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YOU KSOW YOU Dd.
When "someone's" t,top comes up the walk,
Your cheeks take on n rosier hue,
And though no other hears his knock,
You hear It well you know you do.
When "some one" talks about the craln.
Ana dows to pa, yet looks at you,
You see his glances ah I 'tis plain
You give them back you know you do.
And though It may be very wrong,
When pals quite ignored for you,
You sing for him your prettiest song,
You cunning thing you know you do.
And when he talks of other gtrla,
Of hateful Kate and Jennie, too,
Yon fling at him your auburn curls,
You Jealous thing you know you do.
Yoa.ReepVoaglaoo gjoS5xiocff?ry!Mj!
iAnwlsh 'twoaldJamp an'Sour or two,"
So'Uiat your'pa"wold cease his talk
And go to bed you know you do.
And when the folks to bed have gone.
And left "some ono" alone with you,
You wish the clock would stop its tongue.
Or you stop it you know you do,
Ho blushes deep, and looks afraid
To be thus left alone with yoa,
But your eyes tell there ne'er was maid
But could be woed you know you do.
You peek at "some one" 'neath your curls,
Until with love you burn him through,
And make him hate all other girls
In love for you you know you do.
And when his arm steals round your chair,
You give a smothered scream or two,
As if you didn't want it thero.
But oh, you do, you know do.
You nestle closer up to him,
Your head drops on his shoulder, too,
You think Us nice to have a "Jim,"
Yon naughty thing you know you do.
Yon let him kiss your blushing cheeks:
Somchow your lips meet his lips, too;
You tempt'him silly thing, to Bpoak,
You wicked flirt you know you do.
And when he timidly doth press
His wish to make a wife of you,
With happy heart you answer "Yes,"
You darling girl you know you do.
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OR THE
SEARCH FOR THE MOUNTAIN MINE.
Br GEORGE MA3TVILLE FENN,:
Author of "Ship Ahoy !"
CHAPTER XIII.
OUT OF THE VALLEY.
sp'5SWRA9inn QAtbOrnrai
iwmuu uim w sue mat. me Bcounareis
belovwere lib perfect unconacIouBnees
of tvhat wasgpjnon upon thd moun
tain slope, and then daehed after his
leader; but beforo they had gone
many yards they stopped, as if spell
bound by tbo sight which met their
eyes, for they had seen Adams sud
denl3T rush forward and tear down the
signal, and the neKt moment he and
the muleteer were engaged In a fear
ful struggle upon what seemed to be
quite a narrow ledge. The mules were
hnlted some distance back, and from
the composed way in which the wo
men kept their places, it was evident
that the sight was hidden from them
by some interposing crag.
It was a dire struggle, but did not
last above a minute, during whioh the
two men heaved and swayed hero and
there, till, reaching the edge, they re
mained bent over, trying hard to re
cover their balance ; then they fell
and rolled over and over down the
steep side, to disappear the next mo
ment from their view.
Larry uttered a hoarse cry as they
disappeared, and bounded forward,
olosely followed by Dawson. The
way was. painful, though, and soon
became a climb down to where at laBt
they found Adams, looking very pale
and dazed, sitting upon a' fragment of
rock.
"An are ye killed, masther dear?"
orled Larry, feeling him all over.
"Not a bone bruk," he cried, joyfully !
"only his head, an that don't matther
a bit."
'"Not much the matter, I believe,"
said the young man, giving himself a
shake, and taking a little whisky
from Dawson's flask.
"And that treacherous scoundrel,"
exclaimed Dawson ; "he hoBn't es
caped ?"
Adams pointed down into a rift
from which hehad crawled.
Larry sprang down on the instant,
to come baok after a few minutes with
a Btrange, dry look upon his counten
ance. "Dead?" said Dawson, in a hoarse
whispers.
'Are there any crows an' bastes ov
burden ov that kind in this partov
the oounthry, 8or ?" said Larry, evad
ing the question.
Dawson nodded "Yes," he said,
"plenty."
"Thin, be the same token, I hopo
thoblaokhearted villain wont disagree
wid thlm. There's the ladie3 a-beok-oniu'
ov ye. Come along, for thlm
chaps may mako thlm out afther all."
"Was he quite dead, Larry ?" said
Dawson, hanging back to speak to
the Irishman, as they climed toward
the edge where the mules 6tood, as
patient as so many sheep.
"Sure, Sor, I didn't like to say so
before the masther, bud the baste fell
legs upwards, au'," ho added in a
whisper, "he haden't jjot any head
left worth epakin' about."
Dawson shuddered, and the next
minute they were leading the mules
into a place of safety, which they
found among the rooks, where at
least they oould count upon being se
cure from observation.
" " 'o umits wete ''
Rnd partaking of their provender,
Here while the mulce were resting
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oounoll of war was called, and the
matter argued In all its bearings. It
was impossible to hide from the wo
men the fact that they were In the
midst of dangers; but they bore It all
with fortitude, and a look of admira
tion more than once stole across Daw
eon's faoe as Mary made somo quiet
sensible remark.
Two courses seemed opened to them
to retreat and give up the proieot
.for the time, as the valley wa3 open
in their rear, or to go forward and try
'either to find away of getting out on
to the plain on the right, or boldly
pass by the ruffians' camp.
"Well, Larry," said Dawson at last
for tbTat Indivlduarhad'eatsnoking
jaflf4iUokRii4ilsfening.at-,
tentWejy Vell'l3a'rry;;whar"doy6u
say?" " -i
j "Bure, ye honor, it l8n6ifori the
likes ov mo to make Diana, onlv to
take ordhers."
"Never mind ; tell uswhat you'd
do. Would you go baok?"
"Would I go back ?" said Larry in
a tone of contempt. "I jlst wouldn't
for the likes of thlm!"
"Then what would you do?"
"What would I do, yerhonor ? I'd
invlnt a stratljim an' deludher the
varmints. I'd jiat fade the bastes full
to contintment, an' muzzle their fate,
an' thin stale by the ill-lookin' ruffi
ans, laughln: in me slave at tbim for
a set ov fools, beggin' the ladles' par-
rlnna "
"I'm for Larry's plan said Dawson.
"So am I," said Adams.
"And I'll tell what it is, Larry, on
ly let us have good luck and got to the
silver region It's no'Jlttle sum you
shall have to take back with you to
tho old country, if you want to go."
"Sure, yer honor," said Larry, with
a cook of his eye, "an' isn't it a bad
plan to begin givin' away what yo
haven't got ?"
"There get some sleep," said Daw-
son, laughing, "and I'll take the
watoh." .
Objections were made, but overrul
ed. "Unless you have rest you can not
get through the task to-night," said
Dawson ; and the force of his remarks
was patent to nil.
The sun seemed to comedown with
greator force than over as the after
noon wore on, and :Dawson saw from
where he watched a couple of tho en
emy oome up twice, and take a long
look down the valley ; but they soon
retlred-and ho inturn, stole forward.
nfl nrppnlnrr frnm ni-on fn nij'ii!
ing himself well under cover, thor
oughly made himself master of thej
bearings of the place, with the result
that ho soon found that there was no
way by which mules could pass save
along by where the enemy watched.
On foot they, might have climbed
down from rock to rock, and eo gain
ed the plain, but with their beasts of
burden here was the only opening.
He was returning when a detached
stone suddenly rattled down close b3
him, and he had only time to throw
himself flat on his face close under a
large crag, when he became aware of
the fact that one of tho spies was up
above him, climbing higher and high
er, and looking right over .where ho
lay.
It was a narrow escape, and he lay
for quite half an hour, aware that a
movement on his part must mean be
trayal Of his position. Then he heard
the fellow retire whistling, and he
orept baok in safety to their hiding
place. The fatigue of the party had been
so great that, save the watch, they all
slept heavily till about ten, when Ad
ams awoke them. Refreshment wbb
partaken of, and they prepared for
their start.
By the time the woinen'were ready
the mule's feet had been covered with
the woolen rug padB. Every arrange
ment possible had been madefo'r their
safety, and they setoff, Dawson going
on In advance as scout, Larry bearing
his orders to and fro to Adams, who
led the first mule.
Slowly, step by step, they crept on
down a precipitous ravine so careful
ly that hardly a stone was moved. It
was as though a ghoBtly procession
was on itB way, the phantoms of somo
former mule train ; and at last they
reached the lower level, where there
was what might be termed the path
way to the valley tho place where
the enemy had pitched their camp.
Here they halted for a few mlnuteB,
to be joined by Dawson and Larry,
the former giving his final orders In a
whisper to Adams, namely, that a3
soon as they were out of the shadow
of the rocks he was to turn sharp
round to the right, and, making tho
moon his mark, lead the mules right
on her silvery track for the next two
hours, and then, if not overtaken by
him, to haltfor onehourl Thatspace
of time past, Dawson advised that
they should travel on till morning,
and then seek some safe place where
they could rest for a week ; and then
it would bo wise for them to return
giving up the quest.
"But you, Mr. Dawson?" said Mrs.
Adams, anxiously.
"Well, my dear madam," he said,
sadly, "it will be only a bit of fate.
However, I am talking of the worst,
and what you must do if those fellows
stop Larry and me, for though we go
in front now, we 6hall halt by the
camp here till you get by, and then
try to follow. Good-by," he said
warmly.
"For the present gcod-by,' said
Mrs. Adams, "but had wo not better
give up?"
"Hist not so loud. They are not
two hundred yards away, though they
BROWiqyiLLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JUNE 10. 1875.
all seem to be asleep and no
Bet. Give up ? Oh no ! That
watch
would
never do."
He took a step or two to where Mary
Adams was standing by her mule,
and held out his hand to her without
a word.
Mary seemed to hesitate for a mo
ment, and then gave him her hand.
saying goodby" quite calmly.
The next minute he gave Adams a
few final orders, and then she saw
him step out of the dark ehadow
whore they etood, and, olosely foil ow
ed by Larry, go ailently on along tho
level toward where the soraped rooka
on the right rose higher, and oast a
6hadow right acros
acrosatnia the narrow
pfc-rvarf,' nf 'ith a
a 'fa1&ti fKift"- XiiJ:.
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or""; . -- .w
wo3ed to disappear all three wfyo
watched uotiolngnow soon a depart
ing figure crew misty in the distance,
and auguring therefrom well for their
escape could they once pass the ene
my. "Up on your millOj Mary," said Ad
ams, helping her; "and now be ready.
Perfect Bllence, mludt We start In a
minute."
Adams' blood ran cold, for, a9 he
helped his sister to mount, the mule
have an impatient squeal, and stamp
ed with one of its fore-feet.
At another time this would have
been enough to set the whole train of
seven in commotion; but they were
replete nnd perhaps sleepy. Not an
other paid any heed to the fikittlsh
objector, nud the time being up, Ad
ams uttered one more word of warn
ing, drew ills rovolver with his right
hand, took the leading mule's bridle
with the left, nnd Btarted out of the
shadow, the other docile beasts fol
lowing in single file, and in perfect sl
lenoe. Not two hundred yards to traverse
before they would be level with the
spot where the desperadoes lay asleep.
Adams's heart thumped heavily; but
he never hesitated for a moment. He
had strung himself up for the task,
and on he went, lightly and qulokly.
Ono whinny from tho mules, one
sharp kick! against a loose stone,
would betray them ; but they passed
over half the distance in safety. Then
in the obscurity of the shadow ahead,
Adams could just make out two
watching figures, and, for aught he
oould tell, the'y might be a couple of
their enemies. He was compelled to
believe that they were friends, and
step boldly on, hard as was the task.
Threo parts of thd distance. An-
otbcr-jaileulo, ancUif thoy wore. fort u-
nate ibey-would-be Vr,
.Whawasjhat.?. GpHeavensT1
the slightest hitch would now be fa
tal.
There was a soft rustling noise, as
if some ono alighting from n mule;
and as Adams looked back his heart
seemed to 6taud still, for ho saw that
Mary, who rode tho last, had leaped
down, and had taken his wife in her
arms, lifted her from her seat on the
last mule but one, end was carrying
her.
To halt now would have be'en fatal ;
to have loft his guidance of tho first
mule as bad. A glance decided him :
he knew Mary's strength and he led
on, and in this fashion tho train went
by Dawson and Larry, both motion
less as states tho mules led by Ad
ams following one by ono, and the
rear brought up by Mary Adams with
her sister's slight form in her arms.
Hearts beat faster, hearts seemed to
stand still, aB the strange gray moon
silvered train went silently by where,
in a heap upon tho sand, lay in tho
dark the whole party of desperadoes.
Tho last mule pa9t Mary past with
her burden and then, nt n sign from
Dawson, she was joined by Larry,
who, without a word, rolieved her of
her fainting load. "
Ten yards p2sfc danger twenty
yard past thirty yards past; and, as
Dawson watched, the mules already
wore beginning to grow misty-looking
as they trudged on for thosilentplaln,
one groat gray lake apparently now
in the moon-beams. Then thero was
a faint yawn and he had but time to
throw himself flat down upon his
face, when a man rose from the shad
ow, got up, shook himself, nnd strode
out into tho moon-light, gazing In
tke direction from which the fugitives
had just come. Had ho looked toward
the plain, he must have seen the dim,
ghostly-looking, slow-moving train ;
but, as It was, he stood scanning the
valley for fully a minute, and that
short space of time was long enough
for tho dim, misty figures to fade or
dissolve, as it were, in the silvery mist
of the vast plain.
But for this Dawson would have
sprung upon him. He knew, how
ever, that a oouille meant an alarm
and certain pursuit. All depended on
his delaying tho discovery of himself
as long as possible.
It was a nerve-trying position for
tho strong man to Ho there revolver
In ono hand, and a keenly pointed
bowie.knlfe In the other waiting till
this cold-blooded ruffian should dis
cover and attaok him ; but it was for
Aersake, though she did not love him.
He might spring up and run for his
life, and get away, but it would bo
like betraying their escape and laying
tho dogs upon their track. No : every
minute was priceless in its worth for
them now, and if he never joined
them again, Mary would think ten
derly In the fnture of the man
who had given hi life to save hers.
"A deal of good that would do us
both !" thought Dawson, waking out
of his romantic dream. "I reokon I
mean to get the better of this rowdy,
and join 'em again, and lay siege to
my darling till she gives In. Patlenoe
is a virtue, lad. Here he comes."
The man yawned loudly, and mut
tered sleepily aa he turned and look
ed toward the plain, where all now
was one silvery-gray mist. Dawson's
nerves grew tense a3 steel, and he
gathered his forces for a spring and
the struggle to home. One blow and
a run for liberty. Yes, that would do ;
he would run back Into the valley ; It
would be ea3y to dodge them, there,
and then at daybreak he would scale
the mountain, ollmb down one of the
precipitous sides, and make for the
plain that way. He could sooner or
later find the trail and reaoh them.
Yes, that would do. Now for It 1
"Hallo!" cried the ruffian, who
now saw him; and Dawson's armed
WSd8iSrirawn nP beneathtfhiife,M
helAy fac downward, but oulyfo
hlar-tfeo nesSBamentfo-resfc,tawre
motionless ki one ajead.
"Hallo!" orled the ruffian, coming
closer. "What tho tarnation d'ye
want? Crawl In there, for tho moon
'11 be ou you d'rectly and drlvo you
mad. Get up!"
He accompanied this last order with
a kick In thejprostrate man's ribs, ev
dently thoughtless of the motto, "Lot
sleeping dogs lie."
"Get up, d'ye hear?"
There was another and heavier
kick, but Dawson did not move.
,'D'ye hear, Pete get up !" he
oried again, and there was a fresh
kick.
Dawson gave a Bleepy growl.
"Lie there, and go mad, then,"
said tho fellow, with an oath ; and
Dawson, who was drenohed with
perspiration, heard the ruffian yawn,
straggle back to the lair under the
rooks, and throw himself down.
Saved ! and yet the nervous strain
was greater than ever, so strong was
the desire to spring up and run for
life. Dut ho mastered the feeling,
and Jay there perfeotly motionless for
what 6cemed an age ; then, slowly
oroeping inoh by inch as might a ser
pent, he made his way along, pausing
over and over again to listen.
It was oruel work, and ho dare not
attempt to rise until quite a hundred
yards Intervened, and then It wa9 on
all fours that he orept softly away for
another hundred yards.
There v?as no stonea now to wind
amongst;" he was on the edge of the
broad plain, brilliantly lit by the
moon, and even now he dared not
rlao, but crept away still upon hands
and knees till he was quite a quarter
of a mile away. Then he rose .and
.listened.' v - -- .,J
wj'fat a sound one Btrangoawful sl-
iuucu. xio iuukeu oaca ;mere uiui
ly seen, wera tho rocks of the valley
bhlning In tho moonlight, but no pur
suers were visible,- and Dawson stop
ped to think.
If thoso men were clever, they
would be able to trace him by his foot
printsperhaps follow those of tho
mules. Anyhow, he could do noth
ing. It would be the natural track,
thought he, bitterly; thero was no
scoundrel now to leave traoes of their
route. And perhaps the fellows
would remain watching for days,
never thinking they had passed. At
any rato, there was no help for It; he
must join his friends, and try devices
when he was with them to blind
those who might follow.
"Steer by the moon," he had said
to Adams. ThereJ was hope in her
bright face ; and, with an exultant
cry of joy, he drew n long breath, and
started off at o long double, whioh he
kept up with little exertion to him
self, and rapidly covering tho ground.
CHAPTER XIV.
IN THE DESERT.
Day broke at last to find Caleb Daw
son alone upon tho vast plain. He
had walked on all night in the direc
tion he had Indicated ; and now he
halted, weary, choked, and half blind
ed by the alkali dust that rose in an
impalpable powder, and a dread wbb
upon him that he might wander for
days and never find the trail of hlB
friends. It should Ho, ho thought, off
to the left ; but It was almost as prob
able that it hiy off to tho right.
"Anvhow. I must havo rest," he
thought so he sat down in a clump of
sage brush, filled and lit his pipe, and
smoked It out to the very end. Then
be rose, refreshed with his quarter of
an hour'a halt. It was a pure bright
morning, and the'Bun was about to
rise. All around looked clear, cool,
and fine, and there was a soft dew up
on the leaves of the ortemlsla, which
began to glisten In the Boft light.
He took a look round.
"That's tho east," be Enid. "By-tbo-woy,"
he continued, with a sigh,
"I hopo Adams won't muddle him-
SC11 nnu uiui kuupi'.
He could see nothing
plain, plain everywhere,
direction from which he
but plain,
but In tbo
had come
during the night rose the rugged hills.
Suddenly, as a dull sense of despair
began to oppress hfm, he tugged im
patiently at his breast as If he wanted
air, when his fingers became entangl
ed with, a strap, and his heart leaped
with joy.
"Thank God!" be muttered, fer
vently, and with hasty bends he
drew round the thin sllng-gla33 that
had hung forgotten at his back. To
take It from its C3se and adjust it was
but the work of moments ; and then,
going dowu on one knee, he swept
the plain, to see v-.t last in tho far dis
tance, a group evidently halting.
Yes, there were the mules, looking
les3 than flies ; but they were there,
and he was saved ye3, and they
were caved too.
The next minute ha
had
marked
down the boarlngs in his own mind
.
aB well as he could, and started off,
for he knew when the sun roBe thero
would bo a quivering mlrago that
would hinder observation, nnd It was
Important that he should be well on
his way before the sun grew too
powerful.
It was a fearful walk for he had no
waier to quenon tho thir3t that op
pressed him. When, too, he had got
within snoh a distance that he could
easily make the party out with his
glass, in spite of the dancing mirage,
he saw them start; and In spite of his
exertions, he could gain bui little up
on them.
Again he had to stop and rest, par
taking of suoh little refreshment as
,hkupookets contained. Thrsunoame
down' with a' host that seamed to'dry
hioatp-8s3-rttfe'Ma-of everyeaergy
and "toward nvenlng, half-spent, he
was staggering along, "when he stop
ped to use the glass once more, and
though thinga seemed to swim before
his eyes, ho made out that tho mules
were halted In a clump1 of bushes.
This nerved him, and now, aa if In a
dream, ho orawled on, how long he
knew not, but to hear at last a cheery
ehout, and he sank upon his knees, to
feel strong arms thrust beneath his
own, and find himself, before long
laid among Borne bushes, With water
that glorious fluid for whioh he had
prayed moistening his hard dry
mouth and throat, and seeming to
give hlmhope aud life.
The congratulations upon their
escape were hearty, though Dawson
sighed when once mofd left alone, for
Mary was very quiet and r3erved.
Their talk was mostly about tho dan
gers they had passed through ; and
Mrs. Adams wa3 full of penitence for
what sho termed her weakness in
fainting at such a time,while a faint
blush spread over Mary's cheekB when
allusion was inade to her bravery in
carrying her Bister.
A hot wind had been blowing part
of the day, and, troublesome, as it
had been, it had Its good points, for,
on walking for somo distance back,
it was found that every traos of-their
foot-prints in tho sandy dust was fill
ed In. Thero was nothing to fear,
then, from the desperadoes.
"Only the elements, then, now,
Dawson," Baid Adams, 09 thoy sat in
the calm night and smoked.
"Thero is one more danger," said
Dawson.
Tndeed! What?"
"Indians!" said the other, laconi
oalIys9shladowntbsleerJ."r Days of journey tjifougH alkali
plains, or tramping amluat Buge
brush ; days of blinding dust, scoroh
lugsun, and parching thlrat; but
there were always the cool, pleasaut
nights, when their tent set up for the
Vv'omen, and calm rest and refresh
ment strengthening all for the toll of
tho succeeding days. Larry "tuk to
mules," ho said, "as if they had been
pigs, which they did reslmbleln their
nature." At all events, the mules
Beemed to like him, and beforo day
light every morning thoy were away
again over this "dhry say," aa Larry
called It, Dawson never faltering for a
moment as to his course, but oteering
direct.
At last tho plains were passed, and
stony rising ground readied, where
there were streams of limpid water,
and places where rest and shade could
be had In the hottest parts of the day.
Then hill rising upon hill, and moun
tain upon mountain, dark ravines,
and wild gorges with huge rooks piled
up and hurled aboutaa if by the throe
of some hidlou's convulsion of nature.
Then days of wandering here, and
at last a halt In a wild valley like a
deep rift, where tho air was pleasant
aud cool. After a long reBt Dawson
drew out his chart and studied it and
the Burroundlng heights ; after whioh
he carefully folded and replaced it.
"Well ?" said Adams, for the other
remained silent.
"This should be tho Silves Valley,"
eald Dawson.
"This? What, here?" exclaimed
Adams. "Why, I do not see a sign."
"Sure," said Larry to himself as he
heard the remark, "I thought it was
to be a glorious place, all shinin' an'
white in the sun. Why, silver ain't,
afther all, any betthar 'an tin.
ii
"Perhaps not," said Dawson
wait till we have explored.
"But
When
you are ready we will go."
"I am ready now," said
looking up. "Larry, mind,
Adams,
you are
the ladles' body-guard ;" and the two
young men plunged into the depths of
a rocky cavern.
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Very few blacksmiths understand
how to handle colts in shoeing and a
good many farmers are equally igno
rant. A colt may be ruined for life
and ever afterward be troublesome in
shoeing by his first lesssn. It cannot
be expected that a colt will stand per
fectly quiet while a shoe Is being put
on wheft he knows nothing of what
is wanted of him. The main thing
la to get his attention attracted to
something else besides the shoeing.
A handful of hay for him to nibble
at will somefrmea make him forget
the hammering. It is a vlllaious hab
it to pound a horse over the back with
a havy hammer, as a great many
horse-shoers do. It only makes the
horse worse. Sacramento Agricultu
ralist. With ca?o a man can walk upright
ly. One who Is on the alert will not
be found on tba orange peel.
VOL. 19.-N0. 50.
THE PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco The City at Largc
Earthqnakes Frame Buildings
Fire How tile Feople Litc
i)ry Goods nnd Jewelry.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. ,
San Fkancxsco, Jane 3, 1S75.
THE CJTY AT LARGE.
In my last I gave you some of my
impressions of San Francisco, but aa
I had only boen in tho city a few days,
they were necessarily brief and gen
eral. I havo seen more of the city
since.
To .an eastern xrxanltAa& curious
place. It is thS aeUBg'placo of the
hra i
defeat aad Ooetdeat-riha placow
the strong, Belf-rellant,clful Saxon
and Celt meet the pfcyaloally feeblo
but intellectually strong Celestial,
thU3 deploying in one city tho two
extremes of civilization. It Is a city
whioh has no thunder or lightning,
and, I may say, no winter or summer.
To-day, aa I write, tho thermometer
standa at 60, and a spring overooat is
comfortable. I oti, in my room writ
ing, comfortable' only with a coal fire,
and from my window I see, In full
bloom, fusohlasand geraniums trained
against tho sides of houses, nasturti
ums in all their glory, roses of all va
rieties till tho eye tires of them, calla
lilies of a size thnfc I never saw be
foro, and all the flowers that In the
east are grown at thia season only in
hot-houses, and which nro never
turned out of doors till July or Au
gust. Tho hills about thd city on tho
bay are oolored with purple and yel
low neper, and the roads are lined
with the yellow marigold and other
flowers which, owing to my lack of
education In botany, I cannot put a
name to. It l3comfortably warm in
the sun, not too warm, and very cool
in doors or in the shade. Aud, with
the exception of a few daya in July,
this Is aa worm as it ever gets here.
The winters ore but u trifle colder.
So the San Franciscan may be said to
enjoy a delicious spring all the j'ear
round. But it does enjoy
EARTHQUAKES,
which come with considerable regu
larity, ana may do cousiuereii aa a
fair offset to thunder and lightning.
For it must bo a rather disagreeable
thing to have the earth undor your
feet heaving up and down and Blde
wnys, and tumbling buildings about
"your head, and all soft of thlog.
When you can't rust the gro.und you
stand on, what can you trust ?
The olty has experienced some se
vere shocks. Tho old Spanish resi
dents tell of ono that occurred before
the Yankee came, that made a fissure
in the ground forty miles In length,
but I rather"gue33. each generation has
added ten miles to the crack. It was
probably a mile long. In 1SGS a series
of shocks disturbed tho equanimity of
tho San Franciscans, destroying sev
eral houses and oracking several more.
But It Is fair to statethat the destroyed-and
cracked houses were cheap
struotures, and built on made ground.
No well, substantially constructed
building has over boen thrown down
in the city by a shook aa yet. The
fear of theso convulsions hss had its
effect upon the architecture of tbo
oity. Tho first settlers built one or
two stories, three at tho most ; but the
later comers have gone over that, and
all over tho city -very, toll buildings
show tholr heads. Thoy have discov
ered that a building decently built
and braced will stand any shock that
has yet occurred or Is likely to. Th o
new Palace Hotel now being built la
seven very tall stories high.
Earthquakes "are not without their
useb, however. When the San Fran
ciscan has looked upon the wine all
night, and Gomes home in tho morn
ing, and weaves unsteadily on the
floor of his nuptial chamber, the wife
of hla bosom remarke :
"Sam'l, what Is over tho matter
with you?"
The answer alwoya ia :
"Sary, my love, tho earth's a qua
kin'. I kin hardly atan' up under It."
In the country tho unsteadiness of
the earth ta not feared, for It can do
no espeoial damage. The buildings
are all low and strong, so they cannot
be shaken down easily, and the most
violent ahocka can. damage nothing
else. Occasionally wella arc made
dry and the course of streams are
changed, but these thinga do but lit
tle harm. Only in oitios end villagea,
where something can fall on some
one, Is there any especial dread, and
that la faat wearing out. The old res
idents laugh at it. They may, how
ever, catch one some day that will not
bo r. laughing matter.
This fear of earthquakes has led to
tho erection, in the city, of many
tliou3snda of
FRAME BUILDINGS.
The majority of the residences are
built of wood ; iudeed, all the really
elegant ones are of this material.
There nro ecores of long btreeta of
wooden houses, many of them thrco
and fourstoriea in height. In conse
quence there will be here, some day,
and that not very far off, a
FIRE
that will dwarf that of Chicago, and
make Boston ashamed of itself. The
conditions are all here. All it wants
is a party at Mrs. O'Leary'a, which
requires milk for punch some night
when there is a very high wind.
There are thouaanda of acres covered
with houses built of red-wood, which
fs os much moro inflamable than pine
as pine Is than brick. And the lots
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are small 25sS0 so the houses stand
aa oloae togetheraslthe fire-fiend could
wish. Then to make'll'more certain,
the supply of w4otr la shrift, Tho
people here all talk of and espoot It
but they go on building red-wood
houses all tho same.
HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE.
It la easier to live in San Francisco
ttian In any city on the oontlnerit.
The supply of fruits and vegetables ia
beyond demand; and auoh fruits!
They have strawberries from March
to November, and buoh Btrawberriea
tho undersigned never; saw. Gieafc
luscious berries, as,. big as hlokory
nuta, end with a flavor ihoT never
knew In the east. 80 far, lam nofi
'P2ey. ake UP ke crysthat Call-
f0 fruibrihav. no flavor, whlck Ja
eo common m tne ease All thatri
have eaten were even rloher tbaaJLhe
best I ov&r
tains. But I have not tried them all
yet. Green peaa.'Jasparagus, new po
tatoes, turnips, nnd all that kind of
truck, are always In season. Tho
markets present beautiful appear
ance, for there you will see everything"
th9 appetit9craves for,-and!aU of tho,
best. We are eating oherrled'now ot
all kinds,' and Joranges ar6e,lllria; ia
tho orohards south of San Franolaco
at fifty cents a bushel. Think of
that ! And they have a Vfrlety. The
vegetablea of China, Japan, and tho
islands of tho sea grow here better
even than they do Jon their, native
soil. So these favored people gratify
their tastes with the delloaoiea of two
oontinents. San Francisco feeds well.
Rents are very high, hovrevor,
which in part balances the cheapness
of provlsiona.tA house on a decent
street, 25x40, costing $3,000, on ground
worth $2,000, rents readily for $1,000 a
year, or twenty per oent. And on tho
better streets rents are still higher.
DRY GOODS
are about thesame aa In the 02S, at
retail, I "mean. But heavens.'how
the women dress here! Kearney and
Montgomery streets will show moro
handsome nnd exnensivelv-dyossed
women any afternoon than any two
streets in America. Not only do they
delight in costly fabrics, expensively
made, but thoy iudulgo in jewelry to
an extent that makes a poor easterner
shudder. TDIamonda nnd ureoious
stones Of all kinds are'eommon, nnd
every lady sooma 'to vie with her.
neignoor as to tne numoer and en' jp-j
thstTs'Iie weara. Asldefrom tlie Jenl-
tlcstjpbuslnees of the city, whlccis ! f"
not only very large, but veryVr&Utr. :y 1
bio, great fortunes are made here very
suddenly In raining enterprlres, and
money thus made la always eaally
spent. I saw ono lady Jas3 Sunday,
lu church, who had on her fingers
seven diarnoud rings, to say notHlng
of her bracelets, ear-drops and brooch
es, all of which were diamond till you
couldn't reat. Then every woman,
wears a great 'ropo of gold about her
neok outside of her'Jouter garmerita,
and tho larger the rope the better.
They wear goodjolothea and expen
sive jewelry In this olty. As fortunes
aro lost here as quickly ns they are'
mode, it Is po39lbio that their hus
banda have purchased theso things for
them to fall back upon in the etent of
disaster.
Imagine a husband coming home to
his wife with tho'remark :
"I'm busted, Jane; strip off them
diamonds, for I want them to start
ogoln.'
That has been qaid In San Francis
co a great many Jtlmea, nnd will bo a
great many more.
I will say for the women of San
Francisco, thot they aro a freab, band
some, heal thy eet, averaging. In point
of beauty, far above any of the cltie3
of the eaat. Their plated harness
helps them, of course.Jbut they would
attract attention wero they drseed
less like the fillea of ths fleldf.
In my next I shall give my two
daya' experlenco in the Chinese quar
ter of the olty. 'Pietro.
The Ready Rosr. Roosters
are the pugiliata among birda, and
having no sultableshoulder tewstrike
from, they strlko from tho heel.
When a rooster gets whipped;, the
hens all march oph with therother
rooster, if he ain't half so big or hand
sum. It Is pluck (hat wins a hen.
Roosters, az a class, won't do any
household work ; you kantgit a rooa
tor to pay any attention to a young
one. They spend most of their timo
In crowing and strutting about, cud
wunce in a while they will find n
wurm, whioh they make such a great
fus3 over, calling their wives up'from
a distance, apparently to treat them,
but as the bens git there, this elegant
ousa bonds over and gobbles up tho
worm. Juot like a man for all tho
world I Josh Billings.
A negro woman wa3 relating her
experience to a gaping congregation 0
color, and among other things ehe'
said she had been in heaven. One of
the ladiea of color asked her, "Slater,
did you see any black "folks up in
heaven?'' Oh, get out! youapoael'
go in de kUcheu when I was dar?"
If you should invest in n iqttery,
always dream three nighta in auccea
hIod, immediately preceding the day
of the drawing, that your number
drew the capital prize. A Bridgeport
man did this, and the very next day
he saw an announcement lu the pa
per that the drawing had been post
poned for three months !
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