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The Oregon Scout. VOL. III. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 18S7. NO. 37. v THE OREGON SCOUT. Lb Independent weekly Journal, ifsued every Saturday by JOKES & CHANCEY, l'ublliberd and Proprietors. A. K. Jokes 1 Editor. I j 11. Citancet, ( Forcinau. KaTESOF SUUSCKIFTION: One copy, one year fl 60 " Six luonthi 1W " Three months W Invariably cash In advance. If by any chance subscriptions are not pid Ull end ot year, two dollnri) will bo cbarKed . Kutes of advertising mHde known on appli cation. Corrrpondence from nil parts of the county tollclted. Address all communications to A. K. Jones, Editor Orecou Scout, Union, Ur. Lodge Directory. Grand ItONnn Vai.iev Lodok, No. .VI. A. F. and A. M. Meets on tlio second and fourth fc'atuiilays of each month. W.T. WIMGHT, W. M. A. LEVY, Secretary. Union Lodoe. No. 39, 1. O. O. F. Kcjrular meeting on Friday ovcnlng-g of each week at their hall in Union. All brethren in good standing nru invited to attend. Ity order of Uie loiltro. (J. a. THOMPSON, N. O. CHAS. 8. MILLER, Secy. Church Directory. M. E. Cnnitcri Divine service everrSunday at 11 a. m and 7 p. m. Sunday school at It p. ni. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at6:;. m?V. a. m. IKWIN, Pastor. PiiKPBTntntAif Ciiuncn Ecirular church services every Sabbath morning- and evening. Prayer mectliijr each week on Wednesday eTening. tiabbatli school every Sabbath at 10 a. m. Itov. II. Vkkno.v Hick, Pastor. 8t. John's KriscorAi. Cuuitcii Sarrice e-very Sunday at 11 o'clock a. in. ltv. W. H. Fowkli, Rector. County Oftlcera. Judre O. P. Goodall Hnerlff A. N. Hamilton Clerk A. F. Nelll Treasurer K. C. Dralnurd Bchool Superintendent J. L. Htndiuan Hurvcyor M. Austin Coroner S.Alborson COMMISSIONERS. JonnChrisman ,T. A. Rnmble btatc senator L. 11. luuohart nEPBrjEKTATlVES. F. D. McCully E. E. Taylor City Officer. Mayor T. II. Rees COUNCILMAN. S.A. Pursel w. X). Reidleman j. tv. liiuott J. u. Thomoson Jno. Kennedy a. Levy Recorder M. F. Davis Marshal E. E. fates JTeasurer j. I). Carroll Street Commissioner L. Eaton PROFESSIONAL. J. R. CKITES, ATIORXEV AT LAW. Oollectinsr and probate practice specialties Ofico, two doors south of Poatofflce, Union. Oregon, R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law aofl Notary Public. Office, one door south of J. B. Eaton's storo union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Ofllce, one door south ot J. B. Eaton's storo, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, M. D., Has permanently located at North Powdor, whereue will answer nil calls. W. R.JOHNSON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Main Street, Onion, Oregon. Tln. nml Rrip.! f ten I lnnn fnr Dwelling Barns and nrulges funnelled FREE OF (jiiAKui;. Bridge Building a Specialty- All kinds ot Cabinet Work neatly execu te, nepiiirinj; done ou thort notice. None but the lent workmen employed, and faatmlact ioti guaranteed. Call and interview inc. FRUIT AND SHADE APPLK, PKAU. PLUM, PRUNE, PEACH APRICOT. CI'.A DAPPLE, CHERRY. SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES 01 well known vnrieties, suitable for this climate. C'mi nlso turnisli foreign aorta at une-third the price uaked by eastern can VHaaera, I desire to sell trees at priest that people can afford to buy. L. J. ROUSE, Cove, Oregon. U. B. REES, Notary Public AND Conveyancer. OrFJCR-Stato Land Oflico buildinfr Uniou. Union Couutj, Orogtm. H. K. BURLEIGH, Ait to racy at Cuir. Ktrnl i:,eiu ttnil CoMfotlii- ASenl. Land Ulliw litaiiuuhi a Speuiaity. Oa.'m at AUt-r. Un ou Co.. Orcy-i W. CAPPS, M. d:, Soraeofl and Homeopattiic Physician. r.Mo.v, OncaoN. Will go to any part of Eastern Oregon when Holicited, to perform operations, or for consultation. Itledlrliioa FiirntIiel 11 ltliout tixtra t'liare. Office udjoining Jones Bros.' Store. Geo. Wiuoht, President. W. T. WmonT, Cashier. UNION, OREGON. Does a General Bunk-in? Business. Buys and sells exchange, and discounts com mercial paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly icported. e 5 o .tj o a to ft tt3 a a 3 CO bJ3 a c o bJl D O JO) CD r C 3 CO CO 03 a o B o CCS CD ce Cftfi a a, a 1- r! u CQ I-1 2.5-. S- s OS- s ts 9 So " to CCS " ., r 8 MASON HAMLIN can ftly Frora w S100 on the JL OU purchase of an Instrument by bujlntr through W. T. WHIGIIT, Agent. Unisn,0gn. Laundry Queen. The Best Washing Machine in the World. 8. M. WAIT, Proprietor. Walt Bros., Agents for Union donty. This machine is without doubt the bent in existence, and Riven entire uatiHfartion wherever tried. This machine is in stock at J. IJ. EATON'S STORE, where tiiey can bo bought at any time. Try tho Laundry Queen. k k k k k k k Tonsorial Rooms Two doors south cf Jones Broa.1 -store, Union, Oregon. J. M. Jon.vso.v, PuomiETOB. Hair cutting, shaving and shampooing done neatly and in the best style. CITY -:- MEAT -:- MARKET Main Street, Union,. Oregon. Benson Bro.'b pBOrBIETOM. Keep constantly on band BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON SAD- SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC Mn Blossom Iiir,twht lioiotllj rAlled a Blttrrs, llie ttklocof wnlch. in mny lntncrf . in only pretext or drlntc. lnt;. ui uticc fruni ileocolic nlmular,t)il U ucta clou In lis lru!ti loan Infant at loaniJali. It will not fall In curlntt KIC'IC 1 1 HAU.vt'J I IiJ -Ud sujr iliMuac arlita f- a dlaurilered ttvutdi. QDDIHfi Dl nCQlISUlUune Boar Etom ui inieu uiiuuuiii aii&roaifireaUi. Spring BlossoinkKVcompiaVnS 'n ruH i .i v i-: it it ii a Orffan j itgsonLtSamtin jSM AND IHBHHlIlSi SbbB I'lanos SBSffiBdtJmBiB (luezcclled "BKBm BROWNING 3 NEW POEMS. A Unoli T!int Will (ilM- tin Nlllliri oii "( lnl' ii rim- Opiiorttinlty lor l'i'iiioiiiiil tiitly. "lliMHf. jjfi c ImnHMMinl, yc jriv:tt titil icnowncd one. ni-jlit's eliiltlrmi uiu-iiililfil, with kindly atttsinliincu" m). in Hi)lili. run the wtmls wlicroin .Iw'hyliw l:ik,. fjircw;!! if tlu1 Ktimi'ti idos. Mr. Hro wninp" K:iles Clotho. Lai'lio.-is, and Alropi b il us gooil-by in his Ufw nocm thus: Clotho: Huh! ""-"g l.acliesN- Tra-hi-In! AUciiHis: Ha. ha, ha ! It is true that words of Ai)olo, in terrupt these laconic grouting, and yet, looking at tlits printed pago. ouo fuols incliiuMl to ash. Is this poolry, or ;sn f tract from some classical cxtravan za at tin: Savoy theater? Romanticism is indeed triumphant. I'errault and Hugo have tr umphcil over Hoilcnu, and Ar'stoilo, and .Eschlus, when a justly famous lvigiMi poet can take llio-e liberties with the Kates. Kvcn in the days of Theophile, of the flamboy ant waistcoat, it may be doubted whether the wildest of the generation, would have made Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos drink the wine of mortals till they said "hah ". "tra-la-la," and Ha, lia. ha" to a god." "Say boo to you, pooh-pooh to you is within meas urable distance of this familiarity. Mr. Browning's now volume, in" which these, and other singularities occur, is styled "l'arlcving with certain people." Il'is a return, anil wo think a more for tunate return, to the form of art in which Mr. Browning wrought his best, his immortal poems, the poemsof "Men and Women," and "Hramatis, Per sonic. " The prologue between Apollo and tho Fates is headed with referen ces to texts iu tho Homeric hymn to Hermes, iu the "Kumenides," and in "Alcestis." Apollo held a dinloguo on the value of mortal lifo, and especially on the life of Admctus, lor whom Al cestis died with the Fates. The ideas of the poem are interesting, and east their light on the foundations of things. It is too late to presume to argue with Mr. Hrown'mg ou his meth ods. Lord Tennyson in youth altered many of his poetic ways, as ago brought the philosophic mind, and tho philo sophic mind, as it chanced, rojeciod most of the things which criticism had censured. Uut Mr. Browning has ever taken his own way. Tho classical tasto of the mere porruquo (with which wo confess a sympathy) might deferen tially demur to a .speech like this, which Mr. Browning assigns to Lacho sis Wod-'Hirplod, wcubiirunkt If Huircr it speed, If It Mfc'fsuhMaucc ami show arc determined by ne, Who, meeting out, mixinp;, with euro thumb and linger. Lead look the due length; is all binoolhiics! and glee, All tanclc and grief I take the lot, my decree! The speech, dillioult even with the "ontext. sulliciently displays the causes Df Mr. Browning's obscurity, discovers in his stj'le those tenebriferous stars," bv which Paracelsus is said to have ox plained the phenomena of night. traugo stars rayed out darkness, Par acelsus dreamed, here bo the similar constellations (or a few of them) that makf Mr. Browing's poetry obseuro to the multitude. First conic odd words; "Minn an unusual word like a hidden reef" is said to have lcen the maxim of no less a critic than Cains .Julius Cicsar IT lltl . t . ... isow, -purpled, in tiie urst line, is a very unusual word. Speaking from memory alone we remember no more familliar use of it than thai of Malory in the "Mort d'Artbur," "King Hyahco would purple his mantle with twelve kings' beads." One can fancy the well rucaniii'r sludent of poetry looking out 'turpi') iu his Kng.ish dictionary, and : I . I. . . I i, , ii iii'iicu oi uiai sol i IS cilllllllg WOl'K. " cal-prunkt is not so diflicult Doubtless the poet uses these archa isms and these clashing consonants purposely, to indicate the archaic char icier of I ho venerable bates and tho harshness of their dispositions. Jn tho ame stanza the words "lead lock tho Inn length" entirely balllo us. Wo Have tried "lead" and "lock" both as mbstantives and verbs, but unless thoy nro employed in some technical sonso wo fail to get any meaningout of them, l'his may bo mere dullness of appre- iiunsmii, out oiner ttnglislt poets yield up their freasures of their sensij more Kasily. Tho next stanza, intollijriblo enough, causes, like most of Chap man's pootrv and a good deal of Keats' Kndymion" an uneomfortablo feeling, as if rhytno had suggested the expres sion, rather than that the expression subdued to itself tho thyme. The Fates, whoso business it is to as sign our mortal thread, weavo it and cut it short, as wo Molral who dangled The puppet groU-squely till earth's solid Hoor Proved Mint lie fell through, lost In nought ae before. In too much of Mr. Browning's poe try, as here, he seems lo forget that legends recorded by I'ausanias, which made Aphrodite the oldest of tho Fa ley, of the Moirai, as ho calls them. Thus did Greece make beautiful, with tho grace of Aphrodite, even fatoful doings; but there is little of her charm iu these words of Mr. Browning's. Huruly it is a heresy to divorce loveliness and charm from poetry; to make "triumph" rhvine to "on h gh iininh!" and "im pulse" to "wine ere It reach brain must brim pulse." Would any mortal man talk of brimming a pulse, except for tho sake of urotes(ue rhyme? So very strange and iiu-HnlIcuic iu form is tills- n inarkablu poem bo admlrablo and valuable ns a chain of thoughts, that one Is dr vt lo doubt whether, after a! I, d 'i p k ovr!o Igo of tho clas. ics can imparl grace and ch:rni to sttle. Compare Keats' "ftieek Ilrn." or Lamia.' or "tide to Bacchus;" compare (except much of "Kndy mion") any of his (ircek p'eecs wiiJi Mr. Browning-. Which is the mod Hellenic iu form, which pool wears a leaf of the Delphian laurel? Xot Mr. Browning- a learned poet; but Keales a poet unlearned. Not vigor only, nor v.gor. thought, and voluntary roughness can reproduce the Titnutic .-trains of .lNehylu-. The most music al chorus iu Shelhn's Prometheus Unbound "conies nearer the note of .Tlseliylus than tho method of Mr. ))low"iii:ig. Nothing can bo farther from our in tention than to speak as if Mr. Brown ing's new book were not worthy of him, and a gift of value to students of poetry. Wo would only note the rude ness of that poetic form which Socrates or Rabelais might have compared to the images of Sileni rugged without, full of sweet perfume within. But extreme admirers of a poet are apt to make a fashion of admiring his least admirable qualit es. As for the wisdom within, it displays what Mr. Matthew Arnold ex cellently calls "the moderate, gracious, amiably human iusticls of the true poetic nature." He vtho would be con vinced of this, and who knows the picture.-, rich in the ,-anie qualities, of Francesco Furiiii, has only to read the poem on that art'st. No less noble, kindly, and wise is the poem on Chris topher Smart, called "Kit," who said a good and rude thing about Gray, and also in a lucid interval of brain diseaso wrote a powerful and passionate sacred poem. Iu fact, this book is perhaps tho most welcome of his shorter works that Mr. Browning lias given us sinco "Dramatis l'ersome." It is a delight ful thing lo lind, with the old things to protest against the old manliness, wis dom, keen sight, and subtile reason to praise in the works of so eminent and veteran a poet. London Xcto.. "SING WITH EASE." A 'ov Story In WIilcli tlic Olil-Tlmo l.'lCiilnnt Trrrltile Klmirea. "While passing a few days at the house of a very charming young lady, in London," writes a correspondent, "her little girl, live years of age, ono morning in tho nursery, asked me lo tell her a story. 'Not Cinderella or Beauty and Beast,' she said, 'but anodcr 'lory.' "My supply not being vast in this branch of Knglish literature, I started boldly with the tale of "Little Golden Ha r and the Three Bears.' But when I arrived at tho porridge, my story for sook me, if indeed it had ever boon mine; so I ventured lo say to the little Knglish lassio that Golden Hair told tho bears, if they would bo good, alio would sing them a song. "Mv small listener looked slightly in crodulous, but suddenly exclaimed: 'Well, ou bo tho bear, and I'll sing the song!' "And forthwith began to regalo mo with a nursory ditty at the top of her small voice, much to the distress of my ear-drums. As soon as I could make myself heard, 1 told her how far from nice that was. Said I, "i ou nurt my ears " 'Sing with ease, If you wish to plcae, I'or all lhoe who shout, Soon wear themselves uut. "Much to my astonishment, tho little thing seemed highly delighted witli a homoly rhyme, and made me repeat it several times, she singing it softly to herself. In the afternoon of that day a tea was given for mo by my hostess, and one of tho ladies present, ou boing asked to sing, arose at once, and seal ing herself at the piano, gave us a piece in which her voice was more re markable for force than beauty of lone. "Scarcely had the singer liiiislieil tho first verse, when my little 'Golden Hair,' lugging at tho lady's gown, ex claimed; " 'On top; ou hurts my ears " 'Slug with cace. If ou wishes to peap. "This atom of humanity was going on to explain, when she was suddenly soizod by a strong pair of arms anil carried out of the drawing room. But from the corridor, amiilst gontlo re monstrances on some one's part, and tears on that of the infant, a shrill lit tle voice, distinctly aud ble. sobbed out: " 'Well, Mlth Bonney boo-hoo! told me boo-hoo!' (Miss Bonney told nic so)." The Value of London Land. It has been ascertained with regard to the Imperial institute that the ride of about live acres recently secured for the now admiralty and war ollicos is valued at 3'u,uuu. or rallior over 100.000 por acre; that now vacant iu Charles street, opposite the Ind a oflice, is less than an acre, and would cost at least 12.r),000: probably an other acre might bo secured by private contract, so tliat the value ot a Hunted alto in tills position would not bo less than 250,000. It lias been suggested that a single acre not far from Charing Cross might bo obtained for X'-J-.M.OOO. Two and a half acres on the Thames embankment have been ollbred for 400,000, and it is stated that six acres may bo pro cured from Christ's hospital at JL'GQQ,- 000. Another good central position lias been suggested, consisting of twe and a half acrcj, which lias been valued at (168,000. Lvcn if a reduced price were accent ed, no site iu that direction is to be had for less than a quarter of a million. Tlrs explanat on is ofl'erod for fulling back on the site which belongs to tht commissioners of tho exhibition o 1851. Court Journal. THE FIRST VIOLET. Sweet violet, ftrtired ulth the dew, What wondrous pnlu- 1 took To hunt Its pr.-tiv ei of blur, Alouir the Imlilillmr lirook; Sweet violet that bloomed for volt Within that Miliuy nooU. The loving warmth of southern skies shone on It mo-sy lied. And-iKin It npe-d Its' sleepy ce, And raised Its drooping lu-ail. And gazed about In ullil surprise To llnd the Mum had tied. Illile as (ho waters of the bay, Sweet herald of the snrlne"; To ti f in whose skies arc cold anil RMy. I said, perchance 'tw III lirtnir A drcHlii of bursting buds to Uav And whir of robin's wing. -Utile flirni' ;, in 7n ('urr'nt. A CONVICT'S ROMANCE. A Iteliinpo from n TVortbern Prison WIiim I'linie it ml fortune In Hie smilli. A romance that has long been hidden has just come to light, writes a Joflcr sonville, lnd., correspondent of 'I he it. J.ouii (Hobc-Dcmocntt. Thirty-eight years ago Calvin Lyons was a young niachanic of Posey county, Indiana. He had but one fault, and that was cm-cs-sive indulgence in intoxicants. One night ho quarreled with a bosom friend with whom he was drinking, iu a sa loon, and shot him through tin heart. The young man was tried, convicted of manslaughter, and sent to the prison south, at Joll'crsonvillc, for Iwenty-ono years. Ho served two years, and ono cold night in March, 1850, he resolved to cseapo or dio. Ho had secretly mado tools, and had them hidden in his cell. When the great bell began tolling tho hour at !) o'clock he commenced tho work of cutting a hole in the wall. Ho worked industriously anil soon had ono cut through, and was in tho corridor. Hero another wall three feel thick con fronted him. Nothing daunted, he went lo work, and iu a couple of hours had cut a hole big enough to crawl through. Ho then made tho startling discovery that tho hole was at least forty feet from the ground. Whilo ho was considering what had best, bo done, the guard came along and discovered him. Before tho later could mako im out cry, Lyons sprang upon him, and being a powerful man, soon had tho of licinrinsensiblo upon the floor. It re quired but a few minutes to bind, gag, and strip tho man of his clothes, which Lyons hastily donned. Lyons then tore his bed-clothes into strips, with which he made a rope and lowered him self to tho ground. The steamer Sunllowcr was anchor ed at tho falls, and. boing short of hau ls, when Lyons volunteered to go to work thoy accepted the offer. Tho boat left for southern waters. The prison ollicials searched high anil low for him, but lie could not bo found. In tho meantime the steamer Sun llowcr changed hands, and in two yours Lyons had become her captain. Ho aved money and ran m Iho Ucd river trade. One time while ou a visit to some new friends at Deer Creek, Miss., he conco'ivcd tho idea of building a mammoth cotton gin. Not having enough money of his own, lie interest ed a wealthy planter in his scheme, and the gin was builL Time brought them prosperity, and Dame Fortune smiled her sweetest upon theni. His partner had a daughter, and she and Lyons fell deeply in lovo. Tho latter did not wish to wed tho young lady without telling Ilium or his former life, of which, prior to this time, ho had been mysteriously reticent. Call ing the young lady and her lather into the olllco one day, he made a clean breast of the all'air. At Its conclusion lie told (he father that he was in love with his daughter, and asked if ho would give her to an escaped convict. The old man considered tho matter. and Dually gave his consent. Thoy worn married and children grow up to mess tlio Household, ins wife s father tiled and mado ovor his property to his son-in-law, who was then worth in tho no ghborhood of $.r)0,000. When tho war broke out ho joinci tlio confederate army to battle for the south. Ho made a gallant soldier and won distinction for himself ou many ; gory Held. After peace again over spread tho laud he resumed business, and is now a wealthy and honored res ident of Deer Creek. His Iiut Is silver ed and his faeo Is wrinkled, but ho is still hale and hearty, and ho has nearly reached throe score of years. Some eight or nino years go a iron- tlemaii passed through Deer Creek and slopped oyer night with Mv. Lyons. Ho mentioned tli.it he was from Jetlcr- honvllle, and the host proceeded to toll him his Ids lory. "Are you not afraid to tell mo this, Mr. Lyons?" said tho gentleman. "No," sa'il the host. "Tho people here wouldn't see mo arrested and tak en back to prison, and I defy tho ofilcors to fry if." Tlio gentlemen lias since correspond ed regularly with his southern host, and a few days ago, for tho first time, rolated tho inoldcnt. Tho liolo Lvons cut through tho front of the prison is still visible, although it lias been nateh. ed, and on the books is marked: 'Cal vin Lvons cscaiwil Mnrnh KFil " It lc iirobablo no attempt will lie made to bring him hack and that tho man will .pond tho few remaining davsof ids lifo m the southern town iu which his in dustry won him u fortune. A gardener who married an eitrcmelv lioms- Iv widow gave ui a reatoii for Ida action that he had an avcnlon to ced and never taw them without uhig metius to dcilror tbeiu. l.'tttifi (urite. agwimnmiwiirtjiiwuimiiijm MIDSUMMER IN FLORfDA. Northern People Advlnod to VIU lit"! Sliito nt Thnt Time of Your, There are thousands of people in fJtt north who have 'Spent the winter in Florida, and can (ell um all abot.t. th state. There ate others who ha7 "made the Florida trip," into and out of the state on the lly, as it. were, wh also profcs to know all there is to b known about the soil, climate, prodno lions, and people. Hardly any two oi these tourists will agree in all fho par ticulars of the story, having looked on ns from diU'crcut -tamlpoiuts and through vari-colored spectacles, and none of Ihem give anything liko a cor rect idea of the scenery, crop outlook, and general aspect of' things tho yoai round. Take, for instance. I lie midsummer in Florida. Comparatively few of the northern people know anything about it. Thoy have a vague idea of bare Holds and drooping foliage, all scorched and withered beneath the rays of a burning equatorial sun, and of lislcsn people panting and fanning iu the shade or tossing with fovors and longing fot the cool breath from far northern ice liolds that comes with tho lato fall months and makes the country endura ble. How different is the reality. Look about yon and you shall sco from yont open doors and windows, through which cool and refreshing breezes arc blowing, a scene that might delight tho veriest sybarite. The room where wo sit writing has windows opening tolhi north, south, and cast, a door which stands open to tho west wind that Is breathing it in n gontlo current freighted with an odor of blossoms. Looking otil of the window in front, a tall oleander flaunts its beautiful doublo pink blos soms tantalizlngly near; beyond acrano myrtle hangs out its flame "like plumen amid its foliage of dark green, and away Iwyond rise the towering forma of the water oaks in which tho mocking birds delight to sit and sway and sing, and from which the rascally bluo jay darts and chatters. Out of the north window wo look over low houso-roofs to the gablo of a stately brick residenco whore a vigorous trumphel llowcr has climbed up and fastoued itself, cover ing bricks and cornice, and hanging out its reddish-yellow blossoms in bunches that look like gouts of llamc. Not far off is tho broad-bosomed St. John's, ou which it is like an hour's dream to float in your cushioned boat these glorious moonlight nights nights which seem especially mado for lovo and song, and the sweet dalliances of friendly Intercourse, as well as for most refreshing sleop. Tho live oaks that como down to tho river's brink and hero and (hero droop their branches til) the long gray moss almost touches the water, look like gray ghosts in th weird moonlight, whilo tho somber pines, outlined against the blue and gold, and silver of sky, moon, and stars, mako a picture that will hang in the halls of memory as jong as lifo lasL. Leaving tho night with its falutly described witcheries and coining out in to the garsh light of day again, push your boat up some creek or estuary or tho river back into the country. Here you shall see, lining tlio marshos and tho low-lying shore, tho sentinel hybls cus, with his flashing red helmet, tb.e purple-hearted white water-lilly, flhe yellow niiphar.and the bluo sagiltr.i'ins, whilo OU the ban': tho fragrant butter hall and pure white Bermuda lillie contrast with thophiox of various hues, backed by tho dark green of lite nujd and shrubbery every ,yljrJ TTjiIV growing. If tho day ho Wi and clear look out for Ihu specks of clouds you see in glimpses through the avonttos of tho pine woods and if you hear a mut tering of thundor make for shelter, for within an hour or so those clouds will conoeiitrato and, obscuring tho sun, precipitate their cooling contonU through the air upon tho earth, and up on you if you aro not well covered. Vt Is those daily showers which mako mo air so pure and keep the vegetation so green and succulent. If you drive out into tho country you will soo Holds of corn of giant stature, a single stalk in a "hill." graceful clumps of sugar cane; patches it may ho, of broad-leaved tobacco; groat stretches of cotton in blossoma most magnificent sight, and groves of tho orango and poach, with tho fruit in dif ferent singes of advancement. As you rido along you may hear tho songs of tho dusky laborer, and as you see Iho old 'aunty" sitting at lior kitchen door comfortably smoking her corn-cob pipe, whilo the (logs, too lazy to bark, Ho idly sleeping in tho shade This is a midsummer picture of Flor ida that our northern visitors never sc. find never will soo until they divest themselves of tho notion that this part oftho union is uninhabitable o.xcont in tho wintor time. Florida Times Un ion. A 1'Juckoy Jlritislter. An Knglish sportsman, whilo pat- ridgo shooting, had his loft hand badly shattered through tho bursting of the gun. On arrival the doctor exclaimed: Well, you have madu a moss of iL I must amputate it !" Tho patient readily submitted to the operation without chloroform, and oa tho doctor leaving tho room with the severed hand, lie was astonished at the unfortunate calling after hhur "Lioctor, l forgot to say how proud I nlways was of tut little linger, m please save it for mo for a tobaooa stop per 1" Mahomet must have bevu HitTerta fittM a thrvc wllh tho boyi vrlieu hp wrote la Koran, "Tlit ro Is a derll m everr Wry of tW Krapc," Alfa (VfWiif