BCLL-PIttHTINM 111 MEXICO.
A MadSaasS Ball Barsta ftaa the Areaa
aad Traaelaa a Oarv Path Tbroaah Iba
Paale-acrtebea Pasalaaa.
A traveling correspondent of the Ban
Francisco Chronicle reached the ancient
town of Bayderaguato, just on the oon
fines of oinaloa and Chihuahua, in
Northwestern Mexico, and upon suing
for a guide to continue his journey was
told that the man be would have to I
employ was to participate in a bull-fight
the next day. The correspondent then
decided to stay in the town one day
longer and witness the oontest, which
proved to be an appalling affair. We
quote from his account:
The soene of the fight was to be in an
old oorral inclosed on three sides by
high and thiak adobe walls, and on the
other by what appeared to be an im
penetrable fence of a growth of pith
aya, a cactus of a fluted oolnmnat
form and armed with a bristling
array of strong, sharp thorns. It
formed a fence whioh neither man
nor beast would endeavor to break
through. A strong scaffolding had
been erected outside the adobe walls,
to a level with them, and on this were
arranged the seats from whioh the spec
tators oonld witness the sight free from
all danger. My host procured for me
a front seat, from which I oonld obtain
a full view of the arena. I can never
forget the scene which was before me as
I approached the seat which I was to
occupy. The Mexican women delight
in brillant colors for their shawls and
dresses; and as the shawl is an indis
pensable portion of their attire, it is
Euerally selected more for the bril
ncy of its hues than any other quality.
The seats were all occupied, most of
them by women, and such an aggrega
tion of gaudy tints I do not think could
be found elsewhere. No matter if the
drees was old and faded, the shawl must
be warm in its oo'.oring and flashing
with brightness. The aged crone was
there, dark in complexion, wrinkled in
visage, shriveled ana bent in form, and
whitened to the hue of snow in her dis
heveled looks. The maiden was there,
of pure white Oastilian blood, with
cheeks of purest white, eyes rivaling in
blackness midnight's darkest hour, long
glossy hair of the tint of the raven's
wing, rested upon rounded shoulders,
and then falling away until it nearly
trailed upon the soil. Old men were
there, seemingly so old that it might be
thought that death bad overlooked
them. Young men were there, dark
visaged, scowling jealously upon each
other, and with their mantas wrapped
about their shoulders, and their wide
brimmed hats shading their brows and
faces. Home were fully clad, while the
wearing apparel of others consisted of
merely a trinity of items, hat, sandals
and breechcloth. Home of this latter
class of men were splendid specimens of
muscular development, lithe, active,
self-possessed, and evidently conscious
of their strength and powers. One
especially drew my attention to him.
He was outside the arena when I passed
onward toward it. I think I never saw
a more perfect form than his; it was one
that the sculptor would delight to have
as a model, or tho painter would rejoice
to delineate upon his canvas. He held
in his arms his first born, which he fon
dled with a father's warmest pride, ami
placed himself where I could not (ail to
notice his infant son. I made some
complimentary remark about his boy,
at which his eyes glistened with delight,
while the mother, who stood near, re
plied in a musical voice with her thanks
for the notice of the babe. Back of the
group, upon the raised seat, rose the
white waUs and dark, brown tile of the
church, while far, far away in the die
tance the lofty mountain tops glistening
in the sunshine closed the picture.
After taking my seat I looked down in
the corral, and oonld not but admire my
guide, not only for his powerful and
perfect build, but also for his good
humored expression and calm self-pos
session. As he loitered about in the
arena there was a self-consoipusneas of
the victory he would achieve when his
opponent should be driven into the in
cfosnre. There was some little delay
before the bull camejupon the scene; but
when a large gate in the adobe wall was
opened, and he entered the oorral with a
rush and a bound, a terrible presenti
ment of an awful tragedy seemed to
thrill the entire multitude. For myself,
it so painfully imprested me that if I
could nave easily left the place I would
at onoe have done M, although but a
moment before I had been so anxious
to witness the contest. It was a splendid
animal, well knit, strong and powerful.
It seemed to comprehend the situation
at onoe, for with a loud tone it bellowed
forth its defiance to its antagonist, and
then, with head lowered to the ground,
oommenoed pawing the earth ana giving
demonstrations of speedily commencing
the oombat The attendants waved their
red flogs before it, and irritated it still
more by prodding it with their sharp
pointed lances. Our hero closely watch
ed its every movement with keen and in
tense interest, evidently aware that it
might make a sudden rush at any mo
ment With a roar that appeared to
shake the very earth, and that certainly
threw terror into every heart in that
audience, It sprang forward, lowering
its head with the design of tossing the
Mexican into the air; but the attempt
was a failure, for he sprang quickly to
one aide, and goading with his staff the
now incensed animal into a state of fury
as it passed him, nerved himself for the
more serious part of the oonfiiot.
Two or three times the bull renewed
the attack with no better result, aad
every time he escaped the animal
the audience shouted and cheered
loudly, appearing to have overcome the
presentiment of evil, and having full
confidence in bis ability to win the vio
tory whenever he chose to do so. It
would hardly be credited that the coun
tenance of a bull oonld vary in its ex
pression, but it certainly appeared as if
intense rage and demoniacal hate stood
out upon every hair on its face, and the
more it was baffled in its attempt to
gore its in tend sd victim, the deeper and
wilder beosas that expression of vicious
propensity. One of the attendants gave
the bull a more severe thrust than he
intended to do, when it turned M sud
denly upon him that, before be oonld
evade the attack, the animal had him
upon its horns, and ripping the body
open with the exertion, tossed him high
in the air, while bis blood spouted out
upon its face. The man fell with a
heavy (had upon the Mil, and in an in
stant the ball was goring him again and
again. In vain the others tried to divert
its attention from the man, or endeavor
ed to rescue their fallen companion from
his terrible fate. In less time than it
require* to narrate the episode, the
poor fellow was a lifeless oorpee. It was
a sickening sight.
Homo of the women fainted at onoe,
while the others screamed in terror and
horror at the soene. All thia commo
tion, combined with the soene of fresh
blood, wrought the ball into a state of
fronry, and it swept around and across
the inolosure with such violence and
rapidity that the men oonld with difficul
ty escape from its rushing attaoks. The
cry was given to open the gato and let
the bull pass oat into the stall in whioh
it had been kept; bnt the gatekeeper
had become too terrified to understand
the order or to perform his daty, and
the gate remained olosed. The nerve of
my guide never faltered for an instant,
bat seeing the terror of the others, ana
witnessing the fary of the animal, he
drew his long knife and calmly awaited
the next rush to make the final thrust
that should terminate the existenoe of
the bull and the soene of exoitement.
Onoe more the bull swooped down to
ward him, and be stood ready to strike
the knife into his neck, bnt as he at
tempted to spring back and let the bull
pass by him before doing so, his foot
slipped, and he was at once impaled up
on the horns of the beast, and in n
moment Iris lifeless body fell within a
few feet of his dead comrade.
The excitement of the crowd now
reached the most intense point; it
amounted to actual agony. For a mo
ment they were spellbound by terror,
and gave utterance to piercing shrieks
and cries. Then several shots were bred
at the bull, none of which took serious
effect, bat only appeared to increase its
madness. Suddenly the ball, now
blinded with rage and maddeued by the
wounds it had reoeived, dashed against
the thorny barrier of the pitahaya, and
breaking through it, rushed among the
terrified multitude upon the outside of
the inclostire. The crowd scattered in
all directions, and the bull tossed or
tramped upon all who were in its way as
it rushed toward the open plain. There
were threo others killed outright and
several seriously wounded. Heartsick
with the horrible soene I blended with
the people that were seeking thei v
homes. When drawing near a group
that surrounded one of those killed up
on the outside, above the wailing of the
crowd there rose upon the air the shrill
agonised cry of a heartbroken woman,
and as the group made way I saw lying
upon the ground one of the animal's
victims, while its mother was kneeling
over it It was the first-born of that
fond father I bad before noticed, the
ball having tossed the neighbor who
had it in his arms and killed them both
at the Bame time.
The Pot of Hold.
A cobbler in Somersetshire dreamed
that a person told him that if he would
go to London bridge he would meet
with something to his advantage. He
dreamed the same the next night, and
again the night after. He then deter
mined to go to London bridge, and
walked thither accordingly. When ar
rived there, he walked about the whole
of the first day without anything occur
ring ; the next day was passed in a simi
lar manner. He resumed his place the
third day, and walked about till evening,
when, giving it up as hopeless, he de
termined to leave London and return
home. At this moment a stranger came
up and said to him: " I have seen you
for tho last three days walking up and
down this bridge; may I ask if you are
waiting for any one?" " No!" " Then
what is your object in staying here?"
The cobbler then frankly told his reason
for being there and the dream that had
visited nim three successive nights.
The stranger then advised him to go
home again to his work, and pay no
more attention to dreams. " I my
self," he sa<d, " had, aboat six months
ago, a dream. 1 dreamed throe nights
together that, if I would go into Somer
setshire, in an orchard, under an apple.*
tree, I should find a pot of gold; but I
paid no attention to my dream, and
have remained quietly at my business. "
It immediately occurre-l to the oobbler
that the stranger described his own or
chard and his own apple-tree. He im
mediately returned home, dug under
the apple tree, and found a pot of gold.
After this increase of fortune he was
enabled to aend his son to school, where
the boy learned Latin. When he came
home for the holidays, he one day ex
amined the pot which had contained the
gold, on whioh was aome writing. He
said: " Father, I can show yon what I
have learned at school is of some use."
He then translated the latin inscription
on the pot thus: "Look under, and
you will find better." They did look
under, and a larger quantity of gold
was found. As the story is a good one,
it would be pleasant to fancy it oouki
possibly be true.— The .Saturday Re
view.
Celer In Lawa-Plaatjag.
Mr.Samuel Parsons makes the follow
ing suggestions in a paper on " Lawn-
Planting for Hmall Places," in Seribnrr:
Aa a rule, ahm, never plant a large, dark
evergreen in front of, and very near, a
brilliant, light-colored, deciduous tree,
tor thus planted it will dwarf and weak
en the effect of the latter. On some
lawns, however, a few massive, dark
evergreens may be nsed with effect in
the extreme, and, impossible, northwest
corner of the lot. They will protect and
give character to the place, and heighten
the effect of the deciduous trees. A
striking contrast may be obtained by
interspersing a few white birches among,
and in front of, these evergreens. They
will serve, in this case, to brighten the
picture both winter and summer; though
usually we prefer not to mix evergreen
and deciduous trees. This harmonious
and contrasting disposition of color re
quires careful study, and even perhaps
a natural gift. For instance, it Is better
to introduce gay, bright colors in well
judged proportion. A few bright Bow
ers of deep red, blue or yellow, will
have a better effect dispersed here and
there about the lawns than in one great
mass. Introduce them, so that by means
of their different natures there will be
always daring the season a few gay
points in the picture.
How Hot to Toko Cold.
In the coarse of " Medical Talks," at
Association hall, New York, Dr. Bever
ly Robinson discoursed to the voting
men on the subject of " Golds and their
Oonaeqnenoefl. His lecture was prac
tical and highly instructive to a perverse
generation, his greatest remedy for
" colds and their consequences " being,
" Don't allow yourself to take oold."
" If yon start to walk home from a
down-town office," he said, "and carry
yonr overcoat on your arm because the
walking makes you feel warm, you are
liable to take oold. Therefore don't do
it. If you should take the same walk,
after eating a hearty dinner your full
stomach would be a protection to you,
but even then my advice would be,
don't take the risk. A person properly
clothed may walk in a strong wind for a
long time without taking oold, but if he
sits in a room where tiiero is a slight
draught he may take a severe oold in a
few minutes. Therefore don't sit in a
room where there is a draught. Unless .
yon are affected by peenliar nervous
conditions, you should take a cold sponge '
bath in the morning and not wash your
self in warm water. Plunge baths in
oold water are not recommended, neither
is it necessary to apply the sponge bath
all over the body. Occasional lWkish :
baths are good, but those who have not'
taken them should be advised by a J
physician before trying them. Warm .
mufflers worn about the neck do not '
protect you against taking cold, but on }
the oontrary render you extremely lia
ble to take cold as soon as vou take th em .
off. They make the throat tender, i
Ladies ought to wear warmer flannel •
underclothing than they do now if one
may judge from the articles ono sees
hanging in the show-windows of the
shops. People take oold from inhaling
cola air through their mouth oftener,
perhaps, than by any other way. La
dies dress themselves up in heavy furs,
go riding in their carriages and when
they get home wonder how they got that
cold. It was by talking in the open air
and thus exposing the mucous mem
brane of the throat. The t>est protec
tion tinder such circumstances was to
keep the mouth shut. If people must
keep their mouths open in a chilly at
mosphere, they ought to wear a Alter.
Above all be careful of yonr feet in oold,
damp weather. Have thick soles on
your shoes, and if caught out in a rain
which lasts so long as to wet through
your shoes despite the thick soles, put
on dry stockings as soon ss you get
home. Rut in oold, wet, slushy weath
er, don't be caught out without over
shoes. Rubbers are unhealthy, unless
care is taken to remove them as soon as
you get under shelter. Tbey arrest all
evaporation through the pores of the
leather. Cork soles are a good inven
tion. When you go into the house or
your office after being out in tho oold,
don't go at once and stick yourself by
the stove, but take off your coat, walk
up and down the room a little, and get
warm gradually. Warming yourself up
at a stove just before going out in the
cold is one of the worst things you can
do. In short, make some use of yonr
common sense, ami thus emulate the
lower animals.
Ills Objection.
" I've only got one objection to your
paper," said an up-oountiy farmer as be
shelled out two Bland dollars for an
other year's subscription, and smiled i
upon us across the editorial desk. We
were all attention at once, and asked for !
the objection. Editors always like to
head objections and suggestions, and if •
a good old patron was to come along
and ask us to publish the Declaration of
Independence, we'd have to do it. "I've ,
been taking your paper ever since I
it started,"be continued, "and I like it.
It gives all the borne news, all the Bute
news, and all the general news of im
portance ; but, as I said before, there's
one objection, and that's the advertise
menta. Yon see, whenever that paper
gets into the house, Maris she goes right i
for those new advertisements, and every i
piece of flummery she reads about she
wants, and that's where the trouble
cornea in. Then the girls tbey get hold
of it and read about this, that ami the
other— cheap things and nice things,
i new things and fashionable things—and
yon just see, between Maria and the
girls, they keep me in hot water all the
time." We assured our troubled pa
| tron that we heartily sympathised with
him; but told him that sensible men
would use the columns of their local
paper ass means of communication with
the people—that this was something
that " in the natural course of human
events" could not be prevented; and he
finally conoluded that it was all right ;
" for," said he, "your advertising col
umns frequently save us money, tiecause
they tell us where we can bny the
cheapest good*. "—Middl'tovm Tran*
cripi.
Carrying Secret Messages.
A curious list might be msde of the
strsnge methods employed in transmit
ting many important historical mes
sages. The intelligence which enabled
Gyrus to overthrow the Median mon
archy was conveyed in the body of a
hare sent him CM a present. The insti
gator of the lonian revolt against Persia
sent bis agent s trusty slave, with verbal
order* to shave his head, when the ne
cessary instructions appeared traced on
the skin beneath. During Mohammed's
wars letters of this kind were frequently
plaited in the long hair of female slaves.
The mediaival fashion of writing in ink
which only became visible when held
to the fire is well known; but Oerdinal
Richelieu surpeeeed even this by his de
vice of a dispatch whose alternate lines
made an entirely different sense from
that of the letter as a whole. One of
the French chiefs of the Fronde war
oonoealed an important letter in a roasted
crab. Warren Hastings, when block
aded in Benares by Gheyte *Bingb, ap
prised the English army of his situa
tion by dispatches written upon roiled
up slips of parohmant, which his mes
senger* carried in their ears, instead of
the quills usually worn there. The let
ter which recalled Geo. Kanfmaon to the
relief of Hemarcaud, when besieged by
the Bokhariotee in Jane, lflBA, was
stitched np in the sandal of a loyal na
tive. It even stated—tbongh the story
oerbiinly savors of Maoohanaeftmm
that a French spy. in 18TO, tarried a
photographic dispatch through the Ger
man lines in the hollow of one of hie
false teeth I
FOR THE FAIR HKJL
News M< Nets* fer Hnm.
A sunflower in diamonds is the new
est ornament for the hair.
The fashion in England, set by Lord
Oarington, ie for afternoon marriages.
Leather belts, fastened with Hpsnish
buckles of iron, are worn in the evening,
7 Headbands with pendant rows of jew
els or coins are mnch worn in New York.
Mrs. Bnrnette, the anthor of " That
lass o' Lowrie's,"is very girlish-looking.
Perfumed gloves are now fashionable,
bnt a more delicate perfnme than ben
zine is desirable.
Two hundred and eighty maiden
ladies were mined by the failure of the
West of England bank.
London bss s book in circulation in
which all marriageable girls who are in
possession of s fortune of f1.200 per
year are registered.
Striped satin purses sre fashiouable
with those ladies having any money to
put into them, and still more fashion
able with those who haven't.
Mosaic jewelry is coming tip again
among fashionable ladies. Pearls are
quite the rage. Filagree ornaments of
gold and silver are much worn.
The lucky horseshoe has become a
wedding gnest; in wedding invitations
the cards admitting guests to the church
sre made in tho rhape of a horseshoe.
The ladies of Japan sre said to gild
their teeth, and those of the East Indies
to paint them red, while in Cjnxert the
test of beanty is to render them black.
The newest engagement ring is of
gold, and consists of two hands meeting
and clasping over a small gold heart,
which occupies the top of the interior |
circlet.
If you do not wish to be exposed,
don't talk too mnch before your chil
dren. A child's mind is like a " Jack- I
in-a-box," once unlocked, it ia all out in
a minute.
Young ladies who wish to have small
mouths are advised to repeat thi* at fre
quent intervals during the day, " Fanny
Finch fried five floundering frogs for
Francis Fowler."
The Japanese ladies paint their 1
cheeks, but the article tbey uae for the j
purpose.when first pnt on is gram; ex- ;
posnro to the air, however, soon turns it
to a sea-shell pink.
The new Hebrew United Htatos Sen
ator from Louisiana, Mr. B. F. Jooaa, i
is said to have a heantifnl and charm- I
ing wife, who will add much grace to
Washington society.
Berths von Hillern, tho pedestrian, j
is quietly studying in Boston, and ia aid
ed materially by two admirers—one a
lady of Baltimore, and another the wife $
of a Boston merchant.
The Austrian white glove, a soft cas
tor sf creamy-white tint, ia much worn;
it is a dressy street glove, and may be ,
cleaned very satisfaetorily; it ia worn s
size larger than a kid glove.
A bridal couple from Arkansas has
made a little excitement in the Missouri
town of Joplin, the bride being just six
feet tall and very slim, and the groom
six feet seven inches, and alm<st as
alender as his wife.
Mrs. Hallie Roach, who died in Shelby
county, Ky., recently, was 109 year*
old. It is said that she was never sick
a day in her life, but died of old age.
Bhe bail worked many a day in the
woods, splitting rails, cutting wood and
the like.
Actual occurrence in a Chicago street
car. Htylieh ladv holding a lap dog is
sbout ready to leave the car. Dog
manifests impstienoe. Lady says in
her sweetest tones. " Wait, darling, till
mamma puts on her glove." Passen
gers roar with laughter.
Miss Lisetta Rist, 'for forty-three
year* an organist in a London church,
diea a short time ago and left a consid
erable sum in the han s of tbe trustees
to be applied forever to the distribution
of gravel on steep and slippery road
way* in London. Bhe had seen to it
personally during ber lifetime.
It is difficult to say what constitute*
the beanty of a woman. The Handwich
Islanders estimate women by their
height. Tbe Ohineee require them to
have deformed feet and black teeth. A
girl must be tatooed sky-blue and wear
a nose-ring to satisfy a South Bea
Islander's taste. African princes require
their brides to have their teeth filed
like those of a saw. And thus goes the
world, the criterion of beauty differing
according to latitude and longitude.
Mia* Joaie Baker, daughter of Prof.
O. H. Baker, of Indianapolin, haa re
cently been appointed a tutor of Greek
at Himpaon college. Bhe ia only riiteen,
but read* and write* the language flu
ently. At the age of eight ahe had read
three book* of Homer, aa well aa other
worka in Greek wbieh nanally precede
that author, and at fourteen ahe had
made a complete lexicon of a tragedy of
Hopboolee. Hhe ia alao equally pro
ficient in Latin, and more or leaa familiar
with French and German.
A arllr •( Nwlfif,
Here ia how a Hew York aociety girl
apenda her time: "We breakfaat every
morning at half-paat aeven o'clock,
for papa like* early bourn. I Ha* at
aix, to give me nearly an hour for prac
ticing mnaic and ainging before I eat;
and during the day, if poaaible, two
bourn more are given to atich practice.
At nine o'olock, two morning* in the
week, Monday and Ihnraday, my mae
ter in inatrarneofcal mnaic come* to give
me leeaonn of an hoar each; two day*
my ringing teacher require* an boar;
then I am learning bow to make the
variou* lace* now eo faahkmable; and
alao have inetruction* in the new art
needlework. I have alao learned bow
to make wax and artificial flower* very
nicely, and I apend aome time each day
in drawing, painting and decorating
pottery; theee aooompliahmente may not
be very uaerul, bat mamma aaya to be
happy one mnat create habita of indue
try; mid, beridea, we don't know bow
the wheel of fortune may torn, and then
if I know well bow to do theee thinga I
will be able to teach; end then *noh
knowledge will be of greet advantage.
On Saturday morning, at leaat once a
month, mamma reqnitva me to go into
the kitchen with her to learn bow to
make breed, oake and pantry, which ahe
aaya all girla ought to know how to do
for the comfort of their familiea in the
future: and then, sometimes, she gtvsa
me a little plain sewing and dress mak
ing, only for the practice; for she thinks
while I should be proficient in all such
matters, that if one ie able to pnt oat
sewing, it by all means most be given to
those who have no other way of earning
a living. 80, often, while we put out
our work, I practice on the garments
given out to be made by charitable
societies. Besides, I go to dancing
school during the winter, and, ss I be
long to the chnroh choir, one evening in
the week must be spent in practicing
for Sunday's singing; henoe, on Bundsy,
I must be prompt at church, morning
and evening; and, as I have a clars in
Sunday-school, another hoar in required
of me cm that day. There are, of coarse,
incidental employments, such as pre
paring for ohurch festivals and fairs,
and, as in duty bound, I have to reoeive
and return calls, and must join my
friends in the various amusements of
the season.
• hlssss Hrldal I'MIIBN.
The bride was attired sumptuously in
s parti-colored brocaded satin overgar
ment, which was, of course, surmounted
by the red-cotton bridal-vail covering
tbe whole bead and face and hanging
some distance down, being, however,
slightlv open at the sides to permit of
easier breathing. The fashion of this
attire was that of centuries ago—the
top of the head-dress bulging out in
form, very similar to that seen in an
cient pictnres of Israelitish priests
Around this she wore a golden wironet
studded with pearls, amethysts and
rubies, while pendant from it were nu
merous strings of long glass beads of
several colors, the whole presenting a
novel, if not altogether charming effect.
The bridegroom was clad in the em
broidered silk robes of a white-button
Mandarin. He Ix-trayed not tbe slight
est anxiety to lift the vail that oonoealed
the bride's face, but, with a stolidity
remarkable in one so young, allowed
the ceremony to prooeed and himself to
lie guided by the old women go-txv- 1
tweens witli much resignation. Tbey '
placed the bride to the right of the foot j
of tbe family altar and the bridegroom !
at ber left haDd, both kneeling.
—_
A Book Agent Vanquished,
Yesterdav evening Professor Htowart
went into the Delmonioo restaurant and
asked Andv, the irrepressible Lead
steward, to bring him some stuffed mut
ton and parsuips. No sooner bad tbe
professor fairly seated himself at one of
the small tables than a book agent came
in and took the other side of the board, i
The two men were strangers, but as a
matter of course this book peddler
couldn't keep still, and presently made
some conversational advance to Stewart.
" Are Dot three meteorological dis
tnrljanoo* somewhat j>eenlier for these
latitude* ?"
The professor paused s moment m
he wan mashing a potato and replied:
"Ouee* it'* about the name thing
every year."
•'ln eeeson's of atmospheric deproa
aion alternating with nnexpected tmreal
excitement* and rapid change* reanltant
on sudden accumulation* of moisture,
irach disposition* of the atorm belt are
not, iD my opinion, entirely nnoalled
for."
" Exactly," remarked the profe**or,
lifting a fly ont of hi* coffee.
" Hnt," oontinned the agent, delight
ed at the ntyle in which be wa* crowding
the profeeeor; "I donbt not bnt that
oertain energetic polarisation* of the
molecnle* in the mineral deposit* have
an attraction for the electrically-charged
cloud*."
At these point* the profeeeor, who
had Iwen knocked around the ring and
crowded to the rope*, no to "peak, be
came fairly roused to hia position and
slogged for the other's none at once.
"Ah, exactly, mv friend; in the ledge
are Tast deposit* of minerals. Found in
volcanic matrices and disintegrated by
the upheaval of plntonic rock and semi
fused masses of silicioos ainmnia,
mingled with homogeneous defrris of
porphyry, the molecules of kaolined
felditea, with s slight potash base, the
i deeoopositirn of the feldspar is most
affected along the line of the borixontal
i cleavage and neoeaaarily the liberated
oxide of manganese combining with the
percolation of the alkalis which perme
ate the entire mass, causes a pronounced
state of polarisation, which cannot fail
to aooount for the peculiar attraction in
the vicinity, I might farther explain
the intricate chemical properties of the
belt by illustrating the"—
By this time, however, the book
; agent, who daring the round had been
i verbally pasted in the jaw, smashed in
the nose and biffed in the eve, ro*e from
hia seat, paid full price for his hslf
caten meal, and ahot ont of the place.
Andy said be examined the profeeeor,
found his pnlse regular, no signs of per
spiration and his mind intact. 1 Irginia
(iVee.) Chronicle,
Frslt sad Diphtheria.
The Boston Journal of CKemitfry
says; Dr. Emil Qnerner, of Philadel
phia, sends ns the following note on this
subject, which will interest oar profes
sional readers, even if they are not pre
pared to accept the author's theory.
"After a laborious and scrutinising in
vestigation into the aanae of a large
number of casea of diphtheria that have
oome under my care daring several
years pest, I have almost arrived at the
eonclasionkhat the primary affection of
an individual comes from the fungi
which arc found as spots of different
eolors on the exterior of fruit, particu
larly apple*. As far aa the power of my
mioroeoope has shown, those fungi seem
identical with the fungi from a diphthe
ritic ulcer ; and last autumn I traced a
number of eaaaa, at one time five togeth
er in one family, back to the eating of
Elm picked from the ground in or
rds without previously cleaning the
fruit by rubbing or washing. The prev
alence of this dreadful dieeaae in the
last three decades may well be accounted
for by the (act that the appearance aod
flourishing of lower vegetables and an
imal organism is periodical; of which
we have; examples In the potato dis
ease, the diseese of the grave vine and
cholera, which latter has been ascribec
to a fungus growing on the ear* of rim
in East India and carried in the humai
body as a oontagion over all parte o
the globe, and in many other eases, 0
course, any person infected with th<
disease from the primary cense may bt
the center of infection for others."
The Herrors of Cypres.
The special oerrespondent of the Lon
don Standard wrote from Lamaee ooo
oerning the country recently acquired
by Oreet Britain: "The trail of the
serpent is frequent and oonspicuou*.
Crawling abominations infest the saered
groves; oentipedes and sundry other
entomological nnisanees of the qaeerest
names and shapes, that curdle the blood
or tiokle the midriff, frisk *cd skip in
the grass. Had Cleopatra sojourned
here, she would never have ehoeen the
plan of Jtlo ife M ahe did—the asp is so
vulgar tli at by no manner of means
oonkl suicide by its instrumentality be
considered respectable. The mosquitoes
bold high level, bnt be would be effemi
nate indeed who would make moan over
tbem. No; tbe plague from which we
fly in abject terror are the snakes.
There are four species of tbem, and two
of them are of tbe deadliest type. These
are tbe oofla, which is ground-colored,
some two and a half feet long on an
average, and with a sharp-pointed beed
and under part streaked with white.
Tbe venom of this reptile is so poison
"UK that its bite kills in six hours. This
is no traveler's tale grounded on vague
hearsay. Lieutenant Heager told me hs
bad a boy carried into tbe hospital one
morning at Linaeol who had been bitten
by the oofla. Before tbe afternoon tbe
poor lad was rigid in death. Tbe clough
is the deadly congener of the oofla; he
also is of the treacherous color of the
soil, and makes his way sometime* into
dwelling bouses. Mr. Vice - Consul
Loiso found one coiled round the neck
of s favorite kitten the other day. Be
cause of tbe snakes tbe field laborers
and ail tbe inhabitants of tbe rural dis
tricts, women and toddling children in
cluded, wear high boots. But high
boots will not protect against that ugly
rival of tbe snake, tbe venomous spider,
whose puncture is credibly reported to
sign one's death warrant. With all
these thick-sown terrors under foot and
in tbe air, it is notable bow exempt we
ire from dread of these troubles till we
meet tbem, and bow few are tbe deaths
from snake-bite and kindred accidents."
How to Make Bread.
Take four good-sized potatoes; peel,
boil and mash, and pour on to tbem one
quart of boiling water; strain tbe whole
through a sieve; let thia get blood
warm, and then stir into it one of yeast,
one spoonful of white sugar, one s'poou
fnl of salt and three quarts and a pint of
flour. Beat well with a spoon and set
in a warm place to rise, fin summer it
will rise in four hours; in winter it will
tste five.) When well risen, take a
pint of flour and put part of it on tbe
kneading board; then turn the dough
upon tbe board, and put one spoonful
of lard on it; then kneed twenty minutes,
using tbe pintof flour; now put the dough
iu the pan again and let it rise one hour,
and then form into loaves. (Do not
have over a pint-bowl full of dough in a
loaf.) Let tbe loaves rise forty minutes,
and bake forty-five minutes. Bread made
in this wsy cannot be excelled. Graham—
Half-cup of veast, pint of warm milk or
water, and flour enough to make a thin
hatter. Let it rise over night. Htir in,
in the morning, half a cup of sugar,
salt, teaspoonful of saleratns dissolved
in water, and Graham enough to make a
very stiff batter. Beat all the ingredi
ents thoroughly in the sponge before
Kling tbe Graham, and then stir in the
Graham, a little at a time, beating well.
Hhape into loaves, and bake an boar and
a half. Tbe oven should not be so hot
as for white bread. Brown—Three cupt
of Indian meal, three of rye. one half
of molasses, one spoonful of salt, one
teaspoonful of saleratns; wet with one
and a quarter quarts of milk to make a
stiff batter. Bteam five or six boors.
This will make enough to 111 a two
quart pan.— From Miu M. Parloa't
Recipe*.
A Persistent Bog.
More than eight yean ago a poor man
n amed Gray died, and waa buried iu tbe
I old Gray Friars' churchyard, Edin
; burgb. His grave ia now leveled by
\ time, and nothing marks it But the
j spot had not been forgotten by bis
I faithful dog. James Brown, the old
curator, remembers the funeral well,
and that Bobby was one of the most
conspicuous of mourners. James found
tbe dog lying on the grave the next
morning, and as dogs are not admit
ted he turned him out The second
morning tbe same; the third morning,
though cold and wet, there be was,
shivering. The old man took pity on
j bim and fed him. This ooovinoed the
dog that be had a right there. Sergeant
: Scott, B. E., allowed him his board for
s length of time, but for more than six
I years be had been regularly fed by
Nr. Trail, who keeps a restaurant close
1 by. Bobby ia regular in his calls, be
ing guided by the midday gun. On the
occasion of the new dog-tax being
raised, Mr. Trail waa called upon to
pay few Bobby. He would have dona
so had the dog acknowledged him aa
his master, but ha will attach himself
to no one On having of tbe facta of
the case the lord promt of Edinburgh
exempted him, and, to mark his admi
ration of fidelity, presented him with a
handsome collar, with brass nails, and
an inscription: " Gray Friars' Bobby,
presented to bim by tbe Lord Promt
of Edinburgh, 1877."— 0 mr Dumb .ts
immi*. .
larMakea and Urn irahb
Here is an incident in the history of
the old soldier who waa, until lately,
the marshal-president of France. At
the close of the battle of Tetehia, Oee.
Aohard, desiring to send an important
message to a subordinate commander
four miles sway, intrusted iissaoKahoo.
He offend him a squadron of mounted
chasseurs as an escort, but it waa de
clined, and the brave soldier rode off
atone. He had proceeded aome distance
on hie iourney when suddenly be be
held a host of Arabs in punattt of him
and a deep ravine la front of him.
There was no alternative other than to
jump tha ravine or be si sin by his pur
bone breaking ana of hie leg* as ha
struck the opposite aide. Tha Arabs
recoiled hem the dangerous leap, sod
contented thwmslvsa with diaohargirga
shower of bullets after him. MaeMabou
cammed unharmed, and reached hia dse
-1 ttaarina ia safety.