last touch had been added the trimmer, with a smile and a how, made his dig appearance, and Our 1 .tidy of the window. In her durksklrtand pretty shirt waist, surmounted by a hat of the latest in Harlom, stood aorene and straight, and seemed to smile a gracious good-night on every woman In the stroet as she turned and left the front ot the shop. THE AWAKENING OF MANDY norr nun rowxns lritius uaur latorrs after a total eclipse. Lack of Appreciation in a Country Home Dlttreited Her nnd at the Same Time Inspired Her to DliUngnUh Herielf Then She IUtlred, Betuslng IUwnrd. Mandy'a arrival In the house was a shook. That she was old everybody know. That she had boon 111 was also understood. But thatshe was so old and had beon so 111 was a surprise. Bhe landed at tho door and crawled with diffi culty down tho stops of the stage. Thon with a cane she hobbled across the piazza and an nounced hcrsolt. It was a trying situation for tho housekeeper. Ono of the young waitresses who was standing near tho door whon she ar rived burst out laughing and ran down into the kitchen to spread the nows that the new "girl" had arrived. "And girl." she oried. with her eyes like sauoors, "why she's 70 years old if she's a day, and walks with a stick." When Mandy. with the aid of her cane, got down to the collar kltohen It was seen that tho advance reports of her age and strength had not been exaggerated. There was a Bmtle on tho lips of some ot tho younger women In the big. old-fashioned kitchen. They wcro strong, lusty women, aooustomed to the hard work that the llfo of the oountry boarding houso demanded, nnd they wondorod what part in that work tho bont and withered woman who was looking about tho room like a strange cat that had strayed In could over oxpoct to play in the economy of tho household. Mandy's arrival had been preceded by somo unusual circumstances. She had been recom mended to the maiden lady that presided over this old house by a guest, who described her as Just the oapable and energetic person to mako herself indispensable In suoh an establishment. It was mentioned thnt sho had been 111 specifically tho trouble was paralysis but thero was no hint of the extent to which she was disabled. That only became dear when tho stage landed her on tho piazza forty miles from New York in point of distance, and In the matter of tlmo moro distant still. There was nothing to be done at this junc ture but to receive Mandy along with her lamone ss and her weight of years. Getting hor baok to town would bo the work of anothor day. So Mandy settled down temporarily Into the life of the house. She settlod Inconspicu ously and quietly thero In a corner of the kitchen. She could not walk, so cooking or watting was work sho could not yet attempt. "Wo have to wait on her ourselves." said the girl who had boon the first to see her. "becauso she can't movo around, and sho Just slta there In the kltchon while we bring things to her." Then she laughed as loudly as sho had when Mandy first arrived. In the first fow days of hor presence In the kitchen sho sat demurely shelling peas, string ing beans, and attending to other elementary. If menial, duties of tho big kitoh J, through which the active women hustled the greater part of the day. It was her great reputation as cook that had attracted her employer. But she could have been as capable a steeple jack. Her cane was absolutely Indispensable, and she could nover have moved through tho group of women gathered In front ot the stovo. So she sat quietly In the corner and watohed tho group. The muscular Irish woman laughod and joked at her work, and sometimes threw a word over to Mandy's corner. The girls handed her the necessary articles willingly, and Bhe had plenty of kind words from them. Bhe was u typical Houthern negro, neat and dressed with the Indifference to looks and tho care for com fort which are characteristic of them. She was amiable In manner, but non-committal. Her cano was hoard llrst In tho morning as sho stumped dovv n the stepB. and she was up lato at night. Between those incidents JInndy stayed in liercorner and spoke to fow people. Sho was working energetically and seemed to be think ing, bho was polite, nut nover beyond certain formal limits. ...,, j , j ,, It booh boenmo apparent that Mandy 8 daily contribution to tho amount of work dnno In tho establishment was inci wising. But Mandy was still a joke. Tho other women in tho kitchen laughed nt tho mention of her name when thoy were far enough away to koep the knowledge ot It from Mnndy. Thoy would not have wounded her feelings. But the ar rival of an apparent septuagenarian who walked with a cane when a voungor person was expeote dvvas a joke too good for tho household to forget Immediately. 1 hoi o vv as plainly a re action, howove-. iu hor favoi. "I'll wait a fow dajs longor." said tho land lady, "nnd maybe she'll turn out better than wo thought." .... ., . ., Mandy progressed slowly from that tlmo. She was able to throw away the stick after awhile, and It was no longer necessary for the other ser vants to help hei ut her work. Hhe moved about the kitchen m ljeMically and slowly to be Biire, but sho moved That was an advauco The sound of her cane ns sho hobbled over the wooden lloor was heard no longer. Her big eyes, wore rolling as uleitlv as ovor in her head, and with her strength returning her figure had grown more erect. It was evident that there was a latent foroe about Mandy thut would demonstrate itself somo day. It did appear unoxjiectedlr. , . "That hull will certainly havo to bo white washed aguin," was the observation of tho landlady ono morning, "and I havo sent four times to Madison for the paiuter" Hhe eyed tho walls critically. "Thoy havo disappointed mo every time. I'll havo to get sombody in t wn to do it Tho whitewash and tho brush am downstairs, but tho troublo is to get tho Mandy pased through the hull. She over heard tho complaint ot her mistress and saw her start out of tho houo to sonrch for some body to whitewash the walls, liutshewus si lent, hhe disappeared but for n moment. tlum faho nppoured at the head of tho stops thero wns a pall In hor hand and a brush as vol! It was In tho afternoon, and tho hall was desrirted Mandy worked away as If her life depended on It. ItwushO brisklydono that the Lrusli w as out of thu way and the wash drying into snowy whtto spots aa sho finished her work. Hhe wont back to tho kitchen and was shelling peas in her necuslomed oornorwhen tho landlady came homo But tho news had reached tlie other sen ants. "My law si" said one of them as she opened the doorto let hor mistress In," Mandy's whlte w ashed tho buck hall." An Inspection showed that she had. It was a very well done job, moreover, and a profes sional tiom Morrlstown could not havo Im proved on it. There wero further evidences of Mandy's ersntillty during that week. One day she laid a. carpot, and when Michael was sick shoinllkod threo cows. Mtindy's physical Im prov ement w as remarkable. After one ot these achievements she returned quietly to liercor ner to the humble, it neccssaiy, job of shelling peas, stringing beans, or peeling potatoes. But that part was no longor assigned to her. Hhe had established her ersutlllty bejond ques tion. The housohold below stairs began to treut hor with deferenco. Hlio had already won kindness by hor own good nature. Hhe re ceived all thceo evidences of her changed posi tion In her taciturn, qulelfashlou. Appuiently sho had little to say, Ono day tho hour of Mandy's final triumph pome. The house was fuller on the Fourth of July than It hud been at any preceding tlmo. The kltchon wus filled with piles of fresh vege tables brought from the garden. Throo lambs had been taken to the butcher's and slaughtered by him, Thoy were piled on a table, ready to be dressed and put Into the oven. A grout hunch ot mint hint: near them showed ono form of tieatment which they wcro certain to undergo In tho final instance. Those had all been placod on the tables for the cook, who was soon to appear. Maudyhad part in theso plans. Hhe o)cd tho preparations in tho cus tomary way. But she worked hard at thu modest work ot freezing lea cream. Tho scene wns peaceful. Suddenly it was transferred Into ono of violent exoltement. Word came that the oook had to stay homo with hor husband. Bho hudgoue to sea htm In the morning, nnd found him filok. It was tho Fourth ot July, and halt tho worklngmon in the village were already sick by noon. Tho se riousness ot the situation brought out a re proval concerning his sickness that peemod a waste of tlmo at such a juncture. But some thing had to be done. Tho news was carried up to the landlady. Her appearance added to the excitement. None ot the girls could cook, Jlury Jenkins, the former incumbent, might be Eot. But sho lived four miles away, and might e at tho picnio Jenny cooked once the sum mer before, and ruined everything. Only one thing was to bn done. The landlady would cook herself. That would bo the only possible solution ot the question, but it would be a bad one nt thut. " I'll cook dinner, Miss Lizzie," said Mandy. without rising from her seat at the froezeror censing to turn the crank. I oan do It." Kveiyhody turned to look at aiandy. She had shown that bIis could do something, but the Fourth of July dinner was no small matter, The landlady did not want to do it. She hud duties upstairs that were nearly as important, aiandygot permission to try It But she held on to the handle ot the Ice-cream freezer until somebody came to relieve her. The moment she got up from her place In the corner a change came over the scene. Itollfiig hor sleeves up a little further, she stopped over toward the stove. Her thin blaok arms looked hard as stone. She arranged the Hues and then sot to. One by one the vegetables wore placed In their appropriate pans on the stove. The roast was slid Inside, and Mandy hovered about. After a while salt began to be dropped In here and a plnoh of pepper there, Mandy hustled about In a businesslike fashlou. Ulti mately the dinner was transferred to the china dishes and carried upstairs bytho waitresses. It was a triumph for Mandy. Thognostfl all re marked on tho partloularexcollcnoo of every thing and Inoldonlally ato two or three times os muoh as thoy usunlly did. Mandy was con gratulated by her employer. That night tho cook's husband was still sick. Mandy had an other opportunity to provide her Tarled pow ers. Bho did It by means of a combination of crisp bisouits. dollcately browned; po tatoes stewed In rich oream and, butter and appetlzingly sprinkled with .pandoy:, cut ots with the orumbs clinging to thorn In therloh. white gravy, and coffee of Just the right hue of brown and tho proper aroma. Mandy had oortalnly mado tho bost of the opportunity. Sho was down to prepare breakfast the next morning, but cook's husband was well, be cause, he had to be and go to work. Bo Mandy found a plaoo In her old corner. A few minutes afterbrenkfast she sought out her employer, who thought that with the vanity of her race, she had oome around for further approbation. But Mandy was there for another purposo. "I want to go." sho said, "and If you don't object, I'd llko to go on that afternoon train." . Oo?" asked tho astonlshod landlady. "Go. Mnndy. when you're doing so well.' "That's Jos' the reason, ma'am." Bhe. said with determination. "That's jes' the time. Nono of you allowed I could do anything when I enmo. You thought I was old and playod out. J wasn't, but I only wanted you nil to know. I'd avo gone boforo this except for that. I wanted you all to seo. I think you seen by this timo." . At the helghtof her triumphs with flairs flying Mandy got Into tho stage for the afternoon train. Blie was proof against all persuasion to remain. She was amlablo, but determined. She left her cane behind hor. too. The young girl who had seen her on her arrival misunderstood her and her motives. i . I think she oamo hore," she said as the stage drove awny, " to get her health baok. But that was unjust to Mandy. IIICOQVEB OF CENTRAL AMERICA. An Odd Tribe of Indians 'Which Differs from All the Other Natives. The history of the various Indian tribes of Central America has never been and probably never will be written. Boforo the march ot the armorolad Spaniard the native tribes faded away as the mist before tho sun. Only thoso who retreated to tha teaecesslble swamps or the fastnesses of the pine-clad mountains es caped tho torture and slavery which followed submission to Spanish power. That slavery and torture, whero It fallod to exterminate the conquered peoples, left them with but few. If any, of tho characteristics which distinguished them before the Bpanlard camo. To-day In parts ot Central America llttlo visited by civilized man remnants of onco powerful tribes, now feeble and almost extinot, are occasionally dlsoovored. Gradually but surely these races havo been assimilated, until nearly all aro now united to form that most homeogonoous ot beings, the Control American native, in whose voins doubtless flows the blood ot the Chlchlmecs. tho Calhuas. Nahuas, Tlas calans, Olmecs. Toltecs, Aztecs and ot Spain. Occasionally, but rarely, tribes havo been dis covered ot such types as to lead to the boltet that in their caso no such amalgamation has taken place, and the preservation ot a strange tonguo, of habits and traits wholly foreign to other tribes near them, renders this entirely probable. A singular tribe now Inhabiting the Interior of Honduras, near tho north ooast, known to natlvo Hondurans as Hlcoques, In habits a few small Mages, widely separated, the largest ot which Is not far from Villa Nueva, on the Aster-Honduras Hallway. From this plaoo the trail Is up tho mountains to 1 Yenado, about 2,500 feet above the sea. Tho Indian vlllago Is built upon the point ot tho highest fieak in the mountain chain, and consists ot ess than a dozen mlsorablo huts. There are no streets, tho huts being perched along tho mountain top without any semblanco of regu larity or order. A glance shows that these are not tho homes of the common Honduran. Tho latter builds his hut of mud and thatches his roof w ith palm leaves, whilo theso huts aro without Bides, con sisting of four posts and a roof of thatch mado with the long grass which grows among tho pines. Tho Interiors of the nuts are free from tables or chulrs. the only furniture being a number of hammocks made from a species of pita plant. Behind the huts are llttlo stovoa und ovens of dobe. and hanging on posts near by aro the guaeales or gourds In which every thing is cooked. Tho Hlcoques uso no earthen vessels for any purpose whatever. It Is tho custom with tho Hlcoques upon tho approach of strangers for tho entire village to stampedoto the woods This excosshe timid ity makea It a matter of great difficulty to ob tain any accurate Information regarding their social cubtoms or their homo llfo. It is known that they differ in almost overy way from tho other people ot the country. Tho Hlcoques are small und squat, with high check bones, broad thm Up- and largo mouths with prominent teeth. They hnvo straight black hair, worn long mid braided. The men wear no clothes save a small breech clout, generally woven Irora somo natlvo plant The Hlcoques' food consists gen erally of v lid game and roots, though they oc casionally have a few pigs and sometimes culti vate u small patch of corn. The latter only hap fiensvlien they hao lived unmolested for a oiib timuSm onelplaco. Thoraenuroquitaskilful with bow and nrrows. and with theso weapons obtain most ot tho meat eaten by tho family. 'J ho murriago ceremony is unknown among them. The selection of n bride having been made, tho woman walks over nnd takes posses sion of hor now homo and the man gets out a trlllo earlier in order to procure food for two. Fob gamy Is not pr ictlced. but the intermarry ing is carried to a dangerously closo point, and inbreeding has doubtloss had much to do with the Indians' lmperfectdeveloimicnt. The same cause has retarded theli growth in intelligence and their increase in numbers It is not bollevod thnt those Indians have any particular form of religious worship, but thoy ure full of buperstitiou, which leads them Into doing many peculiar things. For Instance, when sickness ovortukes ono ot them, the in valid is provided with food sufacient for three or four rtu)s, and is then leit to light It out alonons host ho can. the balanco of the family retiring to Homo other house. Tholr knowl edge ot medicine seems confined to tho uso of not moro th m four herbal decoctions ot tho simplest forma Another blngulnr trait is their superstition In regard to expectoration within tnolr houses. Should n stranger enter ono ot their houses and so fnr forget himself as to spit upfiu the floor, no Illcoquu would ever enter It again. It Is extrerac-lj difficult to learn much about their language, owing to their reticence and shynoss Iu many respects their tongue sounds llko that of our Western Indians, except that It is softer und moro quickly blended. They seem to have quite a complete vocabulary, and whon among themselves their conversation Is anl mntea and lively. Music, seems to be unknown, and no musical instruments havo ever been found among them The mothers eeem Uu voted to tholr children, and. in this rospoot. the Hlooquos nro perhurs better than many of the other Indluns of this country. Like tho squaw of North America, tho Hlcoquo mother etraps hor child upon hor back and goes on hor loujney. This Is quite unlike the manner of tho native women of Central America, who earn- tha children straddled across tho hip, the mother's arm being placed across the small of the Infant's back. Tho complete avoidance of all otherrnees and tho extreme timidity and shyness which are tho distinguishing characteristics ot the Hlcoques are inexplicable. Tholr complete isolation In n thickly settled and remarkably rioh and fertile country renders this tribe a very Interesting study for the student in ethnology. I TWICE REMARRIED AFTER DITORCE. Lawyer Nowak's Unique Experience with Ills Two Wives. From the CUvtland Recorder. Joseph M. Nowak of this city is In trnlnlngtor tho wedding, divorce nnd remarriage cham pionship ot the Stato ot Ohio. Wednesday he and his new brldo returned from their second honeymoon. Tho brldo was Sirs. Bertha No wak, who has not boeu Mr. Nowak's wlfo before for nearly a year and n half, they having been divorced in 1800. The groom Is a well-known lawyer In Olov eland and while tills wife Is do mes tlo In her tastes, she has many friends here, though she has been living In Bt. Louts since tho last time sho was horhusband's wlfo. Mr. Nowak'tt claims to the wedding and di vorce championship are incontrovertible. He 1b 43 years of age and has had two first mar riages, threo divorces, two remarriages and ins accumulated all told, four children. lie las lived for years at 1242 Broadway, In what s probably the handsomest resldonoe on that ong thoroughfare. He Is one ot the best known Bohemian residents of the city, und twenty years ago ho mnrrled for the first time one of the prettiest girls of that neighborhood, wlioae father was one ot the solid Bohemian oitizens ot Broadway The llrst marriage lasted about ten years, and a son. now about entering manhood, was born to thorn. About ten years ago a young seams tress acquired acquaintance with tho Nowak family, and not long after that the Nowaks were divorced. MrfNowak then married the seamstress nnd Installed her In the Broadway residence. For eight years they lived happily, and three children were bom to thorn. The divorce Instinct, however, was too strong, for the hero of this tale to withstand, and In 1800 air, Nowak obtained his second divorce. Only .one month liter Mr. Nowak again met his llrst wife. The old affection revived, Du oet words wero exchanged, and after a little consideration they went down to Pitts burg and were remarried, , This marriage lasted about a year, but last winter Mre. Nowak took a hand at tho dlvoroe mill, and got a sep aration on the ground of cruelty. Now comes the sequel in the marriage of Mr. Nowak with bis ex-wile, the seamstreu. CATERPILLARS REVENGE. ir rxmcivnEB xna wow. irrauif LEAnX'B TIRE. He Ilad Hun Over Its Mote The Worm lay tn Walt for IHrn on Ills Return, nnd, Glid ing Under Hit Wheel. Mnde a Hole In the Tire with IU Horn at It Was Cruthed. Since his retirement tram the secretaryship of tho Park Board the Hon. William Leary has pursued unofficially thoso soiontlflo Investiga tions which made him famous In that position, interesting facts ot natural history fill his note book, and whethor he Is studying the Insect life of Corloars Hook, angling for tho olualvo wcakflsh In Jamaica Bay. or chasing tho agllo w Ul-o'-tho wisp aoross tho ewampy reaches ot Bronx Park, tt Is still the pursuit ot knowlodgo that lends savor to his occupations. In his less sorious momonts he returns to the contempla tion ot politics, a field In which he Is a quiet but by no means unconsidered worker. At such times he may be found In his old haunts at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, and a Sun reporter found him thero on a reoent evening Inculcating tho mysteries of sclonoe among a group of awe struak politicians. " Do any of you gentlemen know much about the habits of snakes?" began Mr. Leary. There was a pause, and a tow deprecatory coughs wore heard. "Do not lot confusion overcome you, gentle tlemsn," said tho soientlst-polltlolan, encour agingly. "I do not now refer to tho undcslrod offspring of the fat bottle and the pertlnaolous thirst, but to the real, living snake, otherwlso known as serpent, an ophidian oviparous rep tile whloh Here three members of the group started simultaneously to tell snake stories beginning "Whon I was In the West." but Mr. Leary In terrupted. "This Is my platform. If you please. My ques tion was not Intended to start any Ananias con test among suoh experts as I see around me. I'm not going to toll any snake stories ; neither are you. The reason I mentioned the serpent 1b because I wish to use him as a parallol to his humblo and little understood brother, the crawling oaterpillar." "Those are those hairy things that live up a tree, aren't thoy ?" Inquired one ot the group. " You're thinking ot the squirrel, sir," said tho ex-Secretary of the Park Board; "an en tirely different spocles. Tho caterpillar Is sometimes hirsute and sometimes as bald as well. I will mention no names In this assem blage It la true that be somotlmes crawls In trees, but It is equally true that he may be found upon the grassy lawn, roosting blithely on the top rail of the fonoe, or marching un daunted along tho shuddering flesh of the con torted human nock. Wo orush him by hun dreds in our dally walks; we purchase parts green at tho corner grocery to poison him as he porches upon our currant bushes. Yet I have discovered that this despised form ot Insect lite possesses attributes of courage and resolution nowhere to be excelled among liv ing things, and though I mysolt was the suf ferer by the Incident which I am about to re late, Lshould rank mysolt as the lowest in tho scale of humanity did I withhold th.6 Mbuteof admiration due to such qualities." "Going to take up a subscription r" Inquired a mocker. "Thoao of you," continued Mr. Leary, pass ing over the query with the silence of disdain, " who have pursued sciontlflo studies will re member reading of lii8tano.es where a man has killed a snake only to be himself trailed and klllod by the mate of the victim ; but I will wager that no book contains such an instance of devotion and revenge as I am about to tell you. Since I havo taken to the bicycle I havo explored many of tho less-known thorough fares In the region of this city, and my rota tions took mo ono day to a little-frequented byway In Mount onion, where, finding the road impracticable. I sacrificed law to convenience and rodo upon tho nar row earth pathway. Ah I rodo slowly along beside a potato field I felt and heard nn unpleasant scrunching under my vv heel, such as is cnused by the sluughter of the innocent but too torpid toad. Leaptug off, I mado an in vestigation and found thnt I had crushed a Bpeeimen of tho large, groen potato worm, which 1 readily recognized by the stiff horn it carries ou Its back near tho tail. Only the hend had beon crushed. As I sorrowfully removed tho remains from tho path another of these caterpillars orawled out ot tho long grass, but upon seeing mo turned and crawled hastily back again. "Thin did not Btrlko me ns peculiar at the tlmo. 1 remounted and proceeded. It was probably nu hour later that I returned by thn samo p ith, as It furnished n short cut. As I reached the plaoo of the unintended murder I saw another of the largo green worms crawl out into the path. The passageway between the grass ridges Just thoro was very narrow, but I swervod a llttlo to avoid anothor tragedy. Tomy amazement tho caterpillar crawled wHh great swiftness directly under my wheel and was crushed. ' 'A eloar caso of suicide,' I exclaimed, as 1 Jumped off. 'This la tho mato ot the dead catoi pillar, driven to destruction by grief.' "In parti was right. It was a pretty com -plotu wreck of a catorplllur that I reverently deposited by tho other body. My mind was pondorliig these things as I proceeded, when my progress suddenly became difficult, and that peculiar sensation resulting from a puno turod tiro struck horror to my soul. Of course thero was no cement in my repair kit tlioro never is when It's wnntod and I had n weary walk to the nearest railroad station. Not until i was seated In the train did the true solution jtriko mo. and then I did not grudge my weary jiampaB the price of so remarkable a discovery. It was a cose of suicide, gentlemen, but sulcido Willi a purpose, and that purposo was revenge That humblo and grlef-strlcken caterpillar hnd marked mo as I went by for tho slayer of Its mato. Sooner or later It reckoned I would re turn Patiently it lay In wait. Its plan well ma tured. Against myself its puny strength was povvorless. but In tho sharp horn It bore on Its back lay tho power to spoil my ride, though at the sacrllloo of Its own life, When It saw mo coming It precipitated Itsolf in front ot my wheel, punctured my tiro with its horn, and died in the glory of heroic revenge," "Gentlemen." said one of the group after a nrolongod Blleneo, during which Mr. Leary's head was bowed In grief, "tho caterpillar. I behove. Is an Insect An Insect Is a bug. I pro pose that wo repair to the bar and drln k to the honor of the bug In bug juice." And It was bo done. TTJST USEFULNESS OF THE YULCAN. Already Proved liy Servloet to tha Fleet In Cuban Waters. From Uu Wilmington Horning JYcwi. The steamer Vulcan of the navy, fitted out as a repair-shop ship by Knglneer-in-Chlet Mel ville, proved Invaluable to the large squadron In Cuban waters, operating far from a naval base, whero repairs were impossible except In the case of exceedingly slight injuries, and it is now clearly Bhown that had not this vossol been promptly sent to Santiago, a number of tho warships would have had to continue In a crlp- Elod condition or been returned to the United tates to be put in good order. A letter received from Chief Engineer Chas marof the Vulcan, dnted Quantanamo. July 5, declared that the Vulcan Is thoroughly appre ciated in tho squadron, and is doing groat work, Twelvo ships havo already mode use ot her facilities for repair to their mochinory. and several of thorn received new steam pipes in place of the old ones that hud beon shot aw ay. The Vulcan has not boon limited to steam en gineering affairs alone, but has been used for ordnance and construction work, She reme died tho damages to the hull of Commodore Watson's flagship, the Newark, caused by col lision with the Dolphin, and. among other odd jobs, two shafts tor U-lnch gun mounts, essen tlal to the use of those weapons, havo been made in her shops. The Vulcan has blaik smlthlng. machine shop, boiler making, nnd other complete outfits aboard that perral t work of any reasonable mtgnltudo to be undertaken, superior to the capacity of shops at many small ports, and surpassed alone by the larger navy yards. HATB OFF IN TttOLLKT CARS. Women Are Ileglnnlng to Copy Another Masonllns Cuttom for Comfort Sake, Brooklyn women are beginning to take off their haU when riding on the open trolley cars on warm days. This was first tried early In the season by several venturesome young women, and although frowned upon at first It Is now quite popular, and It Is not an unusual sight to see several hatleas women riding In a car. Men folk were Inclined to grin at first, but they have now overcome that feeling und look upon it as tho sonslblo thing to do on a warm day, A man remarked the other day; This may be tho boginnlng of a now feminine fad that will do away with tho theatre hat " M Itisaetrange slghtto Bee women returning from Coney Island and other resorts on the trolley over the bridge. When Park row is reached there la a great fuss among them smoothing baok dishevelled hair and arranging headgear. .Then Invariably follows the ques tion; "Is It on straight)" LITERARY &TB OF XBB BOBO, U Was Harder Work Than Eta Bxpeeted, Though lie Made Hit Education Far. His voice was tuned to the regulation pro fessional whine ot tha panhandler. lie was ragged and shambling and sickly. He entered tho Ship News oflloe, where halt a dozen re porters were virulently and moro or less hrpo thetically discussing the place of Japan as a naval power, and began: " Would any of you gentlemen help a poor man that's had nothing to eat this day 1" Bo trite was the appeal that nobody even looked around. "I ain't asking you for money." continued tho ragged visitor. " All I want is" " Samo old game," remarked one of tha re porters, glancing around. "I suppose you want us to escort you to a restaurant and buy you a meal." "No, sir." was the reply. " I'll get the meal mysolt if somebody will lend me a ptnoll and a bit of paper." "Horo's a new breed of panhandler, boya," said the man addrcsssd, "Drop the Japs and. turn your attention hither. This is more curi ous than tho Japanese Navy. Ho's begging tor pencils." "Not begging, exactly, sir," corrected the visitor. "I'll return the penolL but the paper I'd want for mysolt." "What aro you; an artist tn the costume of your kind ?" somebody askod. "I'm a tramp." the man admitted frankly. "A regular hobo. I'm no good, but this time I'vo got a soheme to make a llttlo honest money without working too hard for IU Tm going to make my education pay," he added. "I know how to write." " Go ahead and write, then." oald one ot tha man, handing htm a penotl and soma sheets of paper. "Muoh obliged said tha hobt "111 Co It right here." Placing his paper on a desk ha began with muoh writhing ot the lips, denoting severe mental effort, to lnsorlbe laboriously large char acters upon the shoet, while the reporters re sumed their disousslon. Presently the visitor Interrupted them to ask: " How many ' ra's' In plum 7" . " Ono In nn ordinary blue plum." answered somebody. "What are you doing. writing a poem on fruit?" . . .. .. . " Poetry ain't a paying graft, I hear." said the tramp. This Is just ordinary oommon wrlt IngflTke you talk.' m , , M , TWhen you get It finished show It up It It Isn't a private matter." "Buro. I will. I can trust yon gents not to spongo on my patent. This had ought to be a money maker, this had." ... After ten minutes of toll the hobo drew a long breath of relief and satisfaction andannouncedl "She's finished." On the desk wore spread out the eheeta of paper, each bearing a legend in big, printed letters. One read, "Peeohes, 3 fr6;" another, Benanners, 2a apeco;" a third. Plums, ot Spece, 0 tr 5, and so on through a considerable st of such wares as the street fruit stands keep. " Starting in the fruit business, oh ?" said the lender of the pencil, "And whero would I got my stock?" asked the composer of trade legends. "No. sir; that ain't my game. Watoh me." Out he wont across the rough pavement ot tho Battery roadway, upon whloh tho Immi grants stumble when they make their entranoe to tho new world, and addressed Big Maria, one of thn many fruit vendors who cluster in that vicinity. What passed between them the re porters could not hear distinctly, but from tho vehemence of their gesticulations it was ob viously a matter of barter. Nothing else would have so aroused Maria. At length her voice reached a pitch where it was distinctly audible across tho street as she shrieked out: "Fifteen clnts for thim four bits o'paporl O'wan out o" hero." The tramp said something which couldnt be heard. "No. nor tin," cried Big Mario. "There's but four o" thim. An' how do I know they're wrote right?" To this the signmaker must havo proposed that the reporters bo asked to pass on the fit ness of his work, for the pair came overtotho office, w hero tho correctness of tho signs was dull attested. Thereupon tho fruit woman agreed to pay ten cents tor tho lot If an apple sign were added, and tills wns quickly done. "Now," Buld tho tramp, as she went away to nlTK the now signH, having first carefully ar ranged them so that she might not get thorn wrongly distributed, "I'm started. Hors's your pencil baok with thauks." "Oh, keep tho pencil, nnd toll ua how you knew tho nclu) prices." was tho reply. "Sneaked around to hear folks ask and re membered them." said tho tramp. "The no tion just happeuod to strike me from hearing an old guy kick becauae ho hnd to ask bo many Jucstlons to find out w hat he wauted to get. bo copped onto what she told him and bluffed her into taking tho signs." ' How did you manage that ?" " Told her If she didn't take them somebody olso would, and folks would buy their fruit whero thej could boo tho prices fair and open. That's what fetched her. Now. I'll tackle that Dneo there on the enmo principle." Within nn hour every fruit dealer on the Bat tery fiont was tho possessor of a sot of the hobo's hand-made signH, and that Ingenious worthy jingled a pocket full of small coins with great satisfaction. " Moro dough than I've made since I stopped working," ho remarked ns ho stopped in to ex press his thanks before taking his leave. "I'd ought to get a patent on thU It's a groat graft. Guess I'll try it uptown next." "They have regular printed signs up thoro," said one of tho reporters. " You wouldn't find much of a market. I'm afraid." "That so?" said tho tramp. "Well. It's no odds. I got enough to give me a good tlmo. anyway. Besides," he added, "this literary llfo Is harder work than what I thought It was. Beckon I'll havo to pass It up. So long." Ho Btrollod along the lino of the fruit vendors, who gazed at him with tho respect duo to a per son of superior attainments, and mado a beo lino for tho nearest saloon, within whose por tals he disappeared to be soon no more. BICYCLISTS STOP A RUNAWAY. Wheeled Up Abrentt on a Tandem and the lit ar Rider Caught Illin. Habitues of the Coney Island cycle path aro telling of a eleior bit ot work by two cyclists on a tandem recently. There was a big crowd out, und the tandem was making fair pace on the return path toward Brooklyn, when Bhouts of warning from bohind were hoard and a largo bay horso carao up the driveway on a dend gallop, dragging after him the fore part of a light road wagon with dark blue running gear, Tho vehicle had parted In the middle, presuma bly as a result of collision with some object, and tho hind wheels were somewhere in tha rear. Hverybady cleared apath tor the runaway, but thore wore sovcral narrow escapos, and a short distance up the road was a crowd of equipages which Invited disaster. All this the men on the tandem realized, and calling out for a clear path thoyswung out Into the roadway, bonding low over the handle bars for a spurt as the horso camo abreast of thorn. , With nieoly timed ppeed they out in obliquely In front of the right-hand wheel of the broken road wagon and pedalled along there. Inch by inch drawing up on the galloping horso, until the front man was well ahead of the animal and tho rear, rider within reach ot tho bit, Tholr plan had been already made. "Aro you ready " called the rear man to hla companion. "All ready!" camo the reply. Push I" orled the rear man, and. as the wheel ppun ahead, ho selred the right rein close to the bit and adroitly swung himsolf out of the saddle, throwing all his wolght on tho animal, "Turn out 1" ho shouted us ho left his seat. With tho impetus of the momentary spurt to aid him, the of hor man swerved slightly to tho right and Just cleared his back wheel from the wagon wheel. The other man was dragged a few yards, hut tho runaway soon gave In, Meantime the othor cyclist had dismounted and returned. A crowd gathered quickly to cpngratulato the ocllstson their nerve and skllT. They declined to give their names and turned tho captured horse over to a policeman, who subsequently found the ownor. He had been thrown out half a mile behind the plaoo where his animal was caught Tho heroes of tho occasion, as, thoy mounted nnd pedalled away, paid thoy had often calculated how easy it would be fora. pair of tandem riders to catch a runaway horse, but had never before had op portunity to put tholr theory Into pruotioe. More Paclfio Annexation. We are not the only oountry that Is Indulging at tho present time In tho paoltla annexation of Pacific islands, ltecent despatches from Byd ney announce that the British orulser Mohawk has annexed tho Santa Cruz and Duff groups ot the Paclflo Islands. The total number ot Isl ands annoxed is eighteen. Those islands lie to the east of tho Solomon lslands.thelr position be ing approxlmatelylOdegrees south 107 degrees eaat. Tbp group is of volcanic formation and on one ot the Islands Is nn activo volcano Tho to April, bring stormy weather and rains. The Santa Cruz group, or, (Jueen Charlotte. Islands, an tholr other name is, were discovered Is 1&05. Thoro Is a tragedy connected with this outward part of the New Hebrides. A quarter of a century ago Bishop Patterson was mur dered there, and four years later Commodore Ooodenough shared the same fate. Tho group, whloh contains te on principal Islands, baa a feptanLToo8.uare mU,' Th0 Mtfmstd BOWERY TRAPS! IN PAJHS. I i H ttUOIO BALLS LAMENT TIIE ABSENCE I OF AMERICANS. t. H Shows Delow Those ot Other I.arg Cltlei 'w In the Quantity and Qaallty ot Their Kn. H tertalnment and Wlclced Only In Prices H -The ArtUtlo Cabarets ot Montmartre, H Pints, July 0. Of all tho .Parisian industries &. that havo suffered this summer from the ten. Mp denoy of Amorlcans to remain on tholr own II shores that whloh has reached tho lowest levol H ot depression Is the music ball and cafi cht. H tant business, whloh has long been known fit H derive Its chlot support from Anglo-Saxon, and I particularly Amorican, visitors, Frenchmen do H not go to the superficially naughty places of H this obaraoUr becauso. In the case of provln. H olals. they are too prudontlwith tholr money, H and. In the oaso ot Parisians, they hold them. H setrts to bo too sophisticated. They do not think much, oonsoquontljl of the Americans I and English who are taken In by such estab- H Bailments. Thoy think thetn rustic H Any one who has looked through the French- H man's speotaoles la not lnUlned to Judge him H too harshly for this opInlon.Vnd the longer he H looks the moro lenient be becomes. There art H a number of music halls tn Paris, like the Follet H Boreores and tho Bcala. which aro very muoh H the same as the muslo halls in other big oltlst, H with tho exception that Urn prioes aro higher H and the entertainment less In quantity and H quality; but the great mass tf them. Including H sovoral that are better kU'Jtrn than tho two H mentioned, are merely fakt affairs. Ilka the Bowery Institutions of the god old days. H The dlstlngnlihlug characteristic ot the Part H muslo hall 1. tlie reputation it has for what It H called "wte.oinc3s." The jaost cnooptatul are H those which have suooeodc I In making stran- H gar believe that they arc devilish to an at- 'K frighting degree. This Is tile, of course, to a m great extent In most thttigo that concern Paris, li Tho Parisians Rimll ont ths r breasts with pride m when you eduilt that you 'Hove they are all , I Mephlstos Iu disguise; thi j like you to thick H that, ai d they like to thlnl it themselves. la H rare InKuinoes thoy may su teed In conrlnolng H themselves, at least temp, rarlly, that ruoh It H tho case; but as a general thing the Parisian H knows that he Is a rather humless. If theatrl- H cal, ohnp No aity save j .pies, probably, can jfl equal Paris In cruelty. In b! .sphere y and In the UJ commonness of penal or .noi but vhen It H comes to tho sort of thing .- things wUoh the H French gitl.er under the heed of ' wicked- H ness." Tarls sinks to obscurity In the superior H light ot London, ot Vienna, tjad o'r fhloago. H Tho wickedness whloh th Frriiohman puta H forth as moot theSattraotloji ot bin free-and- IH easyplacesof smusemont : avery tuwdryand H palpable imitation ot tt. It alto dismal. The H man who ctn porsuada h nM! to bo gay or IB even diverted by spcndln. an evening at the H Moulin Bouge or tho Cas r,o de Paris must be H very young or very gntleieur or very drunk; am even thon tho job is diffiouli. He need not bo H depraved, in his taav n even, tor he will find m nothing at either plane that li anything more shocking than tho vulgarity wlieh ho may road 9 In his morning no-vspapor oor brooEfast or H seo in tho public streets and puks n For a i cason vblch Is best kiowo. to Its press H agent the most notorious placi of amusement W In Paris is tho Moulin Rouge. Tho oatortaia- ment there uncoUs lis drear lincth from 0 It! o'clock in the evening until 1 o'clock In tlie r 1 mornl, g, tho first hilt being made up of the ly usual programmo ot a thlrd-cliss cafe chantanl and the seoond of a ball, the dmoors of which are almost entirely professioml hlgh-klckers from the neighboring purlieus of Montmartre, , ' Tho dancing la In no sense artistic The Jj women, who rejoice In slang nines, are usually H w ell along In years ; they do not sicceed in being H very wicked on tho 40 cents a tight or tho free W beor which tho management allcvs them by way H of compensation. After a mat has watohod I theso dancers for an hour or so ho has merely j a visual sensation of tho lntenlngled Irow6y 3 heads and very thin legs, and tiatlsalL That 9 Is tho complete entertainment ot the Moulin Bougo. Tho Moulin de la Galott, on the Butte. 1 is exactly the some thing, oxco;t on a lower ecalo. The Bal Bullior the las rello of tho a studonta' danoos is infinitely rore tiresome. H liven Fronchmon admit that thatphaso of Pari- elan llfo is extinct. Thoro used bo grisottes ; If now there are nono. The places which attract tho gratost number I of foreigners are thoso in the Chmps Elyse'es, 1 like tho Ambassadeurs and tho Hrloge. This 1 comes largely from their centrallocatlon, but 1 it is also duo to tho fact that thoyiro supposed to be tho most respectable. The aitortainment jf Is tho same old mixture of hlghkicklng and 1 suggestivo Bongs, but the surrundlugs are a moro tasteful. and tho patrons -ot so likely to j be pickpockets. It Is these placs which have A folt the absence of American wtronnce the m most, and they havo had to jm a tilgs.i,M3of Ss "Entrance l'rro' la order koep rhem going. Tho onttuuso Is r ' free, but i the exit Is not these 1 win man- A ogers havo levh "1 tho r.ll - wery prao- wl Uoo of squcci'lntf - u attei i. y are sure Si ot you. You go in. 'i'lem are n signs t llmg the price of .Irmkn. If you di'Pihtoa doat near the d- every cluta of bur 7ou ilr.nk thoro costs j i ns, on afterwn rhidrutJust 80 cents. 'I i rko goto higher v iiror the front you g II in the first r'" ot si-atu. tho price of beoi i- i 'in All thl) u Ai 'ver only when it I t n to pay, t i tho Champs Elyaees resirN ' , j found tlu 'Mom pritlta blo.fornon i- i i 'neusevoi'i nt,-d to visit oneof theti in i f.ucond tiir my how Since tho ' of iMrinllscov ied, a fevvyearsnu ... mis bonrai 'heir dignity to mingle v 'i, "it students In .t ' utln Q sor ter nuy lo ci i 'id r moved ij m-elvs and tholr few I inn its to .Montiw' . n groat number of in pxiuhirtotht1) .ivoipung upon tho ! cut 'ho hill. T Places are usually gt i-wi ui.unr the wnl ' vabu'ett artittiqxxet, i'ut the hest know i II ii" class was I the detune i hat J.olr uf lkd . balls At I present thei ar d 'Zens of t), i r n li as tho 1 Ane Bouge, tbe Quat-?'Arts, th I. isslns. 'ho 1 Clol. the tnfc the Treteau ( i.iluriD. 'ho 1 hoctambules, tuid man; otho i h names m equally fa lUht.v Tli,y have .) i ta'Ilstod H wholly b the bchcmtODE, nlar ma 'a up $ mostly of rand unknown ?M' - id uoeta; but ama i them nro boj? n, i t .oguu 9 llko Btel . Xnnrof, a,! Wi n - lho M audltoriu of Uwsi abrri nro lecorated I withmui, lam'lncs of w iniotirt oc'con'riolfy Ml executed v 'he various ta 'ibe riot tho Moi t- P martre (vonfiaxetuity lisry eU'ortis mads to H aecompllMi the blrarr' anthedoeadont om M of the cabarrht putures in, will flaming red H lights, diabolical ininlo crfotinnd on kettle- drums, and walteis drei-id as fJevlls; accthr H Is fitted up to r-;iresop bonvoii. with oI nus JB madoof massep of whit, cotton, with daza ng i blue-whlio eloculo llgis. and ho waiters are decked cir with yelhr ourJy "lu and white wings In the guise '(mgels tiiil iither is decorated vv ith skblo'U and fu Is. .. tables are In tho form of oo"s, and 'Imuaiiiws are dressed aa funeral urne f o the oohe- mian of Paris uh tn r.ppeu.. very attractive, but to most people iiuacks merely of exces sive foolishness. The prices in t'se Places are all very high. That comes frotnhe fact that the bohomlans havo to bo supped by them, and that they are likewise nil fe to them. The Philistine, therofore, must vr well. Sometimes, even whon ho Is au Airf'can, he has to be coaxed. There are varlourfevlces to this end. Usually tho scheme Is to eido the entertainment Into two distinct parts The first consists of origi nal poema reclt by tholr authors, original music played by oora posers, and other ama teur performanciof similar kind. A profes sional Is nover all? ed In n cabaret; that would bo oonsldered saci?ge. If the visitor has re mained through is part of the programme he is admitted tithe mysteries of the see- ond only upon lymert of a respeotable sum, usual!) !'' 1. If on the other hnn 1 ' e i a i --d ovor tho poems an as i 1 Wk idp s ot departing bof -I,o e ir-'-irt "m? his waiter hur rl( i 'ivm nnd woersthi- the real perform an i s not ie( until a ir midnight. If th 'or i r to pt. jnd remains ho so n thi- t "h cam i be described in pr i lui - iiejilnk lie loes. In reality It o ' k'.'i Oi,'7 and J' efully arranged fo loins in t o( Uic thousands who w i i- uc tliin "; i vl Parisian life." sisg ingtthe lis' 's are put down st nut li t dl-iult tj .Istlngulsh any- -tl - I ore i- all o that seoras to be one " o' n r tiroloo rlie l'iw sound of sensu o ii I tno vjnr r'uly saw what lis ' th its h see 4, the P would be stopped by th- polii Instant! j. i ' . iff (.lunfimf, p?or!y speaking. Is the th r.i and . w.i-i elaMif 'he free-and-easy p i ,-s of auiiitub t Irian although never 0 i v. r huh ida it 1 us retrograded s i 1 1 th is' ,. f den J 'Hits. There are 1 i r sis ' e niOrftith rowded streets c( u beai uu rs tl.thm ; -e the counter- t iu. tot ihenu lui (H.Jvew Yrk'a or Coney I.laml tl, .v. )i7 1 ho ioiniu't'esarewreUa d and to are the r wtir. i