THE RODEO.
&omm the dark canyons we iMt in a 1
flurry, i - - -ba
oedaraweep by lu their mystical hurry,
tone tnto the wind are the languor and worry
kme into the west with the phantom moon.
-Bal there is the lord of the hills and the vaL-
leys; '
11 is he that leads in the midsummer sallies '
High Into the steeps where the gray caapar
ral is; .
It's ha that leads to the long lavroon-
"Where the wild mustard splashes the slops
with yellow
Senas turned at bay. Oh. the powerful fel
low! -flee tbe toss of his head! hear the breath and
' the bellow! -
Bow be tears the ground with his angry
hoofs! ,
Vow he breaks a wild path thro' the deep,
plumy rushes:
4A load bird high on a tamarack hashes);
-Right on thro' a glory of crimson he crushes
On into the gloom under leafy roofs.
Dsx, the joy of the wind in our faces! We fol
low ' ' r -
Tb cattle; we shout down the poppy hung
-. . . hollow
Veal out of the cliff we have startled the swal
low. -. 1 .
And startled the echoes on rocky fells.
So! what was it passed? were they pigeons or
sparrows .
That whispered away like a hurtle of arrows?
Tnu rose odor thickens, the deep gorge nar
rows. Now the herd swings down thro' the scented
-djsHs;- . - - ,f - .
Speed! speed! leave the brooks to their pebbles
and prattle; , ( !
Sweep on with the thunder and surge of the
cattle ...
The hurry, the shouting, the wild Joy of battle.
The hills, and the wind, and the open light.
Sw on into camp by the sycamores yonder,
2isw o'er the guitar let the light fingers wao-
den ... . i ,
cjjet thoughts in the high heart grow pensive
and fonder;
Then stars and the dreams of a summer
night.
Charles E. Markham in Overland Monthly.
lias Been to Mecca.
-1 1 fancy that it is not generally known
that there is in this town a mau who has
'twice- made the perilous journey to
Mecca. Hadji Brown he is called in the
ant, the "Hadji meaning pilgrim. Mr.
Brown is an Irishman by birth and a
traveler and journalist by profession.
. Hejhatraveled m uch in Persia, Afgh&ni
utiux and other oriental countries. He
peaks Arabic like a ' native, and in
Turkish oostnme he easily passes for a
Turk. It was in this character,, of
course, that he visited Mecca, for with
out some such disguise he would have
been murdered long before reaching the
acred city. Sir Richard Burton, whose
single visit to Mecca made him famous,
would have been slain by a fanatic on
the jonrney but for the fortunate fact
. -that Sir Richard was a bit quicker with
Iris weapons than was the would be as-
BHin. ,'. -.ri.M.i -
Brown is taken for a Mussulman in
the east, and he says his prayers in ad
mirable oriental fashion. As a matter
of fact, it is not a very difficult feat to
jtass as a Turk, even among Mnssulmen,
for Turks are of all complexions, and
ven a bine eyed man who spoke the
language and wore the proper costume
"would not be challenged unless he
aroused suspicion by some' un-Moslem
act. Sir Richard Burton's moment of
danger came from a very simple neglect
to observe a custom of - the people, with
whom he journeyed. New York Star.
Bear Shooting In. Thibet. r.
As I drew near I saw a large- bear
standing in the river feeding on the car
cass of a yak. Taking a gun from, one
of my men I fired at it, breaking its
boulder. When my men saw what I
luul shot' at they turned .and beat a hasty
retreat shouting to me to. run,, that the
"wild man" might not devour me. An
other shot, better aimed, put an end to
the bear, bat not to the fright of my
.Mongols, who even then would not ap
proach. Our failure to skin my prize
early broke my ... Tientsin ., servant's
heart, for by it he lost his chance to se
cure the gall, a much valued medicine
la China, and .worth eight or ten dunces
of silver in any drag shop, Mongols and
Thibetans attack a bear only when they
are, a strong, well armed party. My hav
ing killed one of these dreaded monsters
Alone seemed a feat of great daring, and
the story was told to every Thibetan we
met afterward as proof positive of my
antles8 courage. W. Woodville Rock
hill in Century.
. 1 Character from the Fingers. .
As far as the fingers are concerned,
experts in palmistry divide hnda into
three classes. Long, slender, tapering
fingers determine the first, and denote
'delicate, trained perceptions. A subject
"with such fingers has an innate fondness
for art, poetry, music and the higher
forms of literature. In the second class,
the fingers are shorter, are nearly equal
in length, and have blunt ends. They
denote a practical, material mind, thor
ough and reliable, rather than brilliant.
-A woman with such fingers would make
a careful and efficient housekeeper, and
A man with similar ones would be cau
tious and thorough in business. In the
third class, the fingers are short, thick
and square, and have short, large nails,
with cushions on each side of the nails.
A subject having these fingers is active,
athletic, opinionated, Bel fish, has strong
appetites for the material things of life,
and is liable to form strong prejudices.
D. D. Bidwell in New York Ledger.
A Knde Fellow.
Pretty Girl Did you see the way that
"man looked at me? It was positively in
4aolting. Big Brother Did he start
Pretty Girl Stare? " Why, no. He
xan his eyes over me and then glanced
off t some one else, just as if I wasn't
- worth a second thought. New York
Weekly.
In the' industries now established in
the United States, in which beautiful
objects are made such, as wall hang
ings, .furniture, silverware, tablecloths,
. .glassware, articles of brass and wrought
icon, stone carvings and the like very
excellent wages are often, paid to skilled
workmen. ' ' ': "" ' ' . -
- ,- G. Tateno, the Japanese, minister to
Che United -States, has .been tin official
Hie for thirteen years. In 1878 he -was
one of the commissioners appointed Jy
Japan to receive Gen. Grant. He was
appointed to his present office in March.
1890.
A PRETTY ROMANCE.'
A OKtadSua Francisco Young Wwu
Artist Had an Interesting Start.
,. People who noticed in The Examiner
window a splendid. cast of the head of
Sitting Bull will be interested to hear
the pretty romance of the young artist
whose work it was. . , i
It was modeled by Miss .Alice Ride
out, a young lady of les3 than 18 years
of aire, who has already shown such tal
ent that she bids- fair to take front rank
among the host of artists that the Pacific
slope can claim as its own. .. v .
Her first start in her chosen profession
can be directly traced to a large English
mastiff owned by her family, although
her artistic aspirations date back to her
early childhood. One day, while accom
panied by the mastiff, she. passed the
open door , of a sculptor's studio. The
animal rushed in and, with apparent de
liberation, knocked over the . pedestal
upon which was placed for exhibition
the artist's latest work. An arm and
leg . were shattered, and the piece lay a
seeming . wreck. , on the floor. The at
tendant was wild.., ,,'
The girl endeavored to make excuses
for the dog, but nothing would answer.
Offers were made to pay for the damage,
but to no avail. The man, dreading that
upon the artist's return he would lose
his position, was inconsolable. The girl
begged to be allowed to repair the piece,
and after repeated entreaties the man
consented, with the remark .that while
he .did not beheve it, could . be fixed,' he
was very certain she could not injure it.
He mixed the clay for her, and watched
with interest , the , unpracticed . fingers
doing the work that the accomplished
artist had so lately finished and taken so
much pride in. An hour, passed with
most gratifying results: the arm was re
stored and was perfect; the attendant
was happy.
Another hour the leg approached com
pletion, when lo, the artist appeared on
the scene. . He took in the situation at a
glance, and unnoticed by the occupants
of . the room watched the work. . Fin
ished, explanations are in order and
given. . . The artist is, charmed, declares
the work of restoration has added new
charms to the - piece, and having heard
from the girl the great ambition of her
life, went with : her to her home and in
sisted that her parents should allow her
an opportunity to learn the art for which
she evidently had so much inherent tal
ent. San Francisco Examiner.
. Drainage.
How few people realize the results of
extensive drainage, such as a highly civ
ilized country presents. No inconsider
able changes are wrought by artificial
drainage. Much of surface water, in
stead of being left to form marshes, sat
urate the soil or be taken up by evapora
tion, . is carried away underground
through drain pipes. Consequently the
air is not so moist as formerly, and the
soil, instead of being constantly chilled
by evaporation, is rendered warm, and
geniaL This . result has 'been particu
larly noticed in, England and.. Scotland,
where very .extensive areas have been
artificially drained.
Holland has been, one might say, re
claimed from the sea. The water has
been dyked out, and many parts of the
country that were the bottom of the sea
are now dry land, and though below sea
level form the homes of happy and in
dustrious communities. Years 8go there
were along the ..lower banks of , the Mis
sissippi ''drowned lads," subject to over
flow and uninhabitable, covering an area
larger than,, the state of New York.
Many of these lands have been reclaimed
by means of levees. , Thus, by man's in
genuity, are the surface, climate and
general physical condition of the earth
being changed. New York Ledger.
. V . y . Antiquity -ot Playing Carols.
The game of cards was first played in
the east, and seems to have had a mili
tary origin. Cards,. ..were introduced
from Asia into Europe at the time of the
Crusades, and were first used- by necro
mancers to foretell fortunes. They soon
became a popular amusement in the
south of Europe, where the Saracens
and Moors taught the people how to use
them, ' and; card playing spread, to all
parts of the continent. .- The state records
of Germany mention the fact that Ru
dolph I, in 1275, was fond of the game
and played with his courtiers.
After the invention of paper the manu
facture of cards became, extensive, but
declined somewhat when card playing
was forbidden by several of the German
states and by the English government
on , account of the supposed immoral
tendency. Before the era of paper, cards
in the Orient were made of ivory, papy
rus and canvas, less frequently of the
precious metals, and quite commonly of
wood. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Careful. '
A wise parent thinks twice before an
swering a bright boy's question.
"Papa," said Johnny, who had re
cently joined a debating society, "is it
correct to say, 'The noes has it,' or 'The
noes have it? -v -- s
T,"It depends, my son, on whether you
are talking about a vote or -about a cold
in the head." Youth's Companion.
.Sadder Than the Borneo Juliet Case. :
Miss Bond Alas, Comte, papa says I
shall never marry you.
i - Comte de Sanfisou And did mademoi
selle show monsieur ze proofs sat I am
ze Comte de Sanssou?
Miss Bond Yes, and he said if you
could have proved you were an impostor
he might have given hjacooeent. Hoa
sey'g Weakly,-. r-j , ;
Hygieste Itesm.
.TeacherrSo you can't.! remember" the
names of the givir , hikes. Can't you
keep them in your- - i
Johnny No, mat, if I was to keep
them, lakes in my , bead. J. might get
water on the brain. Texas Sif tings.
..Girls of ,13 to 15 years comb-tbeir half
back from the forehead, and braid it to
ha?ig. jtsvlerigth or.' tied in a low loop.
Their' gowns arc. made with waists of
natural length, neither top long nor too
short.
A TELLING CONTRAST.
IN THEIR OLD LIMITED SPHERE
WOMEN ARE WELL PAID.
A Comparison Between the Condition of
Women "Who Do What lined to Be Called
Women's Work and Those Who Do What
Used to Be Called Men's Work.
The working woman's sphere used to
be confined chiefly to household work.
And it is a notable fact .that in those
days the newspapers contained no stories
about women dying of .starvation and
overwork in tenement houses. If any
body died from these .causes it was a
man.
Descriptions of the agonies of starving
workingwomen and their families are
now a feature of the penny papers. Only
a few days ago a woman in Jersey City
who had worked in a big tobacco fac
tory and was thrown out of employment
by her advanced years- and inability to
handle the tobacco leaf as deftly as the
younger generation locked herself up in
her room to wait till the pangs of hunger
snapped the life cord. She almost suc
ceeded Such an occurrence twenty years ago
would have . been . commented upon by
the newspapers and statesmen all over
the country, and the philosophers would
have philosophized to the extent of a
book on the subject; but so common j
have such events become in these days I
since "the extension of women's sphere"
that they attract little or no attention, i
Perhaps some newspaper ma v. for the I
purpose of advertising itself, get up a !
subscription fund to buy a few necessa
ries for the support, but the average cit
izen reads the little story without emo
tion. It disturbs him no more than a
view of the dirty streets or a struggle to
get a Beat in an elevated train.
WHERE WOMAN NEVER STARVES.
.And right here it may be asked, in
view of the present condition of work
ingmen, "Has any one ever - heard of a
woman, sticking to the . old limited
sphere of working women domestic
service suffering for lack of the neces
saries of lifer" The newspapers record no
such instances. One would be such a
novelty that the ambition of the museum
men to secure unheard . of curiosities
would be aroused. ....
... The fact is that the only women de
pendent on their daily work for subsist
ence who are comfortably situated, with
a few exceptions, are the domestic serv
ants. All the thrifty ones have their
bank accounts, . and they don't know
what it is to want for food or clothes.
Moreover, their labor is comparatively
light, and they have real homes.
So thoroughly is this 'fact recognized
that the societies devoted to improving
the conditions of working women and
helping them in their difficulties with
employers exclude servants from their
range of work.
. Mrs. M. J. Creflgh, superintendent of
the Working Women's Protective union,
gives the reason, as follows:
, "The working women in stores, fac
tories and offices need all the Assistance
the union can give, for they are the suffer
ers. Women , who , work as domestics
may sometimes have reasonable grounds
for complaint, but their 'condition is so
far above that of , . the other . working
women that they can always get along
comfortably. ,They can get places when
ever they wan t them, receive good wages,
don't know what hunger is, and are well
acquainted with the looks of 'a bank
book. They don't need help.
f ''It is this poor saleswoman, the over
worked factory girl and the sewing wom
an that has to be helped to live.
MRS. CREAGH'S, -OPINION.
"Considering the .board matter, they
do not get one-half or one-third as much
as the servant and have to work longer.
Besides, they are often cheated., out of
their scant earnings. If they are sick
for a time they lose their little pay, and
perhaps theiA places are filled before they
recover. The servant girl, on the other
hand, gets her wages right along, and
if she is in a good family she receives
such medical and other attention as the
store girl cannot receive. She is, in fact,
settled, while her sisters in. the world of
business depend on their week's salary
for food and lodging the following week,
and a few days' sickness means to them
starvation and inadequate attendance or
a journey to a charity hospitaL
"Therefore this society gives all its at
tention to women outside of domestic
service. As women go further and fur
ther into the business world we have
more to do than ever. Every day we
have brought to our notice cases where
rich employers try to beat women out of
sums varying from twenty-five cents to
$50.
"The records here show, better than
anything I know . of,., the slavery into
which women have been brought of late
years.. Employers know that women
have . not. the, money to pay lawyers to
sue for them, so they take advantage of
their helplessness whenever they can. . It
is remarkable, however, that they settle
up with great rapidity when the women
come here ; to - complain. Our counsel
condncts worthy cases free of' charge
and has got verdicts in the civil courts
for more than $50,000 since the anion be
gan its work. , . .' . v
When' Mrs. Creagh was" asked why the
wages of girls in' factories, stores' and of
fices were bo small, Bhe answered in al
most the same way as Miss Van Etten
did. f v.t r-i f- i
Women', she' said, 'took' the -places of
men in many occupations without or-,
ganixifig themselves to obtain fair com
pensation.. Thex took anything they
.could efc JThy expected to get married
some time, and their work was a tempo
rary expedient... at first, to obtain pin
money. Now many of them' 'find that
they have really 16 support themselves,
and .their meager . yragea .'won't do it
Still they bear their ' hardships, waiting
ever for the gay cavalier who' is to come
along and relieve ' them. With'' some
work is a necessity, with others it is not.
But few of .them seem to. consider that
.'men have suffered in consequence; of tne
lower standard of wages. New York
Commercial Advertiser. , .
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