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in THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. JUNE , 1881.-TWELVE A JAUNT IN JAPAN , Costumes and Customs of an Ancient But Progressive Extracts from the Lectures of Irving M. Scotfc in San Francisco. San Francl eo Cull. . In the Temple of Chum Jiangs the great boll , famous throughout Japan and the East for its size anil the purity of its tone. The bell is eighteen foot high anil nine foot in diameter. It is nine inches thick in inctnl. The bolls in our country turn out at the bottom the Japanese bells turn in. In our country the bells have their clapper in the inside in Jnpnji the clnppor is upon the outside , and is a largo beam of wood swung upon ropes , with which they draw it back , anil then lot it strike the outside of the boll. In the temple yard ot Chion there is a famous stone called "Uri Fuishi. " Melons nro said to grow up from it in a single night , each nnving the name of a god written on it. The temple yard and groundd of Chion are beautifully situ- atcd on the hillside overlooking the town and dale that lies between there and the sea. As you approach these grounds , stops and terraces arc fixed For you to climb upwards , and along side of those paths or stuno steps are little booths where those that have come to worship at the temple can amUHO themselves in a practical sort of a way. There are toys tl ore that have heavy bases , and you throw at them with n paper ball , and if you knock this toy over you gain a prize ; if you do not , you have so many shots for so much copper cash. There is A DKVIC'E EVERYWHERE To enable you to drop n few pence , almost similar to the state fairs of the state af California. In Kiota is situ ated 'one of the famous manufactories of porcelain. They make here the celebrated egg shells , the more expen sive of which are painted by hand. Wo also saw in Kiota the school that the government has established to teach the yagasha or dance girls of Japan how to make their own clothing and bo independent. Strange as it appears in n land where everyone works , girls following the profession of dancing up to a very recent time they did not know how to cut or fit their own drosses. The government hafl established an institution whom these girls go and learn these three branches of that most important trade. Ho tolls' us that in Japan thcsu girls were at the mercy of the dress- makers. There is not much difference once in their civilization and ours in that respect. ' The dance girls are r class of people who nro taught danc ing and posturing for the purpose ol amusement in their great shows ami fairs , or for any little entertainment that you want. They nro a distjncl and separate class by themselves , ir instrument Is 'a truitar , the en wo have an entertainment will a Japanese band it is customary to start out with a Japanese dinner ; at a restaurant thai I described a week ago. Then , nftoi you have had the music and the orau gcs and the confectionary and tin salki , it'is in order to have a first class juggler.TIIK TIIK JUOOLEllS. Some of the jugglers are very expert port in the art of jugglery. Wo had famous juggler thoro. Ho did two o three very amusing tilings. Ho tool a watch-chain from one of the party and placed it on the ground. Who ho did to it , I could not toll , but thn watch-chain erected itself , link b link , lookinu like a snake made c gold. Ho then took a little piece c ordinary paper , and rolled it up , lai it on the floor , and hold over it a pa of water. II would then take hold < nu imaginary piuco of string , and tlir little ball would follow it up and dowi Ho let us place our hands under th pan , but there did not appear to L any communication.Vo also went t BOO the annual fair which they hold i Japan. All the cities in Japan hav an exhibition. This exhibition coi Unties , in many cases , all the ye : round. The Japanese liavo a motho of passing you in at the front dee and then you have to follow a trac to got out again , which takes you 1 everything that is exhibited in tl whole building. You can go rnpiill or slowly , as you please. Every art clo you can think of is on oxhibitioi in the way of lacquorwaro , chini bronze , and fabrics of every kind. 1 this fair at Kiota wo wore shown tl firemen's clothes. They make a BU of clothes something like knit clothoi fireproof , which the Japanese fironie wear at fires. A Japanese fire machii : is of wonderful and dangerous coi struction. It js made of a squai \ l > ox , about ns big as an ordinary wiisl * . bosket. There is a projecting lodf It , 5 tw each side , on which two liromc place their feet to hold it. Inside i this box are two pumps , with a lov across , and with that instrument the tackle the fires that take place in tl I * great cities of Japan. It would thro about a gallon a minute , I think , Jri you had good luck with it. In a grei many places in Japan you will fin those lire-engines hanging up by tl two handles' in the porch , BO tin most every respectable family in Jnpi KUKH HIH OWN MATH INI ! . Wo wont to the palace of the Mik do , where ho resided up to the chain in the government. The Jamno ; houses nro built of wood , and all Jaj aneso houses nro built upon the BIVII plan. They have generally a post i the two corners , no that the two tml can bo thrown open to the air ai sunlight , because they Imvo no wii do\rs. If ( hey want another room is added on HO that it can have iU o\\ daylight and sunlight. Inside of th pulaco wo saw the bed of the Mikad The room in which this bed was , wi covered with matting and of oxti thickness , and in the center of th room was a raised platform , about tw inches high , on which waa anothi coating'of matting. That was the be stead of the emperor of Japan. Tl fixtures that were necessary to inak it comfortable and warm , were in tl shape ' of blankets , coverlets , an spreads ' for which the Japanese ai celebrated 'for "thoir " skill in embroil cring and in ornamenting. They hn no furniture in that bed room excej that matting and a rack for th swords. The study of the emperor is in the same style perfectly plain. Ho sits on the Moor when ho wishes to bo devout , mid keeps himself warm by ono of these little hovises which emits more cold than heat. In fact , Jnpnn is built for ft warm climnte , notwithstanding they hnve snow and ice there. They suller extremely from cold on account of their methods of housekeeping and housebuilding and housowarming. In this place wo saw the famous green stone. The Japa nese get an idea that a stone of cer tain character has peculiar virtue , which we1 would think nothing of. They have ono6"f those ri.ANTEl ) IN TIIK EMrEItOn'fl ftAUDEN , and they call your attention to it ns being something wonderful. An old California ! ! that has been used to look at the Comstock lode and at several thousand dollars to a ton would not take a second look at it. They make everything on a miniature scale in Japan. Wo saw some specimens of arch bridges built with stone , and in order to hold the arch up they would put two beams of frame work to pre vent it from coming down , showing that as late ns 1500 they did not know what an arch was for. In the bridges that you find in modern Jnpnn you that has been will see a regular nrch built by somebody that has emigrated there since the change in the govern ment. I will now snow you n stock ing of n Jajianeso lady. This is worn indoors ; thin is the shoo that is worn outdoors [ producing ] . The top of this is covered with matting , the bottom tom is wood , There is n little place in front where the Japanese places his too , and hejlds on to it by the too , and awny ho goes. Now when you leave this shoe come to a house you on the outside. This is the shoo you go in the house with ; it was very troublesome for nn American whe were boots to keep taking his boot ? off in gettintg around the old temples , Now , this is a Japanese horse-shoo. This was on the emperor's war-horse. The Japanese put their horses' hooft into a shoo like that. If you happen to meet a Japan ceo on horseback , which is not often , you will BOO r string of these horse-shoes tied to hie siiddlo. siiddlo.UK DOES HIS OWN HIWEINO. The coolies of Japan wear a shoe like that , except that it is made to fi the soles of their feet , nnd with noth ing on their feet except that , the ; travel around in the ice , slush am snow , and attend to their work. Tin stilts of Japan nro made dilleren from ours. They take a rod of bam boo and fit a little place for the foot I rest upon. The object is so that tha universal too of Japan can get aroum that bamboo. A Japanese woshin machine consists of two posts of ban ; boo mndo in a cross. They stic those in a tub , where they wash , an it costs about two cents of our monoj While wo were in Japan wo heard e two very handsome Japanese ladiei If there is anything nn American like [ | it is to see a handsome woman , eve if it is n Japanese. In this particulr case we climbed one 'hundred ' an eight granite steps at the top of whic ) i was a handsome tea house , whoi i Ulun to * i * man nose , in fact. Ono of the ludi was so blessed. Her name translate was Gold , and her sister's name wi Glass. Wo wished to bo very pollt and talked to them with our ham and motions. For at least half t hour wo made remarks about the beauty and the manner of living i Japan , when all of a sudden wo wo startled by a statement of facts thu "Will you have whisky or will yi have brandy ? " We had sniel som thing about these ladies which wo d not wish them to hear , and you ci imagine the fix of those gontlomi who were present. ACCOMl'LISHKl ) I.AIIIEH. Then in order to convince us th they know something of America , 01 of these Indies picked up a guitar ai sang. "Yinkco Doodle , "Sherman , march through Georgia , " and. " 0 John Brown. " Then , in order convince us that there iiccomplis ments were nut uonfied to ono In guago only , ono of them sang 11 "Witch by the lUnno , " and told that her name was Mary Malon and that she was nn Irish ladyl Thu were four or live gentlemen descend' ' these ono hundred nnd eight ste with a small idea of themselves. V had an opportunity of seeing tl Japanese method of cleaning ric They take a stump of a tree , hoik out the top of it , and in that they p their rico. The object of the Jnpanc is to "hull" without breaking t grain. Then ho had a niallot of small piece of wood. When the t < of the piece of wood comes down i the rice , the grains , slipping ov each either , will loosen the "hull then they put the block of wood < the end of a lever , and permit it drop upon the rico. Ho repents th operation , and they got this rico hull Wo visited the great Dibutz ngai The original Dibutz of Kioto was 1 feet high. This was broken by a grc . earthquake , nnd ono of the fellov , because this great god had not pi toctod them , went ui > nnd shot an t row into him , in order to "got ovoi with him , and set up a smaller bron Dibutz nlxmt 00 foot high. Ho p ( this up in the your Ki8li. Soon aft this \yns done his son came , and was like most of the sons of tradition high men short of cash. Ho to down this bronze Dibutz and MKLTXll HIM UI' And put him into the coin of t realm , and put him into circulatio The pri'Bimt Dibutz . . is _ . a badly-oxoci i ? i. # ii i ed , wooden imitation of the ; one , Hero there is the temple of t ! fiOO idols , and they are all worshippi for some particular virtue. In tl Diuuo temple is the urcluirv ran where the famous archers of .lap ; practised before they went out to i their great deeds of battle , and tin j show in the coiling now some of ti arrows left there by their great me Wo also saw in this same place a mo ument called Mimuka , that was bu ra to commemorate one of the battl iso with the Corenns. They captured o great number of the Coruans , in ord ur to have a very vivid recollection urd > them , they cut their earn oft' and te > i 10 them up to Kioto , buried them the : 10o and erected a monument. From he 10 wo went to Osaka. Osaka was t ! 10d - place whore these famous stone wa ! do o wore built with stones forty feet Ion 1d eighteen feet high , eight and BOV < , d and feet thick. At the town of Osa ! wo saw uu old boat which they state o 1,000 years old. It was made of t ! lug of two trees ) ! and neatly joined to gether in the centre. This is preserv ed in the * museum. ANTIQt'ATKIl roSTt'MKS. We also saw in this museum an idol , representing the dre esef the Mika do nnd of his wife a thousand years ago. We were also shown silk and sat in dresses , and also these nice little pictures which Mrs. Mikado hasjtohavo in that country t" keep her good-na tured. We also saw here the famous sword exercise given by two of the most famous swordsmen of Japan - Aklyana and Mishida. The exercise was very interesting ; they had swords about six feet long and dotiblo-hamlcel. Tlieso swords were covered over with bamboo to prevent them from doing harm to each other. They put on their Japanese war dress , nml on the plat form in the yard they went through their sword oxcrciso , which we would call fencing , but their great object scomcel to bo to try and hit the other man over the head and make him jump. The people sat there in the open air. It was cold weather , and very frosty in the morning. They would bring these little boxes of charcoal down in order that yon could keep warm. They also bring a little teapot. They make cast-iron teapots , ornamented in gold amlsilver on the outside with all kinds of animals. Osaka is a great com mercial town of Japan. Tlioro is activity everywhere. The dealing in isinglass is a very active one in Japan. They ship it and export it to China. Wo also visited the Temple of Osaka. The temples of Japan are very much alike. There is A IIUONZI : row , At the Temple of Osaka , which has remarkable virtues. We faithfully subscribed to nil of the directions which the Japanese gave us in regard to the wonderful cures to bo made by following out their customs , and we wont through our travels without n complaint of sickness or trouble , which wo attributed to rubbing ourselves Uf against this bronze cow. Wo alst saw in one of these temples a wooden idol , Bluzuni , who was one of the six' teen disciples of Buddah , and U have a rub of that wooden idol is te wash away all your sins and set you straight , and as there \vas no othoi way 'of reforming omb of our party except that , wo made each man take : good square rub against "Uluzurn. " TIIK .JAVANESE MODK OF 'TUAVjU.lN : ( is on foot mostly. If there is anything a California ! ! hates it is walking When you get to a hill they have m institution called n "cargo. " It is i scantling about 0 by 4 , and suspends by two loops is a little platform where you can sit down , and on th top of this little roof is u place whor you can put your valise. You can si down on this "cargo" unel let you feet hang down , or stick your feet use so that they can look at you ; but th si'/.o of the feet of some of our part prevented that , and wo were oblige to lot them hang down ! The Japanc ; : s travel with this about forty-fivo seconds ends on one shoulder , anil then the stop and put it on the other shouldei j * reight is carried up the mountaii ' by a little arrangement on 'tho bacl o From Osaka wo passed back again t i. tokl _ 08Hi islands , and was said to bo one of tl Hi most beautiful rides anywhere in tl OS world. Wo had an unusually smuot passage. Wo went in and aroun is and among islands which were tc in raced from the water's odt'o to tl ir top of their peaks , for thp purpose < in growing rice. It gives great beaut res to the landscape , for while the lam s : scape ) is small and subdued compare ) U with ours , it convoys the impressic oid of amost perfect system of cultivntio'i id Their villages and towns were at tli in foot of these hills. From these vi 311 luges were plying numerous crafts fi fishing and other purposes. After ride for a day and a half wo came ii at to the harbor of Nagasaki. That no one of the oldest ports in Japni id Hero is where the Dutch first nine 's their settlement , and where tl Id Tortugoso made their settlement son to 1300 years ago. THE UHKrt OK I1A.MIIOO. n- liu Hero wo also saw one of the fc us tures of Japan , and that is , the u : they niaku of bamboo. I do notkno ro of anything that would bo mote vnlu roml bio to California , or any climate whe it would grow , than this one article JS bamboo , Tf I can recall the uses lie which I si\v : it put I will give them you. If you see a Japanese ship or ) W small boat a schooner or a jacht , lit wo would cull thorn you will see th se the masts are of bamboo , the yards n lie of bamboo , the sails are of bambo the ropes are of bamboo , and ti op poles with which she scuds along < comes up to the wharf are of bambo or The captain's slippers are made bamboo , and the carpet in the en 311 tain's room is made of bamboo. I ] teat drinking cup may bo of bamboo , ai at many of the ornaments are largo stall oil of bamboo , carved. They use it f n. scaffolding to build their houses. Tin n.GO make their partitions in all their nun .at ern houses with a not-work of bambo 'B , on which they fix their plaster , o- place of laths , as. wo do. They use ir- for clothing , for pipe-atoms. Tin 11" pipe their hot and cold water IZO bamboo pipes ; they make string liter toys and fans of bamboo , ai or bamboo makes the handsomest gro' ho that we saw in our travels slond homl ml and straight , and its folingo was i ok feathery as it is possible to conceir Inside of the castle at Kioto the tine grove said to exist in the world v he HUW. It has been under cultivatii n. for many years , and is not allowed 1 itor bo cut down , and is kept with grc or care ; the uses to which bamboo ho converted by the Japanese makes ud indispensable ; in fact , bamboo , rii lis and tea are the great things of Jupn : t'u The financial condition of Japan wi 111 ! not brilliant when wo were ther Jo Their exports were less than their in > y ports. Their paper money was worl lie sixty-five cent * on the dollar. It hi n. no number on it , nor was there in n.n - promise to redeem it all all , I am to ilt they have a machine in the Mikadc pulaco , and when hogot short of fiuu he gave it a few more turns and tl or people were obliged to take his coi of age without any discount. At Nag uk suki wo bixw what is known as the n ire tionul dance , or , in their languag re "Johnny Keno. " This dance has tv ho or three interpretations of it. Tl Us usual dunce of "Johnny Keno" is tl .posturing , and the music on the ii i en Bt'rumontsl liavu ( already describe * ka Then they got up a game of forfeit is and on the catching of a word that tl ho game seems to turn upon , the onoth is caught is obliged to pay a forfeit. They begin by giving such articles that they have in their sleeves , which is the pocket of a Japanese lady , and if the game is prolonged long enough , the dancer I'AHTS WITH AI.I , op HIS ri/iTiuxo. These nro extreme eudonccs of the dance. In other cases , it is confined to the posturing and payment of such forfeits as are within reach. From Najas.ika we took the steamer and passed out of the hiuhor , when the bolls of the great temple were ringing with that soft and mellow soundlicaia nouhcres oulsides of those old tem ples , and sailed out to the coal mines which the Japanese ate opening. Japan has some gold and silver and iron mines. The feature of the coal mine was to see these young Japanese girls handling coal. The coal is placed in coal buckets holding almutn pock , and they pass it from one to another. A more joyful sot of people I never saw , They sing and hum and joke together. The Japanese enjoy jokes. They put you in mind of grown up children playing. These girls work faithfully if the weather is dry ; when it is min ing they do hi ) work. From there wo crossed the Yellow Sea to China. I supposed , before I crossed that Yellow- Sea , that the name was an arbitrary one , but the waters are muddy , and it lakes its color from the dust which is said to come from the great elesert of Tartary , about 1,000 miles nway. AH wo crossed that sea the rigging and sails of the ship , and everything that had a flat surface or lodge , was covered with a coating of this dark , red dust. Wo passed along this sea on a hot , sultry day , the oiled of which was tc make every one sick. I saw but little of thp sea before two o'clock in the morning , when our ship ran high ami dryon ] the mud banks of the Yang-tscv kiang. We awoke to finel wo wore shiprcckcd , and went on board to sec what it looked liko. Our ship hat gone on to a mud bank , and the tidi had loft us thoro. HERDING INJTHE WEST. Interview With an Old Montani Cow Boy IntorostinR Facts Ro' garding Herding and How to Sto ] a Stampede * "How do you like herding cattle ? asked a Toronto Globe reporter of ai old drover just homo from Montana "I like it well enough , but it is no the fine easy life most people suppose The general idea of a cow boy is magnificent personage with a blac moustache , dressed in a suit of volve trimmed with silver fringe and gel dollars , u broad-brimmed hat , BUI mounted by n waving plume of eagle : feathers , spurs , with rowels si inches long , carrying iv sum arsenal of destructive woaj ons upon his person , and mounted iij coal-black mill on a magnificent - or white horse. Now this idea is a wi-ong. The cow-boy is just the sain as any other person. His clothe would not stand inspection on Kin street ; ho may carry a revolver , bi ho does not always do so. His horse 'a pretty good animal , but it will nc begin to compare with an Englis hunter. Finally , his spurs not hn . . , . . 6 " " - 1. T. .nroo 'lltM copt when ho is engaged in roundir up a herd. I tell you the boys hai great fun reading the descriptions i themselves and their work. " "WHAT is A COW-HOY ? " queried the reporter. "A cow-boy a man who herds cattle. They are a called cow-boys. The cow-boy m.-i bo sixteen or sixty years old , but 1 is a boy , nevertheless. " "Wliat e ! you mean by rounding up a herd' "Throughout the summer a gang i men are at work branding the calve There are usually three men in a gaiij I am speaking now of how they el business in Montana. The counti there is cut iip into almost innumeR bio valleys , each occupied by a hei of cattle. When the bramlors onti one of these valleys , their first bus ness is to drive all the cuttle teethe ; in one place so that the calves may IK bo separated from the herd , and it n quires some pretty sharp riding to el it. After the herd is rounded , tl calves with their mothers are sopi 90 rated from the herd , driven to a coi IW nil , and branded. a" ItUANm.VO THE OATTLK. ro This is comparatively easy work , i of tote the calves will not stampede , and tli cows will not le.vvo them. Even ton thing is called a calf that is not brain n ed. They iiro br.mded by biirnin us the owners mark on them with hi Ilt | irons. " "How is it that incorrect n rene ports of your work get into tl papers"Why / , a reporter is soi no out there , instead of taking a horsi or and riding with the boys foi n fe o.of days , HO that he could see for himse wliat the work was , and how it . performed , ho will stay a night at tl .IS camp-fire ami talk with the boy id ks drink some whisky , and go away sa isfied that he knows all about herdin erin and driving cattlo. Of course th orI cow-boys will tell him all kinds c stories , and ho will publish the whoj thing. You cannot imagine how ridi in ulous some of these stories aro. " nuiviNo t'ATTLK TO MAIIKET. . i "What about driving cattle 1 in market. " "That is quite a difforei id job. The drivers start now. A dim k'U seldom contains less than 2,000 hen ore of cattle , or more than ( > , ( JOO heat If , as is frequently the case , ono mn does not own L',000 head , two or thn men will join droves to make up tl required number. There is ono mn to every 100 cattle up to 300 , and 01 man to every 500 after that. Bi there must bo a night g.mg ns well i those who herd in the day , whic doubles the number of men. The drive from ten to fifteen miles a da ; the cattle being allowed to take the ownlimo , " e , PEMWUTION OF A e'ATTI.K STAMl'KII ii- "Does the heiil stampede very fr iith quently ? " id Not very often , but when thoyd idy > it is a serious affair. They usual id stampede without any apparent caus t's I remember sitting on my horse 01 Is night , everything quiet , and the eatt 10 mostly lying down. Suddenly nn o II- steer jumped up with a loud snort. ] IIa - five bocemds over 4,000 head of catt aa - were on their feet , with tails up , ai ao , tearing away over the prairie likotttn ro horses. That was the worst stnmpeu IO. I over saw. They ran fully eight mil 10 before ) wo could stop .them. - "How to stop .them , " ' 'Turn ' voi il. hornowid ride after them , for all yt 8 | are ) .worth , i Thorp is no sparing he > V 10 flesh then. If you happen to bo in il nt way of the stampede you have got tutu mighty quick or you will got run down. Luckily our horses arc very sure fo"ted. When you have ridden a few miles you will catch up with the leaders of the stampede. Then you must turn thorn. Hide along llio out side leader nttd crowd him in upon his neighbor. Keep prodding anil strik ing him and ho will gradually him from you , forcing the eitiiers to dn the same. Then keep them turningandypu will soon have the herd running in n cir cle. Once the circle is formed you must crowd them on all . Bides. gradually narrowing the circle until the here ! gets so jammed that it is impossible for them to run. Then the stampede is over , and neither you , your horse , or the cattle are sorry. llio cattle lie down , you exchange your tired horse for n fresh ono , and but for the marks left on the prnirin by the run , there is no sign that any thing unusual has happened , I should sny that each man usually has throe horses. " "Herding , must then , bo very exciting work ? "No , it is not. These ugly runs occur very rarely. and in general our work is as dull ana monotonous as yeni could well imagine. Your boys who go out west toacrd cattle thinking it is all fun , are usually sadly mistaken. " There is n mistaken impression at the east that a "round-up ' means n general gathering together of cattlo. from hnmonce distances , in ono grnnet "bunch , " at some general point of concentration Such is not the case. The owners , or rancheros , are very numerous , and each has his retainers , who nro divided into several groups of horsemen , each being nssigncel a elis- trict to work up. Inthis way the .vaqueros" or riders , of one owner may if ho is a largo proprietor , bo di vided into several bands. They dis tribute themselves over the homo range first , perhaps , and take out such cattle as bear the owner's biand , drive them into a "bunch , " and leaving them herded under guard , while they proceed to an adjoining " " "round range and "cut out" fromtho up" there all the cattle belonging to their employer in the same way , in no case interfering with stock that do not bear the proper brand. Any unbend ed cattle found em the "nomo mngo" of any rancher may bo claimed anil held by him unless identification shall afterwards bo clearly established bj other cattle men. Grazing is entirelj a matter of reciprocation * v system ol give an el take , which cannot be dis ponseel with in a country of thin gras : K a i and thinner settlements. When all the cattle that belong to t particular owner are "cutoff" fron the various "round-ups , " of whicl there may bo twenty or thirty in i largo district , they are driven to tin home range and rcbranded , if it is re quired. The calves are L'AllErim.Y IIIIANDEO after separation from the cows , and strange as it may seem , there is generally orally little loss from mistakes of dii fcront herds. Some owners resort t extrai relinary form of mutilation ii order to place identification of stoc boyonel all question. Slit ears , lacoi atod necks , sa wed-off horns , and so or can bo observed by hundreds nmon most herds upou the plains. "Rounding-up" is a very tcdiou " in . . costume , and must have from three t a _ dozen horses or "cow ponies" nt h disposal. No tents are 'taken alonj but a primitive cooking outfit is indit pensablo , and meals nro prepared c sumo rendezvous previously well con sidered. In stormy weather the me endure the greatest privations , and ar often compelled to ho out sholterles all night , wet to the skin. The mncl ; eros exorcise a general supervisio 'over all , and , of course , have got t share the hardships of n roundmg-u campaign in their own interests. The round-up season begins , on ai average , in the month of May of eae year , anywhere from the 5th to llitli , r This season it was made later becnua of the general weakness of the cattle and this same reason will cause th ! r conclusion of the work to bo very mucl B _ | behind this summer. lo Portions of round-up outfits can b seen till along the railroad. The mo ; 10 are mounted and dressed somewha like Mexican frontiersmen , and do no r- appear to bo having n very oxhilar.it ing time , as the cattle nro too lam is from starvation to show much play In a few weeks from now the interes of the round-up will bo at its height but no approximation of the white losses can no given until all the range are heard from some five weeks hence ) In many parts of Wyoming , and i : a great portion of Colorado , sheep nr rapidly taking the place of cattle although the mortality among thoi during the winter was almost as grea as among horned stock. A Bride's Terror. Chcj CIIMC Sun. On the west-bound Union Pacifi train yesterday was a newly weddoi pair , who were as loving and tondo as people in that interesting conditio ; of life usually aro. They had a sec tion in a sleeping car ami were on bridal trip to the Pacific coast. Near Sidney a wheel on the slcopu was broken , and the train stopped a that place about an hour to put on now pair of wheels. Hero Mr. Good win , who Is the bridegroom alluded tei got out to kick up his heels mid lee ] around , and while ho was absorbing the beauties of nature and some otho things about the town , the train whicl is OHO of those things that doesn't wni for time or the "tied , " quietly rolloi out , leaving Mr. Goodwin and bearin 1 ; ; away his bride , Then there was consternation ii Sidney , and on board the Pullman The bride was in a state Ixmloriiij on distraction because of her los liege , nnd vainly , though irnnti cally , did the groom put in hi E. best locomotion to catch the retreat ing train. As ho and his bride wer one , with a very clear case of "n pas senger on board that was left behind , it was fun for everybody else oxccp o. the two most deeply interested , 10 Failing to catch the trainon foot h lo clambered into the cab of n locomotiv Idle which happened to bo pulling abou [ n the place and earnestly solicited holi lo The engineer , a tender hearted inn id with a tender , saw how it was , an uu proceeded to obtain proper authorit , lees as quickly as possible , and stnrte es with Mr. Goodwin on a stern chas after the Hying train , that was tryin ur to inako up an hour of lost time an JU .which was prom } of a now nair.,1" so , ivhoola. .Away the extra rain. . . . lie on the wings oflovo and sympath to and steam. Goodwin petted the en gineer nnd fireman , nnd helped lo shovel coal , nnd at Antelop" , , ' < 7 miles west , the wild-eyd r."r..ung husband overlook the heartless cars that had run away with his brand no\v wife , and soon they weio happy again in each other's arms. " ' " ' " Mark Twnin's Mino. New York Tribune "Mark Twain's" nnrrow escape froni becoming a pocket miner has never been told. It is worth recording , as it gave him tin story of the " .lumping Frog , " and sent him off along the line of the literary lode , and set him to searching therein for "fwckets" of fun. In 1805 Mark , weary of Bohemian life in San Francisco , wont up into the mining regions erf Tuolumne county to rusticate with some old friends , Steve , Jim and Billy Gillis. Jim Gillis was and is one of the most expert pocket miners of California. Although edu cated with a view of eventually fighting the battle of life as n physician , nnd though still finding n solace in his leisure moments in the works of Latin and Greek authors that repose on their shelves in their cabin , ho ie booked for life as a pocket minor. Thu business has charms for him that biliel him to it in chains of gold chains that bind more firmly 4that iron 01 steel. Show him a particle of quart : gold on the side of a mountain , and il it came to where it was found througl the processes of accidents of nature , undisturbed in any way by the interference feronco of man , ho will ns unerring ! } trnco it to its golden source as tin boe-hunter will follow the boo to iti hoard of * wects. Mark Twain found the Bohemia ! style of mining practiced oy the Gillii brothers to bo very attractive. Hi and Jim Gillis took to the hills ii search of golden pockets , and spoil some days in hunting for the undis turbcd trail e > f an uneliscovcrod deposit Finally they struck a golden bep-line They were two or three days in fol lowing it up , as it was necessary i carry each sample of dirtncpnsiderabl distance to a small stream in the beef of a canon in order to pan it out Each step made sure by golden grains they at last came to the pocket. I was a cold , dreary , drizzling elay whe the home eloposit was found. Th first samples carried to the strcai and washed yielded but a few cents Although the right vein had been dii covered , they had as yet founel but th , tail of the pocket. Returning to th , vein they dug a sample from a no place , and were about to carry it dow the ravine anil test it. when the rai began to pour down heavily , an Mark , with chattering teeth , declare ho would remain no longer. Ho said there was no sense in free ing to death , as in a day or two , whe it was bright and worm , they cou ; return anil pursue their invcstigatioi in comfort. Yielding to Mark's 01 treaties , backed as they were by h blue nose , humped back , and gene rlly miserable and dejected appon ance , Jim emptied the sack of di upon the ground , first having writti and posted up a notice of their clai to a certain number of feet on tl B vein , which notice would be good f thirty days. Angle's Camp being no great distance , while their cab was some miles away , Mark and Ji hotel in the little mining camp w is kept by Coon Drayton , an old Miss : sippi river pilot , nnd at his house tl half-drowned pocket miners foui shelter. Mark having for some yea , followed the business of pilot on tl Mississippi , ho and Coon were soc great friends , and swapped scores < yarns. It continued to rain for thn days , nnd until the weather cleare up Mark and Jim remained at Coon , hotel. Among the yarns told Mark by Coi was that of the "Jumping Frog , " ni it struck him is being so comical th ho determined to write it up in # > < shape ; and when ho returned to t ] Gillis cabin , Murk set to work up < it. Ho also wrote some sketches life in the mines for The San Frnneisi Morning Call. Mark did not think much of the frog story after it had r ceived the finishing touches ns ho d when he first heard it. He gave son other sketches the preference , and sei them to The Call and other paper ' Steve Gillis , however , declared it wi the best thing ho had written , and m vised him to save and publish it in book of sketches that was talked o A literary turn having thus been give to the thoughts of the inmates of tl Gillis cabin , n month passed without return to the business of pocket mil ing. ing.While While the days were passed I Mark and his friends in discussii the merits of the "Jumping Frog other prospectors \7f.o not idle , trio of Austrian miners who were 01 in search of gold-bearing quartha ] penod upon the spot where Mark an Jim had dug into their ledge. It wi bnt a few days nftcr they had rotreate from the spot in the pouring rain. Tl Austrian prospectors were not a litt astonishcel at seeing the ground lite ally glittering with gold. Where tl dirt emptied from the sack had bee dissolved and washed away by tl rain lay some three ounces of brig ] epuartz gold. The Austrians were m long in gathering this , but the speed discovery of the notice forbade the delving into the deposit whence came , They could only wait and watch nn pray in the hope that the parties wli put np the notice would not rotur while it still holu good. The sun tin rose on the morning of the day nfte the Twain-Gillis notice expiied sa the Austrians in possession of th ground , with n notice of their owi conspicuously and defiantly nostei The nisw owners cleaned out th pocket , obtaining a little over 87f > 0 in n few days. Had MarkTwain s bed bone hold out a little longer the sac of diit would Imvo boon washed and tli grand discovery mado. Ho would nu then Imvo gone to Anglo's Camp , am would never have heard or written U ] the story of "Jumping Frog"-tli story which gave him his first "boost in the literary world. Had Mar found that gold ho would have settle down as a pocket miner. Ho woul never have given up the chase , and t this day , when gray as a badger , Ii would have been pounding quartz i Jim Gjllis' "pard" in the Sierra Nt vnda mountains. ! . - you think of takir bummer Wnlerb'tirnt try to biyak youitu pi the habit of eating in youn ihirt sluevi aha of au > i > m , yemr kui/o iuUi the vnriui dlshe * nu th * table. It is not e-onMilcre form.- ( Court Journal. . THE FATE OF A FAST YOUNG I I 1 MAN. \ It'a cnrioiH Isn't it , Hilly- ; The change * that twelve months mny brinir. Last year I wna nt Saratoga , As happy nnd rich ( is a king - t was raking in pools on the race * , And feeing the waiters with "ten,1 And sipping mint juleps by twilight ; And to-day 1 am here In the 'Ten , ' "What led me to do it ? " What always LcmU nien to destruction and crime ? The Prodigal Bon , whom you've read of , Hag filtered somewhat In his time ; He spends hN substance as freely An the Hlbllcal fellow of old , Hut when it I * gone he fancies The hunks will turn into gold. Champagne , n box nt the opera , High ntcpshlle fortune Is flunh , The paswlonates kis of women Whose checks hnvo forgotten to blush The old , old story , Hilly. Of pleasures tlmt cntf in tears The froth tlmt foams for an hour , The dregs that are tasted for years. Lact night ns 1 < < at here and pondered On the end of my evil ways , There rose like n phantom before me The vision of boyhood ilnyn. 1 thought of my old home , Hilly , Of the school-house that stood on the hill , Of the brook that ilowcel through the meadow 1 can e'en hear Us music still. Again I thought of my mother , Of the mother who taught me to pray , Whose lo\o was a precious treasuie That 1 heedlessly cast away. I saw again in my visions The fresh-lipped careless boy To horn the future was boundless , And the past a mighty toy. I thought of all thU as I cat here Of my mined and wasted lifo And the pungs of remorse were bitter , They pierced my heart like a knife. It takes some courage , Hilly , To laugh In the face of fate , When the yearning ambitions of manhood Are blasted at twenty-eight. [ Illinois SUte Prison Convitt. VOTARIES OF THE "KUI/T. " The Culture of the Intense Break ing oat in America. lldrtlonl Courtuit. There are certain phases of foolish sentimentality with which the writer , t however skilled in sarcasm or caricature tn to ture , cannot adequately cope. They o require pictorial delineation. Ono of n these phases is the strange form of j. ( esthetic mania which has been preva 3- lent in England for some time , nnd is 3,0 breaking out hero anil there in our ,0 own country. It is difficult to de ,0W scribe it without seeming to _ be ex II travagant , for the nature of it is ex IId IIn travagance , and when its expressions d nro reproduced in pictures or language id they look like caricatures. It is full of "aspiration. " It is "severe , " and z- above all "intense. " It is full of ztd "soul. " Ordinary language is inade td quate for the utterance of its emo IB tions , and it finds expression in sighs , ' } " wild glances , abrupt gestures , ago isr nizing attitutes which are supposed to r- be "sculpturesque , " and incohorcut rr - exclamations. It delights to drees rrt women nnd adorn dining rooms with 3n a combination of faded tints splashed 3nm hero and there with blotches of color. ie It hangs hideous old plates on the or wall , and makes the fireplace flare at with dreary parasols. The dado is its in delight. It disports itself in peacock in feathers. It affects very tight and ' ' " rt"nnd Mz7.es the \'i"- \ rt"-- . t - - " - * front hair in a "frightfully fine man is- ner. It cultivates an unhappy yearn lie ing expression of countenances , and id indulges in the most astonishing rs forms of ecstatic speech. lien The votaries of the "kulf'aro invat > n riably a languid and dejected set. It of is not "good form" to bo cheerful. If BO some lean , long-haired young man id ' wails forth an inane song ( rondel , he 's calls it ) in a gusty strain which termi nates in something like a howl , a sol- sn emn-visaged woman , apparelled in id what looks like a scanty lot of twisted at gray towelling , Hops limpidly down on jd the divan , clenches her hands , and ex lie claims that "it is star-like. " m This "kult" has a language of its of own. Our readers nro familiar with COOS its " awful " " utter " "awfully , "utterly , OS "too too. " Ono of its pet adjectives cid is "consummate. " No other word so id nearly expresses what may bo called 10 its " of ! " These "height quietness ex lit clamations to derive are supposed n 'S.IS certain additional emphasis by being ISd uttered with the chin lirmly sot in the d- clenched fist with both da , or kneestight- a ly clasped with the outstretched arms. if.in This wretched cultivation of hyste in ric self-consciousness this - , hypercriti 10a cal affection of deep emotion , has a made its way not only into artistic 11- circles , but into the realms of music , literature and religion. It sots silly folks into imaginary ecstacies over pic tures that are simply hideous ; over poems that are worse thairtho pic tures ; over music of the modern ro mantic school that is tin utter confu sion of sounds , that makes it impossi ble to ssy whether the fiddles nre saw ing off right or wrong notes ; nnd over sermons nnd ceremonies that are inexcusable nnd abominable trash. The Misses Prigsby clasp their knees while a ' 'song without words" is i imply played , and say "they never listen to Mendollsohn. " But why not ? "Because ho has no falsa notes'/ / " You can detect a false note in the playing of the music of Mozart as readily ns a finger-print on burnished silver , but , in ono of the "romantic" symphonies of the "intense" school , n miulmnn might bo fiddling away meanwhile , nnd nobody would suspect tlmt it was not "consummate. " Tail Trees. i Thu tallest tiecs in the world are in Australia. A fallen tree in Gippsland measured -itr : feet from the root to the highest point of the branches. Another , standing in the Diindenong district in Victoria , is estimated to bo 450 feet from the ground to the top. Going for Bndoiuu Cincinnati ( lauttc. Now that Adam Badeau has finished his life and campaigns of Gen. Grant ho should return to the war depart ment the papers ho took for use in that work , There is a belief that ho had rather a free and looserun of the department for his purpose. Natur ally n suspicion attaches to persons who Imvo been allowed to run loose among the archives when any of them are missing , especially if no object can bo seen in it. As an example , the re port of the proceedings in the court of inquiry on Gen , . Itaoll that remarka ble court which , was appointed to ac cuse , but remained to admire has disappeared from the files of the de partment.
