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Show of which was'attaebed a cinch fitted with ring hiiJ hook. Tbo book end of the cinch was parsed lo the off-sid- e trooper.and a rope throwu to him across the mule's back, lie uiuilo a loop in tbe caught it in llie cinch-book- , nnd threw a loop back to t!io Dear Bide. This loop was passed under the Blanch-ing rope of the lash, Jammed down close to the cinch ring and under the corner! of the aperojo. The off side inau had done trie same with his looo. 'i no near-side man pulled the loop tight, and guided the rope to biud diagoually THE A1IMY MULE. ATTEMPT OF A TENDERFOOT TO LOAD A PACK AN MAL. Staying Toner of The Diamond II!tch Device of a SiiMi Mulrtecr Which No Oue IIub Improved Upou. "Whoal Whoa.there.Balasm! Whoa, jon infernal sou of a wild ass I" The Santa l;itz canyon echoed with the loud cries of a very angry man, who was runuiug down a rocky trail iu pur-suit of a niniblo and sure footed mule. His cries were unheeded by the auimnl, I ml very likely were unheard, because at every jump a tin-pu- or kettle or some other piece of camp-furnitur- e fell out of the pack, rattled down about the millers heels, and rolled clattering down the steep side of the cauyou lo the rocky bed of tbo streamlet at tho bottom. At every successive clatter of hardwaro the mub increased his speed, and the pursu-ing man increased tbevolumo aud iuu piety of his remarks. THU COMIM.ETKO MASTKltPIRCB. ncross the rear cud of the pack, when the off-sid- e man took up the slack and mado his rear loop, drawing through tho standing rope on top. Loops wero thrown over the front ends in the same way, and tho front loop patse 1 under the corners of tbe nperojo. The loose end was passed around the pack, follow- - ing tbo loops under the anddle.und when tho two troopers had taken tip all tho slack and cinched tho mule tischtly the cud was mado fast to the standing rope. It took them about two minutes to do tho whole tBiug.aud it looked as easy as lying, as the stranger remarked; but when it was finished it was t lint despair of the tenderfoot and pride of the woolly west the diamond hitch. Centuries ago, siiys ihe San Francisco L'taminei; when the mulo nnd the uss wero the freight cars of old Spain, a muleteer with some genius of invention devised the diamond hitch for fastening the cargo upon an animal's back, and no modern packer has been ahlo to im-prove that hitch. The Spaniards, who conquered Mexico and looted the treas-ur- o bouses of the Montezumas, piled their sacked plunder upon tbo backs of horses nud mules, and made it fast with the diamond hitch, and it is not recorded in history that any of it ever worked loo and fell off by tbe wayside. The hitch was as secure aud tenacious ns the grip of the conquistador's good right hand upon his swordhilt, or the closiug of his loyal left tlst upon tho beaten gold of a broken crown. It never waa known to let go. nr.Aor foh tiie tack. "Hi, there! (There's that blanked flour sack busted. C'arsjo!) Wboa.yon broncho son of a zebra! (D -- n ft man that can't pack better than that. There goes tho Dutch ovcu hellitywhooo!) Whoa, II iWarn! Uijo de uua. (Oh, you're a jim-dand- packer; you couldu' lash a blanket on a rail fence. There') the last of the potatoes gone to sbeol. Beans, b'gosh, all along the trail.) Whoa, you long-eare- child of the devil. (I'll be good goldnngcd, banged, bSnged, keel-haule- aud blooming well mauled it I'll chase that d mule another foot.') ltnn.you mud-colore- sepulcher of seven devils! Ui'yi! Go it, old lim-ber heels." The man stopped in an opening in the brush and swung his bat aud popped with his at the galloping mula. Run! (Bang!) That frying-pa- will catch you and est you up if you don't hurry. (Pop!) That's tho style! Run, dum you, run! (B iue!) Keep Hun down a steep place into the tea! (Pop! Pop! Pop!) Go to the devil."' Finsr thiiow of the lasii nora. "What's the trouble?" asked the lieutenant in command. "We heard shots. Indians?" "No," replied the owner of the mule; "just me aud the mule. That mule's the biggest jackass in Arizona except me." Two of the soldiers caught tbe mule, and exaniiuing tbe knots ono of tbem snid: "Lieutenant, I know what's tho matter." "What is it?" "Tenderfoot hitch." "Correct," promptly interposed the owner of the outfit. "That's the only kind I know, and 1 can't throw that twice alike," "Well, gather up your cargo, and some of my men will see if they can't lash it for you," said the officer. "Oh, that settles it," and in a few moments the debris of tbe pack had been gathered up, put into barley sackt, and handed over to two troopers, who had dismounted. Upon tbe mule's back was a rectangular saddle of leather at-tached to a wido leather breeching. It was in the shape of a bag. and it was distended by springy willow sticks, and stuffed with hay. It was held in place by wide cinch and ladigo straps, aud undor it was a blanket several times folded to protect the animal's back and ides. The name of the contrivance) is GUIDINO THE norB FOB, OFF-SID- TDLL. aperojo, nud it is used in preference to tbe sawbuck pack-saddl- e whenever it can be procured. Army packers will use no other form of pack-saddl- Oue of tbe troopers threw the bight of a quarter-inc- h rope across tho nperojo, the loop hanging on tbe off side nud the two free ends on the near side. Two eacks were then hoisted upon the mule's back, and laid lengthwise. The loop of tbo sling rope was brought up over the off sack, the bead end of the rope passed downward through the loop, and then tied in a square knot, with ltd) tail end over the near sack. Tho sacks were evenly balanced, and the sling rope merely held them together nnd in posi-tion. The stranger's ax nnd other hard-waro were out ou tCD of the side packs, TtQ UTENINO TQS HITCH. and his blankets folded up and placed over all. The trooper on the near side then picked up the lash rope, to.one cud whale at tho distance of six fathom. With a backward rush the monster ne:;r!y struck the bout. Tim vapor from his spout came iuto our faces, and the boat, thrown over upon her starboard guuwali was nearly cap-sized. Down went the whale the next mo-ment, sounding, and away went tiio boat as if drawn by lightning, with the lino humming nnd drumming round the loggerhead, and her gunwales uear-ly on the level with t'e water. Nearly at the satno moment tho storm strtu'k us. All around us the wind howled with ferritin fury, aud the foam and spray, nlmost bliuding u. drenched every man to the skin. Tho ocean seemed oiib mass of white, boiling water, in which the draped boat was buried so often that we were nearly swept from our thwarts, whiio tho tub oarsman, whoso duty it was to bail, vainly en-deavored to keep the craft dry. Tlit! ni.' had darkened with tho fly. ing rack and feud, which, in torn masses, were blown hither ami thither like phantom (lemons conio to sei.o ns aud drag us down to the depths below. At last tin whalu camo up, and wo h iii'd old Williams give tho order to "Haul lino there!" Haul wo did, but it was like hauling nlong under tho surface, for thu bout now was almost continually buried. In fact, when wo were near enough to enable tho captain who. according to custom, had changed places with Hin-dok. taking his station in tho bow to hurl his lance, thu boat was full of water. Williams, howover, standing un-moved, threw the lauce. Tho whale felt it, and. writhinir, turned, makiusr straight for tho boat. feeble, describing a half-circl- e, anil then he died. Cot whale!" cried Uiudok, moving bis iiands joyfully. "Av," 1 answered, "but where is the j ship?" Never mind ship," answered the wild islander, his mouth fairly water-- j ing as he looked toward the vast up-heaving body of the mooter. "We got whit We now contrived to right the boat nnd bail it out, when Hindok lashed it to the whale. And thus we lay, outriding ,n9 storm, far away in midocean, not knowing when or how wo would be picked up. By night the storm bad abated, but there was as yet no sign of the ship. We were both hungry ami thirsty; but every drop of fresh water, and all the salt meat and biscuit, usually car-ried in whale boats, bad been spilled out by the capsiiug of the liu'ht craft. We did not sleep a w ink that night. In tho morning still uo sign of a sail. Another day passed, ami now our parched tongues clove to the roof of our mouths. On the next day wo word nearly driven mad for want of water. Hin-tlok- 's wihl eyes rolled iu his head, aud several (hues I saw him fasten them on mo with a sort of hungry look, and I know tho vullure-lik- u feeling that animated his breast. Another day still no sail! At midnight of tho next dav, which had passed as the others. I lay weak and helpless iu the bottom of tho boat, where 1 saw a pair of eyeballs Hashing iuto my face. It was Hindok, who now canght me by the throat, his uplifted sheath-knif- e gleaming. Vaiuly I struggled. The point of the knife pricked iny flesh, when the fellow suddenly released me. The souud of creaking yards and blocks was heard right aheail. It proved to bo our ship, which soon picked us up. Wo found the captain and all bands safe aboard and told our story. As soon ns we had partaken of re-freshments tho captain shook hands with Hindok and complimented him for so pluckily holding on to tho whale. As to tho nien, they gavo three cheers and carried us into tho fore-castle on their shoulders to listen again to our story of that wild t ide on tiio capsized boat. A'. Y. World. BEHIND MM HORSE. Wo wero in tho Japan sea, cruisiug for right whales. Oitrship was the Georgetown of New Ho.dford, dipt. Williams nn old sca-;!o- g, with lists like the knots of an oak tree and a tremendous breadth of shoulders. This man had tho reputation of hav-ing captured the largest whale ever caught in these seas a hump-backe- d "fellow," which on being tried out yielded 140 barrels of oil. The skipper was proud of bis fame as a skillful whale-hunte- r, which, in 'fact, was well deserved. Ho could throw tho barbed iron further thau most men, and was always cool and iu moments of the great-est peril, whether it was during his '"rights" with tho monsters of the deep or with tho angry elements. It was a close, sultry day. Far and near tho surface of tho sea lay un-broken by a single ripple. A yollowish vapor or bazo had, how-eve- r, for some hours been noticed to windward. It teemed to rise slowly nd to spread gradually over the blue, unclouded concave ubovo us. The sun, meanwhile, bad assumed a singu-lar appearance. It had turned to a liery red color, and was surrounded by ,, ..... a green and blue ring, which seemed "'.to revolve round aud round it. Finally a hollow, humming noise 'was beard, as if some brazen instru- - tncntwas being blown by unscoii beiugs fur above our heads. At tho same moment, from aloft, like the wild cry of some distant sea-bir- d, we beard the voice of Hindok the Kanaka boats! ecrer, who kept a look-out at tho mainmast head. "There blows! There there there ' Llow-ow-s- !" "Wliereaway?" yolled Williams, through his speaking-trumpe- t. At the same moment the " faces of all the mon on deck were turned aloft. "Stern! stern!" screamed the cap-tain, ns ho spoke again planting the lance in the monster's body. We endeavored to obey, but a great mass of blinding water, with spray nnd foam, struck us, aud over weut the boat. The last object I saw at .that time was Capt. Williams, seated astride the capsized boat, churning away vigor-ously at tho whale. Then I lost con-sciousness. When I came to I became sensible of a sort of Hying motion, as if I wero be-ing borno through tho air. I opened my eyes to see myself in the arms of Hindok, who sat astraddle tho capsized boat, which was dashing along through the water, drawn by the whalo. The storm was still raging, and the effect of tho black and scud, with the white, boiling sea, lighted by the ghastly glare of the sun struggling through tho vapor was so weird and singular that for a moment I half be-lieved myself in somo unearthly rcgiou. Hiudoic, with his black hair stream-ing on the blast, and his wild eyes Hashing a lambent glare, added to the strange effect of the scene. "Where am 1?" I inquired. "AH right!" answered Hindok. "Boat capsize; capting hurt whale so he uo cau go dowu. All right. We get whalo." "Where is tho captain?" "Don't know. Guess other boats pick up." "How came you to pick me uo?" "Boat strike yon on head. You go faint. Me by you. Mu pick you up and get on boat with you." As I had now fully recovered my sensos HindokL cautioning me to hold on hard to the boat's keel, let go of me. I scrambled along behind him and there we two were clinging to a cap-sized boat in a storm, with a whalo so injured that it could not sound, drag-ging us onward. On, on, on. The seas (lew tip around us, and tho spray nearly blinded us, yet we clung lirmly to our hold. I glanced behind me several times to see the other boats, almost out of sight astern, tossing in the cauldron of waters, their crews evidently watching us. Still further astern, with tho black rack almost hilling her like a curtain, lay the good ship under uloso reefed main-topsa- and fore-topma- st atay sail. Meanwhile there was the whale, our "oconn horse," drawing us on, his spout ascending now nnd then with the uoise of thunder. Tho sharp keel made our position rery uncomfortable, and yet we were 'obliged to maintain it, as any motion sideways would re the rolling over of the boat, which we could not then hoio to regain. It seemed to me as if tlio speed of that whale would never relax." Away bo went to leeward, now and then ris-ing out of the water, revealing hit great body with the two irons sticking in it. I had ucver before obtained such a good view of the whale in motion. Tho vast back of the monster was fully showu every time he nrose front the creamy waters. There was his hump, so thickly covered with bar-aacl-as to resemble a hillock of oyster shells, with" here and there a broad cut which had healed up, but betokened that this was not tho first time ho bad felt tho barbed iron. It was,- however, tho singular appearance of the huso head widen most iuivressod i mo. Long and with its dimiuulive eyes, there was something so unearthly 'in its appearance every time it was'lifted up that 1 involun-tarily thought of the fables of which I had read when a child and which had lirst inspired me with tho tlesiro for a sea life. Drenched and shivering, the situa-tion of Hindok and I was, meanwhile, anything but comfortable, with a rush-ing pain in my head about the region of the temple which told me that I had been struck whuu 1 lirst tumbled iuto the sea. i "Threo points of the lee-bo- two mules off a try right whale, sir. There ILIowsl blows! blows!" "Call all hands!" roared the captain. This was dono and all Iiands below came bouudiug on deck. "Stand by the boats!" was tho next order. The boat-steere- rs young, active fel- - lows, all of them sprang iuto their re-- apectivo boats to gut their lines and crdfl iu readiness. "Lower away!" ordered old Wil-liams, with lijjiitning celerity making ; his way to tlio deck. Tho four boats dropped splashing in-"- to the sea and tho next moment away they weut after tho whale. In about half an hour wo lay on our oars waiting for tho whalo to come up. Hindok stood in tho bow, scanning 'thu ocean with his eagle eyes. Ho was as une-looki- a specimen of an island-er as was over seen. His frame was tall and supple, his arms long and sinewy, his shoulder of great breadth, and his chest round and deep. "Do you see anything, yet?" in-quired Williams. "Nothing yet see, sir," answered the islander, casliug a dubious glance .:irouud him. Tito bazo had filled all the nir and 'tho sun's light was darkened otiiin- - ously. Tho humming noise previously al-luded to hail grown louder, and we could all see a great Hue of white water teariug dowu toward us from wind- - l." U I'A Suddenly Hindok. pointing ahead, whispered: ; There, dnt fellow, sir!" 'Your oars, meu," hissed the cap-tain through his set teeth. We seized the ours, and the boat elided swiftly nnd noiselessly toward where the ripples ahead showed that the whale was coming tip. 'Wo had not got half-wa- y there, when tip came the leviathau, shootiugstraight from tho sea, bis whole monstrous form revealed, his tins outspread like a pair of wings. A niomeut ho remained poised ap- - areotly on the very end of his tlukes; ?3su down he came, striking tho sea ?ko a thunderbolt, and sending the pray flying in a white, blinding shower 'til around him. "Now, Hindok give it to him!" tereamcd Williams. A line of steel-blu- e light wnt through the air, then auothcr, and we were fast. .Hindok had put both irons iu the On on still on. Now I glanced behind me, no more to see ship or boats. All were hidden by distance and tho black rack of the storm. Thu speed of tlio whale, however had now begun to abate. His motions were palpably more feeble, nnd his spouting became weak and loss fro-(p- ie nt, ami sounded mournfully. "Soon dio now hooray!" cried wild Hindok, as the whale at last spouted blood. t The blood camo every moment thick-er ami slower. The boat's speed uow was nearly stopped. Finally over ont Ihe monster on his side, the" blood now rising scarcely six inches above his siout-hol-e. Ho swam m Old Yellow Almanac. I left tlipfnrm wlion mntln-- dieJ.and changed my pliu-- ot dwelliti' To dauiHiter Susie s nt.vllsU house, rlfcht In 1 ho ri:y elrt-et- , And Uii-- ; w'hs tlicm. tfore I came, that sort of seared me leliu' How 1 w.miil fled tlio town folks' ways bo d t to meet. Tlify mid I'd have no comfort In the rust, in , flxd-i- u thro. j?. And I'd Iiiivp to wtnr stiff collars every week day riflil uluutf. J Ond I take to city itaj i just liko a duck to water, I Ilk the racket and the noise, and uovcr tiro of shown; .And '.liere'e no end of comfort In tho mansion of my dituvlili-r- , And everything- Is right at hand, and money reelv flows, Aod hired help Is all about. Just lislcnln' for uiv call. Out I miss ilm ycllcw aluiuuae off my old kllcl.ru "all. The house Is full of calendars, from attio to tliecellur, Tlicv're painted In all colors, and aro fancy-lik- e to Cut Just in this (.articular I'm nut a modern teller, And tlie yellow-covere- d almanac Is good enough fur nit-- ; Tm uhM to It, I've seen It 'round from boy- - li od to old aye, And 1 rather like tlio Jokln' at tho bottom oi eacti puffe. Hike the wav t lie "S" stood out to show the week's liCKinnin' (In tlicso calendars tho days n luce! sort, nt inl.vdi, And tlio ninn upon l lie cuvvr.lliougli ho wa'n't eiacily wiiinfn', Willi limits and Ivcr allexposcd.stlll showed lionr wo lire fixed: And the letters nud viedentluls that wero writ to Mr. Ayer I've often, on a rainy day, found reudlu' Tory fair. I tried to find or.o recently; there wa'n't one In the city. Tlioy toted out great calendars In ovory sort of htvle: 1 looked at 'em In cold ditdalu, and answered 'em in pity: "I'd rather have my almanac than all that costly pile." And, iIioiikIi I take to city life, I'm lonesome after all i'ot that old yellow almiiuac upon my kitcli-e- u wall. - KHa Wheeler Wilcox. WIT AND HUMOR. Even the saga likes his 'ra oon-seiis- c. DilUis Sewn. The man who never talk aV.ut his neighbor is usually a spluudid lislcuer. Elinira Gazelle. Attendant(in railroad waiting-room-) "Say, mister, no going to sleep hero This ain't uo church." Life. It takes two to gossip. T!,i man who listens can throw no blame on the man who tells. Atchison Globe. The person who can the least spare it is often most willing to give others piece of bis miud. Bomt Sentinel. The spectators may regard a ball-player as bad, but oftentimes lio isn't half as bad as bo fields. Bimjhamton Lander. It may be "Lo, tho poor Indian" in poetry, but Indians coma high to the United States Government. Washing ton tost. The trouble in lending our ears if that the borrowers take such liberties with thorn beforo returning them. Atchison Vlobj. Sanso "I mako it a point to learn aomething from everybody I meet." Rodd "Ah! You must be, a rocluio." X. Y. llcrald. A man no sooner gets old enough ta know how to talk well than he also) learns the value of not talking ut till. Alchioon Globe. He (at 11:55 p. m.) "I declaro, the lamp is going out!" She "Yes. The lamp seems to have some idea of time.'' Harper's Bazar. Smiley "Now, remember, I don't want a largo picture." l'liotographei "All right, sir. Thou plunso close your mouth." boston Traveler. Scribbler "I have just lots of fun writing my jokes." Friend "Then that explaius it. I wondered whore the fun came in." Detroit Free Press. "Drop nie a lino." yelled tho drown-ing man. "What's the use?'' said the humorist on tho dock. "There's nc postoflico where you arc going." Life. A New York paper says that "Mrs. Shaw, the whistler, is still in Europe.' Wo know some whistlers that we wisl were still in America. l'onliers Stales man. There nre lots of people in thisworlt who wear silks aud velvets on top, wit! a carefully covered garment of sack cloth aud ashes underneath. Atchison Globe. An agnostic is a man who does not knew anything, and glories in tho fact. The atheist is a smart man who rejoice in making a fool of himself. Boston Traveller. The discontented Indians may go on the theory suggested by the ballet, thai if it is customary for dancers te kick it is only natural for the kickers to dauce. Washington Post. There nre two things needed in these days: First, for rich tneu to find out how poor men live, aud. second, fot poor men to know how rich men work. Edward Atkinson. Fred "They say Baker has a. great deal more get-u- p about him than be used to have." Harry "Yes, he has to. They have twins at home." Detroit Free Press. Husband "Tho marks on my col-lar- s are getting so faint I can't rend them." Wife "Tlieu I wish you would get another bottle of that iudelible ink." N. Y. Sun. "I would give anything if I but hail a musical ear." "Why don't you tako quinine?" "Quinine?" "Certainly; that will make your cars sing." Indianapolis Journal. "Snolley writes a good doal better thau be talks." "O, immensely." "Then yen have read some of his writ-ings?" "No. but I have heard him talk." Btsten Transcript. "So the old gentleman kicked you dowa. the stoop when you called to see his daughter. Did ho 'break any-thing?" "Yos he broko onr engage-ment." Fhtiadelpitia Timet. She They haeo discovered some wood in Egypt which is said to be 00 years eld. I wonder what kiod it is?" Ho (imnerturably) "Chestnut, of eeurse.1' Washington Strtr. Mrs. Bunting "Who was tho violin-ist who plaved at yonr reception, Mrs. Larkin?" "Mrs. Larkia "It wasn't a violinist nt all. It was a virtuoso. Why. I bad to pay Uitn &0." N. Y. S'fflJA "What a aretty girl Jimsen's type-writer must be," mused Watts. "I ever saw such au outrageeus lot ef misspelled words in a business letter before in all my days." Indianapolis JmtirnnL Mr. Fuller to Clarence (4 years eld) "Why, Clarence, hew much you look like yeur father." Clarence (re-signedly) "Yes, sir. Everybody says that, but I du't think I deserve it." if. Y. "But, Carl, how can you driak so much beer?" "I driuk it as a reward f virtue, for, you see, I drank milk for a whele year." "You did! And what year was that, prny?" "My first, of course." Flkaende Blatter. She "That was a funny story you told me yesterday nbouti a donkey, Mr. Gretrgs." He 1 yau think so?" SUe "Yes, indeed! After this when-ever I see a donkey it will remind me of yon." Alunsey's Wetkly. Why is it that it is so much easier for other people to say mean things about a mau thau it is fro make a pleasant comment? You yourself, you kuow, sever say nnythiug but pleasant things abaut anybody. SomarvilU Journal. Bingo "If I were rich for jnst od little hour!" Kingloy "I should like to knew what good that would do you." Binge Well, I'd spend just about fifty-hv- a minutes in making my property "over to my wife. Harper's Bazar. "I should liko to observe, madam," said the patient boarder, "that whilo I . am very fend of the neck of tho fowl you are earvlng, I shall deny mysolf this year and beg for a largo, white chunk off the breast. With this view ' have had my trunk paoked, and a dra;-aia- a is now waiting at the door for an aaswer. Er is it breast or neck?" Jiurrinim flrnivr. t t THE KHEDIVA OF EGYPT. Bar Interview with Mian Kt Marsden, the Lrper MlMlonary. Miss Kate Marsdcn, the missionary to the lepers, who is now travelling exten-sively to collect information about, the stricken people to whose service she has consecrated her life, was invited, during her brief stay in Alexandria, to be pres-ented to the Khediva. Her Highness the Princess Emineu - Hanen, the Khedivs. is the daughter of tho lata Prince and the mother of two tine boys and two pretty girls. She is a flue looking woman of about 33 iW 'r' TUB KH14DIVA OF EOTPT. years.with bright brown eyes expressive enough to interpret the thoughts she could not put in words to her English visitor. She has an imposing figure, which was.on the occasion of tbe presen-tation, draped to advantage in a well-mad- e black gown. The palace of the Khedive is a peculiar structure, paiuted entirely white, surrounded by a court prettily decorated with green creepers, and paved with a peculiar mosaic made of stones in two colors all turned on their sides. Tbe maids in attendance in tho inner ball were all simply dressed alike in plain black and white dresses. Not a man was seen about the palace, whose furnishing is extremely plain and simple, the only pretty room being tho central one, in which wero lovely mir-rors nnd candelabra and beautifully in-laid and polished floors. The royal lady graciously welcomed the plainly dressed woman who camo before her in a costume unlike anything ever seen in the presence chamber be-fore, for Miss Marsdcn, to quote her own words, was limited to choice between "three severely plain uniforms, one of which was crushed, the second very creased, and the third on my back, its freshness all gone, likewise some of its buMons. Besides they were all so warm, being intended for rough travel-ling in Russia, and by no means suitable for royal receptions or for tho hot climnte. My boujiet had already done good service in London for six months, and its original color being black, it was then a rusty brown. Oioves, fortunate-ly. I had, but my only pair of boots were thick travelling ones, made for Siberia. Fancy mv clumping into the presence of her Highness with such boots." But the meeting wns pleasant. Tea was served in exquisite little cups with sto handles, and the plaiu woman in the travel-wor- gown nnd heavy boots wag wade to forget, by the courtesy of her royal hostess, that she was not in full court dress. Good Hints for Brides. From time immemorial tho bride's gown has becu white; aud if ono could only have a siriiple muslin frock it seems as if it ought to be of that pure touo. because her own heart is thought to bo as oleau and while as is her gown. Tho white gowu and tho orange blossoms are tho privilege of the bride, nnd even if sho has to econ-omize nnd give up another gown I can quite appreciate tho feelings of the girl who insists on tho white satin, the blossoms aud the tulle veil. Sho can never wear this costume but once iu her life, for nfter sho has become a wifo roses must take tho place of the orange blossoms aud tho lullo veil is never 'again assumed. Heavy whito-corde- d silk, white velvet, white bro- - cade, white mousselino do soiei are all shown for tho bride's gown; but the real wedding material is white satin. True, it grows yellow with age, as does ivory; but if'iove is young iu the heart there will bo the same delight in looking at the folds in the wedding-gow- n that there is in recalling the weddiug-day- . A widow who is beiug married for the second time may wear any color sho wishes, if she is in traveling cos-tume; but in full dress she must havo either pale gray or mauve; or, if sho prefers, some other becoming color, but never white; nor should slio wear orange blossoms. Hoses, daisies or whatever Bower is suited to the shade of her frock, are proper; hut the white, sweet smelling blossom belongs en-tirely to the young girl. Somebody asks how to nrrango a veil and how far it should extend. You cannot buy a veil by the yard; that is to- - say, you cannot toll how much you need; the proper way is to havo tho storekeeper seutl a pieco of tulle and then drape it on tho' bride's bead. It should fall well over her train though not beyond it, and should reach the edge of the skirt in front. The orange blossoms aro put on so that they are only visible after tho veil is throwii back, which ceremony should be performed by two of the bridemaids when the newly made husband leans forward to kiss the bride. In all largo cities there nre hair-dressers who make a business of ar-ranging bride's veils, but in smaller ones these helpful people tire not al-ways to lie found; so just remember in putting it ou that while it is light as air it still must be lirmly pinned in position, ami the orange blossoms well in place, so that when the frout part is thrown back they will present a per-fectly well arranged appearance. If one wished, tulle could be substi-tuted for the pearl decoration on the costume pictured, and it would, of course, make it much less expensive. it should always be remem-bered that uo matter how beautiful the neck and arms of a bride are. she is sinning against good form who does uot have a bigh-uec- k and long-sloeve- d bodice, for it must be remembered that she is not going to a dance or a reception, but to a religious ceremony that means the joy or misery of her future life, and, whilo everything may be as merry as a marriage bell, iu the bride's frock there should bo nn ex-pression of her knowledge of that which she is undertaking. Ifra. ifoi-lo- n, in Ladies'' Home Journal. California's Vineyard Possibilities California contains 1.56,000 square miles, and. if she hail 1,000 more square miles, three states liko New York and three more like Connecticut could be laid ou her surface. One-thir- d of her are:, is adapted to grajie culture, which gives her vineyard possibilities as great as France would have if she wero all vineyard.. The wiuo product inn of Franco is 1,400.000.-00- 0 gallons whilo California has only altaiued a result of 22.000.000 gallons. Initial Letters in Army Uniforms, Gen. Scholieid has issued a general order amending the army regulations respecting unilorms. It appears that the facetious enlisted man takes pleas-tir- o in misinterpreting the initials in-dicative of certain staff departments, so that tho "M. D.," which U tho dis-tinguishing murk of the department is translated iuto mule driver." tho "J. A." of the judge advocate's department iuto "ickass," ami so on. To meet the objection of the officers to these terms the order omits tho requirement that the initial Ictlefi shall liguro iu the uniform- - j A liter ion n Millionaires. There are 7.000 millionaires in thi Uuited States. . |