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The morning call., 1892-02-07
an INDIAN KITCHEN.
Ii Is Usually Outdoors, for The Heat Is UleG-
durable.

An Indian kitchen is usually in detached
clubhouse. for the smell Of cooking and the
heat Of n kitchen fire are not endurabIe in
doors. The cook is monarch of the kitchen.
lie almost always has mate to help him.
\ good cook is 4 treasure not easily found.
The best cooks are called Mugs" or Chit
TAGGING Burmese; but in reality they are
half-breedS, cross between the Mugs and
the ordinary Hindu Of Chittagong AL
though these cooks will describe themselves
as Rai-bunsis-men Of royal race-they have
no caste. 1t was the lack of caste that in
troduced the Mug cooks into the kitchen in
India-hrst with the Portuguese and after
ward with the English. They took TO the
business readily, and there are some fami-
lies Of them who are almost born cooks. and
have traditions and rules for the cooking of
certain dishes.
NV faYurte cook was one of those men
He lived with me for several years and had
no intention OF leaving me. He was dis
missed more than once for drunkenness
but he soon got himself reinstated after
had suffered for several days at the hands
of sumo Incompetent substitute. There was
eventually an understanding that he was
only TO become drunk When we all dinsd
out He was not bound to be drunk, but
he regarded opportunities to become so as
feast days. and when repentance came in
the morning he would lavish extra
pains on the breakfast dishes. | could
usually tell whether he had been indulg-
ing on the previous night. Barring this
weakness, he was an excellent cook.
He could read and write Bengali, and the
menu for breakfast, for lunch and for din
ner was always written by him and the
khausamah, and either submitted for my
inspection or filed on hook in the kitchen
1t is desirable to have the kitchen white
washed and the copper cOoking-vessels
timed at least Gnce month. and the cook
should be supplied with plenty Of soap aud
soda and buster, and cloths of all sorts so
that he may have no excuse for anything
being left dirty. Then and only then can
the mistress or the master of a house pay
an unexpected visit to the kitchen without
the chance of experiencing something anal
agous to the Bombay episode of Chinese
cock who was found washing his little feet
in the soup tureen.
wish that could have brought my cook
to England with me- In some dishes he
was Incompatible. The late Lord Napier Of
Magdala. when passing guest one day,
suggested that the man must be a French
cook, and poor Lord Canning, when he
came on visit to my station on public
business, declared that a souffle made by my
cook was superior to s0ulfles made by his
own chef BY his d0ct0rS orders Lord Can
ming had a soutlle made every day for his
luncn. The doctor considered it the most
wholesome food in India at midday.-The
National Review.
The morning call., 1892-02-07
LES FEUILLEs DE sAULE.

Translated from the French of Nine A. Tastu.)
The air was pure twas autumn's last sweet day.
Hertading crown upon the sere woods lay;
l saw sad procession disappear.
Life the pale sunshine and the dying year.
leaned against an ancient willow tree
And evil days, like phantoms haunted me.
ON the still water OF a brook that cleaned
In the wan sunlight, dead leaves fell. dreamed.
pIucked a willow branch that still was green,
1 drew the leaves my fingers cold between,
Then on the brooklet's breast flung one free
TO try my fortune by its augury
Alas it IL a weary, useless play
To solve the riddle of a future day.
Yet, still lOnged the fateful veil to lift.
Be th my fame" / let another drift.
Like frail skih borne where the pillows roar
saw my leahet waited to the shore
Among the wildwood blossoms, 1t was tossed;
looked IN vain. waited 1t was lost.
Be thou an emblem OF my hope" threw
Another leaf, but all ii was too true.
a sudden gush upbore it and again
saw the wreck of hope with bitter pain
Fortune and fame and hope. their doom was clear.
'' Oh shall trust another fate more dear 2"
I asked my soul and 1t responded No"
l dared not trust sweet love for fear 'tWould go.
l blame my weakneSs-for 1t IS not right,
But somber sadness and vague alright
Like lowering clouds above my head appear;
Il heart diseased is credulous from fear
1 dropped the branch-I could no longer stayi
And sadly took my solitary way;
And all night long, around that willow tree
Fantastic dreams pluckeu leaves OF prophecy!
Alameda, Cal, Jan 81, 1893 ANELEH
The morning call., 1892-02-07
The GRAND LAMA,
The Red Palace In Which He Holds Forth.
Climbing Up.
EInrraY's Magazine.

POtala, pTeeDitOus in many places, rises
within the confines of the outer city OF
Lhasa, in the north western quarter, 1t is
heaped up in the most fantastic style with
halls and st0red temples and monster
tombs; but, On looking up from the foot OF
these heights, the whole series seems con-
joined into one vast structure, surmounted
by five gold-plated rectangular domes OF
great size. The chief erection is the P'o-dang
MarDo, or RED Palace" building carried
up t0sthe height Of eleven stories. and which
is assembled from story to story by means OF
wooden ladders with broad but difficult
steps. This is the central edifiCe round
which the others climb and cluster. Inc
lower stories are built against the sheer face
of the activity.
After passing up steep path avenued
by trees, you arrive at the principal or
eastern doorway of the whole establish
ment. Here, first, is long hall. up which
you may ride on pOnyback If you choose.
The hall Is garniShed on either hand by
long rows OF massive prayer-cylnders,
which, placed like barrels on end on we'll
oiled piv0ts, can be easily made to revolve
with touch rs you pass along. Each
barrel has within it. wound cOmpactly on
the iron axle passing from top to bottom
lnnumerable lengths Of paper on which has
been stamped manV thousands OF times the
well-knOwn formula, "Om Mani Padme
Hum"-the special invocation to the Bod
hlsattwa ChenraiSi ana. therefore, to the
Grand Lama, who visibly impersonates him.
At the end of the hall are broad stone steps,
which mount TO a paved landing where
stands an Obelisk. You are now again In
the open air, and two long flights OF steps,
hemmed in by the outer walls or other
buildings, ascend up the face of the hill to
the ground floor of the Red Palace.
Thence the ladder climbing commences.
Five long ladders, one after the other, have
to be scaled, passing up and up through
dark and mysterious vaults-really vestl-
bules to the neighborDg buildIngs-sOme
with weTd-lOOkiDg passages conducting
who shall know whittier? AT the top OF
the fifth ladder things seem brighter, since
now you enter the more habtable portion
of the palace. comprising suites Of rooms,
set above set. On the floor, in an adjoining
apartment are the lower limbs of an ele-
phanite image OF Jham-pa, the Buddha-tO-
come. He is seated on a platform in this
room, and his figure is of such colossal
proportions that il passes up through the
floors of the two other stories above this
one. Altogether the image is said to be
about seventy feet high. When you have
reached the third floor of the upper pOr-
ton Of the palace, you may walk around
and gaze upon the monster head and
shoulders of this gilded Buddha. All OrthO-
dox visitors on their way up perform solemn
ciTcumambulaton round the legs, the body,
and the shoulders. respectively, once on
each of the three floors through which the
efigy has been reared.
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collections Of priceless glassware, Grecian,
GlacO- Roman, Roman and Venetian, ar
ranged in cases dividing them into GEN.
turtles. The same designs follow down CEN
fury after century; the same exquisite
colOrinGS are seen; the same glImmerlng,
vanishing. pearl-Ike hues, until the height
of such work is reached in the Venetian
work Of the fifteenth century.
L. the front hallway are copies of dozens
of the ancient marbles-Diana, the MUSES..
the Gladiator. of course. In fact all are
good. but copies of what Is already perfectly
familiar to students of art,
Between the ancient and modern sculp-
lures there is one curious and important
point of difference. The heads of the wO-
men are much smaller compared with the
body, and the heads of the men larger in
the ancient statues than in those of to-day,
or than the heads of people living now.
The eastern room below has its walls
lined with pottery, American principally,
and has perhaps fifty perfect specimens Of
mummes, mummy cases and marble collins.
1t does give you a curious sensation
to feel you are looking at what was once a
living moving, thinking human being.
After the body is wrapped and bound in it's
linen bandages and tied with narrow strips
of the same, it is sealed in case that fits
snugly to its shape, and looks not unlike q
casing Of papier mache. This is glazed and
painted to look like the human form, with
perhaps the history Oh the occupant, Written
in COlOTs that are still brilliant, upon this.
These are then encased in wooden coffin, the
inside scrubbed full of hieroglyphic5, and
the outside decorated according to the sex,
the age and condition of life of the occupant.
The texture Of the wood is still firm, the
glue which held them together is still good,
and the wooded pegs fit as neatly as those
In the best woodwork nowadays. Two
marble sarcophagi, which no doubt held
some kingly frame, wrapped and encased as
the others are, stand in the end of the room.
One is supposed to have been made 500
years before Christ, the other 2000 years be-
fore that Both are covered with exquisite
carvings, both are bOX-like, with a separate
cover; botn are carved, no doubt. to repre-
sent IN some way the lives of the occupants.
The meanings of the various designs are lost
in antiquity, but the workmanship is ex-
duisite. Admittance to the museum is free
upon three days of the week, aud % cents is
charged the other days to defray the actual
running expenses.
Just outside this museum doorway Is the
Grand Central Park drive and as the doors
The morning call., 1892-02-07
SIGHTSEEING IN
NEW YORK CITY.
4 Californian Visits the Metropolitan
Museum in Central Park.
The Great Building and It's Contents-A
Beautiful Exhibition of Works Of
Art and Curious Things.
written for THE SUNDAY GALL

New York City has any number OF at
fractions, museums, libraries, art gal
leries, reading-rooms, studios. many parks,
beautiful drives. a great many theaters
club-rooms and the like, but it is
doubtful if there is anything that draws
more visitors daily than the Metro
politan Museum in Central Park. It
is the place that is visited by more people
during the year than is any other in or about
the great city. 1t Is built, as are many Of
the public buildings in New York, of
brick, with terra-cotta trimmings and gran
ite foundation. The finish Is extremely eft
feetige, the varied holdings in relief at the
top of each story are fine, as is also the
ornamental finish on the crown Of the tiled
and glass roof The lower story is really
basement, devoted to the necessary store
rooms and to the art school.
Although il is 800 feet square and three
full stories high, an addition fully as large
is being built, and art treasures are stored,
or promised, enough to fill half of the new
addition. 1t is in an admirable situation, be-
ing on the eastern edge of Central Park,
within block of the ears, making it aces
sible from any and all parts of the city, ana,
being Isolated, is as safe a depository as it
The morning call., 1892-02-07
L0NGFELLoW'S OFFERING.
A Branch OF the Tree Under Which the
Village Smithy Stood.

A Branch or the Tree Under Which the
Village Smithy Stood,
when | came to this country" said a
merchant. recently, to a Boston Herald re-
porter, Il was lad fresh from old Ireland.
My first home was with friends in Cam
bridge. In one OF my walks. before had
been here a week. l came across a queer,
old-fashioned house that interested me i'm
mensely. l described it to my friends. and
learned that it was the home Of the poet
Longlellow. That increased my interest
The next day went again to the queer
house and stood gawkilY looking at it and at
an old gentleman sitting in the yard.
stared so long that the old gentleman no.
ticed it and, coming to the fence, asked me
what | was looking at. l told him that
wanted to see the man who lived there be-
cause | had read his works in the schools of
Ireland.
THE old gentleman asked me what l knew
about L0ngfelow's writings and | told him
that l knew enough about one poem to re-
peat every VOID of 1t.
when he heard that he asked me to
come into the house and Tecite the poem to
him. / went in ard repeated The Village
Blacksmith without making a mistake.
That pleased my listener. and putting on
his hat he asked me TO walk with him. He
said that l should have something that
many PEOPLE had asked for and tried in
vain to get.
He stopped under a big tree and said !:
This IS the tree under which that poem you
recited was written. The village Smithy
was under this tree.
Then the aged poet marched up and
with his own hand broke off branch of
that famous tree and gave it TO me-"
The morning call., 1892-02-07

raised to great Importance by him., ana
forthwith took place as a favorse solo in
strument. In nearly all his scores it re-
ceived especial attention. while the. fresh,
beautiful and exceedingly masterful work,
the quintet in major for clarinet ana
strings, and the fine clarinet concerto which
he composed for Stadler have impaired to
the instrument al all-age reputation which
can never be impaired. Then his sparkling
genius spent itself in writing for that fine
reed instrument, the basset horn, the splen-
did properties of which he deemed more
suitable than even the clarinet for his
"Rruuiem" For the oboe Mozart did
much, according it a prominence which it
had never reached with any previous COM
poser. His Opus 10S has rare oboe part,
and in the Mass No. u is some fine If diff
cult music for It,
The morning call., 1892-02-07

ancient and mythical canvases with WOn-
dertui cOlOrings, portraits, landscapes, in
erlOrs After all the modern school must
be admitted 10 be almost nature in art; the
elimination Of the work OF centuries finds
expression in such incompatible creations
as MeiSs0nIrr's "Friedand. 1907 or Rosa
BOnheur's Horse Fair" The former is a
canvas feet wide and az feet high repre-
senting Napoleon nj the zenith of his power
Rosa Bonheur's Horse Fair" Is famiI-
lar from the many engTavings that are found
everywhere 1t is a canvas 16b feet long by
8 feet high, the horses are life size and the
life and c0loring in the picture is wonderful.
1t was purchased from the artist for $4,000
by gentleman named Ernest Gambert
fhe artist was so pleased with the price
that she painted another. quarter the size
OF the original, and pTeSen ted it to the pur-
chaser; from this the engravings so well
known have been taken. 1t was finally sold
to a Mr.. Bell. who bequeathed it TO the
British Museum, where it now is. The
original pHsSed through several hands and
was finally purchased by Cornelius Van
derbilt for S53.Jo0, and by him presented to
the New ! ork Museum
Under certain conditions all Of the splen-
did collections of marbles and Of paintings
are free 10 art students, who throug the
galleries.
Returning to the first story, there is a
room filled with a priceless collection of
musical instruments from every country un-
der the sun-from the Earring tomtom of
The Chinese or the carved Whistling reed of
the Malayan, to the curiOusly graceful
guitar oil the Spanish maiden or hand
painted splnet of Marie AntOinetle. There
are cases unOn cases filled with rare scraps
of lace found in POmpeiiau tombS, or pieces
Of old Venetian point, comparing most adj
mirably with the priceless work of to-day.
The morning call., 1892-02-07
RECENT FASHIONS.
Vatican Cloak and WattGa1 G0Wl-A Simple
FT0Ck- Skating Gown.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL

Mile Nikita we hear has been meeting
with great success in Russia--and is plan
ming an expedition to Holland-where her
sweet voice is so far little known. 1t is GER
tai1ly in New York that one has the best
opportunities of hearing and seeing rec0g-
nized talent. The fashion journalist now
for almost the first time in many months
sees distinct changes occur in the shifting,
doubtful sky of fashion. He sees the grace
full Vatican pIeat on gowns Of many vary
ing styles, and feels within himself that
coats and WRAPS will have to be made to
correspond. The Vatican pleat is often
made of a different material and color to
the gown, and when it IS seen on evening
gowns the plastron is made of the same
color. ClOaks to wear with these robes
which cannot be dis6gured by anything
tight worn over them-are made quite
long and straight, and are even cut with
a suggestion of pointed train TO them.
Several orders for coats with the straight
seamless backs, and those with the
Vatican Dleats hanging from the neck, have
recently been taken. These last are very
expensive on account Of the difficulty in
shaping them, which difficulty can only
De met and conquered by an experienced
tailor The traight-back coat is acknOwl-
edged to be the most stylish and at the
same time uglieSt thing which woman can
wear; but many women will swallow The
ugliuess il they can achieve the style,
The morning call., 1892-02-07

M, NJ. PgyntL oh, NO." said Mrs
Blake, ID q slow, soft voice, almost border
Ing Oh sadness. Mems lives are very much
happier than womea's What have we ia
tie world 10 give OF 10 receive 5ut that it
entails some serious SpOusI0IIties with il?
\ on are happier, because you feel less you
are more Indifferent and all that! We can
only love once IN our lie, while you men 20
on loving al your lifetime. You are more
selfish, and OuIy love the object If your
pleasures; While We've love for the cake
Of loving, not because we are loved ="
Il was cut a. RE mJnd. under the terrace
of the Star and Garter that Mrs. Blake was
sitting and talking TO PuyntZ Il was even
ing. The shadows had long fallen. The
moon was rising and casting silver bridge
over the qUlTeTing waters Of the Thames.
Everything around them was silent. Not
far from them, on another bench, sat Hubert
aud Clare.
And we. Mrs. Blake" Poyuz replied,
I'VE men also love frequently for the sake
Of loving, l assure you, though / don't deny
mat women are less selfish. Aud if YOU
love more deeply, if you suffer more, why,
you are capable Of more happiness than We
men are.
1t is my honest opinion that the largest
majority Of men pass their lives without
even experiencing the dream Of love or the
pleasure OF a great devotion. I know NY
se1-What has my life been? There are
men with as sensitive hearts and souls as
the mos. sell-sacrIticlug Of women. What
do you think becomes OF them when they
meet with TeLuaS or disappoinmeuts, or
encounter women hardened to Tie world,
without sentiment and that sort Of thlHg?'
The morning call., 1892-02-07
CURE FOR SNAKEBlTES.
A New Antidote Discovered by a Medical
Student.


Pittsburg Dispatch
An antidOte Tor poisonous Suakebites is
reported as the latest discovery of medical
science. This will be good news to the Pro-
hibitiOniSts when they remember that as
much hard liquor as a man could possibly
drink has heretofore been regarded as the
only hope for a human being into whose
system the poison of the reptiles fangs had
been injected. The discovery is credited to
Albert Calmette, 4 surgeon in the French
navy and a director in the PaSteur Institute
at Saigon. Experiments with the substance
which he regards as an antidote for snake
poisoning have been made upon patients
bitten by the deadly Najas snakes, which,
it is asserted, kill 10000 persons every year,
and it is said the antidote has proved entirely
effective.
The antidote is LIQUID, having for a base
a salt Of gold. simultaneous injection of
the preparation, it is declared, not only de-
strOys the effect of a snake bite, but makes
man Snake-bite proof for life Only one aD-
plcatiOE Of the remedy Is necessary to de-
stroy the effect of the worst sort of bite, ac-
cOrdiDg to all accounts, and the remedy is
alike efficRCiOus for man and beast. Some
of the antidote is to be sent to- this country
so that experiments may be made on pa
tients who have been bitten by the crotalus,
which plain people call the rattlesnake, and
the trigonocephalus, which is the scientific
designation of the viper family DR.. Cal
mette is we'll known as disciple of Pasteur.
He has become prominent through his ap-
plcat!on of the Pasteur method 10 the vel
low fever and cholera.
The morning call., 1892-02-07

Poyntz Clare was dressed in white, her
dPc0,lete dress displaying the outlines OF
charming figure, a little white opera cloak
hanging loosely and covering her gracefully
smooth neck and rounded shoulders.
She looked very pretty and talked very
brightly as she sat in a box at the Lyceum
Theater
1t was in the height Of the London season
and the hOuseWas fillei with a distinguished
audience.
Hubert was very attentive in pointing ont
TO her ali the prominent people there. and
by shat means succeeded in engaging her IN
an uudertOne conversation which her mother
could not 0VeTLeaT.
Just before the orchestra began to play
Hubert leaned over to her and whispered :
u want TO speak to you tO-night-alOne-
may I?'
Yes" she answered, timidly. and re-
manned silent almost for the rest of the
evening.
Hubert managed 10 signal something to
his friend Just as they were leaving the
theateT, 10 which the latter nodded and
smiled In the cab, P0yntZ proposed to go
to the Cafe Royal for supper, instead of
driving To the hotel, to which Mrs. Blake
acquiescesi, aud TO which Miss Blake said
"deIiahJfui!
supper was not over before midnight. and
When the parry alghted at the hotel tie
bubble rooms were almost deserted. Mrs.
l14dhc SAFpJ lutu TIE iUOiu sum udllBitE Oh
POyntZ'S arm, and as she passed the mirror
she could not help approaching the becom-
ing statelIness of her own figure aud the
excellent form Of the gentleman who was by
her side.
Clare followed with Hubert. but instead
OF going after her mother he led her of to
the small and pretty auterOOm, where he
released her from his arm and offered hex q
chair
ut is exactly as ! expected" he said,
nobody here" and sat down beside her.
Told You l wanted to see you alone he
said. Cart You guess for what purpose ?'
lie attempted 10 take her hand, but she
gently resisted.
"ShaIl ! interpret your refusal to let me
hold your hand as a refusal of your heart
Ct your love? \ on know that l love you.
be Went ON. You know how / have loved
yen all this time, but l haven't got means
enough to offer you the position which YOU
deserve and for which your mother is aaI-
tioas. l know there are lots Of fellows
who can offer yOu more, but l love you and
] can't help c. and | can't 20 on in this way.
also?"
He put out his hand again, and this time
she did not resist She dropped her eye
lasheS, a gentle flash pnked her cheek, and
in a scarcely aud, voice she said:
You know, Herbert.
In a moment lie was by her side. Her
cloak was loose and had fallen Of her
shoulders.
Herbert bent over her and kissed her.
There, E0W.' be said, Il was perfectly
mad TO 90 Ids all the evening" when sud
denly a voice came from the other room
calling.
Glare. Glare! what was The funny man
name on The steamer sho wrote poetry and
su1feIeI frCm DlI0uSlesS %
The morning call., 1892-02-07

able wedding in St. Georges, Hanover,
when Miss Blake became Mrs. Bland.
POyntz was tie best man, and the American
Minister gave away the bride at the altar.
Mr.. and Mrs Bland were starting for their
honeymoon. ana Poyntz, with Mrs. Blake,
were among these who went to see them off
At the station PoyntZ led OF his friend
and whispered to him: Listen, Hubert!
I've got myself In terrible fix over your
affair. | believe the widow relieves am
going to marry her. or something Of that
sort. Use your influence when you come
back and dssnade your mother-in-law from
entertaining such ideas. Tell her that at
her time of life religion Is more proper
occupation. When you come back shall
be gone; l viii be probably in Dresden,
but tell her-you know Whom-that Pm
gone to Africa, to the Antipodes. to Jericho
anywhere where she could not find me.
GOOd-by! There's the belP'
They went off. and Mrs. Blake is seriously
persuaded that Poynlz has joined the Arctic
expe dition.-Bostou Globe.