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The Oregon Scout JONE8 & CHANCEY. .Publishers. UNION, OREGON. , FIRESIDE FHAQMENTS. JSaYlnf and spending are opposite legalities, but la buying provisions for e household It maybe sarin? to a pond Mbcrally, and one may ipend when sar- Among tba most common causos of digestion ara tho inordinate ubo of oo long infusod tea, ospocially without atfaor food, and in oxooss. In plain words, this Is solf-polsonlng. For rusks add tho boaton yolks of -fereo oggs, ono cupful of sugar and fealf a cupful of buttor to about a quart mt bread dough. Mix all woll togothor and mould into cakos. Lot tliom bo rathor high and slondor, and placo thom vloso togothor in tho pan. Hub tho tops ever with a mixturo of sugar and wator, then sprinklo dry sugar upon thom. Many peoplo llko roast boef cold pilto as wnll as hot Sorved with toma to aauco and baked potatoos, it makes aa oxcollont breakfast Cold mutton, at in thin, skapoly slices, is a nico jrellsh for broakfast If Mkod hot, boil mho gravy which was loft with tho moat; add two or throo tablespoonfuls of eoked tomato, or tomato catsup; ar aango tho moatovonly on a deep plattor, sad pourthoromaindorof thosauco ovor it Country Gontloman. IIouso cleaning is with many a Job to bo droadod. Tho reason of this is afton in tho mannor in which it is car ried on. Wo have Boon somo housos in a uproar and a muss for a wook. And it Is sometimes true, whoro this la tha aao. that things lack a groat way from Vslng in porfoot ordor when tho clean ing is finally dono. Whntovor method la adopted "oloan as you go," and do not "trnok all tho dirt back" into the leaned rooms. Tho Household. Somo oxcollont cooks do not groaso ako tins at all, oxcopt for sponge cako aad tho kind in whioh but llttlo buttor is used. Instead of greasing lino tho tin with thin papor, whlto or brown. IVbllo tho cako Is warm this can bo taken oil very oaHlly. Or if tho cako atands in tho tin until cold just place it Ifi a warm ovon a fow seconds and thoa tarn bottom up upon tho cako board and tho papor will coino oil without tho least trouble Thon turn tho cako and Jot stand upon tho board until wrnppod and put away for uso. Uo3ton Commer cial. Thoro is ofton groat wasta in tho Icltchou by those who say thoy tr j hard to economize In cooking moat tho -wator is ofton thrown out without ro moving tho gronso. Sumps of meat aro thrown away because "only a llttlo is loft so thoro is no uso in saving It" Dried fruits aro not lookod aftor.and bo eomo wormy. Cream is left to mold and poll. Tho tea and coffee canisters aro loft open, thereby losing tbo strongth of their contents, Bonos of meat aro thrown out, when thoy could bo usod In waking soup. Sugar, tea, cofToo and lice aro spilled In caroless handling. 8oap is loft to wasto in tho water, tubs aro left to fall to pieces, brooms and Bops uro not hung up. How much is wasted by some houHuwlvos In thoso aoomlngly small things! Yot theso aniall things amount to consldorablot Atnorioun Age. BRAZILIAN FASHIONS. How the l'eople Droit When They Urtu at Alt. If each coast town has Its character fatlo colony, so also oaoh has its own iasblons of dross for tho swarming black population. I have notlood a process of volution in costume as I have oomo down from tho equator. Tho negro children at Para and Murunhno wuro atark naked. At Pornnmbuco and liahla thoy have calico drosaos. Tho men be gan with a pair of trunks or short trou ore, without hat, shoes, shirt, oc coat; mt Maranhao thoy added a looso-flttlng hirt, (lapping over tho trousors; at I'ornnmbuco u ragged coat went over tho shirt and a torn straw bat covored the head; and at Halila shoes and stock ings almost completu tho cosluiuo of a aogro luboror. Unly tho waistcoat re gains to bo provldod, and porhaps I may And that at Hlo. Tho costume of women has boon dovolopod in thosamo progress ive way. At tho start there was a tunic or ahomlse, with head and feet bare. Furth er down tho coastacalioosktrtand waist woro thrown ovor tho tunlo, and shoes woro worn. At ltuhla a light shawl or wrap Is thrown ovor calico suits of tho gayest colors and patterns, mid there Is a lavish display of cheap bracelets, Vrass earrings uud amulets. At lllo I am propared to soo haudkoruhlofs and fans. Theso are tho costumes of tha lovvost class of blacks. With education, rospootablo employment, ami social equality, tho dress of tho negroes and auluttoos changes, until It Is hardly dis tinguishable from that of tho nativo lirazlliuus and l'ortuguoso. A black who has risen abovo the level of his race Is scrupulously careful to Imitate la dotall tho costume of his equal, tho Portuguoso whl'.o. Ho woars ordinarily silk or black felt hat, a broadcloth autawuy coat ot black, and pantaloons and waistcoat ot whlto duok. Even tho lowest classes of blades In Iluhla uro superior to any other negroes whom I ha vo yot seen in llruzll. The women who hawk llsh or pineapples In tho streets aro marvels ot physical development ud grace and they wulk llko (ireelc god desses. With purplo, pink or blue waists, but low in tho neck, thoy ills- Slay arms ot tho finest modeling, and a ovolopment of muscle and sinew and an erect and queenly currlago which must bo the onvy and despair of Brazil ton ladles of tho highest rank. Cor. H. Tf. Trlbuno, In Boston thoy aro talking about a nocloty for tho exportation ot copies of tbo "Angelus" to tho natlvos of tha Congo Free State. Tho Idonis that when a native sous tho "Aiigehih" ho Mil at onco luvitHt In a pair of trousunt and u copy pf Jonathan Ed wards' t-ormons. Tho English 8parrow havu almost cxtorinlnutod tho wrens, orioles uud waadow lurks, and In five ycara moro tbo kono goose will bo about tho ouly aativtt bird loft Detroit tfroo Proaa. CLEOPATRA. Being an Account of the Fall aaa Vengeance of Harmachis, tha Royal Egyptian, Afl BET rORTH BY HIS OWN HAITD. Bv H. Rider Haggard, Author or King Solomon' Mlo," She," "Allan Quatermaln," Kto., Etc., Etc. ATul bo 1 weni To mo Tolnb, hut Antony fled on to the palace. When I came to the tomb I knocked upon the door, and Char mlon looked forth from the window. "Open," I cried, and she opened. "What news, Harmachlsl" she whis pered. "Charmlon," I said, "the end is at hand. Antony is fled I" "It is well," she answered; "I am aweary." And there on the golden bed sat Cleo patra. "Speak, manf" she cried. "Antony has fled; his forces are fled; Cajsar draws near. To (Jleopatra the great Antony sends greetings and farewell. Orecting to Cleopatra who bath betrayed him, and farewell." "It is a Hot" she screamed; "I betrayed him not! Thou Olympus, go swiftly to An tony and answer thus: 'To Antony, Cleo patra, who hath not betrayed him, sends greetings and farewell. Cleopatra is no more.'" And so I went following out my purpose. In the Alabaster 11 all I found Antony pacing tsi and fro. tcasine- hi hands toward. the heaven, and with him Eros, loiT.uil tint servants Eros alone remained by t'.ls fallen man. "Lord Antony," I said, "Egypt bids thee farewell. Egypt is dead by her own hand." "Dead I dead I" be whispered, "and is Egypt deadl and that form(of glory now food for worms t Oh, what a woman was this I E'en now my heart goes out toward her. And shall she outdo me at tho last, 1 who havo been so great; shall I become so small that a woman can o'ertop my courage and pass where I fear to follow! Eron, thou hast loved me from a boymlndest thou how I found theo starving in thodesert, and made thro rich, giving theo place and waultht Come, now, pay me back. Draw that sword thou woarest and make an end of tho woes of Antony." "Oh, sire," cried tho Oreek, "I can notl ITow can I tako away tho life of god-llko Antony!" "Answer me not, Eros; hut In the last ex treme of fate this I charge thee. Do thou my bidding, or begono and lenvo mn quite alone I No more will I see thy face, thou unfaithful servant!" Then Eros drew his sword and Antony Icneltdown before htm and bared his breast urniug his oyes to hoaveu. But Eros, cry ing: "1 can not I on, 1 can noil" piungeu the sword to his own li 'art and fell dead. Antony roso and gaz d upon him. "Why, KroB, that was nobl.. done," ho said. 'Greater urt thou than I, yet I have learned thy lesson I" and huknultdown and kissed li mi. Then, rising of a sudden, ho drew tho sword from the heart of Eros, plunged it into his bowels and fell, groaning, on tho couch. "O thou Olympus!" ho cried, "this pain Is moro tliitu I can bear I Make an ond of mo, 01vmiUBl" lint, pity stirred mo, and this thing I could not do. Theroforo I drew tho sword from his vitals, stanched tho flow of blood, and, 'ailing to those who came crowding In to see Antony die, I bade them summon Atoua from my houso at the palace gates, rres- cnlly she came, bringing with her simples and llfo-glvlng draughts. And thoso I gave to Antony, and bade Atoua go wnh such speed as her old limbs might to Clcopntra, in tho tomb, ami tell tier of tbo state or ntony. Ho she went, and after awhllo returned raying that the Queen yot lived nud sum moned Antony to dm even iu her arms. And with hor came Dloiuodes. Anil when Antony heard, his ebbing strungth came back, for ho was fain to look upon Oloo patra'a face again. So I called to tho tiluvcs who pcoped and peered t 'trough uurtalus and from behind pillars to a this great man die and together, wl; . much toll, we bore him thenoo till wo canto to the foot of tho Mausoleum. Hut "patra, being afraid of trenchcry, would no moro throw wide the door; so sho lot down a rope from tho window and wo mado It fast beneath the arms "of Autony. Then did Clropatru, who tho while wept most bitterly, together with Uharmlon unu Irns. tho Greek, pull on tho rope with all their strength, whilo wo lifted from bolow till tho dying Antony swung In the air, groaning heavily, and the blood' dropped from his gaping wound Iwlcoho nearly foil to earth; but Cleopatra, striving with tho strongth of lovo and despair, heui him till at length she drow him through tho wiudow-place, while all who saw tho dread ful sight wept bitterly, and beat thoir breasts all save myself and Charmlon. When ho was lu, ouco moro the ropo was let down, nud with somo aid from Char mlon, 1 climbed iuto tho tomb, drawing up the ropo after me, Thoro 1 found Antony, laid upon tho golden bed of Cleopatra: and she, her breast bare, her face all stained with tears, uud hor hair streaming wild about him, knelt at his Mdo uud kissed him, viunu thu blood from his wounds with hor robes und hair. And lot all my shame be written: as 1 stood und watched her the oid lovo uwoko ouco more within mo, and mud Jealousy raged in my heart, because though I could destroy theso twuln- tnulr lovo I could not destroy. "O Antony! my swoet,. my husband and my God!" sho moaned. "Cruel Antony, hast thou the heart t dio and leave mo to my lonely shame I Swiftly will 1 follow thee t tho grave. Antony, uwukel awaUel" Ho lifted up his head und called for wine, which I gave him, mixing therein n draught that might utlay hl pain, for it was great And when ho had drunk he hade Cleopatra lie down eu vho bed beside hlin, and put her arms about him, uud this she did. Thou wus Antony ouco moron man; for forget ting his own mlnory uud pain, ho couuseled her at to her own safety; but to this talk sho would not listen. 'Tho hour is short," sho suld; "let us speak or this great lovo of ours thu t has been so long uud limy yot en dure beyond the counts of Death. Mludost thou that night when tlrst thou didst put Ihino arms about ma uud iti'l me 'Ixivel' Oh I happy, happy inglit I Having known that night, 'tis woll to havu lived even to thu bitter end!" "Ay, Egypt, I mind It woll auddwolluon Us memory, though from that hour haili fortune 11ml from mn- lost In my depth ot lovo for time, thou Ik-ttutlful. 1 mind it" ho iisspod; "then didst thou drink tut ' poarl in wanton play, and thtt uUl U. I usirologar of thine call out his hour '1 m 1 hour of ihe fulling of llt eursH of Meuk ! ra ' Tl"'ougli uUttu ufirruu)iin woi.U I.Ut" ll tinned III'', Ulid Ii' lV Ut tho lust ) l U" ring wnh. n in v t-urs ' ' L.ng Is bu deiuli my lovo, " sho whis pered. "If he be dead, thea am I near him. What meant he." "He U daad, the accursed man I no mart of bin 1 Oh, tura and kiss me, for thy faai grows white. The end Is near!" He kissed her oa tat tips, and for a little while so they stayed, to the moment of death, like lovers newly wed babbling their passions In each ether's ears. Even to my jralous heart a straage and awful throe; it was to see. Ftesently I saw the Chanjre ef Death gather en his face. Els head fell back. "Farewell, Egypt; farewell! I die!" She lifted herself upon her hands, gazed wildly on his ashen face, and then with a great cry, she sank back swooning. But Antony yet lived, though the power of speech had left him. Then I drew near, and kneeling, made pretense to minister unto him. And as I ministered I whispered In his ear. "Antony," I whispered. "Cleopatra was my love before she passed from mo to theo. I am Harmachls, that astrologer who stood behind thy couch at Tarsus; and I have been the chief minister of thy ruin. D.e, Antony! the eur of Metika-ra hath fallen!" He raided himself, unS stared upon my face. Ho could not speak, but gibbering, ho pointed at me. Then with a groan his mighty spirit lied. Thus did I accomplish my revenge upon Roman Antony, tho world-loser. Thereafter, then, we recovered Cleopatra from her swoon, for not yet was I mlndod that she should die. And taking tho body of Antony, Czcsar permitting, I and Atoua caused It to be most skillfully ombalmcj after our Egyptian fashion, covering tho faco with a mask of gold fasaioned like to the features of Antony. Also I wrote upon his breast his name and titles, and painted his name and the name of his father within his inner coflln, and drew the form ot tho holy Nout folding her wings about him. Then with great pomp Cleopatra laid him in that sepuluher which hud bocn mado ready, and in a sarcophagus of alubastur. Now, this sarcophagus was fashioned so largo that place was left therein for a sec ond coflln, for Cleopatra was fain to lie by Antony at tho last. Theso things then happened. And but a llttlo while after I learnt tidimrs from one Cornelius Dolabella, a noble Roman who waited upon Cmsar, and moved by the beauty that swayed the souls of all who looked upon her, had pity for tho woes of Cleopatra. He bade mo warn her for, as her physician, it wustillowed mo to pass ,n and out otahclamh whero she dwelt - that in three davs Bhe wouia do sent 4iva i Rome, together with her children, that she might walk In tho triumph of Ca-sur. Ac cordingly I'went in, and found her sitting, ns now sho ulways sat, plunged in a half stupor, and before her that blood-stained robo wherewith she had stanched the wounds of Antony. For on this sho would continually fenst her eyes. "Seo how fuint they grow, Olympus," sho said, lifting hor sad face and pointingto the rusty stains, "and ho so lately dead! Why, Gratitude could not fado more fast. What is now thy news? Evil tidings Is writ large in thoso dark oyes of thine, which ever bring hack to mo something that still slips my mind." "Ill Is tho news, O Queen," I answered. "This have I from the lips of Dolabella, who hath It straight front Otusar's Secretary. On tho third day from now will Cajsur send theo uud the Frlttce Ptolemy and Alexander and tho Princess Cleopatra to Homo, thero to feast the eyes of the Roman mob, and bo led In triumph to that Capitol whero thou didst swear to set thy throne " "Never, noverl" she cried, t.pringing to hor feet. "Never will I walk m chains in Coisur's triumph! Wuatinust I do! Char mion, tell mo what I can do!" And Charmlon, rising, stood before her, looking at her through tho long lushes of her downcast eyes. "Lady, thou canst uio," sho said quiotly. "Ay, of a truth I had forgotten; I cun die. Olympus, hast thou tho drug!" "Nay; but if tho Queen wills it, by to morrow morn It shall bo brewed a drug so swift and strong that not the Gods them selves can hold him who drinks it back from sleep." 'Let it be made ready, thou master of death I" I bowed, and withdrew my.elf ; and all that night I uud old Atoua labored at tho dis tilling of tho deadly draught. At length it was done, uud Atoua poured It into u crys tal phial, and Ituld it to tho light of the lire; for white It was us the purest water. "La, l,al" she sang, in hor shrill voice; "a draught for a Queen 1 When tlfty drops of that water of my brewing havo passed thoso red lips of hers, thou wilt, indeed, bo avenged of Cleopatra. O, Hariuachist Oil, that 1 could ho thero to sou f y Rum ruined! J.n, l.a! it would bo sweet to seo " "Veugeauro Is an arrow that ofttlmes falls upon tho archer's bead," 1 nuswered, bethinking me of Churmlou's saying. CHAPTEK XXXI. UtST BUl'PEIl Or CLEOPATRA! SOMO OF citAnuioN, imi3Ki.N0 or thk duauqut or DKATIt; HIVKAI, Ml Or UAIIMACHIS; SUM MONI.NO Or THE SPIIUTS 1IY HAHMACItlSi AND FINALLY TIIK PEATU OIT CI.KOI'ATKA. r.. V M TUP ... n - Cleopatra, having besought leavo of Casar, visited thu tomb of Autony, crying that tho Gods of Egypt had de sorted her. A n d when sho had kissed tho coflln and covered it with lotus llowers, she o u m o buck, bathod, anointed herself, put en her ?-jrrl utost splendid robes, uud, to gethor with Iras, Churmiou and myself, sho supped. Now, us sho supped, hor spirit llared up wildly, even us tho sky lights up utstinsot, uud onco more she laughed und sparkled ns In bygono years, telling us tales of suppers which she and Antony had eaten of. Never, Indeed, did I sou her look moro beauteous than on that Inst fatal night of vongount'o. And thus hor mind drew on to that supper at Tarsus, when site drank the peurl. ' Htraiige,'1 sho suld, "strange that at tho last the it-.liid of Antony should huve turned back to that night among all tho uighU, and to the saying of Harmachls. Charmlou, thou dost remember Harmaehls, tho Egyp tlanY" "Surely, O Queen," sho answered slowly. And who, then, wus Hurmaohis!" I asked; for I was f In to know If sho sor. rowed o'er my memory. "I will tell theo. 'Tn a strango tule, and now that ull li dono It may woll bo told This Harmaehls wus of tho undent ruoo of the Phuraoh. und having, indeed, been lit secret crowned ut Abydos, was sent hither to A exuudrlu toourry out u groat plot that had beu formed ugulust the itita of u Hoyul Iugidi. He outno uud gained on Iruucetotue p-' us uiy tutlrologer, for Im was vt ry lt-rut in nil magic much a thou an. Olrn;u8 aad n tnaa beautiful to see N w piN vtu hi p"'( that h- should klay ine uud bo itemed Pharaoh, lu truth, tt was u strong one, for he h id many frh uu lit Egyi't uid 1 fw Aud fit t. Jt vety n U' tit w In u la k-'uJ . viiii.i r'i'i"',";'v' ai t' mm ratav hntie rtm tjntris III 11 TUHtiei e er the plot Urns, sayieg thst she had chanced aeea lu clew. But la alter days though naught have I said tUereen to thee, Cbar ailea I asbdeaVted aae aaachef that tule ef thine; for, by the Gods I at thi hour I do believe that thou didst love Harmachls, end because he scorned thee thou didst be tray him, and for that cause also thou hast all thy days remained a maid, which is a thing unnatural. Come, Charmlen, tell us; for naughtit matters now at the end." Charmlon shivered and made answer: "It Is true, O Queen ; I alto was of tho plot and because Harmachls scorned me I betrayod him, and because of my great love for him havo I remained unwed." And she glanced up at me and caught my eyes, then let the modest lashes vail her own. "Bo I I thought It Strange are the ways of women I Hut little cause, mothluks, had that Harmachis to thank theo for thy love; what sayest thou, Olympus! Ah, and so thou also wast a traitor, Charmlon I How dangerous are tho paths which Monarchs tread I Well, I forgivo thee, for faithfully bast thou served mo since that hour. "But to my tale. Harmachis I dared not slay, lest his great party should riso in fury and cast mo from the throne. And now mark tho issue. Though ho must murder mo, in secret, this Harmachis loved me, and something thereof 1 guessed. A little, for tho sako ot his beauty and his wit, had I striven to draw him to me; and for the lovo of man Cleopatra never stovo In vain. Thereloro when, with tho dagger in his robo, ho camo to slay me, I matched my charms against his will, and need I tell you, being men and women, how I won! Oh, nover can I forget the look in tho eyes of that fallen man, that forsworn priest that discrowned king, when, lost in the poppled draught, I saw him sink Into that shameful sleop whenco no more might ho wuko with honorl And, thereafter till, In the end, I wearied of him, and his sad, learned mind, for his guilty soul forbade him to be gay a llttlo did I como to care for him, though not to love. Hut he, ho who loved mc clung to mo as a drunkard to the cup which ruins him. Deemlnn that I should wed him, he betrayed to me the secret of tho hidden wealth of the pyramid Her tor at the time 1 much needed treasure and together wo dared tho terrors of the tomb and drow it forth, even from dead Pharaoh's breast Bee, this emeruld was a part thereof!" and she pointed to tho groat scarabsus that she had drawn from the holy heart of Menka-ra. "And becauso of what was written in the tomb, und of that Thing which wo saw In too tomb; ah, pest upon it! why does Its memory haunt mo now? and also because of policy, for I would fain havo won tho lovo of tho Egyptians, I was minded to marry this Harmachls und do claro'his place und lineage to the world; aye, and by his aid hold Egypt from tho Roman. For Delhus had then como to call mo to Antony, nud after much thought I determined to send him back with sharp words. But on that very morning, as I tired mo for tho Court, came Charmlon yonder, uud this I told her, for I would seo how the matter fell upon her mind. Now mark, Olympus, the power of jealousy, that little wedge which jvt hath strongth to rend tho troo of empire, that secret sword which i'in fashion tho fato ot kings I This " sho could ?In ""nowise bear (deny it, Charmlon, if thou canst, for now it Is clear to mo!) that the man Bho loved should bo givun to mo as husband, me, whom he loved! And there fore, with more skill and wit than lean toll, sho reasoned with me, showiugthatl should by no means do this thing, but journey un to Antony; and for that, Charmion, 1 thank theo, now that ull is como aud gone. And by u very little, her words weighed down my scale of judgment ugainst Harmachls, and to Antony I went Thus it is that through tho jealous Bplcen of yonder fair Charmlon, aud the passion of a man where on I played us on a lyre, all theso things have come to pass. For this cause doth Octavian sit a King In Alexandria; fortius cause is Antony discrowned nud dead; and for this cause must, I, too, dio to-night I Ah I Charmion I Charmlon! thou hast much to answer for; thou hast changed tho story of tho world; and yet, even now, I would not have it otherwise 1" Kho paused awhile, covering her eyes with her baud; and, looking, I saw great tears upon the cheek of Charmlon. "And of this Harmachis!" I asked. "Where is ho now, O Queen!" "Where is he! In Amentl, forsooth, mak ing his peace with Isls, perchance. At Tarsus 1 saw Antony und loved him; and from that moment I loathed the sight of the Egyptian, and swore to make an end of him; for a lover dono with should be a lover dead. And, being jealous, ho spoke some words ot evil omen, oven at the Feast ot the Pearl; and on the samo nlht would I have slain him, but before tho deed was dono ho was gone." "Aud whither was ho gone!" "Nay; that know notl. Brennus, he who led my guard, and last year sailed North to join his own people, Hronnus s woro ho saw him float to the skies; but in this matter I misdoubted me of Brennus, for methinks he loved the man. Nay, he sank off Cyprus and was drowned ; perchance Charmlon can tell us how!" "Naught cau I tell thee, O Queen; Har machis Is lost" "And well lost, Charmion, tor he was an evil man to play with; aye, though I bet tered him 1 say It! Well, he served my purpose; but I loved him not nud even now I fear him; though, thanks bo to God, as thou sayest, he is lost aud cau no more be found." But I, listening, put forth my strength, and, by the arts 1 have, cast tho shadow of my Bplrltupon the Spirit of Cloopatra, so that she felt tho presenco ot tho lost Har machls. "Nay, what Is L!" sho said. "BySoraplsl I grow afraid I It seems to me that I feel Harmachls here) His memory o'erwhelms me like u flood ot waters, and ho this ten years dead! Oh! at such a time it is un holy!" "Nay, O Queon," I answered, "If he be doad then ha is everywhere, und woll ut such a time, tho time of thy own death, may his Spirit draw near to welcome thine at Its going." "Speak not thus, Olympus. No more would 1 seo Harmachls; tho count between us is too heavy, and in another world than this moro evenly, psrohauco, should wo be matched. Ah, tho terror passes! I was but unnerved. Well, tho knave's story hath served to while uwuy thut heaviest ol our hours, tho hour which cuds iu death. Slug to me, Charmion, sing, for thy voico is vory hweet nud fain would I soothe my soul to sleep. The memory of that Har machls hath wrung mo strangely 1 Sing, then, tho last soug that 1 shall hour from thoso tuneful Hps ot thine, tho last of so utapy sou." (TO HK CONTINUED. Tito ftinil which Ooorge PwIxmIv row for tho tunliliiiK nl Improved uvu-lUngtt 1 for working people in London ha turned out to he it ruutHrkalily surtvfMful invest-1 incut. It has in alxuit iwentv ymr in m'Hte.1 (toni '. n,i). ii to Ifit. (i,t n 0. and on th t grenttr bum it is now eri.in,- :t pi r tent. THE ARIZONA KICKER. A Kasaber of Tolnts Wfcloh the East Cea Not Dnplloate. TYa extract tho following from tho last hssuo of tho Arizona Klokor: Didn't Kxow it was Loaded. Smith A Davis' mlnstrols woro billed for an entortalnmont at Montozuma Hall last Trldav nlirht but it didn't come off. Instead of that tho wholo gang stoppod ft. Thoy camo boro with tho avowed Ulnntlnn nt clnlnfT tltlltnnRl without tllO I aid of the Kicker. None of thom called . at the ofllco and they had no courlcsios to oxtond. Wo advised tho peoplo to stay away. On Friday morning, sovon members ot tho gang ontorod our ofllco to domand satisfaction. Thoy didn't know it was loaded. It was, however, and whon it went off somo of tbo bird shot got in on each and ovory one of tho gang, and wo bad to tap ono of tho end men with an ax-holvo in addition. Wo haven't any ono in this town who makes a specialty of digging lead out of tho human systom, and at noon thoy started for Tombstono to givo a mnn thero a woek's job. Hie jackttl which is Mexi can for saying: "Tho Kickor is always loaded." We Told You So. Six wooks ago a man named Scott oponod a grocery store on Comanchn streot, and whon wo casu ally dropped in and mentioned tho fact that tho Kickor was tho best advertising medium in tho West bo didn't enthuse. Wo knew thero was something wrong about him, and wo sont his description to tho sixty-four shoriffs and chiefs of police who aro constantly in communi cation with us. Last Thursday, just after we had gone to press, a dotectivo arrived from Louisville and collared Mr. Scott who is a defaulting county treas urer. Ho has loftus, and wo bought tho stock of grocorios at about twenty-two cents on the dollar. Had Mr. Scott ad vortisod ho would doubtless havo built up a large and profltablo business; but ho took a wrons view of it and will probably go to Stato prison for fifteen or twenty years. Poon Old Palsy! We never rofer to our contemporary down tbo streot if wo can avoid it In tho first placo bo hasn't got enough brains or office to desorvo tho title, and in tho noxt he is a poor, palsied old man who is gradually dying of onvy and starvation, and wo shall havo to foot his burial expenses whon ho does go. Tho otbor week wo men tioned our private gravoyard and its flvo Oocu pants. This so excited tho jealousy of tho old relic of tbo seventeenth cen tury that bo borro wod a re volver and took atrip around town yesterday in search of blood. Ho finally found ono of Colonel McCrackon's Digger Indians asleep In tho sun and opened flro on him from a distance of four foot Ho didn't ovon wake tho redskin up, and Judge Tall man, who objected to so much noiso around his houso, wont out and drovo poor old palsy away with a broom. Wo aro sorry for him. Thoy say he cried whilo going back to his ono-horso alleged newspaper, and no wonder. He should nevor havo como West. Ho came, as wo ascertained, to evade ar rest for bigamy, but ho should have taken somo other route. When nature fits a man to raise hollyhocks in Now Jorsoy, ho has no busiuoss coming west to try to raise that other product Not His Fault. A nmmbor of our towns-people havo oxprossod the hopo that wo would pitch into Dr. Staghorn, tTio popular druggist, for killing old mnn Slow by putting up arsenic for qui nine in a prescription. We shall do nothing of tho sort Tho doctor has not only increased his advertising one-half this week, but has subscribed for 11 vo copies of tho Tho Kicker to sond away. Whilo this of course doos not influonco us in tho least, wo know from porsonal observation that tho doctor is a vory busy man, and that tho room In his store Is limited. IIo has no choice but to keep many diilorent sorts of powdors in tho samo drawer and it is only to bo expected that a mistake should happon now and thon. Furthermore, who was old Slow, any how? A lazy, dissipajed vagabond, whom thu boys would have hung in tho coursoof a fow weeks at best In foot ing his funeral oxponsos tho doctor has shown himsolf vory liberal and fair minded, and ho has shown himself in various ways that ho belongs to that class wanted in this town to build it up. No ExTit.v Chauoe. In this issue wo publish tho full particulars of two exe cutions, one jail dolivory, throe shooting affrays, ono highway robbery, two fist fights, threo dog fights, ono found doad, a drowning accident tho arrest of a road agent, tbo deaths of two Mexicans in tho late blizzard and the stouling of Judge Sprout's four-mule team. Tho thing down tho street which calls itsolf a nowspapor, and talks about its lightning press and its wlld-oyod corps of odltors from Now York, has, to match all this, a cookod-up account of a fight botweon u jackass rabbit ami a govern ment camol, with Its editor for tho solo spootator and reporter. Is it any won dor that tbo peoplo of Arizona can't wait for tho Kickor to bo issued oaoh weok, and that dozons of thom roost on our door-stops all night Wednesday night to get copies the first thing Thurs day morning? All this and no oxtra charge, and no hand-bills out announc ing that anything unusual wasgolngon! Detroit Freo Press. ItonuiiM'o of u .Molar. If uny ono is casting about for a plot for n story, this Is freely tondorod: A destitute young Englishman In San Francisco. A boatitlful and rich young girl of tho samo plate. Ono of hor in cisors is faulty. Sho will huvo nono of it Tho dontlstftjlds hor bido his time. It arrlvos lu tho person of tho young Englishman. IIo agroos to part with a front tooth for S.lu. On ono sldo of a saroon is the horo; on tho othor tho horolno. The tooth is pulled aud swiftly transplanted. Then tho horolno departs without having seen thu hero, who, with thu $80 in his pockets, seta boldly out into the hills aad makes his fortune. In flvo years, acuitwhttro aud somehow, thoy tnHt and mate. Then, just beu you pli'aM'. the story of the tooth crops out It imi i wt nice, but it u leiaunl aa fact bocioty, THE MODERN BRICK-YARD; ' CkanfM In Drlck-Maklaf Uroaxkt Akeas' Within Twoatr Taars. Twenty years ago briok-yard labar was lookod upon as tho hardest work Ik tho land. At that timo thore wera bat few yards employing steam power. A spiral plastlo clay machine was a dan gcrous financial oxporiment; a pug-mil plunger machino an improvement to be envied; a semi-dry procoss was tho no tion of somo soml-lnsano crank. Dry houses woro almost unknown. To go te work at seven o'clock In tho morning and quit at six in tho evening was the practice of only a fow now firms, whe woro predicted to bo failuros on account of it Tho yards wore mostly small and made their bricks by hand on soft clay horso-powor machines. Tho brljkmaking season was nbout nine months in tho Northern and West ern States. Tho hours of labor com menced generally at ftur o'clock in the morning, in ordor to got tho day's work molded by ton or oloven, so as to have tho bricks dry and under "housos" the samo day. A day in tho brlck-ynrd really meant twonty-fotir hours. Whon tho day's task was done thon tho anxioty began as to whether it would storm or somothlng elso turn up to Intorforo with tho regu lar work. It was a common ocourronco to call all thoholp togothor at midnight to cover up brick hacks and thon wait all next day for tho yard to dry off. Many yards away from tho towns pro vided for board and lodging for their men by running boarding houses in con nection with tho yard and queer board ing houses thoy were. "Salt horso" (the common namo for plckcl boef),driod ap ples, boiled potatoes and black coffee was the faro throo times a day for tho eight or nine months, and baked beans with pork, sirup and applo or pumpkin pio, of a kind that could only bo di gested by a brick-yard employe, would cap tho glories of a day of rest Reds for the men, in many of tho yards, wore unknown luxuries; a bunk mado of rough boards, with a mattress of straw and a blanket completed tho outfit If tho mosquitoes woro lively it was found ndvisablo to keep on boots and clothes during tho ontir' night A roughly-mado table of lioards with a slnglo candlo was allowed for every eight men, and a greon brick with a hole punched into it fillod the bill for a candlestick; theso, with a greasy, worn-out deck of cards, would bo the center of attraction and thochiof amusement during ovonings and Sun days. Trade journal reading was a thing un know, for nono existed; tho only thing to accomplish was to make S'-O a month, and kill timo on rainy days and Sun days. But tho times havo changed. A brick yard man is somebody now: ho goes to work liko other mechanics; his work, by tho assistance of machinery, has become moro mechanic-like and in many cases less laborious. With tho introduction of machinery tho work has bocome simpler and moro productive. This ehango influenced tho condition of brick yard labor to such an extent that it has outgrown tho reputation of "rough and tough;" moro educated labor sought its employ, and with it came tho disappear ance of tho brick-yard shanty and. ite degrading influences. Machinery has olovated every branch of tho trade; it is making high-grade man of tho onco ignorant worker, who had no opportunity to study and do volop himself. Machinory is making bettor mnterials, and making them cheaper. Machinery has removed ovory kind of drudgery which hud a tondoncy to inako life miserable. When nton woro machines every effort required musclo; thoir hours of toil werq long and sovoro, and tho consequoncos woro brutalizing and degrading. It is to be hoped that tho time will como whon the perfection of all tbo ma chinery will bo such as to requlro only tho presenco of an attendant without any manual labor to speak of. Many laborers condemn machinory, saying that it does away with their labor; but when tho comparison is mado between tho labor twenty years ago and at tho present day, it can safely bo said that with tho introduction of machinory there have only been taken away long hours ana hard work, and in thoir placo came opportunities for cultivation and tho improvomont of tho social and do mestic condition of thoso following brick-making as a profession. Clay Manufacturers' Engineer. THE SHARP COLONY. An Kith t rent li Century Enterprise That nourishes ut the 1'resunt Time. A number of slaves, who had claimed their freedom in England, woro bogging and starving about tho streets of Lon don, and, after consultation with somo ol tho men themsolvos, Sharp deter mined to sond a number of sottlors to the coast of Africa. In 1780 about four hun dred negroes woro thus sont out to Si erra Leone, with about sixty Europe ans, chiolly women. A grunt of land t was obtained from a neighboring chief, " but from its vory Infancy tho llttlo col ony wns bosot with numorous difficul ties. Disease broko out on board ship beforo tho sottlors had ovon lnndod, and worse still, most of tho Europeans wore induced by tho offor of high wngos to take service with tho slave doalors. Things were going from bad to worso, ' whon Sharp sent out, principally at his own expense another ship with supplies for tho colonists, and ho subsequently succeodod in forming a joint stock com pany for the purpose of trading with Sierra Leouo. It is in tho course ot thoso transactions that wo first find hint corresponding with Williams Wilbor force, who was aftorward tho champion of the sluve in the Houso of Coimnons. After some difficulties and dolayV, a government charter was obtained for tho '"St. I i eorge'g Hay Company," as It was called, and In splto of molestations frin sl.t di alors and native chiefs, aua a uio-i in ton raid In 1T1M from a 1 i-fti'-h l' . U,f I'nlour founded bv i i. .iii ' 1 ! 'i ti p !,.t, Mirtlved. .uil Hoi.r i i.'-- .i i i.-i-.i-iii -lay. Ma u ...aii'j 1 ,uj.da Apt cte ftOOIt to ! '-( t et lemon-grow Ing country in i s -rd Lcn. n.. filing nearly a uv,aitU each ait- c -i'."' w.cru.