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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.