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ryrr Paul *§* *§* Mansfield's f# Double. By MAJOR ALFRED R. CALHOUN. Mfc ADL MANS field, in 1868, was as handsome a fel low of four-and twenty as one could find in a week’s ' company that was at that time making a survey for a railroad, through New Mexico. He Was so noticeable in figure and bear ing that a stranger would be sure to look after him if he passed him on the street. But there must have been an other man in the world that looked very much like him, if he were not an actual double, and the adventure arising from this resemblance was a remarkable blending of the tragic and comic. Santa Fe had in it then, and no doubt has still, very many beautiful brunettes of Spanish and aboriginal descent. Sf Senorita Maria Diaz—a year previous to the date I have given—was engaged, according to the Mexican custom that does not consider the washes of the lady in the matter, to Bernal Valdez, who, like Jier father, was a rich, middle-aged man? -* Senor Valdez would undoubtedly have married the lady had not a young army surgeon appeared on the scene. Doctor Brandon met the beautiful Maria Diaz, and it was a case of love at first sight. The young American would have let the cause of his wooing follow the regular and eminently proper chan nels, if there had been time for it, but, unfortunately, he only met his enslaver a week before the day ap pointed for her marriage with Valdez. To secure the lady there was not a moment to lose, and the only means he could think of was to enact the role of young Lochinvar. He found friends to kelp him and the lady willing. They eloped to Fort Union, where they were married, and as it was positively dangerous—indeedit would have been death—for the doctor to return, with or without his bride, he very prudently kept on to New York City, where his parents, well-to-do people, resided, and where he subse quently remained. The advent of a troop of Boldiers or of any considerable body of strangers into a New Mexican town is always celebrated by a “fandango,"or “baile;” the former w’ord, though originally the name of a special dance, is now applied in that region to an evening of general dancing. The coming of the engineer corps was celebrated after the usual fashion. The men were encamped near old Fort Marcy, and the officers of the expedi tion took up their quarters at the Fonda, as the hotel facing on the piazza was called, though it may not be amiss to add that "fonda” is the Spanish name for “hotel." Paul Mansfield was writing up his field notes in his room at the hotel the night of his arrival, when Captain La mar, who commanded the engineer cavalry escort, entered, and, without a word, removed the papers and put away the ink. “Hello, Lamar! Making yourself at home, eh? Come, bring back my profile blanks; I must finish a report to-night!” said Paul Mansfield. “Finish it when we get back!” re plied Captain Lamar, as he took up a hat and coat, and, putting the former bn Paul’s head, evinced a desire to help him on with the latter. “Why, what’s up?” asked Paul. “A fandango.” “That is not unusual here, I under - stand.” “But you never saw one, and this is to be a swell affair. Come, old fellow, don’t neglect the chance of seeing a pretty woman. Think of the dreary mountains and sterile plains, with not a woman within hundreds of miles, that lie before you. And then every scientific man should know something of human nature. I will show you a new phase of it to-night—” “But I don’t dance,” pleaded Paul Mansfield. ‘ ‘Very well, I'll dance for both and you can look on,” replied the Captain. After much urging Paul Mansfield said he would go to the fandango “for just one hour.” The dancing took place in a low, adobe building on the outskirts of the town. The long room was illuminated by suspended oil lamps, and at the entrance was a “refreshment” counter, at the farther end a platform for the two men with fiddles and the one man with a guitar, while on benches around the walls sat the senoritas—many of them chaperoned by their mothers, and a thoroughly democratic gather ing of cavaliers, American and Mexi can. Paul Mansfield stood near the door watching the graceful dancers, among whom was his friend, the Captain; but, though much interested, he could not help noticing that the Mexican men stared at him by twos and threes, and that they whispered excitedly, and that their black eyes burned with anger. As he could not think that he, a perfect stranger, could be the cause of their excitement, he gave it no further thought. When the hour he had set himself was up he decided to go home without notifying his friend. He had gone but a few paoes from the door when he heard a rush and felt himself being hurled to the ground. Looking up he saw a number of men bending over him with knives in their hands, and one of them hissed: “Make an outory and we will kill you!” Paul was unarmed, and, though brave as a lion, he realized that resist ance would make a bad case worse. As the men began to bind his arms he asked: “What are you going to do with me?” “We will take you to Senor Diaz’s house and keep you there till Bernal Valdez returns from Agua Caliente in the morning,” replied the man who seemed to be in command. “But why take me there? I will give you all the money I have about me.” “We do not want your money.” “What then?” “Vengeance for Bernal Valdez! He will kill you with his own hand for running away with the girl that was to have Jrnen his wife—” “Upon my soul, I never ran away with a girl—never dreamed of doing such a thing. You have the wrong man. Let me tell you who I am—” “You are Doctor Brandon! Not an other word. Come, come, padres; let us carry this gringo off.” The latter part of this remark was addressed to the other Mexicans, who had now bound the young man’s feet, and forthwith they picked him up and carried him off with much ease. Being a perfect stranger in the town, Paul Mansfield knew nothing about the narrow streets and dark, dingy houses which they passed. At length his captors entered an arched gateway, and, taking him into a dark room, they threw him on the floor and told him that he would be killed if he raised his voice. He heard the shooting of a bolt in a heavy lock and then the retreating steps of the men. The apartment was very dark, and the cords hurt him. Hjs pain was growing unendurable, when, to his great joy, he heard a door opening softly behind him. Before he could turn his head a beau tiful girl appeared before him with a lamp iu her hand. Without a word she cut his cords, and as he rose to bis feet to thank her, indescribable was bis surprise to find the arms of the beautiful girl about his neck and to feel her kisses on his bronzed oheek while she sobbed. “My brother! oh, my brother, you must fly!” It must be confessed that a sense of gratitude prevented the young man’s permitting all the kissing to be on one side; or it may be that he did not wish to retain what was evidently intended for another person, and so gave the kisses back. Briefly, be told her that he was not her brother, and explained, so far as he could, how he came into his present embarrassing situation. And with a bewitching smile she told him how she had heard his captors say that they had caught Doctor Brandon, the gentleman who bad married her twin sister, Maria, and that she came to free him. She did not tell him, for it was a sad subject with her, that her father had settled that she should take her sister’s place aud become the wife of Bernal Valdez. Through a faithful servant she had Paul Mansfield conducted hack to the Fonda, where he found Captain Lamar anxiously searching for him. The adventure was explained, and the Captain laughed at it very heartily, declaring that he would willingly un dergo the same suffering if assured of the same treatment by a beautiful girl at the end. Bernal Valdez and a num ber of Mexican called at the engineer camp the next day and eyed Paul Mansfield sharply. Though appear ances were against them, they had to be satisfied that this was another case of mistaken identity. Had the adven ture stopped here they would have been certain that they had hit the wrong man, but it did not. Paul Mansfield’s mind and heart be came so full of the beautiful girl that kissed him and called him “brother” that he lost his interest for the present in engineering, and applied for a leave of absence. In the meanwhile the before-men tioned “faithful Servant” became the bearer of many' notes between the young people who met so strangely, and more than once he found his way to the garden of the house where he had been imprisoned. Again Santa Fe was startled; again Bernal Valdez was robbed of a possible bride. Paul Mansfield had eloped with the beautiful Isabel Diaz. News came that they were married at Las Vegas, nd had gone on to the East for the honeymoon. Paul Mansfield has since met Doctor Braudon, now his brother-in-law, and they do not resemble each other sfi much when together.—New York Ledger. The United States have 1300 fruit and vegetable canneries. RIDE IN SEDAN CHAIRS. ANTIQUE METHOD OF CONVEYANCE BECOMES SOCIETY’S NEW FAD. Primitive Vehicle Again to he rued In London and New York—Men ICmployed to Carry Them—Appearance of the Modern Sedan— Kiel* Interior Finish. The ultra fashionable set of Chi cago will soon startle the pedestrians of Lake Shore drive and Michigan boulevard by anew fad, says the Chicago Times-Herald. They are about to adopt the antique and aris tocratic sedan chair as a means for conveyance over short distances. This new traveling fad Ims already become quite common in London, where the more fashionable people have begun to indulge in the practice to an alarming extent. They use the sedan chair for all functions in their immediate neighborhood, and only hesitate on veritable State occasions to abandon it for the brougham. The fad soon reached New York, where swelldom is now trying to ac custom itself to the primitive novelty of the horseless carriage. A corpora tion has been formed and hundreds of sedan chairs have been made to be let out at a nominal price per hour on much the same system as that of the hansom cabs. The promoters of the scheme are already reaping a harvest from the use of the new vehicles for evening parties. Small dances, receptions, dinners and all functions of a purely private and exclusive na ture. Between the conspiracies of the fashionable world and the wheeling rvorld the poor horse seems to be in the decline of his popularity. All the universe seems to be contriving to push him out of usefulness. For the sedan chairs are to be carried by grooms, footmdn or equerries, whichever term the society woman chooses to apply to her servants of the chair. Each will be propelled by the strength of four men. It seems like the revival of a barbaric, mediaeval habit, when human being i assume again the duties of a pack horse. But the sedan is extremely light in weight, and the burden, divided be tween four, is said to be not so trying as one would presume. The men THE SEDAN CHAIR AS REVIVED. change their positions from one side to the other, so that the muscles of one shoulder and arm are not over taxed to the neglect of the muscles of the other. When my lady appears on the boule vard in her sedan she will not attract so much attention as one would fancy. For there is nothing showy, extrava gant or ill-bred about the new fad. It is not redolent with cheap gilt, pink satin and panels daubed with high im pressionism. The new sedan is, in fact, a characteristic modern vehicle, similar to the body of any closed car riage, and differing only iu the absence of wheels. In place of the latter two long highly-polished poles are fastened to the underside of the vehicle, ex tending two feet to the front and two to the rear. By menus of these poles the sedan is lifted from the ground and borne by the equerries. The more popular style of modern sedan looks then like a correct brougham. It is constructed, how ever, on a much smaller scale, it is vastly lighter in weight and will ac commodate only one person. The frame work is very slender and deli cately fashioned, though durable. It is made of pine, ash or oak. Over this breast plates, so to speak, of mahogany or rosewood. Others are covered with less expensive woods and painted black, dark green, blue or maroon, with yellow and red for trim ming. Still others are covered with leather in dark hues or canvas painted in the dark somber colors mentioned. Thus only the colors popular in the decoration of ordinary vehicles are utilized exclusively. A striking and fundamental differ ence exists between the modern sedan and the European one of two centur ies ago. The latter opened in front by a double door like the modern han som cab. The modern sedan, how erer, opens only at the side by a single door, constructed precisely like that of a brougham. Although the single-seated sedan now holds the popular sway there is another double-seated style, which will probably supersede it, This se dan for two persons is much more bulky and heavy than the single sedan, and requires, or should require, eight equerries. In outline it has the grace ful curves of the English state car riages, with a suspicion of rococco or namentation about the moldings. The seats are vis-a-vis like the old English “sociable,” and there is a single door on both sides like the modern closed carriage. The severe and correct exterior of the sedan will be left unmarred by any attempt at elaborate decoration. How ever. the panels of the door will be fin ished with the crest, heraldic arms or simple monogram of the family. The equerries, too, will be costumed sim ly. There will be little or no display of brass buttons, gilt braid or knee breeches. The equerries will be cos tumed as grooms, in blue, green or maroon, with high top boots and tlie coachmen’s cape and high hat. So that the equerry will be a eross be tween the footman and the man on the box. It is upon the interior of the sedan that the greatest attempt at luxury is made. The .richest tapestries, rare old brocades, velvets and satins will be utilized to tuft and feather the so ciety queen’s nest. Not only dull gold, silver and old blues will be put in, but even brocades of pale, delicate tints like my lady’s own dainty satin toilet. For she will not call out her equerries and her sedan except when she is about to go abroad in evening dress. The hired sedans in New York are not fitted out on such an elaborate scale, of course, but, nevertheless, the use of them is reserved by the month for fashionable women who are sure that no ene else is allowed to travel in them. The interior of the chairs are thus kept perfectly clean and dustless. Consequently the long, marvelous evening wraps of shimmering white are not contaminated and soiled by contact with the vehicle. The private sedan chair is going to be an expensive luxury, for the orig inal cost, not to speak of that of the maintenance of the vehicle and the servants, is by no means small. The body or frame of the sedan costs but little. Several hundred cheap sedans were made by a local carriage manu facturer for use on the Midway during the fair at S3O apiece. But they were covered only with canvas aud lined with chintz. The new sedan, with its elaborate interior trimmings and ex terior appurtenances, will cost from SSOO to SISOO, a tidy sum for a mere whim. Unfortunately for those women who possess elaborate gilt sedans, they cannot put them to this practicable use. Some, beautiful relics of the olden time have been used, however, for decorative purposes, and main tained their usefulness well as bric-a brac cabinets for little antiquities in porcelain, brass and silver. Or they have served as chests for old linen, laces and brocades. Nearly all of the sedan chair made in 1893 for the Mid way are scattered throughout the city in the homes of curio collectors. Sev eral society women succeeded in get ting the unlovely things, rather soiled after contact with the rabble of the Midway, and then having them recov ered and decorated, they exhibit them with pardonable pride and vainly as the real Eastern palanquin. One woman is now using her sedan chair as a decoration for her lawn, after having filled it with a profusion of rare trail ing vines and beautiful blossoms. Famous Collections of Antlers. Of the famous collections of antlers formed in the seventeenth century only two or three have escaped the general fate of conflagrations, sieges and pillage. One of these is iu Mor itzburg, the King of Saxony’s histori cal hunting castle, near Dresden; while iu the celebrated gun gallery in Dres den itself are to be seen, in an unri valed show, the wonderfully inlaid arms used by the elector. The great banqueting hall of the castle of Moritzburg is one of the sights with which no doubt many a traveled reader has been charmed. It is a chamber of noble proportions— sixty-six feet long by thirty-four feet wide and thirty-eight feet high. On its otherwise unadorned white walls hang seventy-one pairs of magnificent antlers, which one may describe as the most famous of their kind iu the world. Not a single one carries less than twenty-four tines, or is less than two hundred years old, while some are probably double that age.—Century. How America AVas Named. Vespucci himself must not be held responsible for the usurpation. The unconscious criminal was a certain Martin AValdseemuller, of Fribourg, an eminent cosmographer patronized by Bene, Duke of Lorraine. The Duke probably showed a letter of Vespucci’s to his geographical friend, who incorporated its contents with the treatises which he was issuing under the assumed name of “Hylacomylas,” and, as these publications had a wide circulation, the lise of the name Ameri ca thus became propagated through out the world. A Famous Talleclotli. A famous restaurant in Vienna pos sesses a remarkable tablecloth, on which are inscribed the signatures of the majority of the reigning sovereigns of Europe, the members of the house of Hapsburg, and of a great number of celebrities in art, music and letters. The names were written on the cloth in pencil, the proprietress of the es tablishment afterward carefully em broidering them. The Philosophy of Marriage. Miss Hunter—“ Don’t you think, my lord, a man should aways marry a girl of entirely opposite characteris tics?” Lord’de Busted—“Yaas, I certainly do. That’s why I’m looking for a girl with money.” In 1808 the number of Bibles printed in England was 81,107; in 1896 there | were 3,970,439 copies published. POPULAR SCIENCE. Lord Kelvin, the great British scien* tist, declares that the earth is 30,000,- 000 years old. The New York University purposes to establish a station in Bermuda for the study of marine life. Notwithstanding the rapidly increas ing use of electricity there is no di minution, but rather au increase, in the use of gas in Germany. Last year 733,000,000 cubic metres of gas were manufactured. A complete cure in a case of lockjaw is reported from the German Hospital, Ban Francisco. The case was treated by an injection of a tetanus anti-toxine similar in its source to that used in cases of diphtheria. An Austrian Lieutenant named Sehimatzel lias made an important military invention. It is n cover, made of leather, canvas, or rubber, for keeping out dust of moisture from the breech mechanism of a gun. It can be rapidly opened, and when closed it has the further use of preventing the gun from going off accidentally. The latest enumeration of the Asteroids, or small planets, circling the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, shows that up to the close of 1896 no less than 429 had been discovered. The number of new ones found last year was twenty, but some times it turns out that the supposed discovery of another asteroid is really only the rediscovery of one that had been seen before. They cannot be identified by their appearance, since, except a few of the larger ones, they are mere specks of light, and’the only way to keep track of them is by study ing the orbits in which they travel. Pretty soon after the cricket frog appears the cry of the peeper is heard. Much erroneous information has been published about this tiny young fellow. Many persons believe the cry to be made by the young of other frogs. As a matter of fact, the peeper is a distinct variety, and a very curious little fellow at that. He is not more than five eighths of an inch long. The peepers hibernate under sod and in such places a few inches beneath the sur face, and when they come out in the spring are of a grayish yellow color,or a reddish brown. During the summer they are nearly white, but at all times they bear upon their backs a well-de fiued “X” mark in brownish bands. Clover Blind People. Joseph Wunprecht, of Augsburg, Germany, was blind from birth, but kept a secondhand book shop so suc cessfully that he retired. A writer in Scraps says that his shop often con tained as many as twenty thousand volumes but so acute was his memory that if he had once handled a book and placed it on the shelf, he could always find it again immediately it was wanted. When a fresh batch of books came in, Wunprecht’s wife described them to him, and such was his knowl edge of books that he was able from this alone to accurately price them. A blind doctor is certainly a rarity, but a blind doctor who practises, and not only practises, but does so suc cessfully, seems an impossibility. Still, there is an example of this. Dr. Hugh James, of Carlisle, who only died iu 1869, lost his sightwhen about twenty-five years old. At the time he was studying surgery, but gave that up, and took to medicine. He suc cessfully passed his examinations at Durham, and took the degree of M. D., and by bis skill soon got a large prac tice together. Joseph Strong, a Birmingham me chanic, was another blind wonder who died about the same time as Dr. James. His special hobby was making musical instruments, and he built several organs quite as good as those made by seeing men, besides a number of flutes, violins, etc., which in tone and JJnish were decidedly superior to the majority of those imported into this country. In the latter part of his life Strong turned his attention to weaving, and with his own hands, unaided by any body, constructed a loom which con tained several important improvements upon those then in use, and some of these improvements are in use at the present day, nobody having been able to improve upon the invention of a blind man in that line. New York’s Finances. The gross municipal debt of New York City now 7 amounts to $198,554,- 128, which is partly offset by a sinking fund of about $78,250,000, making the net bonded debt about $120,000,000. The iuterest on this indebtedness amounts to $7,500,000 in round num bers annually, of w’hich $2,500,000 is provided by the sinking fund. It costs $50,000,000 a year to pay the running expenses of the city gov ernment, in addition to w'hich there is an annual issue of about $15,000,000 of bonds to help out on maintenance and improvements. The rate of taxa tion for the past three years has been as follows: 1894, $1.79; 1895, $1.91, and 1896, $2.14. The city receives each year about $3,380,000 from water rents, and at least $3,250,000 from va rious public franchises. The total number of persons in the employment of the city ranges from 21,000 to 21,250. A Remarkable Soldier. One of the most remarkable men of the present generation died at Nava sota, Texas., a few days ago. His name was Hannibal Hamilcar Boone and he claimed to be a relative of the renowned Daniel Boone. After mak ing a brilliant war record he served his State in the capacity of Attorney- General. General Boone was one of those men who could never go under fire in battle without being hit. His body w r as scared with wounds. Most of the fingers of his hands had been shot away. In fact, he was so com pletely injured in the various battles in which he took part that had he been a Union soldier he would have been pensioned as a total physical wreck. He was successful, however, in the practice of law and was one of the best known citizens of his State.—At lanta Constitution. Age of Forks. It is said that forks are fully 900 years old. In 995 A. D. a son of a Venetian Doge, Pietro Orsolo, was married to the Princess Argilla, who used at the wedding breakfast a silver fork and a gold spoon. This set the fashion for these indispensable arti cles, and their use soon spread all over Europe. THE REALM OF FASHION. SOME SEASONABLE NOVELTIES IN FEMININE CARMENTS. * Simple ami Comfortable Nifflitßown for Wear in Summer Time—New Idea* in l>renn— llow the Keonomloal Woman May Kenovate Last Season’s Straw. Nothing is more truly luxurious than an ample sleeping robe. The de sign shown in the illustration has the A COMFORTABLE NIGHTGOWN. merit of adding simplicity to that first essential, and it is especially to be commended for summer wear. The material may be cambric, muslin, nainsook or long cloth. For the model the last-named material was chosen, trimmed with frills of linen lawn, lace edged. The pattern is cut in three pieces only—front, back and sleeve. Such fitting as is necessary is accomplished by the shoulder and under-arm seams. At the neck the fulness is carefully gauged and sewed to a band. The opening at the left side is finished with a hem in which buttonholes are worked that effect the closing by but toning on to buttons sewed to the right side. The frill is rolled on the edge and whipped to the band strong ly and neatly by hand. The full LADIES’ FANCY WAIST AND CIRCULAR SKIRT. bishop sleeves are simply gathered at the shoulder, but are gauged and at tached to a straight strip at the waist. The sleeve is then faced and the frill whipped on. To make this nightgown for a wom an of medium size will require seven yards of thirty-six inch material. New ldeafi in Dress. Among the latest ideas in dress is the gray skirt of barege, cashmere, cloth or taffeta silk, worn with various waists as a substitute for the black silk one which has done duty so long. Lace and chiffon bodices, in white, cream or very delicate tint, and made with transparent sleeves, are exceed ingly pretty with the pale gray skirt. Gray is surely the color of the mo ment for wool gowns and many other features of dress, and the contrast be tween this Quaker shade and the brilliant reds which dominated dress earlier in the season is certainly very striking. A pale pink silk bodice trimmed with black velvet ribbon and steel beads makes a lovely combina- tion with the gray skirt, A gray gown and a gray feather boa are two things to be desired if you would be in the latest fashion; yet there are compen sations among other colorings which can be made to answer very nicely if the gray gown is an impossibility. Gray is a color which must be choseu very carefully or it will prove most un becoming; but the fashion for color in the bodice does away with many of the objections to this trying shade. Shot gray and mauve silk makes a stun ning gown trimmed with black lace insertion et in to show the white silk underneath. The details of trimming and finish on the summer gowns are the most telling points in fashion this season, and the little ends of ribbon and frill of lace or hemstitched batiste set in at the back of the neckband malffc a vast difference in the becoming effect. Collars of linen trimmed with applique lace are seeu on wool gowns, and wide collars of different shapes and materials are a distinct feature of the latest dresses. Two sailor collars, one nar rower than the other aud both like tin material of the gown and edged around with a frill of lace or accordion-plaited frills of chiffon, are the finish to a laee bodice. Checked silks are pretty when made up in this way, but the laee bodice is equally effective with auy of the thin materials. To bo quite, perfect It must have a chiffon lining between the tight-fitting silk waist and the lace. Pouched body is the special style suited to this material, and is the leading model in all the fabrics. Cloth and pique are made up in this way and elaborately trimmed with lace, bands of satin, or braid in conventional de signs. One little accessory of dress which is very fetching is the necktie, of net. silk, or mull, with lace ends, which folds narrowly around the lower edge of the collar band, and ties in front iu a fonr-in-hand knot; again it appears as a short bow made of two accordion plaited ends. Two shades of green taffeta silk cut bias and narrowly trimmed all around form the four-in hand knot on a green and blue and white foulard silk gown, which has a lace yoke and a chiffon front. The fulness in the bodice is shirred over five fine cords an inch apart at the waist to form the belt, and the skirt has two tiny ruffles at the bottom, edged with half-inch black satin rib bon gathered in the middle. A special feature of this costume is the parasol of silk to match, trimmed with three white chiffon ruffles set on with a space of their own width between.— New York Sun. Hint for a Pretty Tea Gown, A pretty tea gown has the skirt set in tucks from waist to hem, bodice crossing at one side with a large lawn collar frilled with lace. A FURNITURE FREAK, Living, Budding Table in the Parlor of an Oakland (Cal.) Besidenee. There have been many curious call ers at the Mcßrian home iu Oakland, aud all wanted to see that queer table in the parlor of the Mcßrian’s from the legs of which are sprouting buds aud leaves of living green. For a year or more this freak of a table has stood iu the Mcßrian parlor giving forth no signs of life. It has been varnished and revarnished, until it is almost dead black. At the ends the legs are cut off' clean and even. There has been no water near this remarkable piece of living furniture, and no more sunshine than is usually allowed to filter iu through parlor windows. Some of the wise men of Berkeley say that woods are apt to show signs of life when buds are concealed just be neath the bark, but where the wood has been coated and recoated with shel lac and varnish, why that is one of the mysteries of nature they will not at tempt to solve. But the buds and leaves of green are there, growing greener and larger day THE BUDDING PARLOR TABLE OP OAK LAND. by day, attracting crowds of the curi ous to the home of the Mcßrians, and so far no one has been found who can explain the cause of the wonderful growth.—San Francisco Examiner.