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An 'tM Whidh SKVed
a Life.
- I 'was'KatintoriD.ctown Eegent street
. one evening, aa tvrihgnt came on,- Yncn
,X suddenly ran up arrainst my old friend,
James Iiarton. whom I was as clad to
Bee as he to give me a hearty greeting.
; ' W henoe comest thou, O dreamer i
- were his first words, "and whither art
thou bound, wandering on in this blun
dering fashion; and driving even an old
friend off . the curb into a slush of
mud?"
"A thousand
I. " You were
pardons"; Eayton,- said
the very:, last man to
como
into my
thoughts, and . 1 am
grieved at tho idea of your dress boots
in such" weather as tnis.- xsut, come
, home, man, and smoke a quiet . pipe
with me, and we will talk over all that
lias chanced since you and I discussed
j that strange dream of old 'Stragen,' the
Dutchman, on loard the rme boat.
Half an hour later found us by the
side of a cosy fire, with a fine aroma of
; Latakia floating about us.
"You were talking just no w" said
Eayton, at last, "of that queer dream in
the Nile boat. -1 can tell you a much
queerer story now, that ' chanced here,
not so many years ago, in this very
15almon,'if you care to hear it
"Care to hear it ?r said I. "Of course
I do, ... .Uut first give me chapter and
verse, witness and authority most sage
of necromancers. " "
u Well," replied l&yton, "all I
can
give you, by. way of chapter and verse,
is briefly this: I he dream, if it was
one, has been told over and over' again,
for years past, at our club, the Mega
' therinm, and is firmly believed in by all
the men who know Osborne, what a
. hard-hearted sketic he is, how slow to
talk of himself, and utterly intolerant
of all dream lore and stories of dream
ers. You muot remember Osborne
yourself?"'
"What! the gr.ay-Laired, wiry little
barrister, said I. "who hail rooms m
Dixie's court?
I he very same man. , Well,, one
evening in September, about 7 p. m
Osborne came ont of the club,' and
slowly descended tho broad steps into
the well-lighted street. As ho did so,
he chanced to glance across the way at
an opposite , gas-lamp, when, to
his utter amazement, he saw stand
ing underneath it, in the full blaze
' of light, his own identical self; his own
white hat, cane, dress, figure, ton en
sembie. ilo looked. oneo and again,
but there was no mistake whatever,
There ho was, 'like Cerberus, two
crentlemen at once.' 'Oh I it must be
Smith, he thought (the practical joke
man who was always riggicg some
fellow or other), purposely dressed
up after his, Osborr:os, own fashion
He therefore ran across the road to de
tect the said Smith, but, to his further
astonishment, when he reached the
gas-lamp, tho practical joker was coolly
standing on the club steps which he
himself had just left.- As here-crossed
the road, his seeming donlne descended
the steps, and gravely walked down
Elvsinm Place till he arot' to the next
street, where he turned the corner and
disappeared.
"Ill have my revenge," thought
Osborne, "as he strodo wrath
fully down the broad pavement, 'when
I catch that fellow to-morrow. Mean
while, he walked on
"At the centre of Ebrington street,
as every body knows, 'is a mighty gas
lamp, which flings a broad ray of light,
north, south, east, 'and west, into the
gloom of. four diverging right lines.
Standing under tho shadpw of that gas
lamp was now to ue seen, clearly, un
mistakably, the thing with a white hat,
bearing the well-known cane, and dress
ed as Osborne dressed.
"What was to Lo done? In his ex
treme hurry and agitation,- Osborne
nearly dashed up against the post, de
termined to get at liis friend Smith and
demand an explanation. But no sooner
had he reached the lamp than tho thing
was gone.
At this Osborne began to feel cold
and chilly; in fact, he was frightened,
He clenched . his stick, pulled his hat
firmly over his brow, walked resolutely
on, and triedto tliink that the whole
affair was the mere bilious result of in
digestion ; but all in vain. He knew,
full well, that he was in perfect health
at that moment, as he had been for
months. He had tried walking fast, he
wouid i:ow trv a slow pace: but neither
availed him in the least.
At every main street corner,
there stood the thing looking like
Smith, whether really he or not. But,
at last, when Osborne was almost des
perateit vanished. It was with great
satisfaction, therefore, that he at length
rang at the doorway loading to his lodg
ings, in one of tho highest rooms of
which, the next to tho roof, was his pe
culiar sanctum.
j "He half expected, as the door swung
back, to catch a glimpso of the ghostly
likeness of himself peeping over the
servant's shoulder. But,, all was as
Tisual. Mrs. Tomkins, sleepy and
grumbling, gave him a lighted bed-room
cainlie, growled out, 'Good night,' and
idisajipeared. The three flights of stairs
jw ere soon cleared, and in a few mo
ments his hand turned the well-known
iloor-handle. Tho door' opened as
usual: the fire blazed cheerily: the
servant, knowing Osborne's punc
tuality, had lighted both his
r-ariiiles. His arm chair was in his
favorite place, between tho table and
flro lint it. won nnf naiiaiinl nnnintinliwl I
There," in his own chair, reading cosily,
Witn Ins Lack to the door, sat thothinor-
Hhiulfi, speetre, or whatever you choose
to call it.
i. "This was a" climax beyond bearing.
At tho fright of it, Osborne flung down
japanned candlestick, cleared flights of
stair as with seven-leagued Aoots,
lus.'ied through passages, annihilated
Vlr. Tompkins, and at last breathed
fierly when once more in tho crowded
street. That night he tried to sleep at
a neighboring hotel not successfully,
us i:ay be supposed. Tho next morn
iiif, with infinite misgivings, he made
his mind to go to his chamber as
li;; al. On his arrival there, he found
tho house full of bustle and confusion.
During the night, a hugh beam, sup-
-hortmcr'the roof, had given away, and
comma: down with a Great crash had
dashed his bedstead into a dozen frag
ments. ' Had ho slept there as usual he
would Thave' been as one ;of 'the frag-
"After that" added Iiayton, "Os
borne 'changed his 'lodgings.
AO man oonidxlo otherwise, said i.
"But what does Osborne say to the
storv now. after all these years? How
did he look when ho told it?" 4 "'a
-Well,i replied my friend; he al-
wav3 was queer, as you Know, ana oaa
in his' manner -hut that day at 'the
'dub ho Jwas 'queerer and paler? than
ever He told the. story; once, but
would never tell it again ; some of the
fellows in the - smoking-room quazzed
him unmercifully.: , But, all . the same,
in. spite, of quizzing , they believed . the
stotr and Osborne sticks to every
'won! of it. Smith, -the 'gokorr chaffed
him one day about it, but he got such a
iook irom isoorne, wno as me same
time knocked his hat off that he never
tried chaffing again." i :
"And vou. Iiayton, I asked, what
do you say?" '' "
"ily dear fellow, what can I say i I
heard him tell the story; it was difficult
not to believe it when you looked .at
such a face, and, besides that,' In Os
borne's case, there was something like a
reason for an interference of something
more than human power, providence,
or .what you - wUL it saved a man s
life." ' !
DUEL WITH A SHARK.
A. Kanaka Kills a Shark In a Hand-
to-11 Jtnd Knconn
Every soul on board crowded to the
skies to witness the duel. It was bound
to be war to the death. One or both of
the combatants must die. The brute
was what is known as a ' right shark,
and, was about thirteen foot long. His
black and shininer back set with sharp
fins, made me shudder and gTow deathly
sick. r . . '
Ubukia anet . the first rush of . the
monster by darting aside and letting
the huge hulk go by him. He made
a lnnsre with his sword at the tail as it
whisked past, and a thin line of blood
on the clear water told that his aim had
been a good one.' While the shark was
near he swam with half his body out of
the water, taking good care that his
legs were never much below the sur
face; but when it went by he dropped
to the neck and looked up at us with
grin on his coffoo-colored face. )
"Me kill umr he shouted.
The next rosh was similar to tho first.
but this timo, when the white belly
showed itself, Lbukia was beside it.
We saw the point of his sword-blade
enter its rieht eye, and then the native
dived, coming up thirty yards away.
1 began to breathe easier now. ihe
fellow carried himself frr the'watcr with
as much ease as the fish itself, and his
sword crave him an advantage, while
the shark's inability to ue its jaws
without turning over wa-j another point
m his favor. .
lne nsh seemed to be fairly mad
dened by the last wound, and we could
see its dorsal fin . ripping through the
water for a second, and then it went
down out of sijrht, leavinsr not'iin'r but
the Kanaka visible on the wide stretch
of water. If the si;ht of : the monster
was horrible, Low much woro was ite
disappearance ! VTe did not know upon
what side; of tho devoted swimmer it
would come up, and we held our breath,
waiting as one waits when a diver has
been under water for a long time, and
every mmuto seems an hour. ', ?
The grin had left the native s face,
and.be kept whirlmpr about like a tee-
to-tum, ready to meet, the attack at any
pomt.
After the lapse of a few minutes the
familiar fin camo into eiprht affrain. and
.Ubukia'a body rested with his eyes on
the enemy. There wai no rushinpr on
the shark's part nowV It advanced
slowly, ready to swerve with the slight
est motion of the native. It seemed de
termined to approach him so ' slowly
that its momentum could not possibly
carry it past him. He waited until its
muzzlo was not ten feet from him, and
then, assuming the aggressive, he darted
forward, buried his blade to the hilt in
its eye, and then swam leisurely to the
ship.
Jror ten nunntes tho water within a
radius of 500 yards was lashed into a
white foam by tho dving struggles of
the monster. - At times he would throw
himself completely out of the water,
showing us the whole of his ' round,
tapermg body andiigly month. Finally,
however, he rested belly upward with
out a motion, and Ubukia's face glis
tened with pride.. ;-
Good," said he, ' climbing into his
canoe, "me kill urn."
How I'retxela Are Made.
. .... .
Pretzels are maao of the best yeast
dough, such as is used in bread. The
dough is rolled into a wide plastic ex
panse, a piece is cut off and rolled into
a long cylinder about the diameter of a
ooiogna sausage, -inen tne strips are
cut into sections about . three inches
long, tapering off at each end. Seizing
each end of this section of dough with
the thumb and forefingers the pretzel
baker crosses his hands, presses the
ends of this section . into the middle of
the mass, and lo! the pretzel is shaped.
Then it, with' a dozen or more of its
fellows, is dropped into. a kettle of boil
ing Ive, from which they are fished in
less than half a minute. That half a
minute, however, suffices to give them
that brown cost of countenance ' and j
. a I
crisp . texture wnicn , maKes tiiem . so
aCTCOabll
reeable, while just enough of the lyo
cling8 to them to improve their flavor.
Pretzels are said to be aids to diges
tion, the lye that remains on them stim
ulating the . casino -viuicos. As soon as
the pretzel is taken from the lye it is
sprinkled with salt and baked ' rapidly
in a very hot oven The steam pretzel i
differs from .the regulation German
cracknel (for the word pretzel means
cracknel), in that it is made of cracker
dough, and after being boiled in lye,
DacKou ana piacetl in a box. is dried by
steam, a lie soil pretzel s not a dur
able commodity. ' Indeed, 'it bbcomes
inedible after two or three days, while
the hard steam pretzel is as im perish- j
able as haj;d-tack,,andifl . a delicacy
even ai me mature age oi six mouths.
A FRELTJPH.
The blight ' killed some ere the night-wind
Borne lingered and gained an ill-repute,
One only grew to the perfect fruit.
A hundred seeds from the branches fell;
Some rooted and throve for a while ah mel
One only grew to ue perfect tree. . . ,
T unJ t1u Vtiiulni CATIM tit TTltnA?
Ana iivua i ear ror rae ninety ami muo,
O t-rimti tit m vonth: I hless my art
For the. one that will flourish withlii thy
s heart. ' . - " " ' ".' '
' DIVERSIONS' OF CLUB tlFE.
Bettinz ama IVIthont card Played"
. '.;! Wimdrwf$riUiu Tables,-,
There is xirobably no club that has
not its own peculiar game of chance.
Some . of them are very queer and
unique. They always take, precedence
of such common games as poker, euchre,
pin-pool or odd and even, because they
can be played without cards and with
out attracting attention One of these
games was instituted in the Union club,
in New York: It was called "nigger up
and nierjrer down." Those who would
play it sat in the club bow-window.
Four men were a' complement. The
game was regulated by the number of
colored citizens ' that walked up and
down the street. One player would
take the pavement up on one side, an
other down on the same side, a third up
on the other side and a fourth down. If
a colored person passes - by during the
Erogress of the game it is like a winning
and at poker. Up or down on either
side counts for some one player and he
rakes in the pot.
This came was ' at one tune such a
mania among New York club men that
colored processions have been turned
from their routes and paid liberally to
pass certain club windows in certain
directions. On one occasion a club man
paid $25 to the colored knights who
were about to turn out to pass north
ward by the window. Another club
man unearthed the .plot and doubled
the bonus for the same procession to go
by the same window in a sontherly di
rection. These two men began a game
of "nigger up and nigger down, and
sat in the window six hours waiting for
that procession. Alas.unforeseen trouble
had developed about The finances,
and the knights did not torn out at all.
This illustrates the game. It may be
played by a mere novice with perfect
success, provided enough colored peo
ple pass by on his side of the street.
Another club . game is "crack-step,
or "gutter-step." If there is a stretch
of pavement which is laid with broad
stones instead of bricks it is customary
to bet upon the number 01 cracKS a
passer-by .will step on. , The- number.
must necessarily vary with the length
of the strides of the party passing,
making the game thereby an uncertain
one. If there is a gutter plate over a
gutter in the pavement it is entertain
ing to some to bet on pedestrians step
ping on or over it. A curious fact is
that seven out of ten step on the - plate
and it is necessary to give odds if you
are betting open.
Betting on corners which certain
passers-by may turn is also a club pas
time. The color of passing horses is
Eometimes made the subject of wagers
also, and betting on whether the collar
of the next man passim? is standincr or
turn-down is .a cheerful diversion of tho
same systems At the table fly-loo is
also an exhilarating , recreation for the
intellectual young men who find pleas
ure in such diversions. iLach player
iina a lump oi sugar oeioro mm, ana ii a
fly lights on a lump the other players pay
, . . 0
the proprietor thereof the staked per
centage. Such are some of the games
which beguile the monotony of life for
club men. .
Slonster (i rapes.
Eastward over the' hills lies Mon-
tecito, a scattered settlement of beauti
ful estates that stretches down the four-
mile slope from the mountains to the
sea. Montecito was the home of that
wonderful old grapevine that was ex
hibited at the Centennial. The old
grapevine was 81 years old at
the time it was cut down and sent east
for exhibition. Its- trunk was fifteen
inches in diameter, and it produced
hve and six ' tons of the common Mis
souri grapes each season. The Span
ish family who owned the old vine
had the arbor for a dancing floor, and
high ' revels ' used to be held un
der the trreat canopy of . leaves.
A family of good Ohio people have
succeeded to the ownership of this his
toric place, and . consider it no advan
tage to have a score of curious people
coming there every week to take a
look at the other great grape vine that
now ranks as the largest ; vine in the
state. ,
ihe present prize grape Tine grew
wit " "" ' i m
from a cutting from the - famous old
vine, and was set out twenty-seven years
ago. Already its trunk is twelve inches
in diameter, and it spreads a thick, can
opy oi leaves over on ; arbor sixty feet
square. One drives under it with a
carriage, and looking up like a fox in
the fable, sees immense' purple clus
ters of the sourest grapes ha is ever
likely to taste. The . little girl who
brought a chair for us to stand on could
hardly hold the . heavy . clusters. We
picked and passed some to her, and
after looking at the -countless four and
five-pound bunches that hung all over
the arbor, we believed the story of their
gathering three tons of grapes from
this one vine last year; .
A Vlnanelal Law.
"And you won't pay me 7 ! -"No.
sir." : .
"You' acknowledge that yon owe
me?" . 'n " ; s -
VYes, sir, and I've got the money."
"Oh well, then, you needn't pay me.
I didn't think yon had the money. It's
when . a man ' ain't got it that we want
him to pay. As long as you've got the
money keep ltr, but when you find your
self without means " remember 'that I
must be paid." . : . ,:
Stanley has I been elected "Father
and Mother" of . the. Congo country by
the dark complexioned inhabitants. ; . j
The Fatal -Draught
The surgeon of onr expedition tried
his' hand at ' story ''telling while the
Earty was encamped at ' Norris geyser
as in. Thstory was of a professional
nature, and.;' nothing, will give it
credetneer so -well as the fact that the
surgeon has an established practice in
St. Louis., and is a gentleman of repu
tation'.' " "With this in view it inay not
be out of place to give tfie points ' of
the narrative, r which - ho . related with
circumstantiality. . . . - - . - :
, Geologist Brayton was speaking- of
pebbles of ogato, chalcedony, wood opal
and quartz found about tie Yellowstone
. .. .. . ,
region, ana more paixiciuariy tne
geodea, which itxe tmmeroufl iji the. Vicin
ity of -the great moraines.; ust Podise
Talley. , - . . " . -
"VeTy wonderful are : those same
geodes," said the surgeon, "and with a
knowledge of them it is not so very
difficult to account for the chalcedony
and the wood petrifications hereabout"
Two of the passengers in the stage as
we-were driving toward the Mammoth
Hot springs alighted and went aside to
gather specimens. The driver had halted
to let his -horses rest, and the view
was so pleasing that none of us
were in a hurry to move forward.
Tho passenger that I refer to picked
up a geode, broke it, and finding it con
tained a crystal nuia, aranK tne con
tents. The driver called out, we took
our places in the stage and started on.
In a short time the passenger who had
drank the crystal fluid from the geode
began to act strangely. It was evident
that he was sick, though ho made no
complaint. ' His actions distressed the
other passengers, and as his - malady
grew upon hu it was thought best to
place him in a wayside hut, and one of
the stage hands with biansets, and l
with my case of medicines and instru
ments, staid to attend him. The coach
with tho other passengers drove on.
"My patient a behavior was singular;
I have noted down the symptoms and
the peculiarities and will give them as
they occurred.
Here the surgeon read the particu
lars of the diagnosis and his deductions
therefrom, the facts being that the
patient's limbs stiffened, voice disap
peared, eyelids became fixed, the eyes
staring, and an uncommon rigor over
came the body. All medicines were
futileand death ensuedfn the courso of
an hour.
"In the interests of -science," the sur
geon continued, "I felt it my duty to at
once get light upon 60 peculiar a case
and undertook a post-mortem examina
tion, Mr. Fraser, the stage hand, assist
ing me.
One after another my instruments
became dulled, and by the light of tho
candle I discovered that tho body was
fast turning into a hard substance, tho
heart, the lungs, the vital parts and the
veins being solidified. I hastened the
work as much as possible, and by mid
night had laid open the parts in such a
way as to show perfectly the situation
of the organs in the diaphragm. Next
morning at daylight we discovered that
the body was in a fair way to become
petrified- The hardening process be
gan interiorly, and the. heart and
organs of circulation were quite
strong, retaining, .withal, their normal
color. .- Pressure upon - the surface of
the cuticle made some impression, but
of an unelastic character; such ' dents
as might bo caused by bearing down
heavily on sheet lead. Knowing all the
circumstances, I concluded that tho
fluid contained in the geode' had in
duced the petrification; ft had gone
into the circulation, and so rapid was
the hardening process that I question
whether the man suffered any pain.
"As Mr. inraser was fearful that the
authorities might subject him to deten
tion pending on inquiry into the death
of tho patient, I agreed to his request
that the body should be concealed until
such time as it could be removed to
some medical college agreed to it all
the more readily, as I ludcred that in a
little while longer it would be turned
completely into stone. The hair alone
remains without apparent change. 1
shall have a great . curiosity to take
home to St. Louis."
Are you sure, doctor, that you were
not imposed upon by being asked to
treat a medical manikin ono of those
papier mache statues which are used to
enlighten students . of anatomy?", re
marked Mock. -
"If the doctor were not so exceed
ingly temperate in all things," said Wil
son, "I should advance the theory that
he drank from his medicine chest
something which induced this night
mare about a geode."
"1 look chiefly at the commercial
point," said Barnes ; "if the liquid in tho
geodes will turn human flesh to stone,
why won't it transform other sub
stances into precious stones? Vhy
could not chemistry get at the ingredi
ents of this wonderful fluid ? We might
make diamonds and rubies at will. The
philosopher's stone is nowhere to the
Paradise Valley geode."
It kin, said Nixon, "and I propose
to change the doctor's name to Canner.
The canning line seems to be the thing
for him. How much more pleasant il
is to be -made into a statue than a
corpse. . There is a future in the busi
ness.
"Gentlemen; you may 'scoff," said, the
surgeon, "but I shall write a full
account of the case for The Westliche
Post, and sign my name to it." And he
did, and thus laid the foundation for
jome interesting theories in the German
sournals, and of no little wonder among
their readers. Aside from this there is
sufficient evidence of the lithogenous
character of the water from the geysers.
On the Lookout for Uuosts.
Chicago Times.
Tho English Ghost : nuntersUeaguo,
which has been , investigating all the
ghosts and haunted houses which come
within its knowledge, and have abso
lutely nothing to show for two years'
labor, is bocoming discouraged. It now
prints a card asking all people with
supernatural affairs about them or their
houses to come forward, promising as
an inducement that "notimg win in
any case bo printed or publil: d v ith
or without names, except wit'i ihe full
consent of tho persons concerned."
Where spades grow -might, and Idle swmda
erowdull: -
Where jails are empty, and where barns are
run; "'..; - - ; !
Where church paths are with frequent feet
outworn, . - ;
Law court yards weed v. silent and forlorn:
Where doctors foot it, and where farmers
ride; I !
Where age abounds, and youth Is multiplied;
Where those signs aXJ, they clearly Indicate'
A happy people and well-governed st xte.
The Blrthtotai- of Dickens. ,
r A week ago, being in Portsmouth,
was desirous of seeing the birthplace of
vnaries jluckous, ana was surprisea to
find uncertainty prevailing" on -the - sub-
t'ect. It was known to be one I of the
louses in Mile-end terrace, which is on
theJeft side of the . Coramercial road,
Landport, Portsea, and about one mile
from Portsmouth town railway station.
Proceeding thither, I found four small
old houses, with gardens in front and
green railiners and trees. I had been
directed to the first house of tt e four
(now No. 387), and I afterwards loarned
from some of the old inhabitants bf the
immediate neighborhood that the last
house (No. 393) was considered to be
the right one.
With reference to the birthplace,
Foster, in his "Life of Charles Dick
ens," volume 1, page 2, says : "He has
often told me that he remembered the
small front garden to the house at Port
sea, from which he was taken away
when 2 years old, and where, watched
by a nurse through a low kitchen win
dow almost level-with the garden walk,
he trotted about with something to eat,
and his little elder sister with himL He
was carried from the garden one day to
see the soldiers exercise." I venture to
suggest the desirability of clearing up
the doubt (if any really exists), and that
the true house, when ascertained, should
have a small tablet placed upon it I To
do this would, I think, .be a creditable
action on the part of the citizens of
Portsmouth, and it would also be a
great boon to all casual ' visitors who,
like myself, take a profound interest in
even the slightest . reminiscence of
Charles Dickens.
X Xew flewerace 8rstem
Tho model town or Pullman HI.,
only a few miles distant from Chicago,
is trying certain experiments in its! sew
erage system, which are of interest to
the whole country. The town is so
situated as to be very difficult to sropj
erly drain, far more difficult than even
New Orleans. It lies on a broad level
prairie, without rise or fall, without
any natural drainage, and free from
rivers or creeks that might carry off
its sewerage. How to drain such a
town was indeed a difficult matter, but
as it was- to- be a model town, a good
drainage system was absolutely heces;
sary. -s I
It was finally decided to try a system
which has been experimented with at
Pari3. Sewers were constructed (emp
tying in a sunken tank, from which the
sewage was pumped to a twenty -inch
main to a farm, three miles south, ntted
up especially for that purpose. The
cost of constructing these draini i and
sewers was $80,000. On the other
hand, the sewage was used on the farm,
and regularly easily disposed ox in an
inoffensive manner. The result of the
first year's management of this sewage
farm was a net profit Of $4,500. Al bet
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and the managers declare that they will
be able, not only to get rid of the sew
age without any cost, but this invest
ment in sewers that is the amount
expended by the town in the const ruc
tion of these drains was paying fromS
to 10 per cent, interest.
Arizona's Petrified. Forest.
Holbrook appears likely to bo the
largest cattle point on the tine, lit is
of some note also as being the nearest
town to the petrified forest, which is
twenty miles to the north. To reach
the forest it is -necessary to secure
wagon and driver, a camping outfit, and
hammers and drills. The drive is long,
hot, and tiresome, across a country for
the most part sandv, rocky and barren.
The forest at first sight shows only
masses of gray and brown rock half J
imbedtlcd in sand. A closer view shows
that the rooks are the trunks of fallen
trees lymg about on 'the desert in
strange confusion. Not much to SO
you will say, but the hammers and
drills soon put a different aspect
on the case. Hidden within jthese
stony coats are clusters ' of crystals,
some white and sparkling like
diamonds, others green as emeralds,
and others of a rich purple. Sore e are
grouped in the hollows of geodes. You I
cleave a mass of dirty gray stone asun
der, and the light is reflected in a hun
dred prismatic hues. Elsewhere the
hexagonal crystals are ranged in solid
ranks running with the- grain. Of
daintily marked flints and agates there
is an abundance, and of garnets as; well,
which are singularly large and pet feet,
and commend themselves to the! dis
criminating mineralogist. California
offers to the botanists a field unexcelled
in variety of flora, but for the geologist
I 'suppose no section of the country
presents richer material than Arizona.
The World's Output of
ver.
ttold and SH.
A recently published statement of
the yield of precious metals shows, that
in 1882 the output of gold in the entire
world was valued at $118,000,000,! and
of silver at $94,000,000. It is a ( fact
not generally understood that Russia
is the third greatest producer of gold,
the yield of that country bemar $ cso.yuUi
000. only $21,400,000 less than! the
United States and $2,000,000 less than
Australia. The United States is, the
trreatest silver producer, the yield in
1882 being $10,950,000. Australia,
though ranking second in the produc
tion of erold. contributes scarcely any
silver to the world's supply,' while Mex
ico, a great silver producer, yields! ut
little eold. The comparative data
show that the United States is the only
nation in which both of the precious
metals are found in great abundance.
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English Tiumorists" have just caught
up with tho mother-in-law joke.
erN-WORKERS' ODD METHODS.
tftrau se -Sorowos of f aspiration Wow
Harronndinfs- AfTee$ tke " Hajptetio
Hind.'
- Some amusing features Trom the lives
of celebrated men have been brought
together by. a German . writer. . . Auber
wrote on horseback; it was not possible
ror um to write in any other place than
in Pans, however beautiful. : another
residence might be, and however many
other attractions it might offer: ' Adam
composed the best when he lay with his
clothes on in bed, and. showed as great.
antipathy to all landscapial beauty as
love to his cats. The same antipathy to
all natural beauty as . charged tqXiom-
zetti. who always . slent when he went
oh a jourtTey when ' hefahould'-have'
given his. attention, to .the romantic
scenery of Switzerland . and Italy.
Ji.lmarosa could not write without hay
ing a lot of friends around - him, with
whom he kept up an active conversation
abput art matters.
Sacchmi's train of thought was inter
rupted when his cats did not play their
uixtivxs upon ma wnung aess. carti
could only become inspired in a room
without furniture, and which was dimly
xiguteu. Dponuni coma oniy compose
in the dark, and 'Meyerbeer composed
Dest during violent thunder storms,
under the roof of his house. Salieri
trained his inspiration while he walked
quickly through tho streets filled with
a human throng, meantime eating a
great quantity of confections. Havdn.
in order to compose, sat in a soft arm
chair, with his gaze directed to heaven.
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cumposea in xne open
air, best in the clarinor sunshine.
He liked ' champacme . by his
work, and gesticulated very violently.
as if he were an : actor on the boards.
Handel wandered in the church-yard.
and when he wished to become inspired.
he sat himself down in one corner of it.
which was shaded by weeping willows.
leave it until he had finished a whole
operatic scene or act. Mehul was a
great worshiper of flowers, and often
fell into silent reverie in observing
them. - He felt hapniest in a quiet gar
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den.
Mozart gained his inspiration br
reading Homer, Dante, Petrarch, Schil
ler, Ussian and victor Hugo. Schiller
inspired his muse by the smell of rot
ten apples, which he kept constantly in
his desk: besides this he liked to live
amid surroundings corresponding to
the subject . upon which he worked.
When he wrote the last, act to "Mary
Stuart" fie had his servants clothed in
black; and so long as he worked on
Wallenstein be neglected no review
or other military . spectacle, and at
home his wife must sing battle
pieces to him. Goethe loved to have
plastic works of art before him as he
wrote. It is known that in his crea
tion of his Iphigenia, he had the image
of an antique female before him, in
order to see if that which he made his
heroine say would suit the features be
fore him.
Jean Paul replenished his ideas while
taking a walk, and drank a glass of beer
now and then on the way. In writing
he loved the strong smell of flowers.
Herr von Kleist worked with great diffi
culty, and when he mode poetry, it was
as if he had a conflict with an invisible
fiend. Just the opposite was the case
with Father Wieland. In making his
poems he trilled a lively song, and
sometimes would spring away from . his
work and cut a caper in the air. Kotze
bue, in the composing of his dramas was
also actor. He himself acted single
scenes in his study. It is related that
when Sand murdered him, his little eon,
as he saw him reel and then writhe upon
the ground, cried to his mother, "See,
mamma, father plays comedy again P
Burger, the immortal poet of Leonore,
is said to have whistled street songs as
he wrote his verse on paper. His con
versation in such moments is said to
have been obscene. Holderlin was
often found crying when he composed
poems. Similar things are said of the
French romance writer Laf ontoine. His
wife once found him before his writing
desk swimming in tears. "Oh, it is too
sad, he said. "It don t go at all,' he
sobbed; "I am still in the first volume."
Matthison wrote his poems by moon
light, while standing at the window.
Lamartine wrote his best things in the
morning, before breakfast, while sitting
before the fire.
A contemporary of Dumas wrote thus :
"The writing desk of Alexander Dumas
presents a picture of classical disorder.
The study floor is covered with books
and papers, behind which he is seated.
formally barricaded. Also a quantity
of dogs, cats, poultry, pigeons, and
singing birds are to be seen around,
and these he feeds, strokes, and keeps
out of- mischief while writing. In the
background stand a number of printer's
devils waiting for copy, and booksellers
and 'such people, who have business
with him. He writes very rapidly, and
carries on, very often, a conversation at
the same time. He is very negligent in
his dress."
The Children Xanied the Town.
A pioneer who once owned the bind
on which the town of Mioe stands, tells
how the place received its peculiar
name. x had a wire once, says the
pioneer, "and I loved her dearly. Her
name was Maria ; but the children, not
being able to pronounce it, called her
4 Mio and finally the neighbors got to
calling her ' Mio. When the county
seat was located, and I called it Mio
after my dear wife, who had died the
surveyor thought that a final 'e' would
make the name look better; and so the
name is spelled 'Mioe.' "
. Who Was Shyloekf .
(Drahiatis Persona) Paterfamilias
and his "Only nope," aged 12. The
latter is busy at his lessons.)
Only Hope (suddenly looking up
from his books) "Pa, who was Shy
lock?" Paterfamilias (with a look of surprise
and horror) "Great goodness, boy,
you attend church and Sunday school
every week and don't know who Shy
lock was? Go and read your bible,
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, "I am 99 vfZ$x of my hnsztp'Cju'es.
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I lonir to mirffle wi-Ja tv ten. ,1 nr. .
lo drlaic rxamlsfxll cop tLo drops Ci&s
-.-fall- - :
FVom beakers others clan?. t!wc.!i r.TiTr
, ' ''-auafred. " . . '
Black not my thirst, tnj hand mcrt held tlo-
uraugau"
She feels a little hand flip i Into her,' . . .
ana uwa nnffers ennffng to cser gown, '
And m her heart a tender memory stirs.
Of violet eyes with lids by death txa
down. . ,,. ... . .. .
And as she lifts the If ttl4 Mnderer op. "
"I drink, she criea 'at least Cromlar'
'Forgive, dear Lord,, forgiro tha foolish ,
'For 1- iah - -wt-cart ft T I. "-. .
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And I will nevermore ccmnlain ox auxrht.
Life's' cup ' may hold for . woman whafr It .
.....-win-
Without lovs's wine sho will bo thirsty ttd."
When love doth make the humblest toil
divine.
My dairy round of duties moan and small!
Un! darling, press your warm, soft lips to'
v1a . -
Whfis I thank God that I at borne abide,
Korenr dwellers in tho world outBUo.'
A tXICAN KITCHEN.
The Vooklas Department XXow
tho
Staff of I4f Is Prepared. '
A Mexican kitchen is a stutfr. and to
do it and all its strange utensils justice
would require a column s space. There
are no stoves in Mexico, or even any'
I thing like tho fire places of our grand
I VMi-kO-hAwa n sTImm Af
mothers' days. Une side of the room
is occupied by a sort of shelf, built into ;
the wall, about breast high, with , fta
opening at the top which sorvoa for
chimney. In the centre of this shelf m ''
little heap of wood is kept burning,
and around it the earthen cooking-pots
are placed. 11 the family is Binall, this,
smoky method is sometimes improved
by building . a charcoal firo tx an
earthen pot and - putting the. smaller
cooking vessels within it. Many houses
have a mud oven at the end of this shelf
or somewhere out of doors, in which a
fire must be. built to heat it; . but gen
erally an oven is quite . unnecessary as
baked food pizen thin go," en ters
not into the household. economy. . r
In the centre . of the kitchen stands
the motale, for tortilla making- hat
lowed stone the size of an ordinary '
bread bowl, which has two legs about
four inches high at one end, inclining ',
it at an angle of forty-five degrees. The
cook kneels upon the dirt floor at the-
elevated end of the metale, and, the
corn having been previously boileVl,
and still quite wet, crushes it into paste-.
with.aiand of stone rolling-pin. the
mix tore gradually sliding down the in
clined plane into a dish placed to re
ceive it. When a quantity has boon
thus crushed, it is rolled into balls and
left until required. - It is astonishing
what an amount of corn a family will
consume in a day, it being here the
staff of life," indispensible at every
meal instead of bread. When dinner
or supper is on the tapis, . after every
thing else has been cooked, tho last
thing is to heat the griddle or a smooth
slate . stone. Then the cook takes a
very small lump at once of this pre
pared corn paste, shapes it into thin, ,
round cakes with a little cold w&ter
and much loud slapping of the . hands, ;
and bakes them brown in a jiffy. . As a
substitute for bread one might go a '
great deal farther and fare worse than '
subsist on tortilla.
The best chocolate I ever , tasted is
made in Mexico. ' No water enters into
the com position, and while the well-
sweetened milk is heating, they dissolve
the chocolate in it by putting into the
vessel a wooden implement called - a .
molinillo, and whirling it. rapidly. be
tween the hands till the whole is a mass "
of foam and richness.' - '.' :'t
Another thing which Mexican hocsc-
wives particularly exeel in is the com
pounding of dulcies (sweets) of all kinds.'
They make tho clearest and whitest im-.,
aginable marmalade and jelly of apples,
quinces and other fruits, but do not in
dulge much' in canned sweets, or pre
serves. Pickles, in which most Amen- .
cans delight, are entirely unknown, the '
inevitable and eternal chili being enSl
ciently piquante.
fhe Palace of Alfonso. ' ;
I had business at the palace with
Senor Abella, the secretary of the king, '
and my visit to his oQco afforded xn
an opportunity of seeing the palace. , It
is a large, quadrangular building of
white marble, in the French-Italian '
style of the seventeenth century. The
publio offices look shabby, and the
officials seedy. The halls and chambers
of audience are sparsely though ele
gantly furnished, but are hung with
many fine paintings. Most of the furni
ture is of French -design and probably
workmanship. .None of the apartments
were carpeted; some had large rugs in
the centre of the floor; others small rugs
near the tables and sofas. The palace,
has a beautiful little alameda in front
and a spacious court-yard ' in the rear.
In the latter a couple of regiments of
troops were parading; fine soldierly
looking men, Bmart, quick-stepping and
alert, uniforms neat and clean, breech
loading arms and a numerous corps of -.
buglers and drummers. If Spain ever
got into a row with France how these
swarthy and rugged ' Spaniards would
tumble down the little, tight-waisted,
chirping infants of the grande army. -
Globe-Democrat -Walter
Scott has left it uponrecordr
that had he not known Maria Edge
worth and ; her work he ' never would
have thought of writing tho Wavorly ;
novels; and the death of TourguenefT
has revealed that the great Itussian
novelist ' was inspired by the same
woman to do for tho Bussiaa eerf and
his owner what she did for tho Irish
peasant and his landlord. ' ' -
f nharmonloes ; T -
TThat, for instance, con be more iia-: -proper
and inharmonious than to erect
a building which is in no sense suj-
gestive of its uses? A dwelling house
should bo so constructed that by no
possibility can it be mistaken for any
thing elae.
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