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.