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The Oregon Scout Jones & Chanoey Publishers. UNION, OREGON. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. Simmering at 180 degrees Is pre ferable in cooking moats, to boiling at 112 degrees. Much heat Is wasted In raising vntor to needlessly high tem peratures In cooking. In bottling catsup or pickles boll tho corks, and whllo hot you can press ttaom Into tho bottles, and wlion cold they aro tightly soaled. Uso the tin foil from compressed yeast to cover tho corks. A good way to proparo swoot, ton ler beof or mutton for invalids is to lico thin, spread it on a plate, salt it to tho tasto, and lot it stand soveral hours, CofToo mado of rice, nicoly brownod, is an excellent remedy for slcknoss of tho stomach, cholora morbus or diarrhoea, Old Homestead. Savory Eggs: Hard-boil four eggs -and cut thorn in two; romovo tho yelks and fill tho whites with a mixture of pounded olives, tonguo, anchovy, a lit tle beetroot and capers; season oach with a fo w drops of salad oil, or a squcczo of lemon, and grato over oach tho yolks of tho eggs; aorvo on crisp dry toast. Somotlmos In tho morning ono has no coals good for broiling ovor an opon lire, lake n shoot-iron saucepan and heat vory hot: lay the steak flat on it, and in half or throo-quartors of a mi mi to turn ovor. Infourorflvo minutes it Is cooked dono. I'laco tho steak on a boated platter, and sprlnklo with salt and popper. Pour ovor it a tablospoon . lul of molted (but not hot) buttor. Country Gontloman. fi,i,i ti. mi ... no-half cup swoot milk or croam, ono cup rloo. Start tho rico in oold wator and cook forty to fifty minutes or until tender. Whon aboutdono heat tho milk to almost boiling and stir It in gontly, breaking tho grains as littlo as possible. Cook a fow minutes longor, then turn tho rloo into oups and sot it away to oool. Serve with croam and sugar. Western Rural. Kioh Potatoo Cakes: Bako a dozon of vory fino potatoos, romove tho pools and out away all tho dark spots: wolgh off throo-fourths pound, and pound into It ono-fourth pound of buttor; thon add ono-fourth pound of pulvorlzod sugar. two ouncos of dry and sifted Hour, tho .yolks of two oggs and n pinch of solt. Form it into a rather soft paste, thon flour tho board, roll it out nico nnd sleek, tamp or out into ony shapo proforrod, place thorn on a greased baking-shoot, egg thorn ovor, and bako in a inoderato ovon. Hako ruthor orisp. Those can be flavored with essonco, if approvod. Hroad Sauco for Oamo: Roll a pint 01 dry bread crumbs and pass half of them through a solve. Put a small onion nto a pint of milk and whon it boils ro movo tho onion and thickon the milk with a half pint of slftod crumbs. Take it from tho firo, stir in a heaping toa poonful of buttor, a grating of nutmeg, popper and salt. Put a littlo butter In a frying pan and whon hot throw In tho half pint of coarso crumbs remaining in the solvo, put in a pinch of cayonno pop per and stir them ovor tho fire until they assurao a light brown color, taking taro that they do notburn. For sorvlng put a plump roast quail on a plato, pour ovor It a tablospoc-nful of tho crumbs Tho saucoboat, plato of crumbs and our rant jolly should bo passed ono after tho othor. Indianapolis Sontlnol. A MOHAMMEDAN WEDDING. om or the Vecullurlties of tho Moslem Marriage Nyntoiu. An "English mnrrlago in high life' without either bride, brldo-maids or othor palpitating ladles on vlow, would smuok strongly of Hamlet with tho oharnotor role omlttod. What, too, could tho as sembled gentlemen do, deprived, as thoy .would bo, of thoso pleasant fouilnlno rltlolsma of tho guests and drosses whloh obtain on such occasions? Thorn are somo masoullnn oynlca who consider weddings rather molunoholy affairs, oven under the host circumstances, but thoy would bo Infinitely moro so without tho prosonco of lovoly woman. That Is, from tho F.uroponn standpoint. Moham medans of good position take prooisoly tho opposlto vlow. Tho Calcutta nutivo papers lately guvo a long and graphic account of tho marriages or two young inon, tho sons of a local magnate. Nnutohos, illuminations, tings, furniture and decorations nro described in tho most mlnuto details. Hut no mention Is made of the brides, nor does a sluglo tauiinlno nanio appear in tho lengthy list of guests who attended. Fifteen hundred turuod up, including maliara ahs, nawabs, mtrzuhs and syuds galore, and tho uifalr wont olf beautifully in every way. Hut poor Nourmnhul did not ovon got a peep at it, unless surrop tltlously through somo uhlnk in tho tonaua. It is further statod that nil tho guests tnado a point of offorlng felicita tions to tho bridegrooms, but no good wishes did thoy 'bring for tho brides. Yot, odd to say, all Boom to have on Juyod thomsolv.os greatly, or tho festivi ties would not havo boon prolonged un til far into tho night Unless, there f ore, wo assumo that Ablatio human nature is altogether dllToront from European, somo advantage might possibly neoruo to English Bocloty from experimenting with tho Moslem marriage system. Lon don (Hobo. l'-l -4.- Tho boundary lino between tho Unltod States and Canada Is not "im aginary," as most pooplo suppose. Tho fact is tho lino is distinctly marked from Luko Michigan to Alaska by calms, Iron pillars, earth mounds and tlmbor clearings. Thero aro 8S3 of those marks between tho Lako of tho Woods and tho baso of tho Ilocky Mountains. Tho Urltlsh placed ono post ovory two miles, and tho United States one between oach Hrltish post- The posts are of cast iron, and cast on tlielr faces ore tho words "Convention of Loudon, October 20, 3818." Whoro tho lino crosses lakes, mountains of stono havo boon built pro jecting eight feet abovo high water Mark. In forests tho lino is doilucd by foiling trues for a space a rod wide, i CLEOPATRA. lag an Account of the Fall aaa Vengeance of Harmachls, the Royal Egyptian, IB SET I0ETH BY HIS OWN HAND. By H. Rider Hagoard, Author of " King Solomon's Mloaa," "Sh,"M Allan Qutrmln," Bto., Kto., Xto. I gained the city. It was on tho seventh day of the foast of Isis. Even as I camo the long array wended through tho well-remembered streets. I Joined in the multitude that followed, and with myvoico swelled the chorus of tho solemn ohant as wo passed through tho pylons Into the Imperishable halls. How well known wero tho holy words: " Softly iro tread, our measured footsteps (ail ing Within tho sanctuary seven-fold I Soft on tho dead that llveth aro we calling. Return, Osiris, from thy kingdom cold. Return to tbom that worship tbeo of old." And thon, when tho sacred music ceased, asaforetlmoon the setting of tho majesty of Ila tho high priest raised tho statue ol the living Qod and held it on high before the multitude. With a Joyful shout "Osiris, our hope I Osiris 1 Osiris I" the pcoplo tore the black wrappings from their dress, showing the white roues boncath, and, ftB ono man, bowed beforo the Qod Thon thoy went to feast, each at his home but 1 stayed in tho court of tho temple. Presently a priest of the temple droiy near, and asked mo ox my business; arid Ian wered him that I camo from Alexandria and would be led beforo tho council of tk high priost, for I knew that the holy priest wore gathered togothordebatingtho tiding from Alexandria. Thorcon tho man lef and tho high priests, hearing that I wa: from Alexandria, ordered that I should b led Into their presence In tho second hall o columns and so I was led In. It was already dark, and between th great pillars lights war set, as on that night when I was crowuod Pharaoh of tha upper and the lower land. Thoro, too, was the long Una of dignitaries seated in their carvon chairs and talcing counsel together. All was the same. The sama cold Imagaa ol kings an Odds TfaiciJ "with the sanfe empty eyes from the everlasting walls. Ay morel Among those gathered there were fivo of tha very men who, as leaders of the great plot, had sat here to see me crowned, being tho only conspirators who had escaped the vengeance of Cleopatra and tho clutching hand of time. I took my stand on the spot where mice I hud been crowned, and made ma ready for the last act of shame, with such bitterness of heart as can not be written. "Why, It is tho physician Olympus 1" said one "ho who lived a hermit In tho tombs of Tape, and who but lately was of the household of Cleopatra. Is It, then, true thai tho queen Is dond by her own hand, physician I" Yea, holy sirs, I am that physician ; also Cleopatra is dead by my hand." "By thy hand! Why, how comes this! though woll she is dead, forsooth, the wick ed wanton I" "Your pardon, sirs, and I will tell you all, fori am come hither to that end. Per chance among you there may bo somo methlnks I see some who nigh eleven years ago wero gathered in this hull to secretly crown one Uarmachis, Pharaoh of Khcml" It is true," they said ; "but how knowest thou those things, thou, Olympus!" "Of the rest of those seven-and-thlrty no bles," I went on, making no answer, "are two-and-thirty missing. Somo aro dead, as Amenomhat is dead; some aro slain, as Bopa is slain; and some, perchance, yot la bor as slaves within tho mines, or live afar, fearing vongeunce." "It Is so," thoy said ; "alas 1 It Is so. Har- machis, the accursed, botrayod the plot, and old himself to the wanton Cleopatra." "It Is so," I went on, lifting up my head. "Harmachls betravod the plot and sold him self to Cleopatra; and, holy sirs I am that Harmaehti." The priests and dignitaries razed astonished. Some rose and spoke; soma said naught. "I am thut Uarmachis; I am that traitor, trebly steeped In crime s traitor to my Oods, a traitor to my coun try, a traitor to my oath. 1 come hithor to lay that 1 have done this. I have oxecuted tho dlvlno veugoanco on her who ruiuod me and gave Kgypt to tha Roman. And now that, after years of toll aud patient waiting, this is accomplished by my wisdom and the help of the angry Gods, behold, I como, with all my shame upon my head, to do sing tho thing I am, and tuUe the traitor's guerdon 1" "Mindest thou cf tho doom of him who hath broke the oath thut may notbobrokol" inked ho who ilrst had spoken, in hoavy tones. I know It well," I answered; "I court that awful doom." 'Tell us moro of this matter, thou who wast Harmachls." Bo, In cold, clear words, I laid bare all my limine, keeping back nothing, and ovor us 1 ipoko I saw their laces grow moro hard, and know that for mo there was no mercy; nor lid I ask it; nor had I asked, could it havo been grantod. When, at last, 1 had done, they put mo aside whllo they took covin sol. l'hou thoy drow me forth again, nnd tho eldest among thorn, a man very old und ven erable, tho prlostof tho temple of tho dlvlno Uatshopu at Tape, spoho In ley accents: "Thou, Harmachls, we have considered this mutter. Thou bust sinned tho three fold deadly sin. On thy head lies the bur den of tho woo of Khem, this duy enthralled of Homo; to Isis, tho mother mvstory, thoti hast offered the deadly Insult, and thou hast broken thy holy oath. For nil of those lus thoro Is, as woll thou knowest, but one reward, uud that reward Is thine. Naught can It weigh In the balance of our justice that tlipu hast slain her who was thy causa of stumbling; naught that thou eomostto nnmo thyself tho vilest thing who over stood within theso walls. On thee, also, must full the ourso of Mcnka-ru, thou false priost thou forsworn lwtrlotl thou I'haruoh, shameful uud discrowned 1 Hdre, whore wu set tho double crown upon thv head, we doom thoe to the doom I Go to thy dungeon, aud nwult tho fulling of its stroke) Oo remomborlug what thou mlghtest huvo been aud what thou art, and may those Gods who, through thy evil do- ng, shall perchance ere long cease to be worshiped within these holy temples, give to theo that mercy which we deuyl Lead aim forthl" Bo they took mo and led me forth I With bowed head I went, looking not up, and yet ( felt their eyes burn upon my face. Ohl lurely, of ull my shames, this Is tho leiyl- siu CHAPTKK XXXIII. IJkBT VflUTINO Of HAKUACIIIS, THB ItOYAL KOVITIAK. or thw ?HEY led me to tho prison chamber that la high in tho Pylon tower, and hero I wait my dqowt I mm know not when the sword of fate shall fall. Week grows to week, and month to month, and still it is delayed. Still It quivers unseen abovo my head. I know that It will fall, but when, I know not. Porchanco I shall wake In some dead hour of midnight to hear the stealthy steps of the slayers, and bo hur ried forth; perchance they are now at hand, rhen will como the secret cell. Tho horror 1 Tho nameless coffin and at last it will bo done. Oh, lot it como let It come swiftly! All Is written. I have held back nothing. My sin is sinned. My vengeance Is finished. Now all things end in darkness and in ashes, and I preparo to foco tho terrors that are to como in othor worlds than this. I go, but not without hope I go; for though I seo her not, though no more she answers to my prayers, still I am aware of the holy Isis, who is with me for evermore, and whom I ! shall yet again behold face to face; and then, at last, in that far day I shall find ' . i i mi. V. .. m.. . . M . .Ill IurglVUIlUSn I 1UU uuiucu ui uijr huui wilt roll from me, and Innoconce como back and wrap mo round, bringing mo holy peace. Ohl Dear land of Khem! as in a dream I soetnee; I seo nation nftor nation set its standard on thy shores, and its yoke upon thy neck; I sen new religions without end, calling out their truths upon tho banks of Sihor, and summoning thy people to wor ship; I seo thy temples thy holy temples crumbling In the dust a wonder to tho sight of men unborn, who shall peer Into thy tombs and desecrata tho great ones of thy glory; I seo thy mysteries a mockery to tho unlearned, and thy wisdom wasted like waters on tho desert sands. I seo tho Ro man eagles stoop and perish, their beaks yet red with tho blood of men, and tho long lights dancing down tho barbarian spears that follow In their wake; and then, at last, I aoo thoo once more great, onco more froe, and having onco mare a knowledge of thy Gods aye, thy Oods with a changed coun tenance and called by othor names, but still thy Oods. Tho sun sinks over Abouthls. The red rays of Ra flame on temple roofs, upon green fields, and tho wide waters of fathor Sihor. So as a child I watched him sink; Just so his last kiss touched the further Pylon's frowning brow; just that sami shadow lay upon tho tombs. All Is ua changed. 1 I only am changed; so changed, and yat the same I Oh, Cleopatra, Cleopatra, thou destroyer I If I might but tear the vision from my heart of all my griefs, this is the heaviost still must I lova thoe, still must I hug this serpent to my heart I Btlll in my ears must ring that low laugh of triumph the murmur of tho falling fountain, the song of the nightlnga Hera the writing on the third roll of papyrus ab ruptly ends. It would almost seem that the writer was at tho moment broken in upon by those who came to lead him to his doom. TUBJSSD. THE SIBERIAN ROAD. A Railway Seven TIioumhikI Miles r.oiiff t Traverse u Jtlrh Jtt-gloii. Tho mombors of tho Russian colony horo rond with much intorest tho special dispatch announcing that tho Imperial Government had determined to begin work at once upon tho Trans-Siborian railroad. Tho Importance of the work both to Russia and to tho United States, on account of our Alaskan possessions, wns tho theme of much conversation. It was tho general impression of Rus sians horo, and of tlioso Amoricans who havo interests in Alaska or who have boen thoro, that it was a work of far greater importance than was gonorally realized. Much of Siberia along tho grout Amoor, Ob, Jonosol and Lona riv ors is described as being much like No braska und tho Dakotas in appearance and resources. Whllo it is colder, it is being poopled by a hardy rnco. Immense products of wheat, barley, oats, vegeta bles and hardy fruits aro oxpectcd from it. Vlco Presldont Niobaum, of tho Alaska Commercial Company, who Is also Rus sian Vlco-Consul, is woll acquainted with General AunokolT, tho builder of tho Transcasplan railroad, who will havo to do with tho building of tho Transsiborinn railroad, und has groat confidence in his ability. Mr. Niobaum estimates that on an nil Hue the dis tance from St. Potorsburg to Vladivo stok Is close to 5,000 mllos, but that in spanning tho spaco between theso points, in order to conform with advan tageous valleys and passes, tho road will traverse from 0,000 to 7,000 mllos. Ho says tho project has been beforo tho Russian Oovornniont for many years, and is a groat lluunclal undertaking, but that probably tho S'.'OO.OOO.OOO estimated will comploto tho work. Mr. Mobaum thinks that in crossing tho groat Ob, Jonosol and Lena rivers forry-boats will bo used, becauso thoy aro very wide and often overllow. Tho Jonosol, ho says, often overflows In tho Bprlng of the year until it is sixty mllos wide. "1 think." said he, "tho survey was mndo to Vladivostok last year. Thoy uro now building from Vladivo stok to Hankow, whoro thoy mako Btonmor communlctlou with tho Usmteo; and from thut to tho Amoor." A boom is oxpectod at Vladivostok something llko that which has been soon at somo of our Pacltlo ports on tho completion of a transcontinental lino, although from the dilforonco in people und resources, it will havo unothor character. It is not oxpectcd to bo sud den or to cause great inflation, but to be steady und sure. In regard to the statement that one reason for building tho road is that thousands of Chinos uro swarming over the boundary and taking our gold and precious Btonos. Mr. Nlolmum says thut somo years ago several thousand Russians and other crossed, over Into tho Chinese Territory, established towns nnd founded a novel republic something llko tho Transvaal. They called tho country Now Califor nia, indicating that Californlaus were there; they dug a good deal of gold and built up a flourishing region. The Chinese wero incensed at tho Invaders, roso in arms against them nnd drove thorn out. Probably, ho thinks, it is the sumo Chiuoso who uro now invading the Russian torrltory. It Is thought that tho beginning oi work on the Trausslborlan railroad will not as un Incentive to private capital or to the United (States or Canadian Government to build n road from Van couver to Hohring Straits, thus forming with tho Russian system tho Inst re maining part of tho railway to complete tho girdle of tho oarlh. San Francisco Chronlcla. mm Iff BLOWHARD'S DEFEAT. Tha Results of a Meeting Iletweena Dnffer and a Consumptive. You havo soon tho duffer a hulking big fellow, with a ballot head and lots of wind and fat, but without an ounco of sand in his craw. He always picks his man, and ho always means to bo certain that he has got bold of somebody who can bo bluffed and bulldozed. Thero was a chap of just this sort a duffer from Duffervlllo In tho crowd of passengers obliged to wait at tho dopot in Decatur, Ala., for sovoral hours on account of a railroad accident. After half an hour every body sized hira up for what ho was, but ho was pormitted . to go blowing around because no ono , wanted tho oxcltoment of a row. Ho ' boasted of his fights and his victories, nnd ho tried hard to pick a fuss with two or throo farmers, and finally got his oyo on something good. It was a tall, slim, hollow-oyed man from Ohio, who was ovldontly on his way to Florida to dio of consumption. Ho had a deathly I look to his faco, and as ho wandered up ' and down tho platform ho coughed in a hollow nnd dismal way. DufTor ar ' ranged to moot him in his walk, and at ! nnnn lniullv il n tn n n rl I A ? "Did you romovo my vallso oil the seat?" "No, sir," was tho roply. '"Woll, I want to find tho man who did; I can mop tho earth with him in two minutes. " "Woll, I don't caro who it was." "Oh! You don't! Mighty independent, you?" "Go away from mo, sir! I don't know you and don't want to." "Don't you? If you wore only a woll man I'd mako you cat mud. As it is don't glvo mo too much sass or I'll teach you manners." "You aro a loafor, sir a first-class loaforl" said tho Huckoyo as ho con tinued to walk. "I novcr strike a sick man," replied tho othor, "but I will twoak your noso onco just to roduco your temperature. Now como " Ho reached out with thumb and fin ger, but ho didn't got tho noso. Instead of it ho got it biff! bang! In tho faco witli tho right and loft, and as ho went down tho consumptive kicked him to his feet nnd knocked him ovor a bnggago truck. Ho didn't got up again until two men as sisted him. Ho had two bunged eyes, a bloody noso, and a blooding mouth, and ho lookod about in a holploss way and stammered: "Gen gontlomon, load mo off some whoro whoro I can bo alono." When ho had gono somo one asked tho consumptive If ho wasn't afraid tho oxortion would glvo him a hemorrhage, and ho replied: "What do you take mo for?"' "Aren't you a Nothorn consumptive on your way South'.'" "Not for Joseph! I'm contortionist on my way a professional to 1111 an on I saw that gagemont in Cincinnati, duller sizing mo up, and played to outch him. thing moro Sun. If ho should want any sond him around." X. Y. THEY SHOUTED "CASH. A Virginia Farmer Ilpsent Undue Kaiull. Inrlty With Ills Nairn-. Casslus or "Cash" Cologno, as ho is usually named, a well-known resident of l'auquior County, Va., recently i paid his tlrst visit to Now York. Wish ing, unllko so many men, to show hW thought for his wifo whon out of her sight, ho ontevod u leading dry-goods store for tho purpose of buying a dross pattern or somo such suitable article. Walking up ono of tho ulslos he was moro than surprlsod to hoar somo ono in tho dim distanco loudly yell out "Cash!" Naturally surprised, ho lookod in tho direction whence the volco came, sup- posing its owner to bo a menu or ac- quaintanco, and that Gotham's provorh inl looseness of habit pormitted tills manner of salute. Still ho could seo no ono that ho recognized. Wondorlng moro and moro, astonishment grow to boiling point, whon, as If by a procon certod signal, from all quarters of tho room camo persistont cries of "Cash! Cash! Cash!" This was moro than tho Virginian chivalry, In tho porson of Mr. Cologno, could bear, and, as at that mo ment a clerk, with a locomotive whistle volco, standing right back of him, cap ped tho climax by shouting tho name in his vory our, ho turnod round and ro marked: "Look bore, young follow, you folks may think you'ro having a lot of fun with mo, but If you uso my name that way again I'll break your neck." It took tho proprlotor and six Hoot walkers half an hour to convince him us to tho facts of tho caso, and that no harm was meant. Meanwhilo ho carried on in such a way that halt tho saloxinon wont out nnd got big accident insurance policies, good until tho Virginia gontlo man was booked to loavo town. Rich mond State. Itoiiinnro mid Kttnllty, Romnntlo Miss Do you love me well enough to do battle for mo? Ardent Suitor Ay, against a thou sand. "Woll, Mr. Iligflsh is paying mo a good deal of attention. Would you light him for me'.'" "Yes, I would." "Could you defeat him?" "No, he'd probably thrash tho life out of me," "Mercy! Well, nevor mind. I'll take you without any lighting; and, oh, da ploaso remember, my darling, promise mo on your lienor, that if you ovor see Mr. lligllsh coming, you'll run." N. Y. Weekly. No Imlutlnn for Illiu. A littlo North Sldo boy who was visit ing a playmate tho othor evening was Invited to take a rldo on tho latter's rocking-horse. "I don't want to rldo on that thing," ho said, somewhat scornfully. "It's only a wooden horse. When I got to bo a man I'm going to huvo ono niado of meat." Chicago Tribune. A certain eltixon of Salom bolng no ousod of drunkenness, oxlilbltod a plcdga signed by him four years ago to prove that ho was sober, and lucapablo of tha offense chargei. QUEER WAYS IN TIBET. Tf How the Natives Make and Serve Ten Other Tecullar Customs. "Tho people of Tibot havo tho fun niest way of making toa you evor hoard of," said Lioutonant Rockhill, that far away country's most recent explorer. "To begin with, tho tea they uso comes from Western China in tho shapo of bricks, which are pressed int such con venient shape for carrying overland. All sorts of teas aro mad'o into bricks for purposos of transportation across Asia, It being vory woll understood by connois seurs in the herb that a sea trip spoils it But tho tea imported into Tibot is of very poor quality as a rule. Thero is in It as much weight of twigs as of leaves. "Having pounded a portion of tha brick tea In somo sort of mortar, tho Tibetan houscwifo puts in a large cop per vessol and there permits it to boil over a firo mado from dry manure. Tho resulting solution sho pours intaquoor- looklng woodon churn through a coarso willow basket that serves as a strainer. To tho liquid in tho churn, boforo pro ceeding further, sho adds a portion of butter and somo salt. Tho mixture is then churned up in ordinary fashion, and, whon it is thoroughly mixed, is poured into a teapot of bronze. From tho teapot it is disponsed into tho littlo cup-shaped vessols which each Tibetan curries with him or hor. "Tho cup-shaped vessol I refer to is usually of wood, sometimes lined with silvor. Tibetans employ it not only as their sole drinking utensil, but also as a dish for solid food. What thoy consumo mainly as a substantial diet is parched barloy. Whon a gontloman of Tibet fools hungry ho sits down, and taking from a leather pouch a portion of barloy ho mixes a littlo wator with it, and stirring it up int a dough eats it in that shape. Thus hunger is satisfied and ho goes on his way rejoicing. In what wo call tho pleasures of tho tablo tho Tibotan takes no stock whatovor. Thero never was a typical Asiatic yet who cared any thing about amusomont in tho ordinary sonso of the word. He doesn't go to tho thoator thoro is no such institution in tho land of tho lamas. Nor does he indulge in any oth or rational enjoyment of civilization, though ho does not scorn what might bo called tho primary vices. "Tibot is a very cold country, but its inhabitants do not warm themselves by the consumption of fuel. Whon tho weathor is chilly thoy simply put on moro clothes in proportion as tho mor cury might fall, if thoro was a thor momotor to register tho tomporaturo by. Thoir garments consist mainly for each individual of a voluminous cloak with sleeves and a high collar, under which a shirt is sometimes worn. Roots, with solos of rawhide and uppers of cloth and cotton, aro mado for thorn in China. For rainy days a circular capo of felt is pro vided. The gun used by a Tibotan has a long fork attached to it, which is stuck in tho ground for uso as a rest for tho weapon. Naturally, tliG deadly in strument is of primitivo pattern, in tended to bo sot off with a priming, and tho native wears attached to his bolt a number of littlo brass cones, each of them containing an exact load of gun powder. Those pcoplo of tho country who livo on tho great elevated plains or steppes dwell in black tents; but the villagers reside usually in two-story stono houses, tho lower story bolng glvon up to a stablo for the cattle. Not all of Tibet, as is popularly supposed, is actually subject to China. The country is divided up, politically speaking, into many tribes, and not a few of theso tribes are governed by chiefs who owe no allegianco to anybody not ovon to tho Chlneso Emperor." Washington Star. An Immense Snake Skin. The skin shed by a rattlesnake which was found on tho bank of tho Illinois river, and is now preserved at tho boys' seminary at Tab lequah, in tho Indian Territory, meas ured thirteen foot long, is fourteon and seven-eighths inches in circumference, nnd has fifteen buttons. Tho porson who has examined, measured, and re ports upon It, says that it is a vory dry skin, and thoroforo assumes that it probably shrunk considerably in drying, but this is not so, as tho skin of a snako is thoroughly dry whon shed, and con sequently represents tho full size of tho snake. At any rato, this ono is big enough without claiming any such allowance, und represents a poisoning powor which it would take ut loast a barrel of old Hourbou to counteract. Soattlo Post-Intelligencer. A riot lire of .leRrrson. Mr. Adams quotes a description of i Jellorson mudo by Senator Maclay, of Pennsylvania, in 1790: "Jolferson is a slondor man," wrote tho Sonator; "has rathor tho air of stiffness in his manner. His clothes scorn too small for him. Ho sits in a lounging manner, on ono hip commonly, and with ono of his shoul dors elovuted much above tho other. His faco has a sunny aspect. His wholo flguro has a loose, shackling air. He had a rambling, vacant look, and noth ing of that firm, collooted deportment which 1 expected would dignify the presence of a secretary or minister." lloston Hudget. A fow days ago a butcher at Spring field, purchased from a well known farinor of Clarke County, a steer for hoof. Whon tho animal was killed a sllvoi watch, in good condition, was found in tho stomach. Two years ago n laborot on tho man's farm hung his vest on a rail fonco. A silver watch was in tho pookot, and both vest nnd watch dis appeared. It is bollovcd tho steer ate tho garment und contents. Tho watcb is now on exhibition in Sprlngfiold. A fashion reported from Paris is to savo cherry, plum, poach and othor stones of fruit, dry them, and koop thorn until a frosty night makes an opon firo agreeable. Then bring a handful nnd throw them among the glowing coals. Thoy oruok and spluttor for a momont, 6cnd up a brilliant flame and tho wholt room is filled with a delicious odor. It is hard for a lazy many to b truthful, for he is happiest whon lying, JACK-AT-ALL-TRADES. Persons Who Are Able to Make the Hest of "a Had rix." mi . . T ! n r. tlm ( 1 1 1 T .1 1 worm, is ceriainiy a .lacK-av-iiu-iruu but as a genoral rule, each of its multi tudinous pairs of hands has only ono particular kind of cunning, ihe gun- ti t 4 - .1... I1 a weapon. Consequently tho Individual man of civilized Hfo would, if segregated from his follows, bo much moro helpless than asavago. Tho former doponds. for tho supply of most of his wants, upon othors, tho lattor upon hlmsolf alono. Tho division of labor Is a glorious thing for society. If it did not tako nino men to mako a pin, pins would bo much dearer than thoy are. Rut it is vory clear that tho craftsman, who can make noth ing elso than pins' heads, or do nothing else than sharpen pins' points, would starve to death whero an Indian would five in comparative comfort. Under these circumstances is it a good 'hing for any ono to confine himself ex clusively to a specialty? Does itnot tie one's hands and blunt ono's wits to labor exclusively at ono trade, or profession, or calling? M utual dependence Is ad mirablo as long as wo livo in a hive. Iiut supposo the hivo broke up and its workers scattered ovor tho world. Verily tllo mutually dopondent people, thus separated, would bo tho most shift less of human creatures. It is a goojf thing to bo perfect in ono art, but It is also a good tiling to know something of all arts that aro usof ul. Tho man thus accomplished is a microcosm a world in himself. I'laco him wliero you will, he is independent and equal to every emorgoncy. Versatility, then, is not to bo dosplsed, and tho profound specialist who scoffs at tho handy follow who knows a littlo hi ovory thing, as a moro smatteror, would bo vory glad to havo such a porson for a companion were ho cast on a dosort isl and or placed in any othor awkward di lomma whero his specialty would be use loss. Your classical scholar with Greek and Latin, and nothing else, at his fin gers' ends, is not the sort of porson one would desiro as. a comrade on board a raft a hundred miles at soa. The man of tho wild who can make a tool out of a flint, and with that tool a bow and arrows, got firo out of two pieces of dry wood, fashion hooks out fish bones, ropes out of vogotable fibors, a canoo from tho bark of a troo, and a wigwam out. of tho skins of tho animals ho kills, is tho superior of any civil ized, ono-trado man, everywhere ex cept in "those thick solitudes called so cial." Roys approciato this fact, if philoso phers do not, and honco their admira tion of "Robinson Crusoo," and sym pathy with tho raro doings of tho "SwfU Family Robinson." It may not bo as delightful as youngstors think it is to build a hut and livo in it, shapo a boat and fish from it, and "do for one's self" generally after tho manner of tho afore said castaways; but it Is a good thing to be ablo to mako tho host of "a bad fix" by tho oxerciso of skill and ingenuity. Let every boy try to mako himself, to a certain oxtent, a Jaok-ut-all-trades.'' N. Y. Ledger. SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR. SoiiietlilllKT About One of the Greatest ol li Fixed Stars. It is difficult to concoivo that this beautiful stariB a globe much larger than our sun, yet it is a fact that Sirius is a sun many tlines moro mighty than our own. That i)lendid star, which even in our most powerful telescopes appears as a moro point of light, is in reality a globe emitting so enormous a quantity of light and heat that, wcret to tako tho placo of our sun, overy crea ture on this earth would bo consumed by its burning rays. Sirius, shining with a far greater luster than any other star, it was natural that astronomers should have rogarded this as being tho nearest of all the "fixed" stars, but recent investigation on the distances of tho stars has shown that tho noarest to us is Alpha Centauri, a star bolonging to tho southorn lati tudes, though it is probable that Sirius is about fourth on tho list in order)! distanco. For, though there aro about fifteen or twenty stars whose distances havo been conjectured, tho astronomer knows that in reality all of thorn, savo three or four, lie at distances too great to bo measured by any instru ments wo have at present. Astron omers agree in fixing tho dis tanco of tho nearest star at twenty-two million of millions of miles; and it is cortain that tho dlstuneofkf Sirius is more than threo and less than six times that of Alpha Centauri. most likely about fivo times; so that wo are probably not far from the truth if we set tho distanco of Sirius at about ono hun dred million of million miles! What a vast distanco is this that separates us from that bright star; words and figures of themselves fail to convey to ourminds any adequate idea of its true character. To tako a common oxamplo of illus trating such enormous distances: His calculated that tho ball from an Arm strong hundred-pounder quits tho pjm with a speed of about four hundiVd yards per second. Now, if this velocity could bo kopt up it would requlro no fewer than 10,000,000 years beforo tho ball could reach Sirius! Again, tako tho swiftest form of volocity of which no havo any knowledge, light, which trav els at tho rato of nearly 'JO0.O0O miles per second, or about 1:2,000,000 mi'Xs a minute, yet tho distanco of Sirius Is so vast that It takes nearly twenty yoars for its light to reach us; so that If fiirius was suddenly to becomo oxtlnct, wo should not be acquainted with tho fact until twenty yoars hence. Chambor's Journal. Hon- Lord Mncauley ltrnil. Whon a boy I bogan to read very earn estly, but nt tho foot of ovory nago I read, 1 stopped and obliged my.lf to glvo an account of what 1 had rouH on that page. At first 1 had to roud it threo or four " times beforo I got my mind firmly flxod. ltnt 1 r.niintnlln.1 .m.c.ilf x with tho plan, until now. after I iuvo road a book throuirh onco. I can most roclto it from bocinnlng to end Is a verv Hlmnlo habit to form in t uie, nnu is valuable as a means of in Lord Macuultty.
