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HARD TIMES ILLUSTRATED.
A Recent Scene on an Oakland Ferry
Steamer

The other day gentleman who resides
in Alameda, but who does business in this
city and is acquainted largely and widely.
was aceosted on the boat by party whom
be had known in better and happier times
as clerk with a comfortable salary, but
who had been cinched by hard times.
my dear -, can you lend me dollar
/ am going home to my wife and family
without cent. What am l to do?''
well, you can take the dollar for that
purpose with pleasure" said his friend.
handing il to him.
A few minutes later the lender of the
dollar happened to be passing along that
part Of the boat where the bar is situated.
aud, gIancing in, saw the borrower plank
ing down a dollar and inviting two or
three parties 10 drink. He did not like
the situation and his mind was made up
quickly. lie entered the bar, walked
directly up to the counter as the invited
guests had their Ii ps SET for the refreshing
Bourbon. and covering the dollar with his
hand drew it down. Turning to the bor-
rover he said:
mo, sir; gave you this dollar for your
family, not to spend for whisky" He
then returned it to his purse and walked
away.
Later. the discounted borrower met him
on the deck and demonstrated.
You ought not TO have EN- bsrrassed me
before my friends in that way"
This riled the good-natured lender.
~ on - beat, II we were not on the
boat | would wipe the ground with you"
There was 10 further conversation.
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On Top of Mount Ararat.
The Century.


Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, writing of
their visit to the top of the mountain on
which the ark once rested, say:
Mount Ararat has two tops, few hundred
yards apart, sloping. on the eastern and
western extremities, into rather prominent
abutmenIs, and separated by q snow val
ley, or depression, from 30 to 100 feet in
depth.
The eastern top. on which we were
standing. was quite extensive and thirty
to forty feet lower than its western neigh
Dor. Both tops are hummocks on the huge
dome of Ararat. like the humps on the
back of camel, on neither one of which
is there Vestige OF anything but snow.
There remained Just as little trace Of
tine crosses left by Parrot and ChodZdo as
of the ark itself. We remembered the pic
lures we had seen in our nurserv-boOks
which represented the mountaln-top COW
cred with green grass and Noah stepping
out of the ark in the bright, warm sun
shine before the receding waves. And
now we looked around and saw this very
spot covered with perpetual snow. Nor
did we see any evidence whatever of
former existing crater, except perhaps the
snow-hlled depression we have Just men
toned. There was nothing about this per-
petual snOwfield and the freezing atmos-
phere that was chilling to the bone 10
remind US that we were on the top of an
extinct volcano that once trembled with
the commissions OF subterranean heat.
The view from this towering height
was immeasurably extensive and almost
too grand. All detail was lost-all color,
all outline; even the surrounding noun
tains seemed to be but eXcrsscent ridges OF
the plain. Then, too, we could catch only
occasional gimpses as the clouds shifted
TO and fro. At one time they opened up
"A, Id
with its glittering ribbon of silver at an
abysmal depth below. Now and then we
could descry the black volcanic peaks OF
Ali Chez forty miles away TO the north
west, and on the southwest the low noun
tains that obscured the town of BayaZid.
OF the Caucasus, the mountains about
ErZerum on the west, and Lake Van on
the south, and even of the Caspian Sea,
all of which are said to be in AraTat's
horizon, we could see absolutely nothing
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THE MAGAZINES.
Selections From Periodicals for
the Month of June.
End of the Mexican Empire.
Scribner's Magazine.

The folio wing description Of the end of
the empire in Mexico is from an article on
Macmillan and Mexico, written by John
Heard Jr.:
Whatever may be said of Maxmilfan's
career as ruler, his end was beyond
criticism.
On the 10Th, at half-past 8 10 the morn
ing. Macmillan woke from quiet sleep
and dressed with the help of his two ser
wants. After receiving his father con-
lessor and hearing mass with his fellow
prisoners he took a slight breakfast, and
being notified that all was ready he babe
his followers farewell, far less moved
than they. Each prisoner entered a
separate carriage. and the dismal process
sion. guarded by numerous troops, passed
slowly through the silent streets TO the
Cerrn de las Campanas, hill near the
town, and stopped at the place designated
for the execution, not hundred yards
from the spot where Macmillan had been
captured. Here the prisoners allghted,
and few minutes later they stood size
by side, 1000 men around them. The En-
peror spoke first in a clear, quiet voice.
and said:
II die in a good cause. the cause Of indie
pendence and freedom. May my blood
end forever the woes of.my adopted coun-
try. Friends So Viva Mejieo!'
Miramon read a few lines in which he
protested against the accusation of treason
and maintained the right of the cause for
which he was about 10 give bis life.
While he was speaking Mejia looked up
at she pale, hard sky overhead and across
the ragged cactus bush so typical of his
country. Above in the Oven-llke dome a
buzzard, the eagle of Mexico, circled
slowly round and round and he followed
il with his eyes until it alighted on a tuna
far away. Beyond the Sierra, purple and
blue and white, weighed heavily on the
horizon. UncOnsciOusly he lowered the
crucifx which be was holding before him
and suddenly the word was given. A
single vOlley burst over the plateau and
on the dissolving smoke the ghost of the
empire fOated away into the past.
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Peter the Greats Dwarf.

st. Nicholas.
Mary Shears Roberts has written about
dwarfs and from that article the following
about dwarf wedding is taken;
In 1710 Zotof aud his royal master ar
ranged another wedding between two
dwarfs. This was celebrated at ST. Peters
burg with great show and parade. Zotof,
as high official. was head and front oil
the performance. 1t took long time to
prepare for this great event. Invitations
to the wedding were sent out several
months before the day appointed for the
ceremony and all the courtiers and ambas-
sailors were hidden to the marriage OF this
tiny man and woman. All the dwarIs llv-
ing within two hundred miles of the capital
were commanded to be present. The pride
and groom rode on an elephant under
canopy; some of the midgets followed
on camels or rode in sledges carved
in the shape Of VarIons animals. Many
OF the vehicles contained dozen dwaT1s
al time. Some of these small people did
not like the idea of being hidden or CON-
manded in this way. OF course the pro-
cessiOn of dwarfs was followed to the city
by laughing mob, and the pigmles OBJ
jeeted TO being made sport of. but Peter
word was law, and he punished the dis
Ohedient ones by making them walt at the
banquet on those who were docile.
Seventy dwarfs sat down to table. be-
sides the tiny bride and bridegroom, who
were richly adorned in the height of the
prevailing Russian mode. ZotOf took care
that everything provided for this marriage
should be of suitable size. A low table
was set with small dishes. glasses, plates
and other articles, all arranged accord
ing toi the size of the guests. The
dwarfs, we are told, contended with
much pride and gravity as to which
should be first. but it was finally
settled that the smallest should take the
lead; ana then there arose disputes, as
none of them would admit he was smaller
than the others. The Gar, who was pres
ent. finally interfered. order was restored.
and the banquet proceeded. Dancing fol-
lowed. The bridegroom, who was thirty
eight inches high, opened the ball with a
minuet. The company soon followed the
example of the groom, and entered into the
dancing with great spirit, and, after all
their trouble. became very gay and had
good time generally.
As has been before remarked. Peter was
very fond of the pygmy tribe. and at the
funeral OF one who had long been attached
to his court. twenty-four male and twenty
four female dwarfs walked in procession,
followed by the Emperor in person and his
Ministers and guards. l never heard OF
his being cruel 10 adwarf, although he fire.
Quently made sport of them, and his love
Tor practical joking was so great that even
ZOt0f did not always escape.
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A Roadside TeahouSe.
Harper's Magazine.


The following description of Japanese
roadside teahouse is from an article en-
titled The japanese Spring." by Alfred
Parsons:
At Yoshino 1 found a little suite Of
rooms built in the garden away from the
rest OF the house. and at once engaged
them. in happy anticipation ofquiet nights.
These isolated rooms have some disadvan-
tages. such as having to get to the bath
and back on wet nights. but a very short
acquaintance with life in teahouse makes
the traveller disregard such trifling incon-
veniences for the certainty of peaceful
sleep. The Japanese wanderers usually
finish their days journey about in the
afternoon, and, after the preliminary cup
of tea. discard their travel-stained clothes
for the clean kimonO which every we'll
regulated teahOuse supplies to its
guests. then battle in water as near the
bOiling-polnt as possible, eat their dinner,
sit talking and smoking till midnight. snOre
till o'clock IN the morning and then be-
gins the clatter of taking down shutters
and the elaborate business of toOth-clean-
ing and tOngue-scraping, with an accom-
paniment of complex noises suggesting sea-
sickness in its worst stages. so IL is not till
they have departed at 6 or O'clock that a
light sleeper gets much chance. In the
daytime the teahouse is deserted, except
by the proprietor, who sits III the front
room and does his accounts. and by the
little servant girls, who, with their beads
tied up in towels. klmoDo tucked into their
obi, ana sleeves fastened back, showing a
good deal of round brown leg aud arm,
busily sweep and dust the rooms in prepa-
ration for the new set OF visitors who will
arrive in the evening. The sliding par
titions would be little bar to sound
even if they reach to the top of the room,
and above them there is generally a foot
or so of open woodwork, which allows
free ventilation and conversation between
the different apartments. Privacy, as we
understand il, is NO part of the scheme of
a japanese teahouse. Real fresh air from
outside is very difficult to get at night.
During the hot weather l was always care
full TO examine the fastenings of the wood
en- shutters with which, after dark, every
house is inclosed like box, so that
could surreptitiously open a crack oppo-
site my room, although by so doing | was
dsobeying the police regulations. These
shutters do not keep out the noise of the
Waterman, who all night long wanders
round and knocks two blocks of wood
together, just to let burglars know that he
Is on the lookout.
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Wild Beast Tanners.

The danger OF wild beast tanners is the
subject of an article by Cleveland Moffet.
He writes:
Now and then. for no reason that any
one can find, a lion or tiger that has been
doing his duty regularly and well gro VS.
suddenly rebellious. He will no longer
balance on the big ball, no longer stand
unprotestingly on the see-saw board, no
longer ride the horses or jump the hurdles.
He comes out instead with plain. pointed
leonine mo" for the whole programme,
and proceeds to get square with the game
by tearing the life out of some trainer or
groom. Apparently his pride and bate
and revenge are all stirred up together
against all surrounding conditions, and the
people to whom he has been most obedient
are the very ones he now desires most
violent death it is oftenest under one of
these unforeseen and inexplicable out
bursts of madness.
But there is another and perhaps subtler
source of danger to tanners Everything
goes well for two or three years, and the
tanner, proud of his success and swelling
bank account, becomes overcOnfident. One
day he gets nip from bear or a scratch
from tigers claw. This will happen in
evitably unless the greatest watchtulness
is employed, and without any vicious inten-
ton on the part of the wild beast. But the
wound fingers on hand or arm. for wounds
from wild beasts claws or fangs, however
trihing. are long in healing and very painful.
The member swells to double its normal
size, the wound tears open again and again,
and months pass before the man is healed.
The moral effect of such an experience is
bad. Perhaps another bite or scratch is
incurred before the old one is quite well,
and after a number Of such mishaps
the tanner, though he will not admit
il, perhaps, even to himself. is apt TO be-
come afraid of his animals. Then he has
recourse TO stimulants to STEADY his
nerves" before going into the ring. But
by this treatment his nerves are not
steaded; rather they are the more shaken.
And the more he drinks the more unfit he
is to face the danger, and the llkeller 10
take some reckless step which will result
in his serious injury or death-for 1t is un-
dOubtedly fact that tanners are not infre-
Quenty manned for life ana even killed.
Such case was that of the tanner Heigen-
reich. who was torn to pieces some years
ago while giving an exhibition In Russia
a large lion sprang upon him and literally
tore his life out before the eyes OF the
spectators. Nothing could be done TO save
the man. Nothing ever can be done In
such a case.
Perhaps the best safeguard against these
dreadful accidents safeguard better
than hot irons or revolvers-isa ready line
of hose with strong pressure of water
which can be turned on at moments no.
| tice. 1t has been found that lion struck
bv powerful stream OF water will drop
his bleeding victim when pr9dding with
iron hooks OF similar measures will only
| make him hold the tighter.
Thus it is absolutely fatal for the trainer
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fashioned ways and become crystalliZed in
them, and therefore is unable 10 compre-
bend modern methods. The only fault we
have to find with it Is contained IN the last
lines of the preface. where the city clerk
says of the Diary, MY only regret Is that
| did not commence it when l was youth"
New York: Lowell, Cnryell ~ Co. For
sale by PayOt, Upham d Col
THE Bound CENTURY. - The bound
volume of the Century Magazine (Vol.
XLVID, comprising he numbers from
November, 1898, to April, 1894 $3.50 pages,
$40 illustrations, nearly a hundred OF
which are full-page engravings). has just
been issued from the press. 1t is only
from the bound volumes that one can OBJ
tain an adequate idea of the broad field
covered by the Century Magazine. A sim
gle number. however interesting in itself,
will of necessity be stamped with the
character of its leading articles-a fact
which at times makes il appear that some
subjects are receiving undue attention at
the expense Of others equally deserving of
notice. In the collected numbers, how
ever, the proportion is restored, and one
fiudS in the present volume comprising
the numbers from November. 1898. 10
April, 1894, inclusive) an Inviting and
varied table OF contents, embracing art,
music, literature, science, religion-in brief,
tie whole field of human interest. In mu-
sic. art, fiction and biography this volume
is especially rich. IL this connection it is
interesting to note some remarks recently
made by Frank II. Scott, president of the
Century Company, before the Quill Club
concerning magazines in general and the
Century in particular. with the Century
magazine. and | am inclined to think il is
true Of most magazines Of the present
day." said Mr.. Scott. sit: is not the long
novel, nor the short story, nor fiction of
any kind that gives il its strong hold upon
its readers, but the so-called solid mat
ter. Notwithstanding the fact that there
have been published 10 the Century most
OF the novels of George w. Cable, Frank
Stockton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mrs.
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Literary Notes.

BOOK Reviews, the monthly journal published
oy Macmillan & Co., has been enlarged to
almost twice its original size. Although 1t has
only Just completed its first year. it has won for
ltsell an eBviable position among the magazines
th@t deal with current literature, furnishing, as
II oeeS, not only full advance notes of the new
BOOKS ana complete list of all the books pub
Ilsueu curing tile month, but also well-selected
cII,lcal reviews of the most important OF the
recent publications
- ohe OF the most attractive of Macmillan q
GO. late publications is a volume OF nature
studies by Mrs. James Osborne Wright FILLED
WIN the very spirit of the New England woods
auu uyWays, II Is book to make glad the heart
OF every lover OF nature
~ seems that when r. l.. Garner was IN
AItIca Tor the purpose of prosecuting his
STUDIES In siman speech he contrac ed fever,
was ielI alone In the forest, and after a period
Oh suHerlng was taken care of by the native
Africans. This experience he has described In
an artcl- that Is announced for early publiea-
ton In Harper's Young People
Hamln Garland has written for the June
plumber OF McClure's Magazine impressions Of
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SOME NEW BOOKS.
Grand Work for American
YaChtsmen.
EAcHYACHT CLUB DESCRIBED
Diary of Nobody-Object Lessons
to Chiidren-The Last
Sentence.

Yachtsmen should be proud OF the magnl-
icent work upon their favorte sport,
edited by DR.. Henry \. Mott, and recently
issued from the press under the title of
The Yachts and YachtSmen of America"
1t Is no misnomer 10 speak of he work as
magnificent. for each volume Ghe sec
Ond will soon be published contains over
600 pages, which are each 11X14 inches in
size making a book four inches in thick
ness. No one has ever attemp pied 10 pro-
duce a work Of like character and the
publishers had big undertaking before
them. The work was commenced two
years ago and already $4,000 has been ex-
pended upon IT,
This work not only gives to the yachts
man all historical data Of his own organ
izaton, but is a ready book of reference
furnishing reliable information relative
10 yachts ami yachismen Of other clubs.
y complete history is given OF each yacht
club separately grouping the portraits of
lis memb ers, and q statement as % what
has been accomplished by its members in
promoting the sport OF yachting. POr-
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Telescopes.
Popular Science Monthly.


Garrett p. Servss, writing about reflect
ing and Iefractng telescopes, says:
A very pretty little experiment, which
illustrates these two methods of forming
an optical image, and, by way of corrol-
larry, illustrates the essential difference be-
tween TefractiDg and rejecting telescopes,
may be performed by AIRY one who pos
sesses reading glass and magnifying
hand mirror. In room that is not too
brightly illuminated pin a sheet of white
paper on the wall opposite to window
that, by preference, should face the north,
or away from the position of the
sun. Taking first the reading glass.
hold it between the window and the
wall parallel TO the sheet of paper, and
foot or moro distant from the latter By
moving IL to and fro little you will be
able TO ind distance corresponding to the
focal length of the lens, at which picture
OF the window Is formed on the paper.
This picture or image will be upside down.
because the rays of light cross at the
locus. by moving the glass little closer
to the wall you will cause the picture of
the window TO become indstiDct. while a
beautiful image Of the houses, trees or
other objects of the outdoor world beyond
Will be formed upon the paper. We thus
learn that the distance of the image from
The lens varies with the distance of the OBJ
1ect whose Image is formed. In precisely
similar manner an image is formed at
the focus of the object glass Of a refract-
ing telescope.
Take next yeur maguifying or concave
mirror, and detaching the sheet of paper
from the wall. hold il nearly in front OF the
mirror between the latter and the window.
When you have adjusted the distance to
the local length of the mirror, you Will see
an Image OF the window projected upon the
paper, and by varying the distance. as be-
lore, you will be able to produce at will
pictures OF nearer or more remote objects.
IL Is In this way that images are formed at
the focus OF the mirror of rejecting tele-
scope.
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IMPORTANT
Auction SaIe!I
Fine Business and Residence Property
Oaklandand Alameda
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1894,
Az O'Clock P. NJ. AT salesrooms,
46o and A62 Eighth ST., Oakland.
An Especially Choice List, Comprising :


FIVE DESIRABLE BUSINESS LOTS.
Situated on the Sc. cor. of Sixth and Washington
SITS, 25x75 each. a rare opportunity for shrewd
spectators.
THE NEWPORT BATHS PROPERTY
IN Alameda situate at Second avenue, on the
:. P. G. r. r., with improvements, consisting OF
hotel building, lighthouses, bowling alley, etc. g
have positive instructions to SELL and the high
est bidder will secure this choice Offering Sold
subject to confirmation of Superior Court.
TEN MAGNIFICENT BUSINESS LOTS,
Fronting on seventh, Eighth and Webster streets
25X1O0 and 25x75, right in the heart of the city
Only "a cash, balance in one, two, aud three years
with interest at per cent per annum.
CHOICE RESIDENCE,
Situated the southwest corner of Eighth and
Castro StS, tanning ~ rooms, bath and conSery-
atory, ana modern conYeniences; lot ll0XIOO.
GOOD, WELL-BUILT TWO STORY HOUSE
Ruby ST. near Weston ave. or Thirty-eichth ST.
block from Telegraph ave; $1,000 mortgage can
stand.
SEVEN SLIGHTLY BUILDING LOTS
On Thirteenth ave, East Twenty eighth and East
Twenty ninth SITS, East OaEtand; 4Uxl4O each:
line elevation; block to electric cars: only one
quarter cash, balance in three equal annual pay
ments, with interest at per cent per annum
A NEAT BAY-WINDOW COTTAGE
Containing rooms and bathroom high basement
etc., on y. side or Linden lane Forty-fifth ST.,
one block from Telegraph ave. block to
school; lot 5Oxl56; unusual terms; only $40 cash,
balance at 80 per month, Including interest.
For further particulars secure catalogue or call
at the office, 460 and 49, Eighth ST. oakland
WILLIAM j. DINGEE.
lily 90 Jeo o 5G Real Estate AuctiOueeT,
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the Impressions made are likely to be last
ing, and the book merits a wide cireula-
ton. New York: Funk 81 Wagnalls Com
paDy 4FOr sale at the bookstores.
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to fall into any fear. AS soon as lie gets
the idea that he is going to be killed be
had better give up the work at once or the
chances are that he will be killed.
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fel4 1yweFrSu
NEW WESTEEN HOT

NEW WESTERN HOTEL.
L EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.-RE-MOD-
IA eled and renovated. KING, WARD b CO.
European plan. Rooms soc to 81 sc per day, 90 to
- per woek. % TO $50 per month; free baths; hos
ana eoid water every room: hre CRATES in every
roomi elevator runs all night fell WeSasR ly
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FREE LUNCH SERVED UPON THE GROUND.
The property is beyond any question the
finest fruit and vegetable land in the county.
WE MAKE NO EXCEPTIONS.
AN OPPORTUNITY OF THIS KIND SELDOM
PRESENTS ITSELF.

Remember this is not an auction sale where
the property is limited and must bring GER
tain figure, but where every tract will be sold
TO the highest bidder.