New-York tribune. [volume], March 12, 1893, Image 18

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T?E COURTYARD TORCH.
From the Ctilnesc One, J'eng l.eaou.
How goes tlie honr I
*? Not midnight:
The torch flares bright."
My guesti, are near:
An* they tn sight!
iVtiat now Hie hour?
?? Not yet time:
The torch burns (lear.*
Wy guests spnaar:
Ttnlr horse-bells chime.
Again the houri
" 'Tis sitni-1-.o'
'1 lu* torch Haine dies."
y guest-* liri- here:
Those are their crt.-:.
-(J. K. D.iily.
THE DEATH SPIDER.
bhowix<; now ysmaki.a. the yaqui
' MAIDEN. WOVE A POIT.NT STELL.
One time I waa ataying down at the Hactead*
del Torreon, in tin- State of Daraage. It >-. knifed
to my friend and my family's friend, Mariano
Contle.
He and I bad bee.n out atf.-r lu* rc ml as-lots
of antelope and dcor still around there?BBd WO
got hack late Saturday afternoon, just M the
mnyordomo was calling th.* raya. That means
xvhat we Americans would say by "giving them
their tiu-(*.', He take* thc 1 i-it from tli" book
kra>per'e ligures, and coinpiins it with the ac?
count* k-pt for then-** lvi-s by tin- people. As
they cantiot reid nor wi ite, they use a system
if lines and drelce to denote a day, half-day,
quarter-dav, a real (twelve and a half '??nts . a
?edla. dollars, etc. If the two accounts tally.
and they generally do, for these ranche folks
are mighty honest, tlnn tiny an* paid, sometimes
in niom-y. but morageflrrally- tin* most part, any?
way, of their wages?in orders on th" fiends.
Those hacienda stores mak.- lots nf money for
the hacieiididu*, .md In-np th** people in debt just
about as hn!*el..*Hs as th.* old s-ln-ni" ol penna-.".
But tte- tiemla at Torreon wm fairly managed,
and the people always could have ninney il they
preferred it tn ciedws.
Thu*, time, after the ray* WM over, ani ni mt
of tin- Beanie had gone lounging away for their
one rest of thc week?fo* it is a greal mistake
to think thc peon, a ai - loafers-they really work
like beavers-well, as I was saying, one gill
walked up tn tho luayordomo and said seatet-dng
in a low- tune.
"Ey? winn's that0'' said Don Esrique, "thou,
Ysmaela, aaklag for tlie washing! Aw the clouds
reallying to min honey:' Sine,, xvhen ait thoa
tired of PMtiBf ?"
We could imf bear what she said, but she
appeared to lu- insistin.. Dun Raitque looked
a question nt Mariann, .if coane the BBByordoiBO
had the right to distribute the worb as lu- thought
proper, hat when tin- ainu was actually on the
epot, it was eomprooxieo?that is to say, M*xicri
etiquette ?that tin- employe should consult the
master. Mariann WM :i go ><1 fellow, and he
never did ni* -aid anything tn hurt tin* feelings
of those around him. Tin- admini-tra lor .ind tim
mayordotun were both of good families?lota nf
geiite tina, imn won have sin-tit all their ninney.
aro glad enough now tn toke posit tens tlnn an*
considered inferior in Mexico?and Marian.> was
so good-nature,) that ho let them "un thing, about
bs they pleased. Von mi-ht ewdly have mistaken
either one of them fur tin* master. Not that lu
was careless about his aflaitf. tot !,(* was a sharp,
shrewd buslncSB fellow. Hut be hud. a* tin* M \i
cans say, sn much delicacy for them ihat when
ne disapproved of their doings, nr wanted to mak"
suggestions, lu* always told tl,.-rn about it pri?
vately, and before folks, even before ile- peones.
he treated them \-er.v respectfully, ami appeared
to take their advice about everything. "t coarse
that sort nf thing is utily skin deep, and rou can
call it insimvr", if you want tu, but all thi- -same
lt ls mighty pb1 nra ni ta hi' treated that way.
Well, sn that was why, when Doa Enrique Var?
gas loukeil tiiat way at Marian.>. tin' patton
shrugged Ins left shoulder and threw out Ins left
banu with a gi*sture thal meant: "OhI 1 leave
lt all to you, my dear tetlow!" Bat the little
minx had Been the inavordumn's look, and she
twirled around, as cheeky as you please, aud l*'i*aii
to discourse him.
"Yes. ye*, chula! but this is an affair for Doa
Enriaue. Hi* will s?nd thee to tim aeo<rtiiu. if it
seems to him well Uut why wishes! thou Um
wash? What spi.hr has bitten thee?
At that the girl gave a qufck jump, ns if BO-BO.
thing had bitten lu-r sure ,-nou.h, and sin- tallied
about tho color of manila paper, .is .sin- faced
around I* the dour and mad- un* la BO little
hurry. Tho la-t wi- saw nf her face, the color had
not come back to it. We wald imf help tatting
about her and h.-r whim, ami th.- qu<-a*r euper ol
Iict leaving like thal when Mariano sjiok" to her
I gather.*.! fra m what tle-.v said that sim had
known the administrador rather better than wm
good for lier, and that bra freak als.ut flic
washing mps in order to _et anny fr mi the
house, so slie would not have to Bee ami w "rv
^^ over the way that .viv blade wa- now duii.iTii'g
Hi around Ptmeona. a prettv daughter <>f old Damasa,
WM the t!jrfillr,-in.*ik.*r.
Br That's one thin" I cm never get used lo in
these Mexican fellow* I'll turn lo look after a
woman sis quick te any other man. and 1 dont
say that T care for them tm, hbrb-tO-ied or h'irm-1,
either. But thees bi*rant wenaen??atrapplagi
greasy beanie*, with every P'ire in their skin"
marked ou*? in bloch, *ik<- tbs linn on ""crackle"
rtottery I They are supposed tn have a hath everv
fan Juan (St. John's dav , bal I really think with
many of them it is only "eada Corpus y San
Juan" 'every Corpus Christi snd Sc. .Klin's Day .
end the calendar-makers suv that the-., twaa feri-t*
fall on the same day only once in three cnturies
Anyway. Sharona was worra Ilma I'aawei*:
she w.19 fatter. Ysmnels had a very good li'-'ur",
though sho was vi ry stander. Sh-* WM pretty,
too, all but for a wicked I -oh in her black eyea
I've seen the rama look often in bolting horaco.
when tlii-y cock their "ins and mil tli.-ir eyet
back to see if you're olT your guard nr r< a ly fm
them. I said something like that tai Mariano
"Oh, yes," he aald; "you're right. I know it
JThe girl is dangeron-. I am sure?tho sort ihet
the Spaninr-ls describe as bavin* 'fhrer- black
boar's bristles through the heart.' Bul I dont
know, I gm sun-, what I can do. I wi?b Comm
were away frmn here?ho is a .renter care thar
all the reef of the hacienda. But lie will not r"
sign, nnd I cannot dismiss him, pur rompromiao
from that conventional obligation that sn f,*tt< r*
and hampers as Mexicans. You Americans would
raver it as with a sword-stroke. His father am;
mino were rorapadif*" co sponaotB sud >"_! must
beor with bis excesses at my very lid-"* rl/ik. Th.
only good thing is that the girl seems ta -vant n
keep away fmrn him aad ont ol mtechtef, Ot
course Enrique will let her ga with the lavaaderai
?thinkest not that he should, (ar'it ..?a?"
Now, I wast to say. right here, though it hm
nothing to do xvith my story, thal my name i*
not Carlile***, nor Carlos, nor Charles in miv shuts
whatever. My true Bans is mid aad um omni.>n
even in English, and the Mexicans are determine
I shall bafre "a Christian li. e., saint's name,"* si
they hafe saddle I several on me. I am genenll)
Ysae, or the diminutive or nickname af it?'Cine
snd from that ha* come my beta* called "Jaeh'
by Americans. .Mariann dislikes Inane in Rpinial
ss much as I do In En.li-.i, and bo lo him 1 av
? Carlos. ?
A day or txvo nfter we rode around tho Bce-.|Ui.
By Jove! it w;is a pretty Bight tbere_-l wished 1
was a painter. Tim wide, deep ditch, with it,
white sand Indium, xvas full of rippling water
liumroiii'. to itself a little Boag, ami the poplar*
along the ede" keeping time tu it, xvith all theil
plpssy leaves a-clapptng like Hoy hands Al,m.
the bank*, in the flings of fi-rn* and witi-rsali.es
wa* a strim' of women kaeeliag, Brane rn a sui
Of scoop nui'ie of a '.'nods-buv. bat BBOStlv ill hole<
hollowed in tin* rand, for boards are boards ii
Mexico. Sloping into the water before thom
each one had ii hoard or n big flat stone, an I ..r
if. she scraivd and thumped BBd pounded nm
paddled thc soiled clothes, rinsed by aoaaiag ll
thu water, or lay ponting o\"or water .villi bb olia
or a painti?d floor* paiated ealabaab. sou..
used tlie lonu*. inch-square bars of Mexican eoap
others used pounded or grated ninnie ...;? pr-ot'
but this xvas mostly for wed lena. Tin* womer
looked well, moving in free, vigorous swings, will
their long, black braids swaying, their bin
reborns catching the sun. and tlmir hrtehl skirts
Their brown arms nml necks allowed like br nw
?!>ove the whit** che ia lacs, tor tims/* rinclin work
women do not wear waiata or Jackets.
When we got to Ysmaela we saw that sim wai
washing her stout with some herb?a lot of erect
Ie*vee nounded.
"Hola! herc is something new!" aald Mariano
"What hast thou there, my daughter? Is lt
weed common enough to save me ti lot on snip"'
The girl mumbled something about it -wini
?eareo-a rare herb.
"BareI ye* I warrant, ymr worship," sui'
Ysmaela'-. right-hand neighbor, looking up witl
aa impudent, leering erin: "too ian* tn ts* waste*
on common ropa. Please, ymir mercy, it is j
philter, a love-potion?those are Don Cosme'i
clothe* that ahe is washing, to coax him aw*]
from Simeonn."
Ysmaela lifted the linen shirt on her board
sodden heavy with wet. and swung it with :
sweeping b.-b-hander that knocked her smart
friend head-first into the aci-qiiin. Vsniaelii
looked minded to hold her uuder water, but re
turned to her task, while ber mutes pulled out
the other, caterwauling.
"I don't like that," said .Mariano, ns we r..dr
on; "tbe girl is too quiet by half. If ?he weals'
rage and storm?but you seo she strikes am;
does Bot speak. She was brought up here, a baby
by * family from Sonora, and my father alway*
believed sh* had blood of the Yaquia. They ar*
like that, the Yaqui*, silent, sullen, but swiftly,
favagely dangerous.''
Te tell tbe truth. I did not like it either.
Mariano liked it ao little that when we went
MBtiag again, ha made -esme de ia Guerra ooma
with us. to ke**p him out of mischiel. He did
not want to ionic. He disliked any work harder
than giving orders or hanging about the women.
We rode iii buckskin, with .launel shirts. Be
was in charra, it is brue; bat his riding-suit was
elegant black cloth, with all tho regulation silver
I raid and buttons, and he took pains to show off
his white shirt and the wristlets of ids silk
undershirt.
Well, we pushed him hard thal day, ta pay tor
Ins foppery?Mariano dislik.-s such neflneaie. We
nilled three antelope, and. ave* a spur of cae
foithills. w- struck a fresh .mar trail that led UB
up tn a stony mesa, where the trail and the light
failed us toaether. "no of the im.r/o* wtth us
na* .luau Larg... and he was the worst, fellow
nft.-r hi'.ir von ever did s.*-. No wonder, eitner.
If a bear bad don,- ta one side af mv lace what
a big f-iiv.-r-tip dil to Juan Largo's. I would go
hot-loot ofter every one of th* Irina that, made
nu* a sighl of horror to frighten children.
"With flu- will of your im-rcy. we will camp
her- to-tiL'iit and follow on la tli" morB.Bg. Tue
ora i* u .in" home?1 rae that In the speed of his
footprints. With thc ligbl We can go straight,
to his house." _.?____ va
Of course we agreed. Juan Largo knew tn*
business, ami he always did a.s he pleased with
iis nu ii hunt. But frome did not like H. He
made all kinds of objections, and JUBB "ps-'t
them 0111 by one with good, common-sensible
answer*.
"Come, come, Cosme, lie reasonable, ania
Mariano: "it is too dark ta travel: we would go
farther to Tire worse Like we others, thou Blt
hungry. Thou wilt botta*r appreciate JUBB
Largos can- for us after supper."
Cosme growled something about "rocky ground
for cascabeleb."
Juan lAitio came over to him. grinning?a smile
made that awful face of Juan mure hideous tlmti
ever.
??oh:" he s;ild. "your mercy Dun Cosme will
pardon. If I had understood that roar mercy
was so little a "uuntryman I would have set,
your Urara at rest by l"issnns of the camp. I
will clear tin* stones Iron a apace for your
honor's bed. ns for the other gi-nth-men. .ind then
lay tale mix* around it. Within ft* nug you mny
sleep in* io tin- innis of?your mother. No snake
will cross a cabriesio, ami willi reason?but drag
roar hand across it. and say TT you would bear
its rasp on your belly."
It was true enough that Cosmo had nut Known
the safeguard of this expedient that everv plains?
man ami mountaineer uses nightly. Tin- ventral
sensibility nf the s.*r|ient race shrinks from tho
prickling bristles that stand out thickly all over
tin* excellent, lalo* that tho ranchero* weave of
horsehair.
Well, we had sumter, then we smoked, and
rnrned for awhile, then rolled out in onr '/.arin"*.
And as fur nm. T knew no mm-o BBtll Juan Large
shook- me awake in thc morn inc. When I sit np,
Marman ami T blinked sleepily at cash other,
while Juan went on to C"sme.
"His fen* of tlie rnttl"*makes did not ni'ikf hi*
sleep li.ht.'1 Bald the nhl UM>M -Tinily : then, a-s
he touched Cosme'* haiul in turning doWB tho
blanket, "Santo Dios! come hither, quick, your
honor!"
We hnrri.-d to him. Iff* man ever was don der
thu Cosme .le li (iuerra. Mis Unlit mBaHihe
showod bri .ht yellow against bis rriv face. When
the first sheck wo* over?'" It must have be-n ti
rattWaake, afta*r all."1 said Mariano.
??Not so. by your mercy's leave." sail Juan
Largo; "th- reata i-* ti.-ht to the ground, ms I
peaced i<* down la-t Bight. Now that the light is
strong?I have bern walting-We will look ?I
smelled him when I bent above the dlfunto."
" Smelted what ??
But Ju ni Liir.o. slowly, cautiously, wa* opening
the clothing of Cosme. Inside th" neck <>f hi*
shirt, far down, was nestled a big un I devilish
spider Ihat !?- very ran- in Mexico, but whoso
bit.* or stin.' is a* deadly ti* a stroke of lightning,
?? They are eamlnnnles great traveller.," sii I
Juan Largo gravely, after lu* had taken me*aurei
to keep, tin* beast (rom future ili'vilrmvi-*. "There
is." he'wen! oa, more slowly, ' ,1 strange thing
about them arana*. Thor" is 1 w-oi-i they love
bitter than a lube loves th-* milk ol its mother.
No. your worship, I know nol the weed hy light.
I know onlv its smell, ami that it is Called la
rei]?th.* net?and that the Indian* on the Yaqui
River strive to rub it on Ihe dress of sn oarany?
and on.- of the snider* will And him. Vour honor,
bend and smell." We bowed above th,, haly of
Ccsme/nod a strange, enticing perfume penetrated
to our sense through and beyond th" cs-eri'"?s lc
always wera like a xvnmrin. " Vour honor, the
cucumber smell nf tin- eascahel give* warning that
the rattler is utah, and la r**l t"lL- the apara* *h
of the I>eath Sjiid.-r-t . tho**, that kBOW Hs
power."?J. H. A. "Dealer" in Th.* San Francisco
Argonaut.
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PO A BEAUTIFUL NUN.
Natimn Haskell Dels in "Feet-lM*.11
fair Nun, t':it siottiy naaderesl
'iiiroiigii bywayi of iii.- iou 11.
T'-ll me Hie ibougbts thou ponder.
Demure, ultu eyes east down I
Tin- world around l- beautiful;
No jot to I:.??!? lt brina.,
li'- ni-" Ihjt spirit dutiful
ls set ou braveniy IblagB,
The sunlight I* im' ranby,
Bot pleasure .-i.n of 111:
llrlgl ' greHlnm ot urbanity
M.av tenUrt I, en rt .-lilians tiirlll.
Bal all Ibeoe tilings are nangbt to |ba*|
Sui ii vision* t ima m.1-1 ?lina.
Aiiotlnr i mb. i< tungin to tin-...
Thou -ol'-nin vestura-d Nun I
T!iv tal-.nt---aube no ii-" of flem
To tviu the work}'* apptaase;
.- ll tl ll-e Wera- tell (ihllSe a.f I ,e|||
To hun ReUgloa- rause.
Thv vi'e, though rl-h nnd gloria*-,
, Mas! not In mlrt'i ti.Ke purl ;
Thy hands inn-' be laborioui
Ju c iirlty. not :irt.
Thy fae* would prac* society.
Thy hand l.e tough! In tera
Bul nil t,,v realm I* piety :
Ttij bear! is lix.-j above.
Yet calm nnd BBtegretfally
'Pion gorm! on Hiv wnv
As though desiri' wera mel fully
In tiiiii ona- nord "obey."
No tbsagb! of rarfbly foy dtstmte
Ker earthly love mu i cease;
No trivial annoy disturb*
Tn* a arrant ol thy peat ?.
Surround.*l hy th* p'irlty
As by ;in angeTi arm,
Thou nsssesi ia .security
Amid all da and lunn.
tSw* a-t brid" of beaven, i.Mdlnglr
Thv thought* .-.ll heavenward flow;
Ant thus alone, contldliiely.
'i lion waBunl hen tetaw.
The BOBlbra curb Hiou wcrirest here,
Tbe rosary, Ibe erase?
Symbol of ttiint timn brarrat here ?
Make all things s< oin hut dross.
Above, tbe wedding raiment walla.
Tin- crown, ibe promised spouse;
Toi 'di the ions the p.iMu. nt volta,
The answer to thv vows.
For ihls thou hast foraaken all
Thv toasty mlglii have won;
For I',ls alone ti.i-i tiiR.-n all
Tin- sorrows of a Nun.
Fair Nun. ruy heart acknowledges
A pring lo per tin* tera.
1 rare not for theologies,
1 only eon for grace. ,
And get I would not change thr lot
To ibnt of mortal bride.
I.ef (lad alone BITCage thy lot
And In Iliy Iniirt abide I
RA ILA DE OF WOMEN I WEB,
F.ng. in- Field In The Chicago Pew* BillW<.
.Tamera Mean hath nn old hine plata,
Hld aw.at in au oshea chest,
Ami a Franklin platter ol anrtenl date
li'-nretf! Amandy Baker^a anal:
Minn tim" suevra I've been Ibelr guest,
Bays I lo myeelf in an undertone:
"nf noaara folk, it nnist i** coal.4
These do 1 loVC, lllld Hies,, ll).HU-.''
Then, nguiu. In Hu* Nutmeg stale,
Donday Pratt I* richly btes!
with a rill.- of arl and a land effete,
A pitch, r of glsMB that's ml, not pre sod,
And ii Washington teapot ls pus-,..1
lion 11 in Pelham l.v Martha stone;
Think ye now that 1 "suv In jeri :
"1 In-se do I love, and'these alone!"
w,-re ll. psv Higgins Inclined le male.
Or Hon.ts Eastman pion.- n, inve.t
lu (juiihrs Bends, they could lind their fide
In lbs bflOtlesB hurd of ('rockery Que.tl
For they've heaps ol trumpery : so'imve tbe nat
nf those spln-l.r- whose wore I'd like to own"
You se* why 1 say nilli such certain rent :
"Tlnse do I love, and llrse alone f
ENVOY*.
Pitncc, show mc th., quiches! wnv nm) U-nt
To gain tin* subject of my uionn;
We've neither spinsters nor relics om West;
"Tin-?? do 1 love, and tli'-*-.- alone."
A FIDDLER'S VALENTINE.
Bf A. T. Quilter ("oneil.
Pretty player, from thv t-trlngs
Lotti ? Whlspen luke them wings.
Ta kc He m wings nnd hie io me :
Ifl my hollow heart they dwell
1'kipping li us 'twere a bell
liing a ding Inside o' me.
Hand lo play and heart to ring?
Together might they moke n spring
On cer'h beyond imagining]
Hut nay, and nay'.
For now ray love's denied te me;
Therefore, dear, lay down thr fiddle,
Vite ms once anuna tbs ralddla.
Kin and ray good-by to ms.
PAWNBROKERS' EXTORTIONS
THEIR EXCESSIVE RATES OF INTEREST.
HOW Till' BOOB Mil ill I K' iM THEM?FOBEIilB
Pl BUG ext ham.i>.
Hafcs of Inn-rot.-(in -?,?.. ,,f 100 BeBsiS ..r mid'r, .1
per cent pet luotith, or Bay friction thereof, f.r lir-t. mn
Boalla, mit i t? r a a nt -x-r meath ihernBar.
(in stun* of .,t>r 100 Dollars, 2 ja-r real pet month f<r
fir-t *t\ lo'titiis atid i i*r real iK-r ui'*itii ihereafier.
The foregoing ls familiar to nuiiiv. Sun- p. onie
lia v.. au sppstlsnUf te r*rid lt ra often th.it ihey haow
lt bv h.-nrt. Ii ls on everv pawnbroker'- Ilchet rhlrh
ls given to people when artlclei ar.- pledged at Ihe
lunn office. The ticket ls genenUf Blade of brown
imper, and Int a-sttgatlon shotts lbs! lt l< ns familiar
to the BBBMSedlf WeallbV, tin- spei uhitor nml the
wMMressed Bum ns lt is to the poor artisan and
laborer wbo so often uk-.is reverses.
During tin* void dan of ibis ulnter thousands of
Nev.' York's poor have been breed ta resaart io tbe
priivn-hop to keep from freralnc, nnd f?.r monet Hms
obtained the needy hsve mihi Interest of amt* limn tm
per cent a tear. Thirty per cul a v.-nr! Such I*
Hie exorbitant rate Ihat has lion lied hy law. BBd
Hu* thaasandi of vlctlmi nb* ar.* dally forced to
patron!!-!- Hu* American pawnbroker are ivstetaatlcallv
robbed In ninnv of tbaas Rcenaed lastltaltons. tn
-ono- of tin- lanes slaces a teammate baataeas, ac?
cording lo law, ls carried on. and Ihe eyre.-Iv.- ::(?
per cent mte |; nil that ls renal red of them. A rare
fa] Investigation, however, shows thut In manv of Hu*
pawnshops dishonorable methods tire resorted to. mid
mstrad of Hi" nita' granted by law being re-rag
Bleed, the broker- so nmnlpulate (be Igures on the
pnwn ticket fiiriit-hed to every patron that In reality
many of Hu* needy frequently tiny Interest nt tha* rate
of about 100 i?r (eui per annum. Pot etaample. a
imor woinnn whose complaint was made to the super
Intendeiit of n mi- lon Mi. th., following story of how
she was swindled : Ibe pawned a t?.*. cl.-ok for PS, and
that amount sh.- "received. Two month, later, when
Hu- woman went lo redeem lor property, -h.- learned
that th.- figures on flu- tlrhot rend " PS 50" teales* of
'?Wi." nnd -he was forced lo pnv PSOfl }?turu ber
?property was returned lo her. la Ibis ca e tha
amount on tba pawn cluck wa- Increase* without th,
knowledge of ibe person lu need nt Bioner. Men abo
are under the Influence of Honor, tmor old women, anal
children who are rant to Ibe bmnh-v lenders bw In
thia wnv Imposed upon, bal In m*ny of ibe rases the
lanna nre |*ed on Ihe llrbH nllh Ihe knowledge, if
not by thc consent, nf the patron. lor egSBtple, If
anv one toe, into ? certain pawn hop In Third ave In
Vnrktiiie. ti,.- pawnbrakra wm ny, If the article to
la.- pawned i< clothing:
??Wa- have t.> take good cnn- of thi,. and therefore
yon must pay r.0 cuts , xlrn .*"
The vletUa wants money and h.- meekly rabmlta.
If the arti, le I a piece of furniture the same rraao*
ls elven and storage charges ara demanded, if
diamonds, un extra la Im].i for ratekccplng.
A I. WV ALWAYS EVADED.
There ls a law on the -taint,* Looks ,f "tea Vorh
smte ablch rennins a pawnbroker to return lo hi
natron, ail no.n. v ir, race - of il." amonnl pteda I.
I, .* th.. Inten it. if t'?? article pawned I- ever mdd.
'ihls reoatremenl hv law l- slwsvi evaded. Ttl i
hon lt l* done, a perse* pawns a pl 30 watrb for
Sis, nnd the article ha* not baan redeemed at tbe ea
Strattea "f a rear and Hu- laterr-t ls unpaid. I' ??
Mwabraker lelht th- watrh '" nnae of ids Mends fa.r
tim exin t amount tbe owner would hat- te MT ter
lt* return. At any ru"- the record* of tte- sawn*
broker -luaw Ihat -nih a at', ii? been reade, and ihe
owner of tin- SIM watch, whea lt I- wteequeotlv
sold for *7.. or ifl.mi. gora liol r* di/" I doll IB on tl -
sale.
Even more dtenoutaMe laelbodi than tbene -teawn
In the teeegBtng nre resorted ni hf tbe Nen- York
Munlimber. Tie- pruprletara of a certain loan eStee
mi the Rael Me, nat f.r frmn Ur" - .rmi.! Central
-talion, oho ?? llebeta slwsvs tofona minn* tt il
thev are " riot BCCOUnlSble In "rt e of In, das I ?
no.Ui or rol.b.rv."* havi practised method Ibal ihoald
riv toto t.riu- lu tl.e pat It.-rit Irarv. A- fir hark
a* Septeinl" r tu. ISSY, nfl lug. - IA, Ifttfl, Ihey ap
rar.!,'Iv entered Into n conspiracy with a Bamber >-t
'rro.,k-" lo di,!,"ne Uv oh-iln ni"!"!. A' (lit:.rent
time- between IM7 and ISBI, and pranahh later,
they issued a lnr.'.- nbmber of pawn tl'kits property
Bnmherad and pramriv reweded In their boohs, Ac
i online tn tl... ncords sim in ibelr t>"-?? lon dj n.i
t-ln.. rained nt leveral hundred dollar each, valuable
natch.--, etc.. w.-ie n in nol lu ll,, lr ni ,, e. un.! In rai ll
..,-?? a.noni,!- ranging (rou, SM l.a |70 v.. rc ls r II
appearances, advanced on Ibe nropertv. Pawa chech*
Mewing Unit ralaatde article* wu al lb* \> i
as s -i urliy, wish t'.e uai.f Hu' Hebrew pi prl' I a
Ol, tie- lop Of Hie lillie btOWB MP*T I lc la*. In "ll'
niv-terlaaiis iii n nn. r *Ol IMO 'lo- i.- |,,n ,,f u I.f of
"crooks." and the result was tha! shout H.lr'v people
who frequent ilo- rai eira, k- an* paolrowin* were
swindled bv bein* Induce* to fay pawn cheeki which
io nil ntu caralie!-, npresented In each rase that a
f.jnn or i*nm diamond ring lot been pledged. Tbe
amonnl thal bad toes adv-inced na ito- ,en.i. accord*
lllg to Hie Ila kel, V.a "V,(l. a],ll the nilli at the rai"
iraak .T poolraaa.tn who had lt lob! a pHlfnl tah shoal
?*los|iic nil hi. ti.i.i, *v on tl,.- li-i rni-a-." mid ba
waated BIS " "' Play a dead itratebt up."
riiMiT.rriv; Tin: swim.i.i-.
The ni.-ii with th. ?? l! &<?<- found e.l.sV vi. Mm-, and
Wbe* Ho. ttl vii fl..-.ks war, presented ul Ho- baan
office the ticket-holder aaa Informed that tbe real
owner had snld a -*enth befon ll,ai he bad h. t hi,
ticket, atid hating proved ii property lt had bren
returned to bim. Tin- records In tl..- I.I., nen
ihown to substantiate arba! lbs brakar -aid. mid the
mun who had paid *M'? or *l "? ou a bonus Chech .
cured no Batlafaetbm. in bios! ch <? ila- vb nm made
no farther com plain!. lia! nevenl >.f Ihe dane* broach)
th- manor to tin- Btlentto* "f Ike Mr-nr's Marshal,
mid when the proprietors of ll >? loan oSk ?? nen asked
lllldlT OIlUl til -Milalli. Iii"! lilli a, to tl,a- a |,tile -,tl
fa. t|.,n of Ul" presiding ...th I il. and tl,.- tl. Um* found
im ri.ir.si. lt ., aid thai Tammany regularly laxes
the pawnbroker! lor political partBtwes, sed the
Imnrlsl Bsslstsncs received from ii.is source t* ,,,
ul, lalillal thal iom|il:ilnl* Bgslnsl Ho* molo'V billi rs
r- ii"! always pre* ul with Vigor.
lt i iiu- prediction aswan manv thst if th- pswn*
broki r continues nllh hi- n urina* ami di bonombte
printie*- Bia ny yean tenger an open revoli certainly
must follow. In Hu I.i tl", man who practl ed fl orv
similar t.i Ih- metbod-i adopted bv some of itu* A merl
can brokera ass srabbed and driven out of renata
parts ol the coantry. Tbe rtalm na? that he na no!
a producer in Bay way umi that he lived by th
of ol hers.
Till". MONT M. PISTE OP PANIS.
An In Illation u,at I- milt ..1.-I In Ho
eui.*, of the 1'nlted siai.s i, gae similar io tl,.
de Plats of Paris, Thia InstltuUan wai- started in
ihe tatraral of ti,.- needy anon after there nu a
rigorous uprising Brain*! the maaejr-lenden vin.
charged suda estorttonate rai..-, of laterrat. B'en lt
not for Hu' gelierr.lly pro-|-?roii- iiilutlllon of affair*, lu
America there probably would have been n po pater
upri lui ns-:iiiist the pswnbrakers on this ride of the
.Minmi", teas aaa, Tbe revolt win come, thinking
men Mg, if the present system of extortion continues
min h tenser, and their pim et will bi- nibil bv aram*
de ptete.
Monls de pl.te are not onlv public Institutions lu
Paris, but In ninny paris of rantlm mal Earope, The
Mont de 11. te ,,f Paris 1- th. nm-t famous place of Its
Idnd, but there me similar plana where n.ev ls b-nl
to Hie poor in ether flttea oui-lda* of Friince. ami even
Mexico ls abend of Ibe l sited stiles with lia public
pawn-hop. which ls < all.si the Moule de IT dud.
The original object In starting the mom, go pl,.le
in Barege was to debver Un- Beady from ti,,. ,\
orbitnn; charges of motley buders, (m.- |s mid to
have hara founded lu Pretatag, in Bavaria, abanl Ibe
year IS00 i.\ ? charftabls aaaoebitloa nnd nllh the
sanction of paps Innocent III: bat li ls more gan
emily bellev.il il,nt ii,,, rlrst mont ile pl-n* was .-s
lablished lu Parugla la Iha latter ball of tbs Ifteenlh
eentury, and derived its bbbm (meade di pteta) from
tba mu upon which ii was aHaated. ti.sritest one
In Praam wns probably Hull of BhetflBS. Marseilles.
Montpellier .-md otinr Preach elita praaraaad awuta
tb* jiieii" lu Iheneveateeath aeatary, aad, aa In linly.
Ihey were supported by clnirllabb* endownienls, but
itiev charged tetanal at tbs rate nt IS per ram upon
ali loans esraedtsg r, Innes, nberaas lbs Italian nv
stitiitions only charged a small rule, randy exmed.Bg
.-, per cent io serra the Indliprnrabls upi mi a. The
Mont de Hit- of l'ail* w,|a opened on .laiiiinrv 1.
I77h. and was BUthwtsed lu lTT'.i to make | loan
gnasaateed hg Ibe income of lbs h*pttal general,
iiuring Ibe itevoiiiiioii ii was iio-ed. Tbe Bintrloni
rana id Interest (barged bv the innlii-v lenders daria*
h<- Reign of Terror acre .similar to BBBM Bf tba rule.,
tanged hg some of Bew-Ycrh'a pu wu brokers, and tba
H-siiit **n* that ii wns mepeaed in |got I* M haBed
with delight t-v Hie poor. In 1 -*:ji lt wus placed
.inder the charge of un administrative council, and
In 1801 the monls de plete were pluccd under Uer
superintendence of a uelect committee.
A Ii VA.WK.*, AT laOW RATES.
Tho Paris Mont de Pteta ls situated In tbe Ene dn
-fiancs Mantesu, wltb two targa branchs* la tba Bu*
lat.
largs
Moll!
BaaapartC and the Fut* de la noouette. There are
nl-o about twenty agents scattered ovr Paris, ap?
pointed bl Ibe administration. Tba Mont Sa Pb-te
nirik.-s advances from 'A francs upward nt .1 rate fixed
|B ISM nt 4 12 per (eal per annum, which has since
I.a as high as li per cent. IB 187S IM rate was 5
p.r ..lit. No inon.v ls advanced excepl upon fe
CUriHea, tie value nf which I- iis.-ssa'd bf ll cmnmlt
t.f -ippral-cr*. four-fifthi of Hie value being ud?
ialla xl inion articles nf gold and Silver, and two thirds
iDi.iii i.n oil,,!- articles. A receipt fm- Ibe article
pledged 1- given to tin- swam, who mast provo hla
identity In order to reclaim it*
Tl,.- article- pledged. If not redeemed, un- disposed
of nt public sales at the expiration of foorteefl months,
and tin* surplus mopey. If any. ls paid to the owner
of th.* article If applied f.-r within three vars. Th
annus] receipt*, and rapendtturra of th.- Mont de Piste
ase respectively about BOyOOOyOOQ franc*, with a bal?
ance of Bboul _r..,(.(i(> francs In favor of Hu* ln-U
tatton, 'ih.- moa! profitable castomen ?f the Koo!
ib- I'l. n- ar.- n.it Ihe poor, but the needy of Hie higher
ila-*..-. Durlns Ike rub- of th- Commune In i'arls lu
i*7i ih.- ililli i.i! dry-ail punH-dicd a decree on Mav IS
that all articles of Wearing apparel, linen, tinks.
bedding aid working tools pledged nt Hie Mont da
1*1. te for ii -um not exe.ling 90 frillies could he taken
mit Million! any pnyim-nt, the receiver Bl nmm-y on
siuh nrtlch-s proiing his Ideality; and 1' was ntl
?mted Uiat Un- sum lo repay Mich advil lies would bt
iiiMiiit 3,000,000 hones. Tin- largest number of
Betides for redemption ls on Saturdays and Just be?
fon New Year's nnd Esster. In 1873 thora* wari'
forty-six monls de pict* In France, wllh a capital of
about 00,000,000 francs, making yearly loans of
about 00,000,000 francs. In live of tin- Bstsbltah*
mellis Hu* loans wen gratuitous; In the rest the rate
of Interest yarle-.
Th.-re ure iiiinnToiis similar mtabUshmrnta In
Holland, Belgium and Germany, in tbe latter coun
ln the rale of Interest varies from H lo !'_ BOT (dil:
loans rarely exceed SI CO, and Hu* smallest pledge
must h.- wnrtli ut len.1 -f. on- month being Hu* short?
est and a tear ih- loneest term of Uie loan. China
I, sahl to posses, ancient Institution nf Un- kimi
under the illr.stlon of gent dlgntlsrles, whbh
Men in be conducted upon inure charitable principles
than these of Serape, bra rat.- of lataeeat there toing
only from ti to :; per rent.
in Banda then ar.- ao-catted mont-; de pb-te and
the rate of lateral charged ts e per ont. Thara
is -I, much corruption, however, among tbs Baaslsn
..il. il*, ii is charged, lhal th.- monta de ptete lu that
emptn, Inst.-nd nf resulting In toOeSt to Ho' needy,
lat 1.ni >d much discontent, atid the Hebrew pawn?
broker b nnd a gaaaHi opportaalty io do business ai
exorbitant rales, in this way tba revoti against tbe
Russian 11. brew money lender nas brought about ami
resulted lu many violent deeds, and manv prtvatlona
nen raffcred by the lender and hi- (BmUy. Ile aaa
not only driven from the com,irv. bul ld* totenglngl
ware taken from him and be was luhuinaticlv t r..-.i t* il.
MI Ell "'8 lil". PAW XBBOP.
Th.' I'nlted -ima. cm mak" the claim thal U bl far
In inhaia a- ol ll,.. Bepebllc Mrxko In Hi- War Bl
lil. I.ll.IT"', sa ia||, e illili the arl-, lilli, ill.-ll.ll III Uh!
lion, ami nearly rverytblng -I ?? tbs! bi found in
iititi/.ai countries, bot it mano! mt Ihat lt 1- stood
a,f itu- null 11 rub a| by lian, ral l>li/ lu nfen-nce lo
1' ?? pawn lion n nest I m. lu Mi tk 1 then U Ito Monto
.1.. li..i.,d. wi.l.h ls an I ititmlon dmllar lo ihe Monl
de Fl.", in parts. If ito 1 rdled Kt*t,i would folio a
Ito .\.nilpie ul Mexico in eulabil liing monls de piela
In -on,., ,,f the larg.- ellie*, land ne - rn-u at, many
aaf Ihe p.Hir aOUld ll"! 1 ?' llll|aaisel| llpaO! lo si,rh lill
exletil a Mai ire at pr,-BeUt. The '.toni' de ll-d I
011. I . . !?!:-',m. 11 io a v.. nllh*) Bexll m. Ite
hil .-?.,!, ia.., in :,| i-ill |o I- devoted lo pulling up
a Isilldlna -? her., the poor I'uild ba.rrotv monet al an
?? pei ? :.' r.i". Ila Mg pawn?hop building 1 one
..f n... pi,.. * ,,f im. ri -' in Ihe ( Ut ..f .M. th ??. lt t.
w..t .at n.i 1.1 uni t'atbedral. lt ba, M frontage >.f
IOU [.et .'.lill I* ."'ll (? ' ? 'I' ? ll 1' Lea aloe p..pul ir
from Ito Ono lt m.. opened, aral .,? |,i. ont III loans
amount, i" .?*_*.?>'H'ii ., mon I li, or tB.40O.O00 a year.
1: ? r ii, ,,f intere t tin - never teen tn exci of 8
;? r cent l'r annum for -m ? ll a,r large amount*.
Kori \".n lhere 1, un auction mle of articles un
redeemed, sad If tte artlrte I* -old f".' anti .ins' tn ex
' itt n wa- advanced -"ii ii ibe amount, le Ihe
:!..-? it. i< returned lo il,'- person who pawned I'.
I'l'ii-aiuls of Mobur, an i.ni'lt nturned lia people
who were 111..il !?? to redeem tbeli property. Incident*
.' it- kind ne uiiiii.c* 11 In ito rutted Slates, a]
thougti ihe law require* pawnbroker! to maka- mi,
: ? ?
It I- th. poor A-norh an laborer "ta, I* a mfferer
nf ihe hand, of Ito Imertean pawnbroker. He I*
foned to 11"'.'" to* t""i- in order lo I ?? 1. a Utile
warmth aid 1 little bread In iii- mode*! home. The
carpenter pnn,, l.is pla rn- and nw, and Ihe 1.r dat
in. rra idedcei lil* -ii,,\.-i in nine rase* out nf len
Hov ure net 1 r redeemed, and Iha- money -lender
real Ur* fraaiii -.-un to 400 per i.ni "ii hi- Investment.
Th., .even trent!,er of til. Brinier Incnsaed the
hu li--. ,.; n,. pawnbroker-, especlsllv w'..r.. th
psti ,1" ? atong ii,,' poorer cl* et tm.- nf the
proprietor* ..f a loan ..ita., in Third bvc.. tn ipeaklng
?.. , Tribune reporter sboul it ? i.litton of trade,
Mid "I I. !*?? I"-. 11 In Ito loan. Ila..- boHlm-ii* r.,r
.-.,-.. a t ? ir . snd ii.ii winter we ha- ? had un.re
cii,*..uia 1 - among the pa?,r people, wi... wanted money
'.. tut coal and fuel, I ian during ant other \ 1
Then ls a ...al office acm - th. line! fem ben, i'"'l
during Ito ''hi -'"ii ie m.m or woman, after
pawning 1 piece of furnltnn, a clock, toola .ar ?.ib.-r
arel. . v..?i.t _-.. ,!ln. Hi t.. He ,-,,,| nfllre. Seven
.?.Hot In N.-w Y..ri. W ...met- In. flo- poor 1.
il.* -f tl.. ,;.,* I,rive nol experienced for B long lime
.uni ".. 1 nen not prepared for lt."
"NF I.i M.r ns VIEWS.
William Simpson, nt Ma. Ol Park Kow. cnloys tl,,*
.11 linet lon ..f toing at h.- load of th- oldest pawn
broking nta-tlshaBsnl In America. Tbs Mmpeona
y.ar- t'i? nt 1 .ts. r*. or money-tender*, further bark
than the present bend of the boase can recollect,
in.f iii. simpson's ancestor* ??stablish..1 Mew*
York- tlr-f pawn-lop In 1 -'-I*-!. MeW-Yorfc was a
big il'v aia-n at that Orita , Put one MWB-bOB was
inSlctenl i" scrommodels nil the psraonsl-propeity
loan bustnes* ?.f Ho* (in . (m.. of th.' chief rca-,,ns r,,r
Ihl* I-. perbsps, Ibal lu Ibo early dayl 1.pie did n..f
live " expensively a- Ihey do In the mon rushing
exist..nc., of i|,,se modern time*. Men .lot not drop
their fortune* in 11 dav. get on ibe wrong ilde of Ibe
-*!i.1 U or wheal msrket nnd need a quick him: .lld
not, aa a general ml.-, lit- beyond Ibelr mn na, nml
nen Bo! compelted io pledge their property to eenre
enough money to make a big di olav for the saki' of
ap pea noe es, as manv of Ihe transaction* at Simp*
???,', bon I- dolo- nowadays, Then, n.o. Bimmil
everybody 1.10 v. everybnd\ eli' amt a mon fraternal
iplrit etl-t.il nm.n- people, 'lhere WI, a -ort of
unit.lui co-operation among tin m ai,it loan- it. re _?? i
dalli made among friends, aid th.- pawnbroker ?* ,
0lilt tl-il.,1 whan ||?. eas- ?;,. ,,,,,. of dir,. |i-cess|tv
or Ui" I.-I friend bad been appealed io In vain.
Tlnre has Peen Utile change In Ihe method* of
condm ibu* iii.- pawnbroking Im-lnr 1 Ince ihat Hm
ll,'' ll,re. balls "ar.- ? I - a-11 -ll l|a.W the *|r_ll th lt lilllie
known lo Hie put Ile Ilo- faa I fha! g.|?, wales al.,I
chattel* could to di-po ed -.f temporarily witt,In. Tlie
elly wm not so crowded In Ihe .-1 riv uni aaf Ho*
aeiiiorv a.il nour paa.pl,- of whom Hore Wen n-lallta
lt few compared wlib Ihe apiuu'lng nu inlier* ,,f ibe
|ir.*-ent dav- rarely had lo las,ut la. tl,., pawnshop |,i
nlleve nu, au,pit exche<|UcT. lu I--.'.', Ihen, Ito Hrsl
pawnshop was .-i.it.ti-b.il at a puta! a few bun-rod
feet ,.||S| of Where lire Hr- ..kit ll Illidge I'.'fill . Thl,
nsi one of thc il bf binltiess c.uitras, and from a
Uni.- pu of an laatgnlSrani loan .bop ?simp- .o's to
came ii Holed exclin i.e. anal f,,r lome resp Ito Pro
prb-ior hud ri monopoly of the hu Incas, lin alli tt
developed to such au ? xleni ihat other* entered Ihe
ilebi ai,d pawnshop exchanges gr. n gradually to their
pr.ul proportion**.
If om- wen to stand near the entrain a* tai -inipsaai's
rt Na., til anil watch for nu hour or Iwn the people
?'l.Bte* Hu- lillie lu' would corn.. l>. Hie conclusion
"iii Ho- t.r panpb- ar. not th- milt ones who
rom pened to ash a loan of the patt ii broker. Some of
slum-'.m's ln?l castomen ar" those whose mimes un?
familiar aa Iiiu. thaasa. .,f Insncicrs. men of letler*
and even tho**.- wini have been considered io to within
Ihe i l,armi*l circle of New York', to-t society,
Mt I VIN H. M IME laOAItH,
"Sa,me of tbe best people tn Men-York nn- ms
totinu-i of mine," sni.i Mr, Simp eu In ths curs. ,,f
nn Interesting ebal wini a Tribune reporter, "in
fm I I luiti. few ilist.uii.rs who ure nba! you might
call poor, ns I do not make lo.ln-t nu clothing and
only accept valuable personal property as pledges,
Mich as dlBflBBUdS, Watches, -liver plate mid the like.
We frequently hate nit* from supposedly substantial
iltl/i-u* who maintain cltv mid country houses and
Ute like nulli ii.ilr.s. ami ih.-v being along great Bela
of solid -liter or gold dinner -ertha- and n-k loans.
(if lours., our I.n -In. ss |, Confidential mid we would
not fm- a moment ll,Ink of Braking public Hu- Mmes
of Ila' people Wi- I.alp Olll III Cl - iona ll V. hilt f cotllll
gin- \ou a list i.f prominent New*Yorben ne hine or
hate hud iiii our Um.ks (hil would BStOfll__ you.
?? Heckle s -p.inl.iiors and I.lu' broken who eel
nitii'niv pinched op ihe wrong *kte of tin- market
drop Iii lora, frcum.nllv In a areal burry mid pledge
their tv:,nhl . diamond* mid rverytblng else valuable
Ihey may have io get nady cash io raver their
niiiii.'lu .. i..nut.I...-, ami theatrical people an- .-,iii'.fii.
our good castomen alao. lt is seldom, however, Ihat
lld, class ol people perm 11 their pledges tn go unre?
deemed, and l?i per nil] of Ho- properly pawned willi
ii. ls tahea back mid Mu- loans repriiil. | mink the
Bvrrags min.ber of pledges redeemed ls al.mn -n per
(.-in aataog ihe clara of pawabroken which baa poorer
people ns a nib- for customers."
N'aai much -loleii properly, comparatively, ls re?
covered (brough U.e mellum of pawn sha,!,.. Mr. **linp
son said. I'nwubioker. never esk question* nf Itolr
customers ami Isto anything offend on which they
ur.- willing io Blake a hann. Stolen properly i- ran*
.?ri,liv sold outright, or. If pawned, th" thieve* seldom
nab-..ni lt for fear of detection, ilo- pan nbroker,
lake iha- numbers of all wa tr hn, and wlu-n ram*
plain! ls made In Hie police of ? |,,si watch Hie
dei... the bureau -i-m!-* Ho- number of the watch to
all the pawnbrokers, a,king If Ihr. have ibo wiit.li
bearing Ihe number. Prequenllf nut. los an ri
coi.-rel ,n ihl* wat, ami If Un- porsnn losing lt I, In
CllUed lo Im- chis,- be inn force th- pawnbroker to give
up Hie stolen Briana without n comps asa. neaenTly,
however, wara sort of a compromise is reached, but
the pawnbroker u'lTnriillv -lifters In Hie transaction
and gels much lew Ihmi be loaned on Hie article.
This, coupled with other alleged rl-U, leads all pawn
brokers lo declare that Ihe exorbitant Interest (bey
sre permit led to chsrge ls not too excessive. In thc
mesn time the poor mn ii whose clrcumsiiinces will not
alway* permit bim to keep sway from Hu- pawnshop
suffers and no business failures auiuug tue i'uwii
brokera arc reported*
FRUIT GROWING IN OREGON.
THE APPLE ORCHARDS OF THE PIONEERS
AND THE VARIED PRODUCT OE THE
PRESENT.
B_?IVMIMOS Ol' WHAT Ifl LlKF.LY TO PROVE A
VAST INDrSTUY-T.il*. OB-GUOM PKl'NK AL?
UKA DY WIDELY KNOWN.
Rnlcm, "ire.. Keb. IS.?New-York ls an emporium
Hint markets Un* products of the world when lt sup?
plies: thc needs of B lic-ii*pliere. Sta ls :u "inch
inieii-tel lu BOW regions for pr.Kluctlam as In new
demands of trude. 1'rults BM B m-ccs-lty and luxury.
nowhere eira is there so great a eemaaa for the
fruits Of nil countries, lt will then bo of Interest
(lint a new fruit revlon ls opening that must claim
a .share of trade lu tbe near future 1 speak of tha
ParlS. Northwest, lying north of California, mid
allude speclS-nlly b> tbs culture of thc prune
Thc pioneers of tho IBeISc Wet* hUSBS BBlldiri, who
|, fi I",,, th..,, far We-t to nialia* new homes on the
Paclffc. It ls ii rumiinc", that story of how oregon
was made American and Ita Willamette region trans?
formed from a native Eden lo a lund of orchards .-ind
BO-BCBl As early ns IS43 lintnl-iinils took apple
siciis with them ami planted Unas. when tb*
seedlings grew they procured Kiona and grafted them.
When tho gobi era ii me they hud already had
orchard, and Hie faiiio of the (fregon red tipples Went
sll over the coast. The weary miner, threatened with
scurry and overburden.* I willi gold-dust, thought
nothing of weighing out a dollar to secure a pippin.
Vessels cann- to tho Columbia and hOUgbt 'iregon
apples; pack train? from Northern California nnd
southern Oregon camped In the orchards, loaded their
mules with roblen fruit and BBB-C the toilsome n.nrcli
back to "the diggings." They paid HEB a bunba!
r..r apples that retailed for B180. MM of middle
age, who wen boys then, tefl Ibdr children how they
used to plav "pitch'' with WO slugs, a MlBflBBBl
shaped coln Invented lo supply tbe teeni neel*.
As gold hunting became "played OBI," tbe product
of orchards laeraMed, tba Bric* drooped, and when
onlv ?! a bushel could b* lad. orchards were ne?
pi, etd. There was always eiioir.'h for the homo
demand, and ioma for export, but Ichabod was writ
in ths i Urgon tipple. I'- "lory had departed. As
."?rillforiilii placers WOW .-ul hr people wcro forced
lo till the soil, fruit growing became n paying re
lauree, for orchards and vineyards proved more proilt
ibte Ullin ever golden placers had been. Oragonlsns,
loo, hS-Bii the Industry enow. Within a few yours
a furore f'.r fruit growing lins taken pine nnd suil
nl.b* I .call mn ot lilli and pnlrte have hean planted
bi Ircc, nulli mllSons ure now (inning Into heart Og.
California ls largely -acini tropical; tar vineyard**..
on nra aird lemon proves and olivo plantations can
have no rival on tba Western shore. They nlio paw
U,a. apple, p..ar. peach, clo.irv, plum and pruna-. hut
Irrigation, the light volcanic soils mil Un* conditions
,.f drouth render some of these fruits tough of skin
and dr\ of meat timt lack* Savor, so that your
ii.n li mis. nml many of yonr rOBSBBMra n!?o, lind
noni ter complaint. This tm-at- one al everv tm-n
In Bea York, la echoed by nil Bott dealers, a- to green
,'rliHs. :a r 1 at bv gTOCCn SS to cur-I pmdaetS. There
I, no need t . bel Ute f'aUfornta products, for many
,,f th.tn are sui gdRPrtsl Ike semi-tropical fruits and
tl..* grape, i va-u Hi.- apricot, California alone cnn
produce on thal coast.
Vtr ronan,-.- of H.>- r-d Bpptes of OngOU In Ike
gold decade I "ii" Of tbe Idylls of our pa-t. one thal
we i. vr expect to sc* revived, dearly as we cherish
lt, h ma part and purci of Ow extmvaganco Of
Ihat period, and ai graphic In ns any as taloa ol
firm a* and al Ind?ti I tine necompnninient to Oatt*
'o la'* dream Ol gold. Tin- OnsonlBfl of the fm tl-*,
t beeoaSng arana; only enough nra* left for object
lessons. Then I* come (,i the I*ne|tlc a generation
Hint knew little or nothing of Ho* i-hap-*-ly of thu
golden ige. These mea ar-- practical; ifl a huabet
?. rn- price enough for them. Yeera ugo a f.'tv im-ii.
sot f.-iruoTs, attempted to mubo a pleasure of horti?
culture BBd planted tr.e. |o vary the III allot.HIV of
. <:? t irv Ute, Tiley wera- o'ta-u professional men.
Tho sitter and* a rohixatlon of ins plantlag to
v rj t ,?? monah iv . f ?? j ?.-?': dhan" and saw tb* cherry,
plum and prune rome Into hearing. Tin* prune
c pretally became of Intenst, becaaae lt could be
rurel nn! Ii,*i?t li stair-. Tlnre. on Ibe Atlantic,
every variety of plum ls ntrjeet to ntiack of tbs
eureulte, nn ins.-.-t Ikat ittnm tke gr-n-n fruit nnd
Muan 1t to fail, our climate nnd conditions?wet
sci ons -jht!i:i[*-s -.'in Unsuited to this peet. so tba
prune ls grown with average raceeea mid very gnat
. ?*.. ellet c. Trie aa,a t valley* nurtli of California, lu?
ll;,lil.-' I.rltl-li c..luiiib11, p.is.-.. .similar cirlltlons.
etuis.*i lit thc Japan current, tbe Gulf stream of tbe
r:u Hie: the mme fruits are adapted to all this co-nit
line. lying between tho <'a eade Mountains and the
Praise.
liv nr -.lt year* nirai Ho* writer waa ulna-si tiio
only producer of Bw>*a fruin n.-nr the cnplt.il oj
Oregon. Th- scenic Brands* of taeetlon nv.d the
rtslai thal cutatlnated lu snowy peaks ou tbe east
nnd the Coast Kanga- ,,n tl- west, a State capital
ip read below la growing might and beauty?Brade
enterprising real e.stat.. operators nae Ur* place for
bb object lesson. They brougbl th.* ?**"tenderfoot* te
thia hilltop, showed lim Pomona's world In fruitage.
I.t him tata iii th- grand cap d'oolH ol vail, v and
mountain, then sold him land t. plant to -nra.
There me now bnndrcdl Of small nnd large fruit
farms in that region. Bsewhera Ihe Kimo result
has taken place. There are fruit farms nnd prune
orchard, all through tba Willamette Valley, around
Portland, on th., bunks of tbe Lower Columbia, in
Wa hlngton. Valleya and on Puget sound.
In no country can fruit alnara tie grown with cer?
tainty. There ls none where all varieties will thrive
nt their beat. Tin- north ninda of Bummer bring us
tnul Bights that do pot -ult th" peach, and lt mn-1
le ll sollie fal'or dlllld shell, red location. It ls Im-rlous
when well crown, however, as are all fruits. beCBUM
conditions favor ii tender and rich swated perfection
iel possible In loo dry a climate or under Irrigation.
ihe Kecie Kiter -Valley, southern C-regoa, cultivate*
Hie peech on tier hlll-hb"-. ami the apple and pear on
the trilby lin,I,; ihe grape d*N fairly WelL North
ar.- t'mpi|ii.i mid the WI lamclle, where the fruits of
Hie |. inperil!- /..II" ill tillite, especially ! |u* e|:,.ITV,
lippi-, parir, prara and plum. Small fruits do web
everywhere. While p.nomi attention ls bestowed on
Hie pnUM as im.-t reliable. HleV llbo grow fruit to
mi: pu rsnnertes, OaUforulana t.-ll m that when the
canned products of our regtou Br* known lu the worid'i
markets they must command a preference, fl anther
j e ir will s.c lum 1rods of new Bretti inls begin ti bear, ami
older ones art?] i.-ai mora heavily. Hera, ns in inn
binda, du- foot lillis sn the choice spots lor fruit; also
the hui Bingra ara tavorabte, as above frost, .saam.
butta do w.-ll on Ho* higher rolls of prairie. The
qaanlltf of lend adapted to fruit in any ? minify Ib biH
treat, bul th.oast valley-- contain enough ta support
a I.iil'" population. Good worker--, buy small tracts,
twebfy acre*, lor In-tame, plant t-n or twelve ai es
to prunes and some to carden and meadow; one caa
plant any ciltlv.it* d crop union. Hi.* trees, mull (bey
are In p.,si bearing, say liv,, veins. Caiim-itc*. and
(Hhs create a demand for Bunill fruits and regatablaa,
that can In* pleated milong Ibo trees and b-? made to
yield a ipili k return. Thc real mtate mau will gel Ibo
blgg?i story h. can to retail to his custOBBSti Bach
people ar.* aanttsbls nnd lOBBetlmaa draw ou lumgiii
(ilion for Ibdr facts. In yean when prunes did not
average more than -fr no nu *ers above aiptnata. I
have Mild .finn tai .fi'.isi north i"f piui.es flinn muiio
?in i" a.i". Clear income of ifiisi nu pete is enough;
good woiH and lotetbgeut cara* should avei-age that
tillich, uni; man mn cori* for len ncr.s ; plow, PIOUS
und do all thai is iicc.led, milli fruit lim.n.e., then
th., tamil) may h.-lp lo gallic,, market and to cure ihe
fruit, htmpts mid efltetant evaporaten an* used, ao
ti,n i a power inn do eyry thing hi-BaaU. packlag
the cinetl prunes (or iiiai?ci by h|s own labor.
I havo .shown groccra anil dealera, wketeaeler* and
BtMri, of New *>ink, samples of oregon prunes, and
hate Hie greatast pssslble rBCaangeaMBt Irom lin
highest trade .sources, for every nu., ncngulaea Unit
the fruit eaamlBed ls suiierlor to nny ether of hunte
growth, and BOBBI to the brat foreign prunes, ongon
grows tergaly me PeUaatarg, oi Unban praas, nut
prolunsl in i.il.fomlii; ike .lench pnme, gulifrallv
grown lu ('allforiila, 1* larger mid of liner ouallty amt
ilavor willi us.
Kast or tue I'liscndcs mid west of the Beehlsa Hi.'
an liaineiisi- region, Um.nu u tin* 1 h lu ml buinirt.
mostly rolling upland, but portions produce . Imlc.
null, ns al Tin.- Hullos, c<oso to Hu- Cracade* nt Willa
Walla nml In Un- Pulou**. A ,erj luieiestlng tact
in conneotten with ih.it ngton is tiwi the river ranon*
of the ( oiiiiuhi.i anil nnahe rivers and their tribuiarlm
all of which hay,, mt gown through nlUitlal iiplamis'
Millietllllcs thiMi* lillis of feet, produce fruits not mown'
1.as. valleys and mu pr "-?
i lu puah bunch -mas hills. y?u r?me to'Saak* *t\Tw
Just brow l.ewl.stnn, and Ond tifi?.n L ? m r
.isntcd to orchard. Hm lrTito Wet 222, 522
of tho tarthra! West, planted ov"? flftvImn^JTi*
iiilas. uiiorira. Hero sn pi-aches anne. J TV'-' _?
i tiSftk Hgt, witt ?-x__t sad rema g,.^' ,f$t?l?'
S>apra. Otcours^
Japanese. Chinese, Turkish & India Goods,
877, 879 Broadway,
PLACE ON SALE MONDAY,
FOB TIIK PIM! TIME,
A RARE and BEAUTIFUL C0LLECTI01
OF
Japanese and Chinese
Antique
Embroideries
I omprlsbiK -ifiiKiiiticeui nnd Hore fpeelnoastf
Temple Hangings,
Richly Kinhroidered in Hold ar g
on choice colored mound, af Mik
barba.
Japanese Fukusa,
Ki, lily 1.mini,ialci rai in liold and HSh.
? ?'in eseiiiiritf in.ioi i, ni ri. ii rc* and aaa.
h-BBBS, -.nimble for Cl -IIION TOPS,
r*t ItKKN**, HEKMW CSrTBBS. Kt..
Japanese Kimono,
PiBaey Nm ive I o.tuuir*. >InsnlBeeslI|
Knilirnlilereil on *t\ hile. Ked. liluc, Or*J,
Ura*a nnii Purple kiouuiN, * pec tall]
mbiliied lor li
TEA OR MORNING GOWN.
HMM ls scant territory t. but alon. Hil* B -0 ml lei
of riviuit.it Miers are occasional Uland*, river mores,
or bench lands Hint produce such fruits. Hr. llb
Inch, of Walli Walla, hui planted over SOO aerei of _t_a-|
land on Ho- -..uili Md,, of Hie I pper ( "liiiuhla. Iq
Oregon, and draws aster from the i-H r h, sti-ini
power to Irrtuate tbe whole. This shows tra mine
put li [Kill .n. h lo, nihill-*.
I;.!-.' Valley, in Idaho, pear bo's- (Itv. hm Ona
orchards, but seaaooa are nol nlirayi proplttoua, tba
ttllit-Ts being lull'll linrr ? ..of .?!-' ol Ihe (.ir.crii.ei.
Iii Bitter Bool Valley, Houtan.i, .;.'??? t.. ta. i;.,ckr
Mountalua. apples grow, but the i,.,t fruit hinds of
the wiii.. I*... ni.- Northwest sre near ti,.' Bran .ind
In their canyons nt Eastern oregon snd B'sshtngtsB.
mid In tin- valley, framed in bv il,.. *-.-,-. ,,|,. and Cwm
Mountain-. Which li- prrrillel t. the I'acliia for 1.000
niile*; tho valleys nam "1 rep.-Ming tor the Ni-rtB
what th" ralley* of Ho- -ascramente nnd tl...- san
Joaquin ur" t'> Callfornte.
soon tundra fruits can M braughl Ksat bv rend.*
erator cars, but it win li" yean leforc we erm loud
fast fr lt trains ? taral times :1 week. Pratt-grawtag
ha- lome lu ra meal, and will nmaln pei nmn-ntly.
with favoring conditions >.f "il and rliewte te ace
f.-ct crowth and excellence, lt mu-t h.- of conseiiuenea
to the world. Kn.lMi hon,-, |;, I'a.nlnnd annually
s. rai lamptea of dr. goa prunes to th., t'nlted Kin.-dora,
ard alway* repnN**nl th it ihey I'l'iuti-uid muck tb
Iciest ai.'I are fully appr.i labs!.
A GIRL ON AFTERNOON TEAS.
From The Wa-Uiig'nn Pt.ir.
Aft.
' tea"
all (.-ays Flashlight) what nn absurdity A
Two or three bowls of roues aroemfl
the corners and the ?? spacious apartments wert B
ina.-.s of bloom,'' a violin or two nnd a plane mite
'?wnv.-. of m,bait." men -.Ml-s Blank, lu v.llow
bilk, served frappe."
We nre perfectly well aware that lt ls no conipU.
meal to be asked t.. a "tea." It I- merely plaune
us in the list of tl,aa? wli.i must I.paid ott." and
thal al et little cost as possible. We declare thal wi
??jus! wm,-' go," but still Wheo the tiru-comes around
wc generally don our !???-1 calhng gowns, crimp, pow?
der, pul an ti.-tit slave- and lichter shoes, iain upon
"ar a aral a .as. . amt inpart In genuine Ba* tewpae.
Ttia-r>' are a doseu carriages, mora' or less, in front ol
the "tea" giver's door, and ti thick of feminine tin*
inanity going in and out. We crowd lu, anal in ths
crush all the enamel 1* taken off the Upi of tha Btw
lu,,,ts. However, wtth fines composed into ahasdp
smiles of deilgbt, we elbow In to where the ln.ete-S
amt -om.* girl?wh* invariably lack- plainer than sba
ever did before- .in- standing, with Ups par!.. In a
Wean grin of welcome.
??So ring to ?,.. ton. Miss Kr r rum: let me Intro
dina- .Miss F. a- a ab." accompanied with the iate-at
thtnga in handshakes, bo lt with elbows in Voe
enemy's face, wrist high above ihe head, a suddra
collapse ol the right sid.* (,r a courtesy, and then we
light our wav out to tbe dining-room.
lt Ls beautiful ts *??? with what ( hrlsilan fonltndi
the "tea-era" nr>- standing lt all; tl.arly martyrs
wen no more bernie ttan ure they: they bk all hnt
nml .ross, tbe powder ts all rubbed eg ar Ma gatbara.
lu int. hes, Ha* hair v.h;c ? lt took half au tenir to arrnliea
ls tumbling down and tickling ears and Beck, while
the hairpins have gone eliding down the beek; bats
are ashen from frequent bumps, nnd gloves arc bat*
ililli''--, and probably torn on account of t.e very
vp,but fashion of handshaking; evert body ls scream*
1 ii;; ot th.' top of her vaaha> ami everybody ha* a head*
ache in consequence. We ur" overcome with Joy st
th.- sicht of our "dearest fa..-." who has heretofore
b. .ii considered a taaatr umi who never Isstad *>
plain as now : but then th.* awful Idea orama Ital lt
sh,, looks s.. frightful we must look a great deni wor-*?.
Everybody dora exhibit her worst point, sud HM b?r
bi-t ones at a ?? toa."
Hf course all the world's wife and daughter .irs
then-, but the world himself ls not to be BM*, wt.'ch
makra mi,, respect bim Immediately, lt speaks raj.
innes in favor of the mascuBue element timi lt
positively refits.-s to in. tu fies.- atf.ilr*. Tie Ameri?
ca n woman is superior to any ott earth, bul lh.it lb*
American man ls superior tobra is proved by til* re?
fusal to he Imposed upon In this fashion. We nil -??'
??Aw. howdeyondo, 1 dldnl expert lo -,.c you." nnd
look encii other ever Bom tep to toe, ir mme u
anything wron.' In oar attire bo sure lt 1* observed.
commented mid enlarged upon. Ihe Idee "f saying
that worn."I are not courageous I The verv feel thnt
they is'.ir this Hr.- of fa u lt il ml I m.* glances without aaa
nullor ol un eyelash proves the contrary, aad, tf thnt
is not convincing enough, watch ita girl eta hal
raptured om- of ihos,, anomalies, a dude,
The wav she lmbls on to him ls truly Spartan tn _?
bravery. Let a less fortunate sister ;lt.i*.*.ir In the
foreground and -io- u atralghtwaj on the deferatra,
How s|?. will light te raisin that?weS, fTI.it nm.
(??i.vi ni nb- li. therefore tot lt fuss for l mun ". MB
how he .niots li. the (bar fellow thal 1-. te doc* ll
sha- is pretty; but if not he looks t-*.> borra foi* warab
He rael get away, though. As Mantles! a- aaf Jj
lu driving oe, oilier u'lrls. just sai determined ls fte
to keep posse) lam of him.
iud it ever occur to von bow rai a Baa mys leal Bm
thin. sh., ought not tossy at a "tee"! If >"" h!i\*
n particular bobby I,., sore that lt w ll be mell BB ?_f
i rltlcl-ed rlirhl to your face. We all take a th-ndl.-B
dollirrhl In making a fau\ pa-. _.
Now we cmne lo the frapii" I.itv!: Hu* mixture In W
ls cold, but that 1, nba,ut nil to he add h.r lt. Jnts
table ls not much patronised nnd th- daa-iri tjMMjH
ii b.oks wrara, for h m.! th.* genna "dude" eoUaetaS
wtth Joyful mien about the punch bowl, and does nn
her rival who serves H.- vm mild "Siawster" mm
Mipra*i:a-lv hapi'V I ll! f:'(,l She ls III*' M.? P-CMB_?
s'.iles tb.*'imbibing chapples who aeeflM to enjoy _t*r?
sa-lf in the least, , ,__
(tut in Hu- dining room then- are t-'ri and rhorol-.e
bolh composed of m.>n' water than nuttung BBg
nnd fine of these must h.- drunk, Itapp-se re* Jmm
Busstan l-a. To tt." wll nnd and traveUra mm
vbiual that means rum. lemon, -uga.* and Ihe negrara
herb. Not s? t,, th.- il. liv Wbo presides h.*rc. rae
giv.'s just lemon ami tavored hot wster-BOt ?M"SH
of anything stronger. .\* rarely a- ran BM bm
mixture von wish iou had tried chocolate, mid twa
versa. Then lhere sra nsndwtebrs, but ns tacf.-s;
manufactured ai shoal Ita time that tha invitation*
wer.nt ont they biol; freshness: there ira mg
Sngara and thora atrocities known ns BlmeaSraR*
too. May tonis of tin* ta upon Ita head of w'ioei-*r
Invented these tatter. A few sticky raa*w*,a_
nronnd. but vl.o on enrlh would dar.* to tate BOB P
them ' Nobody, imf BVOB -he who hold* *o brtivciy-ra
the dud.*. And last, hnt not least, ls that niryen^r
fretten i.f colored cristine known ns iH**_Lt-3H
nre lied willi ribbons mid tire he-tuTTfiil ta echo".
I! ls iHTfa-cllv un.ler-t..o.l I hat Hm! I* nil '^JfUE
No om* would think of breaking tl,.* neat Bttte fPP
lulu which thev are bil*!. Tiny ar.* not ??1?aSH
to tast,. one is to t.milne.*! of tfcst 1 BjW*
know how thee mav ha v.- 1.B eace, hut nott tnww
sr.- certainly not a (curating dish. Fm they ara i"^
looms In the family nnd sra bequeathed MmtSWmW
ibm ta. generation? There ar- |.pie In America J?
have had th-m In their famhl.re* sine* tS tt.it
?? ll
,*?'?* was perpetrated. _.i ? Kat
Tiles,- nub- colored rolls don't look_v^JJ?jg_g,
i?.iuM*e
ta sun* that thi't have presided st masy i
Wedding nnd wak.'. Look* nra' (l.cpitvo.
However, having peed BBCU BB ''!'"".-Ltn'tM
nnd having slpued Bl H.- tee we brat* -tMS.ara
ba ttl,, of life nod push. Jostle, elbow out to '?',,.?.,. han
l.voi* Hiing! She h. ks inure we**-* of ""? *.' rl?i,h *
ever, nml she nlisivers our "Hood 'n"?'"" *"???!?
sigh. Itv the way. what s tue* tt*t -OoiftmttlBMT
nt (Ive inliiuies to il. no*t ni'erldlaii, K j' J" ,,*,?-.
to show wliat B set of sh(N*p we nre. _*?ln<ll>' '"l^^
our lender. Whv doesn't some one havetne <ij"^,
te conn* out N)141v sud say ??..ood njtenwra, i or
We would di* first. Wc ir* P^lZnnrAnt tSrt
nnywnv. I think. Life do-sn't veern worth Itrtn^uj
having been to ons ol these bellew BMCBBB-ra ?
"aftarnooa tra*"