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Eileen Chiarello uses vintage film canisters and reels to decorate the table. Many serving pieces are from Michael's NapaStyle shop.
Glass-backed cabinets allow sunlight to pour into Michael and Eileen's kitchen. The space opens to the dining and living rooms, creating a hub for gatherings.
The Chiarellos love to serve this classic Italian cocktail, supposedly invented by a count in 1919, to get the party started.
• 1 ounce dry gin
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1 ounce Campari
• Ice cubes
• 1 orange slice for garnish
Pour gin, vermouth, and Campari into heavy tumbler half-filled
with ice. Stir vigorously until outside of glass feels ice-cold to the touch. Strain into martini glass; gently drop orange slice into drink. Makes 1 drink.
Chicken Wings Agrodolce
The Fritti Flour and Agrodolce Sauce can be prepared one day in advance.
Fritti Flour*
• 1 cup Arborio rice
• 1 cup semolina pasta flour
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons salt (sea salt is too heavy for this blend)
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Agrodolce Sauce*
• 2 cups champagne vinegar
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, toasted
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon Calabrian chile (pepperoncini), or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Chicken Wings
• 2 cups chopped yellow onions (about 2 large onions)
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 8 cups cold water
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 1-1/2 tablespoons gray sea salt or kosher salt
• 1 fresh thyme sprig or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 2 (2-pound) packages chicken wings (about 16 total), cut apart at
joints, wing tips discarded
• Corn, peanut, canola, or any neutral oil for deep-frying
• 2 cups buttermilk
Fritti Flour:
In blender, grind rice until very fine, about consistency of powdered gelatin. Shake ground rice into large bowl. Add semolina, all-purpose flour, table salt, and pepper. Toss until well mixed.
Agrodolce Sauce:
In large saucepan, combine vinegar and sugar. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Stir in onion, fennel seeds, and salt. Simmer, uncovered, until it reaches consistency of maple syrup and coats back of wooden spoon, about 50 minutes. (You should have about 1 cup sauce.) Remove from heat and stir in Calabrian chile. Taste; add more chile for more heat. Set aside.
In 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven or pot, combine onions, carrot, celery,water, peppercorns, salt, and thyme. Bring to boil over high heat. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
Add chicken. Simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Let chicken stand in liquid until cool, about 30 minutes. (See Chef's Note below.**)
In heavy saucepan or deep-fat fryer heat 3 inches oil to 375°F. Meanwhile, pour buttermilk into shallow bowl. Pour about 2 cups of Fritti Flour in another shallow bowl.
Dip each chicken piece into buttermilk. Roll in Fritti Flour to coat. Cook about 6 coated chicken pieces at a time in hot oil until crust is just slightly darker than color of honey all the way around, about 4 to 6 minutes. Using tongs, transfer chicken from oil to Agrodolce Sauce; coat chicken evenly. Shake off excess; transfer wings to serving plate. Repeat to cook remaining chicken. Serve hot. Makes 12 to 16 servings (about 32 pieces).
Don't halve the Fritti Flour recipe. We've found it takes at least 1 cup of Arborio rice for the blender to grind the rice properly. Make the full recipe and store any leftovers in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 6 weeks.
Don't be in a hurry to pull the chicken from its cooking liquid. If you let the chicken cool in the liquid, it will absorb the liquid and stay tender and juicy. If you pull the chicken out before the liquid is cool, the chicken will be dry.
Prosciutto-Wrapped Truffle Fries
• Corn, peanut, canola, or any neutral oil for deep-frying
• 1-1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into French fry-size pieces (cut into 1/3-inch-thick lengthwise slices and then into
1/3-inch-wide sticks), or good-quality frozen fries, such as Alexia's
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley
• 1 teaspoon truffle oil
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• Sea salt, preferably gray salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 8 slices very thinly sliced prosciutto
• 8 fresh figs (optional)
Preheat oven to 300°F. In heavy, deep, 4-quart saucepan or fryer, heat 3 inches of oil over high heat until it registers 375°F. Pat potatoes dry to prevent splattering.
In 8 batches, carefully fry potatoes until crisp and golden brown, about 4 minutes. Using wire skimmer or slotted spoon, carefully remove fries from hot oil; transfer potatoes to paper towels to drain. Keep fries warm in baking pan in oven while frying remaining potatoes. If using frozen fries, prepare according to package directions.
In heatproof bowl, toss hot fries with parsley and truffle oil. Add Parmesan; toss once more. Taste; season with salt and pepper.
Spread slice of prosciutto on work surface. Gather up small bundle of fries as if you were gathering pencils to put in a jar. Place fries on prosciutto so bottom half of fries will be enfolded when you wrap up bundle. Tear each fig (if using) into four sections.
Serve bundles with torn figs; serve warm. Makes 8 servings.
CHEF'S NOTE: The truffle fries alone, without the prosciutto wrap, are outstanding. Try different seasonings: Use just herbs, or just cheese, or flavored oils such as basil oil paired with dried Jack cheese, smoked paprika oil with Manchego cheese, or orange oil with sage. This is a good recipe to experiment with flavor combinations because fries are inexpensive and easy to make.
Pesto Arancini
Arancini are small stuffed and fried rice balls. They are one of Italy's original street foods. Leftover risotto can be used in place of the cooked Arborio; in fact, using leftover rice was at least partly responsible for the origin of the dish. Purchased pesto and a favorite tomato sauce can be used in place of the Blanched-Basil Pesto and the Quick Tomato Sauce, but it's useful to have good pesto and tomato sauce recipes on hand.
• 3 cups cooked, cooled Arborio rice*
• 1-1/2 cups Blanched-Basil Pesto (recipe follows)
• 4 ounces fresh mozzarella, preferably bocconcini, cut into 16 pieces
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
• Corn, peanut, canola, or any neutral oil for deep-frying
• Quick Tomato Sauce (recipe follows)
Line platter with parchment paper. In large bowl, stir rice and pesto together until combined. Divide rice into 16 equal portions (about 1/4 cup each).
Press one portion of rice around each piece of mozzarella, forming a ball about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Gently place on prepared platter. Repeat to form 16 arancini. Place platter in freezer 30 minutes to allow balls to firm up.
While rice balls chill, set up dredging station: Place flour into shallow bowl, eggs into another shallow bowl, and panko into third shallow bowl.
In large, heavy pot or Dutch oven, heat 3 inches of oil over medium-high heat until it registers 375°F on deep-fat thermometer. While oil heats, dredge each rice ball in flour and lightly shake off excess. Dip each rice ball in egg, then in panko. Gently lower 4 balls into hot oil; cook until lightly browned, 60 to 90 seconds. (Don't overcook or cheese will leak out into oil.) Using slotted spoon or wire skimmer, transfer arancini to paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining arancini.* Serve at once with Quick Tomato Sauce, if desired. Makes 16 arancini.
*CHEF'S NOTE: If you like, you can fry the arancini the day before, refrigerate overnight, and reheat with great success. To reheat, bake in shallow baking pan in 375°F oven 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through.
• 6 cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves
• 2 cups lightly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 1 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted*
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon fine salt, preferably ground sea or gray salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon powdered ascorbic acid
• 2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Set up large bowl of ice water. Fill large pan or Dutch oven about 2/3 full of water; bring to boil. Place basil and parsley leaves in sieve or colander that fits inside pan. Lower sieve full of herbs into boiling water; push leaves under water so they cook evenly. Blanch 15 seconds, then transfer sieve to ice bath to stop cooking process. Let herbs cool in the ice bath 10 seconds. Remove sieve, let drain. Squeeze any water that you can from herbs. Transfer to cutting board and coarsely chop.
In blender, combine herbs, oil, pine nuts, garlic, salt, pepper, and ascorbic acid. Process until well blended and somewhat smooth. Add cheese; whir a few second until just combined. Transfer pesto to bowl; season to taste with additional salt and pepper, if necessary. Press plastic wrap directly onto pesto to keep it from turning brown. Store in refrigerator up to 1 week, or freeze up to 1 month. Makes 2-1/2 cups amount.
*TIP: Toast pine nuts in small dry skillet over low heat, shaking pan frequently. Heat 1 to 2 minutes; as soon as you smell fragrance of pine nuts, slide nuts out of pan and onto a plate to prevent burning.
Quick Tomato Sauce
• 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes, such as San Marzano
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano
Open can of tomatoes; pour off juice into bowl. Press against tomatoes to extract as much juice as possible. Place tomatoes in separate bowl. Using your hands, squeeze tomatoes to pulp. Reserve juice and pulp. Set empty can aside.
Heat oil in large, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook briefly until light brown, about 30 seconds. Add tomato juice; bring to boil. Simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes. Add crushed tomato pulp. Rinse remaining pulp out of can by filling it halfway with water (about 1 cup); add water to pan. Add bay leaf, and salt and pepper to taste; return to boil. Add dried tomatoes and stir. Lower heat to medium; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, until mixture thickens and reduces to about 2-1/2 cups, about 50 minutes. Add oregano halfway through cooking. Discard bay leaf before serving.* For smoother sauce, process with immersion blender to desired consistency. Makes 2-1/2 cups.
*STORAGE: Store any remaining sauce in refrigerator up to 3 days. Serve over hot cooked pasta.
Salsa Di Parmigiano ("Parm Dip")
This slightly garlicky (and addictive) dip is a favorite at Bottega, Michael's restaurant.
• 1/2 pound Parmesan cheese, not too dry
• 1/2 pound Asiago cheese, not too dry
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onion
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1-1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
Remove any rind from cheeses. Chop cheeses into rough 1-inch chunks. Pulse cheeses in food processor until reduced to size of fine pea gravel. Transfer cheese to bowl. Stir in green onion and garlic. Add oregano, rubbing between your fingers to release its fragrance. Add black pepper, red pepper flakes, and olive oil. Stir well. Cover; let stand at room temperature at least 4 hours before serving. Serve on crostini. Makes 3-1/2 cups.
Forever-Roasted Pork with Toasted Cocoa Rub
Slow roasting in a low-temperature oven makes this party main course a fuss-free endeavor. Start the pork shoulder in the morning, then leave it alone. There's nothing to do once you've put the pork shoulder in the oven—just check every once in a while to maintain the water level in the roasting pan.
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• Gray sea salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1-1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh sage
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
• 1/4 cup Toasted Cocoa Rub (recipe follows)
• 2 apples, cored and quartered
• 2 pears, cored and quartered
• 3 lemons, halved
Preheat oven to 275°F. In large skillet heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and pinch of salt and pepper. Reduce heat; cook about 1 minute. Add sage; cook about 3 minutes or until onions are just getting tender. Add 1/2 cup water; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until onions are very tender. Uncover; simmer 2 minutes more or until onions are very soft and water is evaporated. Season well with salt and pepper.
Season pork well with Toasted Cocoa Rub. Arrange meat on rack in shallow roasting pan with onions, apples, pears, and lemons. Add 1 cup water to pan.
Roast, uncovered, 6 to 8 hours, or until meat is very tender, adding additional water (1/2 cup at a time) if pan is dry. If meat begins to get too dark, tent with foil last 2 or 3 hours. Roast is ready when meat pulls away easily if picked at with pair of tongs. Serve with any pan juices. Makes 12 to 14 (4-ounce) servings.
• 1 tablespoon whole white peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon coriander seed
• 4-1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sea salt (preferably gray)
• 3-1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
Heat medium saucepan over medium heat. Add whole white peppercorns and coriander. Toast until spices begin to pop and smell fragrant, shaking saucepan occasionally. Remove from heat. Transfer to spice mill or coffee grinder. Grind to fine powder. In airtight container combine toasted ground spices with cinnamon, salt, cocoa powder, nutmeg, and cloves. Use 1/4 cup of mixture for Forever-Roasted Pork. Store remainder, covered, in cool dry place up to 3 months. Use to season beef or pork roast, or whole chicken.
See how other chefs entertain at home in our story on James Beard Award-winning chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier.


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Converse Chuck Taylor All Star – Spring/Summer 2013 Collections
February 11th, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | 1 comment
There's a good amount of exciting Converse info coming down the footwear newswire today and the team here at Sneaker News is planning on keeping you informed on all of it. On display here is a new group of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star releases. Amongst the typical printed variations of the stand silhouette there are innovations like the Chuck Taylor All Star Chuckout with its woven look and the Chuck Taylor All Star Hi-Ness that introduces a wedge sneaker to the brand's All Star heritage. Click through to get the entire preview and let us know which of these new Converse Chuck Taylor All Star offerings are most appealing to you.

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I was extremely pleased to learn that the Santa Cruz County Women's Commission asked the board of supervisors to direct every county department to analyze the impact on women of its budgets, policies and services. Once the analysis is complete, the board will need to consider if there are inequities that need to be addressed, and I want Eric Hammer to be on the board when this comes up.
Eric understands the issues impacting women in this county. He has listened to the thousands of people with whom he has personally connected during the campaign and learned of crime, economic inequities, and inadequate health care. He knows the importance of the county's 2011 Status of Women and Girls Report and of addressing the concerns it presents.
Because of his knowledge and keen awareness, he will help assure significant improvements for women and girls in our county. Vote him in.
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GARRETT GOMEZ, HAIMISH HY, Winner: "I'm still a little sore and I was pretty much using my left hand more than my right hand, but I felt if I had to use my right hand, I could. But it's feeling better. I had one of (trainer Todd) Pletcher's stumble real hard Saturday leaving the gate (at Churchill Downs) and it really started bothering me a little bit, but I woke up this morning and it was feeling better. My specific instructions were to keep him on the outside. I knew the pace wasn't going to be real strong and I thought I'd play it by ear and stay inside for as long as I could. He really wasn't all that comfortable down there so I swung him out turning for home and moved him out from behind those horses. His heart got big on him and he came home really well for us."
JOEL ROSARIO, SEBASTIAN FLYTE, Second: "I had a chance to win because the hole opened up but once I went in it closed up again. It was pretty bad. I almost fell down. He broke a little slow, but that's the way he runs. They were going pretty slow and I had a lot of chances to win the race turning for home but like I said, they opened it up and then closed it. The outside horse kept coming in and bumped me pretty hard. For a couple of strides, I had to stop riding. I think we could have won."
ALAN SHERMAN (Assistant Trainer), HAIMISH HY, Winner— "Everything turned out just right. There wasn't a whole lot of pace, :24 and :48 and change, but the turf was a little bit soft and I think it helped us. This horse, when you swing him out, he just seems to accelerate better. The opportunity came up for Garrett to ride the horse and we took advantage of it. Nothing against (Alonso) Quinonez, but if you can get Gomez, you might as well. Last time he kind of got shuffled back and got taken out of the race. There wasn't a lot of pace and they didn't back up at all. This is my dad's (trainer Art Sherman) third Grade 1 winner. The other two were Lang Field and Siren Lure."
NOTES: Lang Field won the Citation in 2007 and Siren Lure took the Triple Bend Invitational Handicap in 2006 for Art Sherman…Gomez has won seven Turf Festival races, tying him with Eddie Delahoussaye for fourth on the all time list. Corey Nakatani leads with 14, followed by Alex Solis (10) and Chris McCarron (9).
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Could You Survive in the Wild?
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Whether you're an outdoor explorer, taking vacations to remote destinations around the world, or an armchair traveler who can't get enough of survival shows like "Survivorman" and "Man vs. Wild," at one point or another, you may have wondered, Could I survive in that situation? Maybe it's getting lost in the Sahara Desert or surviving a plane crash and ending up in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Whatever the scenario, you'll have to face off against nature armed with nothing but ingenuity and grit.
"There's no such thing as passive survival. Survival is proactive. You're doing everything you can to deal with the situation," said survival expert Les Stroud in an interview with Outside magazine.
Stroud also recommended trusting your guide, but being able to read the map yourself, and always staying with what you know and following the path of least resistance. Other tips include always having a plan before going out into the wilderness, bringing an emergency first aid kit and extra water, and wearing the right clothes, according to Survival Cache.
In the following pages, we explore some of the world's most hostile environments and the many threats they pose to humans, then offer some tips on how to survive if you find yourself in a life-or-death situation.
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Tom Demma, a 2004 graduate of San Lorenzo Valley High School, will fight in the heavyweight division in what is also his first organized bout.
"I am very confident," the 26-year-old said this week. "I have been training nonstop pretty much forever. It's one of my dreams to fight."
Demma, a pond and lake technician who is also attending college, trains in the art of kajukenbo at Farley's Kickboxing Academy in Santa Cruz.
Demma was a wrestler in high school and said he is relies on technique when it comes to MMA.
"Some of the fighters like to go in there and brawl," he said. "But it's more technical than that."
Demma got interested in MMA because of his uncles Steven and Sivel Osuna of San Jose, who he grew up watching fight.
"It's a sport I've always loved," Demma said. "I'm following in my uncles' footsteps."
The Nov. 10 event has been dubbed the Showdown in Surftown by organizers Chris Killen and Christian Pellechia, who are both out of Farley's Kickboxing Academy.
They came up with the idea last year to bring MMA to the Santa Cruz public and the event took off.
"Christian saw the void in Santa Cruz and thought it would be a good idea to do MMA in Santa Cruz," Killen said.
A percentage of the box office sales will go to hunger-fighting organization Grind Out Hunger and Killen has put his video production background to use by filming pre-produced video of each fighter that will be used to introduce fighters during the event.
Community Television will also bring four cameras to the bout to film the action and the crowd.
"It will give some legitimacy and make people feel like they are part of an event, not just a fight," Killen said.
Killen said the plan is to host three MMA events each year, but said it's too early to say when the next bout will be.
What: Showdown in Surftown
When: 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10
Where: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street in Santa Cruz
Details: Santa Cruz's first mixed martial arts event
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Price Adults: $5 adults. MAAH members and kids 12 yrs & under: Free; Youth (13 - 17) and seniors (62+): $3
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The Color of Baseball in Boston
Monday, Aug 27, 2012 10:00a to 4:00p
During the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, the Museum of African American History presents "The Color of Baseball in Boston: The History of Black Teams, the Players, and a Sporting Community. This fun exhibit for families, history and memorabilia buffs, and sports enthusiasts tells little-known stories about players of color and teams who distinguished themselves from the 1800s through the mid 1900s. Highlights include Will "Cannonball" Jackman's uniform, newspaper clippings, baseball cards and… Show more
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Antique English Garden: Sapphire Diamond Ring
Such Edwardian era excitement exists in this dazzling 18k gold gem-set ring. Its horizontal profile displays six (6) faceted natural sapphires of an estimated 1 carat as vibrant English bluebells amidst a lush garden of yellow pansies and gold wildflowers.
Old mine cut diamonds (fourteen with a diamond weight of about .28 carats) form the "traditional" white picket fencing enclosing the informal garden within a garden. Golden trellises of swirling vines create a gracious accent to the under gallery shoulders of this lovely English ring. Be prepared to spend delightful mornings and lovely early evenings with this garden on your hand.
Measurements: 7/16 of an inch (1 cm) in width north to south on the hand with the gem area 11/16 of an inch (1.8 cm) in width. Weight of 6.3 grams (4.1 dwt).
Ring Size: US 7-1/2 (UK O; Euro 17.75; 56 mm) and can be easily sized. Ring sizing information.
Hallmarks: Rubbed hallmarks that appear to be English in origin.
Condition: Excellent; evidence of resizing visible with magnification on interior of the band.
Date & Origin: Late 19th or early 20th century and is most likely English in origin.
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The Harrow® Custom Victory Mid Duffle offers a large top access to a spacious main compartment and two ventilated end pockets. The Victory duffle features a built-in shoe pocket to keep your cleats dry and away from pads and equipment. Several internal pockets and compartments hold your accessories and personal items for complete organization on the go.
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$iV* <t-" ■gsWM. BOOK-* MAS' AKD THE MENB. BY BKV. MB. MAOI—IJJAN. A fiend once met a humble man At night, in the cold, dart street, And. lei h"" into a palace fair, Where music circled sweet; And light and -warmth cheered the wanderer s heai t, Erom frost and darfcness screened, ""Efll Ma brain grew mad beneath the joy, Andie worshiped before the fiend. Ah! -well if he ne'er had knelt to that fiend, -"Tor a taskmaster grim was he; And he said, •' One-half of thy life on earth I enjoin thae to yield to me; And -when, from rising till set of snn, Ihouhaat toiled in the heat or snow, _at thy gains on mine altar an offering be; And the poor man ne'er said "No '-' "Bra poor man had health, more dear than gold, Stent bone and muscle strong, That neither faintnor weary grew, To toil the June day long; And the fiend, his god, cried hoarse and lond " Thy strength thon mnst forego, Or thon no worshiper art of mine;" And the poor man ne'er said '* Ho!" ■ffhree children blest the poor man's home- Stray angels fropped on earth— The fiend beheld their sweet bine eyes, And he laughed in fearful mirth; " Brings foirth thy little ones," guoth he, " My godhead wills it so I I want an evening sacrifice; And the poor-man ne'er said " No!" A young wife sat by the poor man's fire, "Who, since she blushed a bride, Had gilded his sorrow, and brightened his joys, His guardian, friend and guide. Foul fall the fiend! he gave command, u Oome, mix the cup of woe, Bid thy young wife draia it to the dregs;" And the poor man ne'er said " No!" O, misery now for this poor man! O, deepest of misery! Hest the fiend his gedtike reason took, And amongst beasts fed he; And when the sentinel mind was gone, He pilfered his soul also; And—marvel of marvels 1—he murmured not; The poor man ne'er said " No I" Jfow, men and matrons in your prime, Children and grandsires old, <Jome listen, with soul as well as ear, This saying whilst I unfold; <D, listen! till yonr brain whirls round,. And your heart is sick to think, That ia England's isle all this befell, And the name of the fiend was—Deihs. 5 .4- L j& "BJSKEIB'T. love, I call you; can you hear ? Cdl yon, want you, need yon, dear ; Is this high-heaped mound my kiss, And my answer only this 'I Is the silence as intense To your freed and perfect sense a s to mine—and ia the tide Just as dark:, and wild, and wide 1 Can there never come a sign Erom your rescued soul to mine ? So, importunate my need, Must I idly, vainly plead ? Is there no unguarded place Yon might seek and let your face, "Warmed by heaven's resplendent light, Plash an instant on my Sight 1 5Tay! forbear; I veil my eyes; That transcendent, first surprise Is death's guerdon. I must wait, Though the hour be far and late. Conld your soul, transfigured, biae "For an instant at my side ? Could my sinfulness endure Ton beside me, white and pure ? Scr toner's Monthly for August. *X x Subscription; $1.50 per Annum. CLAEE? MICJ imwmi; ?, AUGUST 9,1878 Single Copies.! Five Gents. "EAITflEPl*- OHTO DEATH." A Southern Sketch. At the dead of night there was a cry, •■'fire 3 fire! fire!" Evenin agreat city, Where there are thousands at hand to xecder aid, it is a terrible cry at that "hour; but on a lonely plantation, how iaexpressibly awful! "Fire! fire! fire i" It rang through the "wide halls, and -was echoed froni the negro quarter, iu every -variety of the tones of horror and alarm. The mistress of the mansion, awakening at the cry, sprang from her bed, and hurriedly began to dress, gazing around bewildered. If or a moment she was conscious only that her husband was absent, but she was recalled to something like herself by the shrieks of the maid •who had slept in the room, and who, instead ol assistiag her toilet, waspe-Mt^ ^"3SnJEEll^^'t!__lS"5 ^°'lS?1"il'-*%,'a"*i*_.i2_^_ mmS^m^&ilom.~pmfisxg eg&S&iS- the trees in front of the house. Suddenly, to add to the conf usion of the scene, the chamber door was flung open, and a crowd of female servants rushed in, flocking affrightedly together like a covey pursued by a sportsman. They clo&ecl around Mrs. Stewart's bed, sereaming, weeping, wringing their hands, and depriving her of wbat little presence of mind had been left. "Gh, missus, we shall be burned to death, we shall, all of us! The fire has caught the stairease !*" These, and similar exclamations, and cries for help filled the air, and distracted her attention. Meantime the conflagration became more serious every minute. Had that terrified group listened, they conld have heard the roar of the flames in the hail outside, and the crackling sound that announced, the approach of the fire to the woodwork near the staircase, warning-; them that, if they would save their lives their flight must be that instant. But they only huddled closer together, sobbing, moaning, embracing one another fenntically. AH at once a man dashed into the rooom, with agitated face and dress disordered. Thrusiing aside the terrified maids, he hastily approached his mistress. "Sly!" he cried, breathlessly; "fly this moment, or you'll be too late!" Then, glancing rapidly around the room, he snatched the cover from a center table, which stood in the middle of the apartment, covered with books, pretty trifles and flowers in vases. This he threw around his mistress, exclaiming, " It will keep the fire from catching. Oome!" Tho sight of his face had reassuredhis mistress. Juba was about her own age, had been bom in her fathers family, and had always exhibited the most devoted attachment to herself personally. Above all the servants on the plantation he was distinguished for a strict, religious performance of his duties, for Juba was consistently pioUs. He was also shrewd and ready in every emergency, and Mrs. Stewart felt that he would save her, even at the peril of his life. Juba, even while speaking, had seized her hand, and dragged her toward the staircase. But now a gust of wind threw such -volumes of thick, black smoke toward them that she was almost suffocated, and she paused, unable to proceed. It was not a time to hesitate, so Juba, snatching her in his arms as he would a child, dashed into the rolling volumes of smoke and down the great staircase. He was not a moment too soon. Scarcely had he reached the bottom, followed by the affrighted maids, before the passage was closed -entirely by a dense wall of flame. "Neither he no/the female servants, indeed, escaped entirely unhurt. But the table-cover effectually protected Mrs. Stewart. Juba had scarcely, however, placed his mistress safely on the lawn before she started up, crying: "Where is"the baby ? "Who has seen the child ? Oh ! it is in the house yet!" s And she would have rushed toward the blazing doorway if she had not been instantly and forcibly detained. "The servants looked at each other iu dismay. In the suddeness with wMch the cofkgration had spread, and in the excitement of their mistress' danger, eaobody had thought of the child. It was *^o_^^Sr-® k°y about 2 years old, -v-yho slept with bis nurse, or " mammy," g,® she was called in the household, in a Ih&ok room i_ Ihe upper story* Mrs. might have been even longer overlooked. The hall of the house was now all in a flame, the fire pouring out through the doorway as from the mouth of a furnace, so that" ingress by that way was impossible. Most of the second story was also burning, and the entire first floor, for the fire had broken out there originally. To reach the apartment where the nurse, probably paralyzed by terror, was still with the child, seemed entirely out of the question. -But there was one present who determined to make the attempt. The sight of the mother's face, and the sound of her broken moans, as she sunk into the arms of those who restrained her, exhausted by her struggles to escape, determined Juba to try at least to rescue his young master. "I will go, misses," he said; "don't cry no more." I^e looked around as he spoke for some means of scaling the second story. There was no ladder and only one staircase, but the bough of a tree that overshadowed the house fortunately held out the means of access to a bold heart and a strong arm. "Not stopping even* to hear his mistress" thanks, he clambered up the tree, ran out on the limb, and, dropping on the roof, disappeared within the dwelling. How breathless were the moments that ensued ! The flames were spreading with frightful rapidity. The eaves of the building began to smote, showing that the fire had reached the roof. Millions of sparks, accompanied by voir, limes of smoke, sailed down the sky before the breeze, completely obscuring the heavens at intervals, though, occasionally, this thick canopy, partially blowing aside, the calm mdbn was seen peacefully shining through the rent, iu strange contrast to the otherwise terrific scene. The roar of the conflagration had now become intensely loud, and, to add to the horror, there began to be heard the awful sound of timbers falling within the house. Mrs. Stewart had watched the fire in silence, her hands clasped find lips parted, over since Juba had disappeared within the house. Every moment ap- peared.au age to her. At last the sus? pense, thus lengthening out inter- miaably, as it seemed, became intolerable. "Oh, it is in vain!" she cried, making a fresii effort to rush into the flames; "he cannot find my boy. Let me go myself!" O At that instant, through the smoke that almost hid the only window that was not already on fire, appeared the faithful Juba, holding aloft the infant. The flames were all around, andin a moment more would overtake him. 'He. proach. ""Jour of the males, comprehending Ma wish, snatched a blanket and rushed promptly forward. The heat was intolerable, but they disregarded it, and, standing beneath the window, with the blanket outstretched, they shouted to Juba to throw the child toward them. He had, however, anticipated them. The infant fell while they were speaking, was caught safely inthe blaket, and was taken immediately to Mrs. Stewart, who clasped it to her bosom with frantic delight. The whole was the work of less time than we have taken to describe it. But simultaneously a terrific crash was heard that made the very earth tremble beneath the spectators; a huge column of smoke shot up toward the sky from where the roof had been, and a gush of intense ,fiame followed, leaping far up into the highest clouds. Tie crowd, one and all, gasped for breath. Then came a deep, long-drawn FRATCIS M Story of the Conversion, of tlie Temperance Reformer, as Told by Himself. In the year 1869 I was proprietor of the Bradley Hotel, at Portland, Me. It was a respectable house, and enjoyed a good reputation and patronage, On the 1st of September of that year the St. Jshn's boat arrived at the wharf, and a large number of guests entered the hotel to partake of breakfast, and some registered, with the view of remaining in the city. After the guests had prepared themselves for breakfast, they were shown to the dining-room, with the exception of one man, who remained seated1 in the office, with head bowed and hinds covering his face. I asked him whether he was going in to breakfast. He lifted up his head and said, "I have got no means of paying for it." I hade him go right in and get something to eat. I saw by his looks that he had been drinking, and stood in need of a substantial meal. There was a scar on his face, and he said to me, "I've been having a pretty hard time, and I would like to have something to drink more than food,"- I took Mm into the bar and gave Mm some liquor, after wMch he went into the dining-room and partook of breakfast. Upon coming out he desired an interview with me, when he told me that he was a tailor by trade, an utter stranger in the city, that he iiad no means, and asked me if 1 would trust him to a week's board provided he could get work. I said I would do that; and, more thau that, I interested myself in his welfare, and went out and secured a situation for him. His name was entered on the registry of the hotel— Patrick Murray, St. John's, _". B. On the evening of the 3d of September he came in late to tea. The wife of Capt. Hager, of New York—who was superintending the excavations in the harbor— her sister and cousin, with two children, were seated at their private- table. Murray began, iu a free way-, a conversation; with Mrs. Hager, whereupon the waiter requested him to desist. He arose from the table in an angry mood and left the dining-room. Mrs. Hager paid no attention to the man, and, upon concluding supper, went to the sitting-room and engaged in conversation with Mrs. Murphy, after whieh'she started to her own apartments, and Murray assaulted her. I was summoned, and, Murray declining to qMt my house, I tried to put him put, and, after a struggle, he fell to the foot of the staircase with a fractured skull.. He died four days afterward. I was arrested and tried for the murder of that man. The trial lasted eight days, and occasioned great excitement. I had' to meet the prejudice of the friends of the Maine Liquor law from :liqu6TwaB^solo!ir*^d^I*' wa*s^^tierly~*de- nounced and charged with having given the "man liquor.. I never gave Mm but one glass of "fiquoa iu jny life, and that was for medicine, and I had done all I could to assist him to a life of sobriety and usefulness. I can never tell how much I suffered fcr being tried for murder in the presence of my wife and family and friends. The verdict was manslaughter. The ease was appealed, and I was admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000, Gen. Shepley and A. A. Stout becoming my bondsmen. I returned home very much depressed to think I had been convicted of suoh a heinous offense, when before God I knew I was entirely innocent, I .then began to drink very hard. My wife was very much troubled, though patient and Mnd, and bore in her face the suffering she endured at the terrible calamity that had come upon us and our children. For about one year I kept on drinking, and became exceedingly reckless. My sigh,for- the roof and floor had -evidently J fiu ?'TT' ^"--^"".pj VT"oT i ol^ f^i*. and the faithful Juba.alas!^^ f^^s had me locked up^July 30,1870, fallen in; and the faithfuL Juba,"alas was nowhere to be seen. A dozen persons rushed toward the building, and, until driven back by the heat, stood close by the window "where he had been last seen. They had hoped to find him there. They had flattered themselves that there had been time enough for him to leap. . . rw But it was now evident tMs had not* been the case. He most probably felt the floor giving way before he threw the child;, and if so, this explained the cause of his ha'ste. They said this" -to -"each other as they fell back. . There was, however, little time for words. Scarcely had this thought been exchanged before there was another crash, and, with a momentary, waving motion, almost the entire building fell in, so that what had been a stately mansion an, hour before was now only a shapeless pile of blazing timbers. Tlie shouts, the exclamations, and the sobbings, which had filled the air but the instant before, ceased again at tMs appalling spectacle. Neighbor looked at neighbor aghast with horror, the lurid light adding a wild, spectral look to eachihquiringface. Theaa simultaneous cry arose from the crowd that Juba and the old nurse were buried in the ruins. But suddenly from out the flame and smokej in the direction where the generous Blave had last been seen, what seemed a human figure began to emerge, crawling painfully on hands and knee3— a human figure, crushed and mangled, but still with life in it. And hark! a voiee—a full, deep voice—coming from that poor, charred body; and what did it say? "Not words of pain, but words of joy—words that you and I may bless God if we can say when dying. They reached him, stooped over him, and would have raised Mm; but at that moment be looked up at his mistress; a prayer was on Ms lips, and a triumphant smile broke over his face—then he fell back lifeless. Thus died the faitMul Juba. Over his grave there is a marble tablet, with the words inscribed thereon, " "Faithful Unto Death." "What nobler motto could there be ? The training of carrier-pigeons is still energetically pursued in Belgium, and during the latter part of May some 3,080 baskets of pigeons,-containing in all 123,440 birds, crossed the Franco- Belgian frontier, so that the pigeons might learn their way home from French territory. vn Ho hacteb how fine and f asMonable a is, and where'er the writer wer** _s picked up items by the score. 'T\ i ihe form of our "devil," in attitude", islvil; and he thrust Msjiead within tl ">pen door, with <**_he foreman's om: /copy, sir, and he wants some more \n" Now this "local" had &\ about till nearly dead; he 1( through the city till his" f {?( sore; walked through the \ Evans, and in the byway" into portions of the and obscure ; had exanlE cellar, and had questioner, whom he met, from door tt tMng was stirring, anyth." not published heretofore,^ with no success; he would, guess he felt a little wicket; little bore, with the mefe foreman that he wantef." more. . , .-L . "Now it's time you we-*-.- departing, you scamp 1" cried we ups-"v/'_tg; *". get you Mek into the office, wjtr:© you were before, or the words tKV' you have spoken will get your bon<-£;_ _U-brokeu" —and we seized'a cudgel o'^en that was lying on the floor—-i" take your hands out of your pockets, and 1:'* -je'the sane- tum door j tell the forej _-.-£, there's no copy, youVagly little bore;' "^Qaoth our devil, " Send him more l\:. AM our devil, never X'Jng". srillis flitting, still is flitting, b£ ^;*s_d forth Upon the landing just ouV'le the saho,- tumdoor. Tears adown l_s, cheeks are streaming, a strange light '^ioin his eyes; is beaming, and his voice "".-j heard still tdy. walked 1 sauntered were very "veet called ^-unning off oity,}':">th public ~ store and j"?ery feller ".mv, if any- j occurring .d had met .■■"lier kinder ■:- the ugly ;3 from the ^rgmething screaming, "Sir, the some more. &\%}p- wants _>_v Austrian Art in SteeMH-'prt, 4, (Jons, It is well knows that-tK^P-^Vsof the Austrian field artillery ^"_&w armed with the new steel-bronze 'feceech-loader of Gen. Yon Uchatius". ^";o fact that" nearly £2,00.0,000 have beC**. Bpent from first to last by the Austiu-Hungarian Government upon the weapons is proof enouglvpf-rthe confidence Oh; ia high quarters "as to its "efficiency"- and we have the testimony of many experienced officers tbattfofeaccuraeyfind* -nhirance tha gun rivals the*'much mos lastly steel cannon of Herr/Erupp.. : Je this as it may, it is reported that"" he Austrian. Government is now about *: > set to work on the manufacture of, he:r y guns from | the same^Mexpensive mu produce ship and siege gu.- pered bronze. Two six mental weapons which hat hundred rounds tire report in a serviceable ecmdition; ranges may be eonsidereds. guns. A shot at fifty or :-i]£>lt aud to ,i from tem- :neh experi- •aredfievetal !, to be stijr "aid at short nogierciug ,:ty yards is capable, we are told, ofjpk^-:^s ihe | armor of such ironclads ^""C%7^k ^-4$r'.' and Black Prince; mC/Jf^S^S ._donbt,Jh§^ore!^_j.fe^ c&rfdtreitfflStruc'teti ou tr-Bv HE TOOK BISKS. t a*_a pauijris--fet*=> would be a match for mdslVof our stouter battle- sMps. The Austrian gun-makers seem to be able to make bi'onze as hard A Virginia City Episode. Droll things happen in Nevada. The air out- there, as everybody knows, is full of ozone, and ozone in the atmosphere makes people wonderfully vigorous and original. A story wMch comes from YirgiMa City illustrates the fact pleasantly. It isn't quite assured that the account really comes from that place, but it is credited to it, and as the story drifts eastward in the vague sort of way stories from the far "West usually do, and is merely in its bearings a barometrical showing of the condition of the social atmosphere in mimng towns generally, it may be located in "Virginia Oity as well as anywhere else. ; There came to "Virginia Oity a young physician from "the States," possibly from St. Louis, a talented, nice young fellow, with considerable genius in making out a diagnosis or a bill, but inheriting from deceit patents -a fatal weakness. He conld net overcome a fatal passion for putting on occasionally a clean shirt, for teaing his pantaloons out of the tops of his boots, and in other ways conforming to habits popular with the super-civilization of the Orient. He forgot he was in the Occident, where ways are different. For a time after Ms arrival among the ozone-faced Yirginia- Oityites he conformed in modesty and decency to their ways. He wore a dirty shirt of miner's flannel, and tucked his pantaloons inside Ms boots, and swore with strange oaths, grew, bearded like the pard, chewed navy-plug tobacco, and spat wickedly to leeward. He was rapidly acquiring popularity and an immense practice in Ms profession, when he yielded to temptation and so fell fell as thousands of bright minds have fallen in the past. There came upon the young physician a passion for old phantasies. He clung again to the flesh-pots of his early life, and took a course insulting to all about him and dangerous to himself. As upon the reformed drunkard comes at times a horrible tMrst for drink, a3 comes to the opium-eater who has tried to save himself au overwhelming passion, for the fatal drug, so upon the young physician came a fierce longing to wear again a shirt all clean, and washed, and starched, aud to don in otherwise the garb of Eastern cities. Of course the infatuated young man knew well enough that he was wronging those about Mm. He knew that iu putting ou a clean shirt he was offering a gratuitous insult to every other man in "Virginia Oity, in the intimation thus expressed of his own superiority. He knew the. risk and took it. He was infatuated. He knew of the popularity he had^ained, and relied upon" it for protection, , s .;-The Msj__i*'ja**_^J_^ js>diBsy:b>6Big-*"sy*a^ with his trousers worn outside his boots. His friends noticed it, but said nothing; they thought it merely an oversight on greater evils that would otherwise be sure to happen. The great wars of Napoleon were, as most men now admit, the unprincipled efforts of an indisputar ble but perverted genius, blinded by 'what he called glory, to take from other nations what properly belonged to them simply to make an empire for himself. Our own Indian empire, stained as it has been in the past by crime, and by a policy so shamelessly of tMs world that few of the natives consent to credit us with the belief in a God at all, has been very much forced on us by the power of circumstances; and, were we to resign India to-morrow, the result might be a hideous anarchy that would make a kind of helh Once more, there are wars, such as we have, seen a good deal of in the last 10 years, the object and end of which is the resettlement and consolidating of kingdoms, matters which it is the interest of society at large to get settled, though individual interests for the moment suffer, wars which, in the felicitous thought of a great theologian, are the action of a secret spring in the machinery of nations, and wMch, when once over and done with, leave the stirred elements of strife slowly to settle down into a permaneut, because eqMtable, repose,—The Bishop of Boehester, in Good Words, A Bog Kakes tiie^ Acquaintance ot a £"_5"2"== Up in the morning at dawn of day, Tben hardly time to her-Maher to pray. Milking her cows with a «' Co, boss, eo,* Under her feet no grass can grow. Busy, so busy, and this her sang - " The snntmer its short, and the winter long." Old in her youth, often weary of life. Bless her I God help her I the farmer's wife. * Chickens to feed, such a hungry crowd; Calves to be tended of which s&e ia proud. B-fead of the lightest and sweetest to bake, Butter the golden, and fragrant to mate; Honey, lite amber, to strain and to clear, Fruit to preserve ia its season each year, Cheese to press, and to turn each day; Bless her J God bless her! we sigh, as we say. Washing and ironing to do each week, Hundreds of things that a pen cannot spes&; Cook and confectioner, seamstress, is she, Dairymaid, housemaid, and teacher to be, Nurse, and physician, ana preacher, at home, City of refuge when erring ones roam. " She hath done what she could," short her life's little day. Bless her I God help her! my friends, let us pray. HT1 A1P POINT, as steel, and as5 capable of resisting the j Ms part. The Mght passed, and the wear and tear of rifled projectiles, since ' uext morning the young man appeared it would be altogether impossible to'• upon the streets wearing awMte shirt, pierce army-plates with a gun madeuo ] He had shown tact enough to put on Ms ""- Ti! ' n^nwimonta crvafiTinT\v but he did not situation. bronze in the ordinary way. If we are j adornments gradually, to believe the last reports of their big- j realize the full terror of Ms gun experiments, the bore of the wea pons, after some 300 rounds, had sustained no injury at all, notwithstanding j that comparatively heavy projectiles ; were fired,~and with battering charges of ; gunpowder. But the most surprising i feature absut the Uchatius gun is the ' Still nothing was muttering among said, the There "was a populace, and nothing more. Another day came? and with it the appearance of the Eastern man in public, Ms white'shirt still worn, Ms pantaloors still outside his boots, and upon those boots, not plain Nevada but a polish of blacking.. Then in tne county jail in Portland, after wMch my family removed from the hotel and were compelled to take up quarters in a little tenement house, on what was known as the " back cove," and were in very destitute circumstances. I remained in jail three months. On the 15th of August, at a religious meeting held in the prison by Capt. Gyrus Sturtevant, I made up my mind, "God helping me, never to sell another drop or drink another glass of intoxicating liquor. Meantime the .case had been appealed aud the verdict sustained. I was arraigned and sentenced for a period of sixty days in the county "jail at Portland, On the expiration of my sentence I was invited to deliver an address in the Oity Kail on gospel - temperance, and from that time, April, 1871, I date my entrance into the work to which I have dedicated the remainder of my life.. fact of its secret having been so closely j mud, but a poiisn oi Diacmng.. xutiu. kept*. The Austrian Government has ; the people gathered in groups, and displaced no difficulty in the way of an in- j cussed something earnestly. The blinded speetion of its guns, and has permitted j victim of impending fate saw nothing, even the presence of foreign military at- j He appeared ne-st day*, still clean- aud taches in the Government workshops. ; neat, and carrying a cane. That night Nay, more; samples ofthe wonderful 1 the Vigilance Committee met! steel-bronze metal have been freely dis-! The nexfr morning proved a clear and tributed, and chemists haye tried their : pleasant one, which was a lucky circum- best to discover its mode eg. preparation \ stance, as •*■** "More Copyo-*' 'sanctum," cold and dreary, s&t Stewarffe toft thought, on laei escape|*^oma-a's attire is, she never appears ji&& fbeea -to lso*_ ioE her dariing. j and,7! well -dtessed when she looks as though |j*at for tMsff th© absoBecr of -the ©Mid I heir olota^g htsst h@2?, In the the writer, pohd'ring" o'et' a memor&ite dum book of items Used before (book of scrawling head-notes rather-; items taking days to gather them iu cold wintry weather, using much time and leather) —pondered we these items o'er. "While we conned them, slowly rocking, through our mind queer ideas flocking, came a quick and nervous knocking at the sanctum door. " Sure that must be Jinks," we muttered, "' Jinks that's knocking at our sanctum door; Jinks the everlasting bore." Ah! well do we remind us, in the walls which then confined us, the exchanges lay" behind us and before us, and around us, all scattered o'er the floor. Thought we : ^ Jinks wants to borrow some newspaper till to-morrow, and 'twill be relief from sorrow to get rid of Jinks, the bore." Still the visitor kept knocking louder than before. And the scattered pile of papers, cut some rather curious capers, being lifted { by the breezes coming through another door; and we wished (the wish is evil, for one deemed always civil) that Jinks was at the devil, to stay there evermore; there to find Ms level—Jinks the everlasting bore! Bracing up our patience firmer, then without another murmur, " Mr. Jinks," said we, "your pardon, your forgiveness we implore. Bat the fact is, we were reading of some curious proceeding, and thus it was, unheeding your loud rapping there before—" Here he opened wide the door. But pliancy now our phelinks—for it wasn't Jinks, the bore-—Jinks, nameless evermore. But the form, that stoid before us caused a trembling to come o'er us,, and. memo-ey brought u& back agaia to days of yes?© j days whea it©me ires® ia pleaty by analysis. AU has bfeeu iu vain. Despite fair means and foul, the secret of the' "Uchatius "metal still remains a mystery, and bids fair to do so until its inventor divulges the composition him- |- self.—London News. €Iiai_ied by a Saake» •• - A.t the plantation of Mr. Turner, near Lake City, Ma., a most singular scene occurred, the charming of a thirteen- foot -alligator by .a. rattlesnake. The snake first saw the alligator, and with his rattles attracted tho latter's attention. Then began the charming process, which lasted fully half an hour. The alligator at first turned Ms head once or twice, but was immediately called to order by tho rattles of the snake. Toward the end of the half- hour, with fixed eyes, the alligator moved slowly toward his terrible enemy until within striking distance, when the snake curled himself moje compactly, and, with all the streDg""h he could muster, struck the alligator,. _ or a moment the alligator shook tremulously, and then, as if by magic, made a semicircle backward movement, peculiar to the species, and brought his tail down upon the snake with fatal effect, Oar informant then dispatched the alligator, and found that the snake had missed Ms mark. The snake measured six feet, aud had nine rattles and one button,—Lake City (Fla.) Reporter. A CMM's Logic. "Dad," said a hopeful sprig, "how many fowls are there ou the table ?" "Why," said the old gentleman, as he looked complacently on a pair of fine roasted chickens that were smoking on the dinner table, " why, my son, there are two." " Two!" replied young smartness. " There are three, sir" aud I'll prove it." " Three!" replied the old gentleman, who was a plain matter-of-fact man, and understood things as he saw them, " I'd like to have you prove that." "Easily done, sir, easily done! Ain't that one ?" laying Ms knife on the first. "Yes, that's certain," said dad. "jAiu't that two?" pointing to the second, *' and don't one and two make three?" "Really," said the father, turning to the lady, who was in amazement at the immenselearhing of hereon, "really, wife, this boy is a genius, and deserves to be encouraged for it. Here, old lady, you take one fowl, aud I'll take the second, sud John shall have the third 1" , , _.. it enabled most of the popu- ! lation of Tirgima Oity to stroll out and speculate upon a droll object in the suburbs. Suspended from the limb of a tree, swinging gently in the morning breeze, hung the foolish young physician from the East. "Upon the back of an old envelope pinned to his breast was inscribed the curt legend: "He tuk risks. He banked too heavy onhispop'iarity." - But, as said before, the scene of this interesting episode of the ozone-hathed mountain regions may not have; been Virgima City, The story comes irregu- larlv, Wars, There is war in self defense; a kind of war that instantly recommends itself both to the heart and conscience of-mankind. The burning of Moscow has not yet ceaecd to strike the imagination of the world as a nation's grandest protest A grocer on Carr street yesterday placed on the sidewalk in front of Ms store a sugar hogshead, which he had just-emptied. The adhering sweets attracted myriads of flies and a few honeybees, which seemed to think they had found a bonanza. A vagabond-looking dog was lying down in the shade of the sugar hogshead, and was pestered much by the flies, which found the dog's nose a good place to roost after they had filled themselves with sugar. After the dog had wearied himself out by his ineffectual snaps at the flies he buried Ms nose between his paws and took the annoyance philosopMealiy. At length a bee came humming around Mm, and, being bigger game, the dog concluded to go for it, and, watching his opportunity, snapped at it and caught it iu his mouth. Then he made a sudden spring to Ms feei*asif he had just thought of so_f %ing that he had to do in.a hurry, and the hair all over him raised on end as if he had been electrified. Then he pranced around for a moment, shaking Ms head frantically, as if he were worrying a rat. A lifctle^ black object dropped from his mouth, which he looked at inquiringly for a brief instant, aud then started off in haste to. see a man around the corner, howling dismally as he went. The man was not ihere, and the dog came back and once more made an in- ly with Ms paw. He perhaps wanted to be able to recognize one of those little tMngs, if he should ever encounter one of them again. After satisfying his curiosity he went and lay down again with a sort of grin-aud-be'ar-it-you-old- fool look, giving vent to Ms feelings occasionally by a subdued camne sigh.— St. Louis Bepubliean. That St-tIss Watch. One-Horse gulch will Keep time hereafter for all creation, for one of the boys has carried off the famous Swiss watch which did not find a purchaser at the Centennial ExMbition. It was about as 'large as au ordinary " stem winder," and was a minute repeater, striking on niu- • sical bells the hour, ihe half-hour, the quarter-hour and the number of minutes that elapsed of the unexpired quarter. In addition to this it told the time to the fifth of a second; and, by means of a double arrangement, noted the passage of two distinct events or occurrences at the same moment—timing two horses, forjastance, starting at different instants, it was a calendar, also, showing the days of the week, of the month, and the month of the year, and, by means of a wheel wMch made a fourth of a revolution in a year, noted the quadrennial recurrence of the 29th of February. Fhiaily, as if overleaping all the other triumphs in its mechanism, it showed the phases of the moon, as that j luminary presents them, by means of a diminutive moon. The watch was not sold in Philadelphia, was offered in vain to New York millionaires, and was finally sent to a San Francisco jeweler. Three weeks ago an Arizona miner, who had struck a wonderful lead and regarded $2,000 as a small dime, stepped into the store, looked at the watch, and in ten minutes said lie would take it. He paid the money without winking, and remarked that he thought the boys up at the gulch couldn't beat it. — San Francisco paper. "Lost at sea—The sight of land. PeopiiE that go to pot—Gardeners, As A twig is be nt the boy is inclined. A poptjiiAB field officer—A kernel of corn. "Bbmabk by a man with a new watch: " I buyed my time." A house, unlike a man, is always prepared to meet an oat. Ikdustbx always finds something to do. So does a mosquito. 'Tis said "Money makes the man." Yes, man is a funny coined of creature, anyhow. "No noose is good news," excMmed the fellow who was about to be hanged, when the Sheriff informed him of Ms pardon. An old Grecian philosopher advises all men to know themselves. That's suggesting to a good many to form disreputable acquaintance. "What is the difference between a provident widow and a wife who talks about her "liege lord?" One husbands her means, and the other means her husband. / A "Western editor, whose mismtal infelicities are notorious, has piped over his marriage heading a cat representing a large trap sprung, with the motto: "The trap down; another ninny caught!" Ojod Salt—"Be you a-going to paint that their red-topped boat .yonder, mister?" Artist—"Yes." Old Salt— " Then mayhap you'll be glad of some o' the paint we used on her last week." Stbaightto the Point.—" Go out. young man; she is not here," said -a preacher, one Sunday, in the midst of Ms sermon, to a youth whom he saw standing hesitatingly in the doorway. The youth vanished. The Burlington Sawk-Fye says: "If any subscriber finds a hue iu Ms paper that he does not like and cannot agree with, if he will bring his'paper to the office aud point out the offending line, the editor will take his scissors and cut it out for Mm," " I'll never starve, my dear," he said TTuto his rural bride, As through the garden-walk: the two Were strolling side by side. The little farmer's ^irl looked -up, And " Why ?" she arch y said, " Beca\*.se," quoth he, "m you I have A little hbe-maid bred." —Yonkers Gazette. "Ma, has your tongue got legs?" " Got what, child ?" " Got legs, ma?" " Certainly not; but why do you ask that question ?" " Oh nothing; only I heard pa say that your tongue was xunmng from morning till night!" Then pa had to take another -"-rauslB"*.;"^—f?^- ft. €f""' J> ~^&=S*£3__uS: A cuebgxman, going"tb~"wSsiit OU0l?i _2._~ sick parishioners, asked him how he rested during the night. "Oh, won- drously ill, sir," he replied, " for tmne eyes have not come together thyee Mghts." " What is the reason of that ?" said the other. "Alas, sir!" said he, because my nose was betwixt them," When Socrates got too old and feeble to stone Ms neighbor's chickens out of the back garden, Ms invincible genius pointed out the way to gratify a grudge without bodily exhaustion. It. is a historical, fact that he learned to play on several musical instruments at extreme _ old age.—Cincinnati Breakfast Tabic. " There was a vast difference," remarked Gladiolus, " between L'atime and this baked; bass we are devouring.. "Yes," said Heliotrope, "because _ati nier was burned at the stake and th . bass was turned at the bake."" Gladio lus said that wasn't just what he was go ing to say, but he would let it go a that.—Burdefte. • THE GOWN TEST. He sang a Bong, he sang it well, His voice was low and tender; He sang in praise of her he. loved— A knight, her brave defender. He vowed by all the gods above No braver knight or truer E'er sought the maiden of his choice And nrayed to be-her wooer. To test his love she thought it well, Ere her future life she trusted, Sho wore, next night, a horrid gown— And he got up and dusted. -Scribner for August. aged re- The" best iiM of a suit to ifeaV'dusmg this _q§ wsatfes*? Is a "base-gMa italt, one. Even here, however, the rule is not absolute. In the time of Zedekiahit was Israel's duty not to draw the sword iu defense of Zion, but to sheathe it. "When Titus encamped on Scopus, and suu'ounded the city over which Jesus had wept iu vain, God was on the side of the invaders aud against the invaded Jerusalem was to be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles should be fulfilled. There are wars of independsnee, when a nation strikes a quick aud hard and noble blow for her liberties; wars about wMch it is usually hard to know at the moment if they are justifiable, since only success can justify them; made too soon or with inadequate provision, they provoke a terrible revenge; retard, it may be for a generation, the cause at heart, aud sometimes set the houses of neighbors on fire. That gieat republic ou the other side of the Atlantic fought out her freedom; who in England grudges it to her now ? There are wars for civil and religious liberty. All the world knows of these wars; England has felt the keen agony of them, to-day enjoys the happier result of them. They are great objects to fight for; if anything deserves blood, and pain, and life, liberty does. Here, too, selfishness sometimes flings up the soiled cap of liberty to get a share of the spoils in the general scramble. If by waiting a few years you can secure liberty in the end without fighting for it, jc ause before you make wives widows and children orphans before the time. Wars of conquest are sometimes utterly unprincipled; sometimes the inevitable result of circua-sstaaces whioh no one oao and. "whiola simply pmeat Overeating in Suiniaor, All trustworthy hygienists and medical authorities are unanimous in recommending fruits and vegetables as the best and mesfc appropriate food for tMs season, and that the eating of much meat, rich gravies, etc., is carefully to be abstained from. Aud yet there is not one person hi ten who carefully and intelligently follows this advice. In the hotels aud boarding-houses people gorge themselves with meats and gravies and pastry, and wonder how it is possible, after such a strengthening meal, they feel so weak, and shaky, and nervous, and out of Borts! "With nothing but good bread and butter and a saucer of fruit for dinner the next day, the same person would have marveled still more how in the world such a slim meal gave him such strength and elasticity of spirits and improved health! Depend on it, a very large proportion of the physical ills of life come from too much eating. There is but little danger of not eating enough. The trouble with nine-tenths of ailing and chronically complaining city people is injudicious and intemperate eating. Leave off eating so much meat and greasy compounds and rich pastry, and try a simpler di,-t for a time, and, our word for it, you will soon experience a great and marvelous change come over the spirit of your dream.—Trenton Gazette. ^ The depression of manufacturing and coinmer'ial business has driven men into agriculfure. The" crops in all parts . of the country were never so abundant, 1 asd the acreage never so large. "Novel FunisiuiieKt,, . A few days ago three boys, spectively i8,16 and 12, slipped into the house of Mr. Sterling Jenkins, who lives on the Talbotton road, aud stole a watch, and some other valuables. Mr. Jenkins tracked and overtook them in Hamilton. He recovered Ms property, but did not desire to put the rascals in jail, so he told them that if they would whip each other he would not prosecute them, . This they agreed to do. They- were taken out, stripped to the waist, and provided with stout Mckory switches. One was tied to a tree, aud the others laid ou his back lustily with switches until Mr. Jenkins expressed ■ Mmself satisfied. The ceremony was gone through with each one. They were then dispersed with smarting backs and penitent hearts.— Columbus {Ga.) Times. Eemarkable Locomotive Performances,. Mr. "W. I". "Buchanan, Superintendent of Motive Power of the New York Central and Hudson Biver railroad, has recently made a report on the performances of the locomotives thereon, from which it appears that the total mileage for the year 1877 on the Hudson Biver division was 3,726,919. The whole number of engines in service was 97, showing an average mileage for each engine for the year of 38,422 miles.' The highest average for any one engine is that of No. 33, from Jan. 1,1877, to April 1,1878, a period of fifteen months, when the mileage was 117,872 miles, or 7,858 miles average per month,—Scientific Ameri can. The "Sez Ferces. The hand of Nez Perces prisoners captured by Gen. Miles, numbering over 4.00, have been taken from "Fort Leavenworth to the Qua Paw agency in the northeastern part of the Indian Territory, where they will be taught the arts of civilization if possible. They are in charge of Indian Agent Jones. Theis new plaoe of abode is at pres&nt occupied by the Qua Paws, the Confederated Peoria, the Eastern Shawnees, the Wy• andots, Seaeeas and a _ oxtioa el €&i4 I Jack's be&d of Modoes,
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Dabbling, according to neuroscientist Jeff Stibel, can make you a more interesting worker or entrepreneur:
While you might feel taking a personal-interest course in knitting, for example, is giving your brain a break from the problem solving you spend all day doing, Stibel says far from turning off the brain, taking a personal-interest course changes the challenge for the brain which makes you more efficient and productive when you return to the task at hand. "The way you're recharging is stopping a particular problem and doing something very different," he says. While the brain can only handle so much of one task before it starts to shut down, Stibel says it can handle a lot of many different tasks. "When you hit that breaking point and take a break and hit another one, your brain can ramp back up, so you'll be twice as productive as you would have been otherwise by just doing a single task," says Stibel.
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Yves Behar, CEO of Fuseproject, doesn't believe in design briefs. In the film Briefly, he explains that far more can be learned through client relationships:
I don't believe in briefs; I believe in relationships. The difference between a brief and a relationship is a brief can be anonymous. And I've tended over the last fifteen to twenty years to really work with people who give you a really deep sense of where it is they want to go, what it is that they are dreaming about. And that, in turn, has informed us on the projects more than any brief has ever done so.
Initial discussions should provide not only the vision for the project, but the aspirations of the company. Instead of anonymously sending out briefs, make it a collaborative thing: the brief will naturally evolve out of these client conversations. With continued dialogue, you build the trust you need to really question ideas and find innovation. Use the brief as a creative tool to open up dialogue with your clients, negotiate easier, and get to the heart of the problem.
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Co-founder and CEO of Buffer, Joel Gascoigne, undertook an experiment in which he disabled all notifications on his phone. Not only did he regain his focus, he was also able to convert his workflow from reactionary to proactive:
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Focus isn't a magic ability. It's simply a function of limiting the number of options you give yourself for procrastinating. 99U challenges you to turn off all notifications for a week, and let us know how it goes below.
It's important to be aware of inspiration that simply influences us versus inspiration that turns us into a copycat. Knowing the difference can help turn us into the type of creative worker we strive to be. As Evernote designer Joshua Taylor explains in this interview over at the InVision blog:
Researching and seeing what others are doing is important. I try not to do that too much though because I think there's a subconscious tendency to copy as soon as you start looking at everyone else's stuff. My advice is that if you are going to look at others' work, look at a ton of them so that there's enough influences and you can't distinguish between them. Constantly looking at other people's work has a huge impact on who you are…We are all products of our environments, so surround yourself with great things.
The right inspiration, at the right time (and in the right amount), can be just what we need to improve our own ideas and creative work. It's when we catch ourselves looking for inspiration as a way to solve the task at hand or complete the work we're doing that we know we've stumbled into possible copycat territory.
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Your business idea (be it for a design studio, an app, or consulting practice) has yet to become a success and you can't figure out why. In an interview over at Entrepreneur with Scott D. Anthony, author of The First Mile: A Launch Manual for Getting Great Ideas Into the Market, the strategy and innovation consultant discusses the most common reasons why your business idea is stagnant:
One extreme is something called "paralysis by analysis," where the business exists only in someone's head. They're trying to make the business plan perfect and remove all risk before taking the first step. The other extreme is "doing without thinking," where you put something out into the market to see what happens. You can waste a lot of time and money learning things the world has already discovered.
Do either of these two scenarios look familiar? If so, it may be time to take some focused action to get your business off the ground. The real answer lies in between the two extremes: the best action is usually securing your first customer and then building upon that success.
Do you get pissed off whenever someone asks you to setup a "quick call" to chat? Gary Vaynerchuk bets that you do:
We have gotten to a place where everything happens on our time. You watch the TV show when you want to watch it, not because it airs on Wednesday at 8 (7 central). You text because you can respond to that person on your time.
In a thoughtful tirade against phone calls, Dharmesh Shah, founder of HubSpot, left some important takeaways for how to deal with phone calls (and by extension, meetings), including:
To avoid the awkwardness around small-talk, try to outline what the topic of the conversation is going to be. It makes you feel less guilty for transitioning into the purpose of the call.
Use email to get your high-level thoughts communicated first, and then use a phone call to add a personal touch or to have a higher bandwidth conversation.
If your work requires phone calls, that's understandable. But remember that more often than not, synchronous communication puts you in a reactionary state. Don't feel obligated to answer the phone every time it rings; what's urgent isn't always important.
Editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine Scott Dadich says it's time to start getting it wrong. In the field of technology design, we have figured out how to do it right. We have beautiful, sleek devices that are an ease to use – and it's getting boring:
…once a certain maturity has been reached, someone comes along who decides to take a different route. Instead of trying to create an ever more polished and perfect artifact, this rebel actively seeks out imperfection—sticking a pole in the middle of his painting, intentionally adding grungy feedback to a guitar solo, deliberately photographing unpleasant subjects. Eventually some of these creative breakthroughs end up becoming the foundation of a new set of aesthetic rules, and the cycle begins again.
Dadich emphasizes that it's not about throwing out design rules and starting from scratch. You need to master the rules so you can effectively break them. In his work for Wired Magazine, Dadich would apply his 'Wrong Theory' in small ways by only breaking one or two rules to regain visual interest. He would make large images small, overlap graphic and type and put headlines at the end of stories. Our future lies in failure as Dadich states, "…only by courting failure can we find new ways forward."


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