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The morning call., 1892-07-03

| there with the bamboo spoon. cha-shaka. a
little tea is taken out of the jar cha-ore.
and hot water dipped from highly en-
belllshed iron kettle with a dainty dinner
and poured upon the tea in the bowl. This
mixture IS then WHIPPED to a froth and a
boy carries IL 80 the guests. Ii REQUIRES
considerable practice to produce a froth
quickly and without splashing; the instru-
ment used Is a whisk made of piece of
Damooo, split into shreds az one end until it
resembles somewhat paint brush with a
hollow center. The tea Is light green in
color and finely powdered. so that the bowl
OIL tea looks very much like sort of thick
green cream.
In the first part OF the ceremony the tea
Is kolcha, or very thick, and during the last
part II Is usu-cha, thinner. 1t costs from So
10 Go pound, and cannot be kept long
very lew Europeans can drink it without
ieeing very unhappy. for IN the first place
the taste Is not agreeable, and then il is so
intensely strong that it is sure 10 disagree
Win them If they 10 manage to swallow IT,
The utensils used in the second part of
lhe ceremony are carried in by the host
each separately and in the following order :
FIRST, an iron kettle on a stand second, the
dalSu, table of mulberry wood, about two
ieet high, third, two cha-ire, or tea lars. in
broeade covers; fourth, the miza-sachf, or
pot Tor fresh water. which is stood under
the little table; fifth, the cha-Sen, BAN boo
whlsk; the fukusa, or little cloth: the cha
shaku, or eaddy spoon, and lastly the little
wooden dipper, shaku. Should the hest
bring Ia the teaspoon before the whisk IT
would be terrible breach of etiquette. and
ne would be voted an ignorant boOr who
knew nothing of the ,efnements cf life
Ii there is only one guest the contents of
the bowl should be swallowed in three
gulps. After the guests have each drunk
the empty bowl Is passed from hand to hand
10 be admired. Then the hest washes all
the tea-things and wipes them, and the
ceremony is ended.
These tea-parties were often simply ex-
cuses for political meetings. or perhaps
more innocent subjects. Philosophy or
literature were discussed, or curios ex-
hibted and artistic productions of one sort
or another examined and opinions as to their
value and authenticity given by connois-
seurs. The cha-nc-yu ceremonies are
taught Every girl having any pretensions
10 family or breeding and woman of the
high classes would hardly care to acknowl-
edge to one of her own countrymen that
she was not verSed in these mysteries.
All the older mobiles understand them and
have practlced them, though a few of the
younger men who have been educate d
abroad are probably not capable of giving a
eha-no-yu party, though they must have
been present at MANY
HELEN L. GREGORY FLEsuER
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How VIE STRUCK IT.
The Fortune Which Attended Two Young
Gold Hunters.
disappointment Came to Them Afterward
but They Felt Joyous for
Time.
Written for THE MORNING CALL.

IF had only come here away back in
the early ffties?" sighed dreamy man to
me as we waited for the train at Frdit-vale
last week. And another man clipped in
and sighed also as he said: Flush times
then. you bet, and big strikes; but l only
got here in the seventies. got here without
a cent. and have held my own right alongF
First let me once for all disabnse the
popular mind about the flush times and big
strikes of the early ffties. Yes, there were
big strikes; but they were, like the big
generals of our great war, not the rule.
You hear Of the big strikes aud you hear of
the big generals. The thousands and the
hundreds of thousands who perished in the
ranks you never hear about.
For the benefit OF the dreamy man who
sits waiting and lamenting let me say that
the openings and opportunities are better
to-day than they were in the seventies :;
and they were better in the seventies than
they were in the fifties. The wear and tear
Of life was so terrible then, too. Every
dollar cost about two dollars and half TO
get in those days.
Ii has been estimated, and think about
correctly, that If each miner had received
25 cents a day and board for his labor-and
such laoorl 10 hours day generally-we
would have had more gold dust than we got
in those famous early SOS"
So cease this depl0rng that you came so
late to California, my dreamful friend. OF
course we would all like to live over the i'm
peIuous old days again; but doubt if you
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the subject and he fairly bristled with
patriotism regarding IL. He had been born
In America and hadn't his teachers been at
great pains TO impress upon him the i'm
portanee Of that fact He knew China was
home" He meant TO go there and live
when he was man. and Of course his bones
should be buried there. else how should his
soul find peace? But it was a great thing
to have been born in America, and a
Chinese. Ii he had happened TO be the
little Kid. now, he might have had to go 10
the jatemills too, and there would
have been no laundry. no horse and
wagon, no mission school and pretty young
white ladies to tell him about Independence
day or how much the American Joss loved
little Chinese boys. He began giving the
hid a highly original version OF American
independence from Chinese standpoint
taught him the first two lines (all he himself
knew of Scott Keys great song and
wound mp with tribute to the great thing
emma had done for the day, as having ori-
einated the fireworks that. according to his
whole account. You see, him alice samee
our day" he said proudly. ''You no habee
fireworks. no habee Four Juliee."
The Kid was inclined to demur a little at
this view of the case. There seemed to
him to be missing link somewhere in the
chain OF Hop Sings reasoning. He was in
cllned to think that even without fireworks
the star-spangled banner might continue to
wave. but Hop Sing was very positive, so
he deferred argument for the time being
and listened eagerly to Hop Sings account
OF how ii was proposed to celebrate the day
among the mission frequenters. There was
to be picnic and lunch on the hills, gam es
speeches, great spread aud fireworks in.
the evening. How the Kid did wish that he,
too. might be il, but he was simple little
soul. TO whom it never occurred to question
very much the accepted order of things,
and he said nothing abnUt that
'Whatee you do celeblaIe?" Hop Sing
asked, at last, and the Kid responded,
grandiloaueEtiy; "Oh. l hain't made up
mer mind yet" and presently stroled off
with his head bowed in earnest thought.
"fant no Chinee day, is ii, MAJ" he
asked. rs he entered their little room. His
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IN WAR1IM K.


The minors ran throughout the camp
All night We dreamed We heard the tramp
The darkness had intensified
OF vast grim hosts on every side.
no man cou q say ia our suspense
just v ho snrrounded as, or whence
Had come the foe, whose endless ranks
OF horse and foot were on our flanks:
Unseen al the first fall of night,
Cannon had leaned IL every height,
And serpent eIrthwOrks. mound on ID oTnd,
Engraved and iooped aud roped US round.
The mist was like a choking pail
The ghost or some graves marble wall
Against our faces. and therein
We were like insects clamped within
Mo0H-ColOrsd amber. And so We
Felt the wide dawn we could not see
Soak through the air-the verV around
Was ia, and only by the sound
Could each man know bis fellows place;
no one therein saw any face
We armed and hOrsed Us. rank on rank;
vague noises, and our saDer's cfaHk
Sounded a dull and weary din
Where seabbard's glitter should have been,
And splendors OF the gathering storms
Oh sleek hides and bright uniforms.
Creakings and orders all then seem
Like shadow sounds inside a dream:
And yet beyond these sounds are heard
Murmur5 whereof We catch no word:
And from afar large whispers spread
AND meet among us overhead
As II some numDeriess array
Were rnstling toward US as its prey
10 was broad day now. in so far
hat the fog bad more iignt u bar
cannon spoke loud around, but they
Told only that our dagger lay
Unseen on every side. How great
IL was no guess could penetrate.
The temper and the Inst Of faht
Grew Ia US with the growing light
And then the mist waXed dun with smoke
ne air stirred. the haze almost broke
We caught blurred siimpses OF the hills
or men, Ike the wheat that thrills
Under Wind. No rider stirred:
Astride we waited tor the word
And when IL came our s2bers flashed
Our warery rang, the bugles crashed
HoofS thnndered as spurs tore and gored
our colored tcrreHt leaped and roared-
whittier we knew not, against whom,
Nor why. nor 10 what goal or DOOM
Toward the horizon least enlarged
Our glad front wheeled. and then we charge
EDWARD LUCAS WHITE
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mother was getting ready for bed. having
to begin her next days toll at an early
hour What is it, childP" she responded.
why, Hop Sing, he an the rest er the
mission Chimes is goin' in fer ter celebrate
the Fourth er July" and ne reconnted what
his Instructor had told him. TITS my day
morn It's his, aint it, map" was his con
Guiding question. His mother sighed
| wearlly. II sh'd think it might be-" she
said. Your father got his death in the
last war. lis father fought the Mexicans,
and his grandfather was revolutioner."
The Kid felt glow of pride pass through
his small frame. He did not half compre-
hend the meaning of what his mother had
SAD, but he knew it meant something brave
ana good, and that the Fourth of July was
his by right of his soldier ancestry having
helped to win and preserve it, and he was
satisfied.
He did not remember his father. The
latter had been gunner in the navy dur
ing the late war, and during the siege of
Nicksburg had sustained a severe nervous
SHOCK from the heavy firing during that
memorable engagement. He had never
been wounded, but that strain had broken
down his nerves, and an attack of yellow
fever following had completed the wreck.
The war over, lie had returned to his fam
lily completely shattered, physically, and
had never seemed 10 recover his stamina
uad never been good for anything again."
as the saying is. Had he been rich man
his trouble would have been called nervous
pros tration. AS it was, it was pretty gen
orally understood among his more prosper
Gus companions, until they finally forgot
him altogether. that Bryson was lazy.
The family had drifted down hill rap
idly. Several children were born and died,
and finally when the Kid was year or two
old the father went to his rest and the
widow was left 20 do the best she eos,ldy for
herself and the baby. The best had proved
not really enough for them to live on and
little too much to admit Of their dying,
but they had made shift after fashion and
the Kid was 10 years cid.
Now. as he prepared to tumble down
upon his hard little bed in the corner, he
was resolving to celebrate Inde pendence
day. He had 10 cents that he had been
boarding for months, given him by a lady
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Evolution OF the Waterproof.

Great and swift indeed has been the
evolution OF the waterproof from the old
fashioned gossamer circular of 10 years ago
TO the stylish wrap of to-day. Every one
resemhled every one else in those DAYS.
when rainy day obliged us to turn our
selves into something which looked like
half WORKOUT football rather than a pretty
woman. The macintosh of to-day, whether
made OF silk or wool, not only serves
to keep one dry, it can also be
used as travelling cloak, and even at
pinch as an evening wrap. A bright New
York woman has added another improve
ment 10 this garment which will be kindly
received by those living in the suburbs. 1t
consists of deep bag, twice as long as ones
skirt, ana Is gathered at either end into a
ing apron. 1t Is put on under the dress
skirt and then drawn up over ii, so that the
most delicate costume is not injured by rain
or mud. Several women have ordered the
skirts made in addition to the usual mack
intosh, and are enthusiastic over them.
The morning call., 1892-07-03
A NAUTICAL VAGARY.
Argonauts Who VIII Skim the Waves O.
Caual-Boaf.
New yor, Comme,claI .ov.r,,.a.


New YORK Commercial Advertiser
The "Argonauts" are getting ready for
their annual summer cruise.
It's an awtully odd kind of trip, and
only the "ArEonauts," who are IL clever
young artists of this city, could have
thought of it.
reference TO a cruise naturally suggests
Jaunty sloop or trim steam yacht, but it
is upon neither of these craft that the 70
young men will do their sailing.
IL is their intention to skim the foaming
wave on beard of the staunch and true canal
boat John p Smith.
This sturdy vessel is now being fitted out
with accommodations for 20, for some of the
artists are going 10 take their wives and sis
ters along, and when all the new arrange
ments are completed the John =. Smith
will be a highly comfortable variety of a
floating house.
The decorations Of the interior will con-
siSt OF the passengers studio furniture and
no end OF striking effects will be realized.
The cruise will begin on June 20 and will
include the Hudson and every canal that
the John L. Smith can manage to splurge
Its way through before the end of August.
The expenses of the whole trip will be
paid for by book describing it, which one
OF the artists wives is going to write. the
illustrations for which will be supplied by
the entire r.
This volume has been ordered and will be
gotten up deliberately by one Of the local
publishing firms.
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his men enigmas. lie is a dreamer and vet
practical dreamer. In "Ladisias Bolski"
he describes the love Of q Pole for Russian
Princess and this Princess with ewes of a
siren is absolutely the sister of the fairy
Melusine.
Samuel Brohl is a wicked strange hero,
escaped from some sonber legend.
Count kostla announced this taste for
the extraordinary and mysterious in novel
writing
but if Cher bulirz is fantastic. be has won
deriul descriptive qualities and his books
are original in the highest degree. Who has
not read lie Roman dune Honnete
Femme. miss Roye" and "Paule Mere" I?
And who is not familiar with his works on
Political Germany" and Political Spain" +?
The novels Of CberbulieZ are perfumed like
Alpine flowers, and the first place is not
held by his heroes and heroines, but by him.
self. Without intention the author is more
interesting than his fictions.
Before writing CherbulieZ prepares scene
by scene, chapter by chapter, and only
places his thoughts on paper when he has
the beginning, middle and end OF novel
Although he often modifies and changes
the details the foundation of his
work Is as he planned it from the begin
ming. In this, Cherbuliez differs much
from Georges Sand, for she always wrote
without any fixed idea of plot or finale.
CherbulieZ says he cannot invent per-
sonage; that he must have known some
where, some time, each one Of his heroines.
each one of his heroes. For instance
Meta Holdenis" was a German dame de
compagnie. who recognized her own por-
trait, and never forgave Cberbuliez for hay-
ing made of her his heroine
The novels of Cherbnliez that have been
dTamaiiZed have not had great success.
Henri Meilbac made play from Samuel
Brohl," and Deslandes dramatized "Count
Kostia, but both were coldly received by
the public.
In reading Cherbuliez. we can imagine
ourselves travelling through beautiful
country, accompanied by brilliant storv-
teller, who knows all and talks of all. and
who, like the fascinating woman beloved
by Charles tx, can say. Il charm ALL"
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR
Paris, June 6, 1892.
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tea Is made over square fireplace built in
the floor and filled with stone ashes. In
summer the garden is gay with flowers and
curiOusly twisted little dwarf trees. In one
corner the guests may find Heno Park in
miniature, or representation of Nikko
itself, even to the waterfalls OF the famous
resort, the whole thickly wooded with trees
eight inches or less in height and on scale
OF feet 10 acres. In this mode the visitors
remove their geta and portable brazier is
used.
The guests do not come directly to the
house-there would be an abruptness about
such proceeding not at all consistent with
the soiemnity OF the occasion-but go to
pavilion, machia-ai. in the midst Of the
garden and wait till all are assembled.
Then the principal guest strikes the wooden
tablet or bell 10 announce their arrival.
Generally the host has been awaiting this
summons and appears Immediately, but
sometimes a servant answers il Instead.
The entrance to the tearoom is curious
enOugh-lt is simnly a square hole three
feet each way. The guests creep in one
after another in order of precedence, aud
after them the host. who. in the meantime.
has knelt beside the entrance until the last
visitor has gone In. The guests then seat
themselves in semicircie and the host ap-
proaches the door of the side room where
the utensils are kept and says: Il rejoice
that you have condeseendcd 10 come. and
thank you for it. l will now make UP the
fires"
All the gestures and speeches are always
the same and are never left to the discre-
tion OF the participants. The folding OF the
hands, whether the right shall be clasped
on top or the left open, is settled by strict
etiquette. The host brings in the sumitori
or charcoal basket, each piece of a certain
length, and Of camellia wood, mitsu-ba,
brush Of three feathers, q pair of tongs like
great iron chopstieks, the kettle-siand, iron
handles for the kettle. a lacquer box con-
tanning incense and some little rolls of
paper. If it is summer the ineepse-b box
should be of earthenware. He next brings
vessel for ashes and little spoon-shaped
shovel to remove them. The charcoal is
lighted and incense burned to destroy The
smell OF the fumes.
In stereotyped phrases the guests ask per-
mission to examine the incense-box, which
is always a eurio, or at least has some
historical interest attached to it. Each visi-
tor receives it in turn and the last one re-
turns 1t TO the host who meanwhile dilates
upon its antiquity or its historic origin.
The first part of the ceremony is now over
and the visitors ana the host retire to the
garden.
During the second part dinner is served
and the tea made. With little square of
purple cloth the host wipes each utensi
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PREPARING FOR THE TEA CEREMONY.

tlful shrubs whose leaves had the extraordi-
nary property. when STEPPED in water of
assisting saints TO keep their religious
watches faithfully.
Tea was first introdueed into Japan by a
Buddhist saint. DaDgyo Daishi. about the
beginning OF the ninth century. But its
cultivation made no progress until the Alb
bot Myoe laid out some plantations at TOga-
moo, and afterward at Uj, which are yet
the most celebrated in Japan. Though It
was freely drunk and used among the upper
classes Mr. Chamberlain. who is an au-
thority, does not think the custom was at
all universal among the lower classes until
the seventeenth century.
The first teadrinking was INDUCED in by
the I'm sect OF the Buddhist simply
with the intention Of keeping them
selves awake during their midnight de-
yotions. The first aristocratic teadrnk-
er OF whom there is any record is
Monamoto Sanetomo. Shogun, who lived
In the thirteenth century. ESai. Bud
dhist abbot, tried to reclaim him from his
intemperate habits by inducing him to drink
tea instead OF sake. The enthusiastic abbot
drew up rules to govern the ceremony.
which naturally he made religious. First
came very plain, frugal meal, then a
service consisting of worshiping departed
ancestors. the noisy beating Of drums and
much burning OF incense. Esai also pub
lished a book. in which he clearly explains
how tea benefits the five ylscera"-the
and its influence against oni or demons.
Owing 10 the abhots introduction of the
plant and his zeal for its use it is fashion
able Tor real enthusiasts to join his sect (the
Zensl and 1t Is the abbot Of Daitokuji from
whom credentials of proficiency In tile mys-
cries are obtained.
In the fourteenth century the former SIM
pllcity had been replaced by the greatest
extravaganza snd luxury. The mobiles wed
with each other in the splendor of their en-
tertainments. Oo the floors were spread
magnificent tiger and leopard skins and
troups Of beautiful dancing girls added to
the brilllancy Of the scene. The simple
meal taken at the beginning Of the
ceremony became a sumptuous dinner for
which some new deiicacy was constantly
sought. The ehsir-room expanded into a
magnificent apartment hung with gold and
silver brocades. and round the walls were
suspended magnificent swords and rich and
exquisite ornaments. An English writer
tells us that at these parties the host would
often endeavor TO obtain as great variety
OF brands OF tea as possible. Then each
guest in turn tried to guess the different
brands. Every correct guess entitled its
maker TO one OF the treasures with which
the room was filled, and an uuwritten but
never broken law required him to presen:
II 10 ore Of the geIsha, or dancing girls.
loshimasa Shogun, during the latter half
OF the fifteenth century, abdicated in order
to give himself up 10 these entertainments,
and was Joined by Shnko and Shnno. two
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! of course. soap, and either another towel to
stand on or piece Of oilcoth four feet
! square.
1t is very important to have warm room.
| so that the body may not he chilled when
| you doH your garments. After taking
! everything OF, stand oil the oilcloth or towel
IN front OF your basin. slip your mttens on,
up thein IN ehe water. squeeze ihe drips
from the mTttens, soap well and rub Tue
body all over, beginning at the neck and
| ending with the toes. Take off the mittpns,
lay them down beside the basin; ali the soil
oil tie body viii be in those mittens. Take
your second pair OF nttens. slip them on
and 90 over your body again, rinsng the
mLttens several lines. thus: Take the soap
on the arms, then rinse The waist, and so
forth. Bathing thus rests and strengthens
tired body.
After getting most of the soap off-Dr.
Do LOWS says, 1T will not injure you TO
leave little soap on the skm"-slip off
your second pair of mitteDs and rinse them
cut wei, then wiring them as q y rs yGTs can
aud rub the drips of your body. The damp
mitts will not only dry the body, but 1t is
wonderful the friction they produce, and
how they open the pores of the skin. Then
dry with tie aforesaid rough towel, which
seems almost unnecessary, but that last
dry rub gives an after glow.
Dr. G. Wesley Emerson, in his wonderful
lectures on the Health Of the Brain" saws
that lit IS important 10 the brain 70 dry the
body with two towels after bathing" in
which case the second rub with damp nit
tens may be omitted.
1t takes from eight TO 10 minutes to wash
from top TO toe, and rinse the mittens in a
water ready for another day. 1t is well 10
put them in the air TO sweeten and TO have
them boiled once a week 10 keep them
pleasant
1nvalids should wash portion of their
bodies at time and dry, but of course, TO
wash piecemeal takes more time
To improve the complexion one should
keep the pores of the skin open and keep
away the chaps. Wash the face ana ears
with very hot water, and then put sufficient
cold water TO make it tepid for the body
The face should be washed in hot water at
least three times daily
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stopping Electric Locomotives.

Although II has hitherto been possible to
stop an electric car quickly, the reversal of
the current which the action necessitated
resulted in considerable waste and a ten
dency to burn out the motors. A new
method OF accomplishing the stoppage has
been devised. The new motors of car are
SO connected that the electromotive force of
each under the rotation impaired by the
forward movement of the car opposes that
OF the other and tends to produce current
in such n direction as to increase its own
field magnetism and cut down that of the
other The car will thus be checked or
brought to sudden stop il running rapidly,
and II on heavy grade will creep slowly
down without taking current from the
supply wire and without having the brakes
set,