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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-11
WHICH ROAD.

ChlcAxo Herald.
IN row could 20 back 10 the forks OF the road
zach the lens mites yea have carried the load
Rsrk 10 the place where ycu had 10 decide
Nv tais way or that through yoas life 70 abide;
nsek Of the sorrow and back o. the care:
Rack "a the place where tia future Was fair
m you were shere now, = aeession Go make.
on, pilgrim Of sorrow. Which road woald ron
take
Then. after you'd ro.asn the other iong track.
suprusc then again o. TIE sosks yea went back.
Afser you fcand thai IS premises tair
wsrs hus aeiustoa that led to q snare
That the rad yoa Esss trsyesed with siEhs ard
uarexi
ThcsSA areary and ROACH was mes, eraescnsiy
h,~st
win easra toe each cruise snd charm fov each
ache.
Oh. rslxsssa 81 sorrow. which road weaii yca
sasee
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rnE LAND OF DRowsImEAD.

Boston Globe.
rve wandered East. I've wandered West;
10 naany = spot my feot have sped.
But there h one love the best,
OF ell wherein I've made my bed:
whate'eF'e been WRIT wAate'ef's bean said,
BY men, o there's no place for rest
Like the dear Land Of Drowxtheadl
Bus JUST this side the gates Of aleep,
perfume rafc. me seems, IL she'd
From poppy blooms whose breath reap.
And poppy leaves. me seems, ere spread
Ger ali the path that must tread,
A. on my way 70 dreams keep
Thro' that sweet Land Of Drowsihead.
Ihavs no hopes. have no fears.
take NO thought for daily bread:
EArth's hum my soul but vaguely hesrs,
I'm not alive. nor en- I dead.
And yet Of Time loss the thread.
Myself - aonc gray ghost appears
In that dim Land Of Drowslhead.
A halfway house bstwixt the strife
OF day and night. who does not dread
TO nnd the world Of dreams IL rife
With foes ~ that from which he's 0cd?
An on his way 10 sleep he's led.
Who'd not lay down the load Of life
In this fair Land Of Drowsidcade
'Tis not Nirvana Yet. for grace.
lis next 10 that The heart that bled
Bus now finds here in this still place.
The peace for which Il long has plead.
Ny weary spirit. o It's fe0
From Leths. For q little space
rest In this dear prowsihead.
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The dull stain has deepeness and grown.
Little Father" that res,s BY your throne
And iol where the tortured ones are,
Riggs cry o'cr the snow fields ATARI
VIII you hear il. q Cxarf
In the huss and the homes Of your realm
Rides power that must needs oyerwheim-
Aud on the horixcn . star
Trvmhles caughs on the sunsets red scar.
VIII YOU scc IT, o Csars
Chained hands In taelr sgony lift.
Thoughts unclaimed aud desperate drtft
Acroas the wide seas 20 the bar
Where stands our New World avatay.
VIII you heed them. q Carr
When the thunder Of footsteps shall break
Az the gates of your pslxcc. Al! shake
To tmpu!sSxns tlnssl your crows.
Dare you trust TO your Muxcoyile irown.
That tamult 10 dowag
s;ca rssSns. and the wall Of your child.
Securscss. knoasied. betrayed and and exiied.
Shall pierce thrcaga the unsscrse--rsar
Til the thunder that breaks IT your door
shall be ssslied evcsmore'
HIDES r Clark
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ON uRxEN I.AKKs

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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-14

Here the designers have provided for the
benefit of visitors large area consisting
of n great central hall, which under able
management would prove one of the
special attractions of the tower. The
hall would be of an octagonal form,
10000 feet area and sixty feet high, the
spaces between the eight legs of the
tower at the angles of the octagon form
ing eight recesses for restaurants, manage
ment rooms, etc. Over the recesses, and
clustered round the central hall, the
authors suggest the construction OF
hotel, of ninety bedrooms, with oil
necessary baths and other accommodation.
AS the special features which the hotel
could offer would be the advantages of
pure air, sunlight and open prospects,
the whole OF the bedrooms have been
placed on the external faces of the tower,
The restaurants on the main platform
would provide dining accommodation,
one being especially set apart for the use
of residents, and the kitchens would be
arranged on the mezzanines over the
scrving-rooms attached to the restaurants.
Tbirn1o Ne,rs
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-14

For several days during my sojourn in
the city workmeu were engaged in NOV
ing from tie Vera Cruz Railroad station
to the national museum great basaltic
porphyry idol-thc "Goddess of Water"
An Aztec idol of uncouth appearance,
strangely and intricatcly carved, it came
from the region south of Tlaxcala, where
Cortes found his first resistance and af-
terward his most approved and courage
GUS allies. Its weight, by the railway
scales, was twenty tons. Boilers, mono
jiths and ponderous machinery of great
weight are moved on trucks by the use Of
horses without much ado in our North
ern cities. In Mexico it was slung aS it
rested on iron rails from under the axles
of e. vehicle with wheels ten feet
in diameter, and moved slowly by
horses and capstans over rail-
road track laid down upon the
pavement. A guard of soldiers, almost
as numerous as the gang of workmen,
were observant of the work. The idol
advanced about block day, and was
fortnight in getting into position. I'm
doubtcdly it is the heaviest object trans
ported through the streets of Mexico
since the days before the conquest, when
relays of Aztscs, thousands in number.
laboriousIy brought the great calendar or
sacrificial stone to the teocalli where
Montezuma, and the priests who pre-
ceded him, performed the death-dcaling
rites of their gloomy religion. There are
few, very Few, misunderstanding bust
ling, steam propelled, coal-consuming,
iron-requiring factories of modern times
in Mexico. There are few of the
great wholesale and distributing houses
Of our commercial cities to fill the streets
with numerous vans and loads of mer-
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Glad She Tilted the Judge.

The famous Police Judge Duffy, of New
York city, is generally stern and digni-
fed, but he was completely upset the
other day by remarkable occurrence.
1t seems that prisoner in his court Of
fcred rs bail Mrs. Sarah A. Hall, wife Of
the music publisher. "Can anyone pres
cnt identify you?" asked the Judge. 81
think you can do that" replied Mrs.
Hall, smiling sweetly. Judge Duffy de-
manded an explanation, whereupon
Mrs. Hall told him that when he taught
school twenty years ago she was teach
or in the same institution, and that he
had then asked her to marry him.
There was a giggle in court, and the
Judge, making the best of it, said:
"And suppose you arc glad that you re-
fused mc'" Every glad, SIR" was tho
startling reply. Judge Duffy hastily &C.
cepted the bond and darted out OF the
courtroom without his hat, followed by
one of the officers, who carried it tc
him. The veteran Police Judge was
never so badly ratified in all his life, and
al! New York is laughing at his dis
ture.-AtIanta Constitution.
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l[EXIC0.
SCENES OF INTEREST AMONG
OUR NEIGHBORS,
Life in tho Capital-MovinG nh Az
tee Idol-Famous Popocatapetl
With Its Almost Inacccs-
sible Peak Of Snow.

Morning in Mexico is season CT de-
light. The weather is usually so pleas
ant and Interchangeable that our North
American salutation ''it's a fine day." is
unknown to the Mexican. If such a re-
mark is made he seems surprised and will
answer, Zone day is like another here,
and all days are fine" Even in the rainy
season was told the sho wers fall at night
and the days are clear and unclouded.
But the morning has the most enchanting
atmosphere; there is a buoyant freshness
in the air, the skies are blue, the sun
shine delicious, as tempering the chill
which is inseparable from night and
shade, in the high attitudes of the CAPT
tal '
Being within the tropics the sun rises
and sets at nearly the same hours every
aayin the year. After sunset it soon be-
comes dark. The people 60 to bed early.
The pulque shops are closed early by law,
and about the only lettering places are
the restaurants. There is a prejudice,
against the night air, and few persons are
in the streets after dark, though the city
is we'll lighted by electricity.
The work OF street sweeping, which
our people are accustomed to do at night,
the Mexicans postpone until the fresh
and early hours of the morning. 1t is
done with hand brooms by large force
of pcons-so thoroughly done that moth
ing better in the way of clean pavements
is to be wished for. Blocks of grayish
volcanic rock, cut in large squares and
laid diagonally across the carriage way,
form the pavement. The same kind of
pavement is to be seen in Rome, Naples
and in ancient Pompeii. The size of the
blocks suggest to the Northern eye dan
ger from breakage, but as the vehicular
traffic of the city, though great in vol
ume, is not heavy in weight, the stones
remain unimpaired.
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ing cars being as yet not introduced into
Mexico. Everything was at hand except
coffee, and this was to be served ut
Ayotla, a station fifteen miles out. A
band of rlusic was on board, consisting
of six vIolins, four guitars, four clari-
oncts, two bass viols and six brass hcrns.
The company discmbarked for their cof-
fee and the band played outside the sta
ton. The sun was just rising, lighting
up the snowy peak of Popocatapetl in
the immediate background, the shadows
being quite deep upon its western side.
The other volcano, Iztaccibuatl, is con.
nected with the greater one, the ridge
which unitcs them being two or thee
miles long.
Iztaccibuatl is an Indian word, mean
ing "the white lady At sunrise in the
morning the long ridge of the mountain,
covered with snow, bears resemblance
to the form of woman, shrouded in
white. The feet arc nearest to Popo-
catapetl, the head farthest away. The
resemblance is not so apparent as the sun
mounts higher and tlN shadows fall in
other directions, but the figure of
woman is much more plainly to be made
out at all times than is Antony's Nose Oh
the Hudson, or the mans head on Mt.
Washington.
While drinking the coffee and looking
at the wonderful mountain scenery, the
band begins its concert. A pcon acts as
music stand. He holds sheet in his
hands for the clarionct, and has pinned
to his back, or to the red serape on his
back, two other sheets for the brass
horns. He guards his face from the air
of the ctarionet by holding the music as
q shield, but he cannot protect himself
from the brass horns which assail him
from the rear. Nevertheless he stands
perfectly still in the centre of this wind
blast. The music has either charmed or
paralyzed him.
Popocatapetl-an Aztec word meaning
the mountain that smokes-has an eleva.
ton of 17,720 feet, or 1916 feet higher
than Mt. Blanc, which Byron "crowned
monarch of mountains" 1t has not been
in eruption since 1540, twenty years after
the conquest by Cortez. A variable
column of smoke ascends from it. The
entire mountain is owned by gentle.
man who resides in the City of Mexico.
He derives revenue from the sulphur
mined from the crater, and also from the
charcoal which is burned from the wood
that grows upon the mountain side, be
low the snow line.
The ascent is not often made. 1t is
not danger y, but very cold and disa-
greeable. 10 get to the top it is nc"es-
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Making Oil vf Sassafras.

An interesting description is given by
Mr.. T. G. Harris, of North Carolina, in
Popular Science Ne,os, of the process used
in the manufacture of the oil Of sassafras
aud oil of pennyroyal in the old North
State. The apparatus used in this work
is so exceedingly rude and primitive as
to appear ridiculous to most observers.
The still is constructed by digging a
short trench in the ground, ending in n
low fue or chimney, and over this trench
is placed closed wooden box, having
sheet-iron bottom and an auger hole on
top, through which water is poured. An
ordinary barrel stands endwise on top
of the steambox, and has several holes
bored through its bottom and also
through the top of the steambox, allow
ing steam to pass freely up through the
barrel. A lutte of clay is used to close
the joint between the lower end of the
barrel and the steambox, as we'll as the
cover of the barrel. Instead of q
"worm," a tin pipe immersed in q
trough of cold water is used, and a
steam connection with the barrel is
generally made by an elbow branch of
wood, bored out with an ad Yer. The
s.ssafras tree grows abundantly in North
Carolina, especially on wornout lands,
where it is usually found in dense thick
cts of small shrubs. The ROOTS dug and
washed free of diEt, and after being
chopped short and bruised with hatch
ct, is ready for the "still." This work
is done by boys employed by the manu-
facturer, who pays a stated price per
hundred pounds for the root ready for
use.
When the barrel is filled with the
roots and the cover made tight with clay
the process of distillation goes on rapid
ly. The steam passes through the mass
of bruised roots, aud is condensed by the
tin tube into mixture of distilled water
and oil, and runs into a glass vessel set
to receive it. Being of different densi-
ties, the oil and water rapidly settle into
two strata, and at once can be decantcd
from the other.
1t is said that the operator of such a
"still" can pay ull running expenses and
make clear profit of So per day. When
VIC consider that the cost of establishing
such factory" is less than $40 for the
entire plant, and no chemical education
is necessary on the part of the operator,
the profit of the work is not to be
despised.
The same outfit is used in the produc-
ton of oil of pennyroyal, which grows
abundantly in the woods in many coun-
ties.
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view. The traveller need not journey far
to the eastward before Orizaba. the most
symmetrical snow -shrouded cone in the
list of mountains, with its crater shin
ing like star in the nj ght, will be seen
towering up in the sky. If he goes
westward soon the peak of the volcano
of Toluca will present itself, which is
united by a chain of smaller volcanoes
with Iztaccihuatl and completes the in
closure. It is the strangest sight, this
circle of volcanoes, and one that has ar
rested the attention of physicists and
gcographcrs, both before and since the
time of Humboldt. Old Vesuvius domi-
mates the horizon of Naples; his smoke
drifts over the beautiful bay and city.
landmark visible from great distance.
People go from all parts of the world to
see it. Tho volcanoes within sight of
Mexico are more numerous and moro re-
markable. If they were to 60 into crup-
tion at one time they would cncirclc the
city with mountains of fire.
On the great plaza Of Mexico, between
the great cathedral and the national
palace, is a monument to Enrico Mar
tinez, the illustrious Mexican cosmo-
grapher. On this monument is inscribed
the latitude and longitude of the spot
and various other measurements, iuclud-
ing the very important one which shows
the hight of water in Lake Texcoco,
nearest the city. Standing beside this
monument at once saw that should the
lake submerge the city, of which there
is danger, the water would be two or
three inches above my head.
The lake is smooth and salty. Bull
rushes border its banks and the mount
aims are reflected on its surface. The
train left Mexico early in the morning,
the intention being to run down to the
tropical region, pass the best portion of
the day there and return at night. The
railroad people had prSyided lunch. din
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change their minds. Perhaps have
changed mine; and it may be that your
friend, Mr.. Mayhem, has changed his"
"What do you mean?" said Josie, ex-
citedly.
~ mean that was unfortunately mis-
taken in supposing that l loved your
uncle, whom 1 yet sincerely esteem; and
perhaps Mr.. Mcyhew has made similar
discovery in regard to himself. He re-
spccts you very much; but, since 1t has
come to this between us, l may rs we'll,
in sclf-defense, mention that Mr.. May
hcw has informed me that he never
seriously asked you to marry him, neither
has any intention of doing so. He says
that what passed between you was an
amusement merely, and his heart is an
others s!"-this with conscious simper
of triumph.
"He did? Oh, the unprincipled
wretch" cried Josie.
The widow rose, as if anxious to escape
q scene.
"I came this evening to bid you good
bye, and to request that you will kindly
deliver this note to your uncle. ind
myself compelled to leave tomorrow
early; and on interview with Mr.. Vaden
is scarcely necessary, and would be pain
full to both"
She sailed away, and the family, who
from the next room had heard it all; saw
her ioined at the corner of the street by
faithless Mayhew.
Uncle Joseph, wher he read the note,
heaved long-drawn and ponderous sigh,
as though an immense load were thereby
taken off his mind. He had not in two
months appeared so cheerful as on this
eve hing.
Next day Mr.. Mayhem came, bright
and eager.
"Did you really propose to hers' was
Josie's inquiry, as she rushed to meet him
|" "No. '1S n"''i / merely expressed 4 ! scruples
against proposing to an engaged woman,
aud she last evening assured me that she
was bound by no engagement to Mr..
Walden. And that being the case, my
dear Mrs. Bascomb, may I claim my re-
ward2"
II suppose 1 shall have to keep my
word. You have certainly done us q
great SERVICE" she replied, with tears in
her eyes.
"Then you say yes2" said Josie, eag-
erly.
Eyes"
He stretched out his hanG to blushing
Cora, and Tom, spreading both hands
above their heads, said, fervently:
''Blcss you, my children !"-Saturday
N;1ht.