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SCIO, OREGON, JULY. 5, 1890.
VOL. 2. NO. 6.
A Fashionable Misfortune«
THE GEEMAN WOMAN’S OITTING.
KÍ.KOSENE LAMPS.
FRENCH LIFE IH THE PEOVIHOE&
General Misunderstanding About Their
He had been to the city and went home '
Care and.Us©.
brimful of news.
As It Is Distinguished from Life in Paris.
I Wh«r© Knitting; Needles Gilek Perpetually
Of all misunderstood things in daily
. “ You ’member the Smiths?” he asked- •
and. the Stocking Is Immoi tai.
Mme. Greville in a recent letter to
hid wife, “ th’ Silver Crik Smiths, them
life thè use of the kerosene lamp prob- New,
I have just returned from a tour ably
York City said :
. . -
as got? rich òri the’r granTeyther’s: r through
stands
at
thé
head.
the provinces of Brandenburg
“In most countries» life lnthri pro
inoney ?”
First,
a
lamp
is
bought
and
'fitted
for
I and Silesia.
Yes, she rémembèred them;
and then filled .day after.day^ arid' vinces, that is outside of the metropolis,
not propose to give a narrative of use,,
after
a longer or shorter period does riot ’ is. á copy in miniature of life in the
“I seen ’em. They’re way’tip. Liye__ the I do
I have received on my give as
in à gran’ house on a street they call trip* impressions
good a light as it used to ; then great city. In France it is quite dif
Only one feature in my intercourse come complaints
to the oilman 'op ferent.
thaveuoo. They ride in a doublé ’
r with the people or the provincial towns grocer about the qualityiof
the oil, when’ •» “Life is one thing in Paris; in the
riage and heve no end of money.”
fc [ ‘shall beymentioned thatumpressed itself
She said she s’pdsed as much.
li'.tle
reason
and
judgment
used would^ Jtòvinces it is entirely different in its
a
forcibly upon my mind as being
hopes, amusements, and most of
“But,, dumb sakes! Mandy, you ! very
remedy
the
fault
and
remove
the cause aims,
of the German female.
Its customs. The capital attracts what
of
complaint.
wouldn’t want ter change places with characteristic
Strangers who are admitted into the
persons,using a lamp would remem Is most brilliant in France ; but there
her. I see her a miDnit an* I didn’t hev houses
di’ German families cannot help ber If that
the damp is a machine^ .combin remains in the larger cities and towns
the heart, to speak t’ Her.”
puzzled at seeing every German ing the furnace
and pump, and endeavoi that which is intelligent, Charming
She said she’d like to know why ; being
woma;:—of all ranks, from ten years up to learn the principle
of using oil, much and often remarkable.
stuck up thing !
eighty—make the uuintermitting use trouble v/ould be saved
; for while/ ©o . “The leaders ot the society in the
“ No, she hint,’Mandy ; not now. . She’s to
of her knhting needle the be-all and
one
expects,
to
use
a
large machW provinces are the prefect, ór more often
bin humbled rite down to the dust. i end-all
of her outdoor existence,
without
learning
how
to
work It,, anj the sou*-prefect, who is generally á
She’s as blind as a bat.”
ì
I say outdoor, advi sedly ; for within one can úse a lamp.
young bachelor and yzbo gives delightful
Blind ! She guessed not.
cooking Alternates with knitting Ip
bachelor balls—to attend which is cor
Now,
the
wick
is
the
pump
to
bring
e “But Ahe is. Fust, she didn’t kno’ ’ the
you can . hardly see a fe oil from the fount to the bLaze, andrjas> ' rect, /but yet bordering upon what is
me—me that’s rid down hill an’ played male provinces
unprovided with her ever
is always more or less düst- and adliglitfully haughty.
tag with her when she warnt knee-high lasting native
strickzeng.” At the beer gar there
dirt
in
oil, the-wick soon' becomes; ? “ Next in importance is the curate ot
to a turkv. Then, ’Mandy, tho’ her dens, at “ thè
cafesr at places of amuse clogged the
up,
and cannot pump, oil las the principal church or parish. He is,,
eyes was wide open, she went rite along ment,. thè fraus
and
knit and
enough
for
a
so a complaint of course, not a worldly man,r but a man
the streets all dressed up in her fine i knit, as if their whole
like an Irish- is made, when goocklight;
a
new
wick
would, rem^vt of the world, charming in manner; an
close and a leeile mite of a dog was lead i Woman’s money, lay soul,
within a stockirig the cause.
excellent whist-player and a fascinating
ing her along. He was tied to a streeng, • heel.
talker; but he draws the tiñe at
Then,
as
we
burn
oil
’
out,,
the
lighesl
and she had hold of t’other end of the
For it is none of your pretty, young part burns, leaving the heavy oil ; and, dances.
;
string. Now, ’Mandy, how’d you like ladylike, fancy-hair looking fantasies
“ The barristers and members of the
as
the
lamp
is
filled
day
by'day,
the
oil
to be her?”—[Detroit Free Press.
which those fine resolute needles perpe gets so heavy that the draught is riot professional classes rank next.
trate. No, fee works of <heir p -ints are. strong enough to pump it up, when the
“It is a peculiarity of the provincial
S01id, uncompromising coverings for the oil should be all turned out of the. lamp life in France that thè women in a coin-,
' Ruined.
feet òf Husband, brother, sori and daugh audit refilled With fresh-oil.
munfty' have generally kuown each other
from childhood, for when they marry,
Jack Packard, of Eqho Hollow, an old ter.
Arid
Then
the
burner,
after
a
time,.gets
The rise and progress of a pair of Ger- gummed up, and the ..even flow of the their husbands go to live in their wives’
fellow who has been5* a squatter all his .
life, bailed .on Colonel Jickerson, the | man stockings, which I took on several oil is disturbed, and causes a smoky, families, or at least .become identified
s occasions special pains to watch care-
well-known lawyer;
uneven light wliich is vexatious. 1 have With them entirely, ft is a society in
Old Jake had, a sliort timê before', em-’ ' y ftlliy,1 strohgly rèmindéd'ìhe of a certain
often had burr.ers brought into mj Which-the husband* are imported.
ployed the lawyer as counsel in a divorce ; glass of hot punch.
store Condemned, and a new. one w ah led - - “ In dress ladies are greatly influenced
i
A jolly old Irish farmer in western
case.
wh-Sn by two- minutes' work; they wer<:v by what they consider to be the fashion.
“Good morning, Uncle Jake;'good • New York, whom I well remember, was
made asgood as' hew. When the wi--k . If blue. is worn they all wear blue ;• if .
i wont to boast that he never oh any occa needs
morning, sir.”
cutting, soriie scrape it off ; others ■•violet is id vnode ' violet is the only hue;
;“Hy’r!”said the old man as fie sat sion drank more than one glass of punch
cut
it-so
.uneven that it makes a pointing', They go to the theatre: that is, if it
down. “ Col’n yer tole me thai^you’d at one sitting. This was perfectly true,
blaze
whi
h so provokes one that lie happens to be the fashion in that par
but it was equally ceriain that he was
ticular season ; but ifeferi ‘ best people *
have that ’vorce by yistidy.”
wants
to
condemn
it.
don’t happen to be gping that season,
“ Yes, I know that, Uncle Jake, but I never known to go to bed sober.
If
a
little
reason
and
thought
were
Thè aid gentleman, after supper, used
then no one who ic anybody goes.
have not been, able to obtain it.”
used
in
everyday
life,
we
would
soon
to manufacture a potent, gli ss. After
“ The -provincials do’ not pay many
“ What !” ?-the old man exclaimed,
find
that
lots
of
our
discomforts
.would
sipping a few .spoonfuls he would com be very^easily overcome and banished . calls, only making cerem onial visits.
springing to his feet.
plain that it wanted sugar. A lump or
“ Yes, haven’t been able to get it.”
but things go on in a slipshod mannei, They consider these a bore ; but the
“ Wall, I’ll'be durned. I thought you two were added. Then it Was too sweet.
year after year, with no attempt to ’im ladies visit at market, where they all go
in the morning attended each by a ser
had got it an’ I staked my all on your A somewhat too liberal infusion of pure
prove them.
water required a second dose of whiskey
vant who- carries home thè marketing
promise an’ now I’m runed.”
But
to
resume,
the
burner
is
furnished
Then a little more sugar Was added, and
which the madame chooses.
“ How so, Uncle Jake ?”
with
a
great,
number
of
small
holes.,
to
.
so on, until,- under thè delusive name oi
‘¡‘ Then the yoring, the old and the
“ W’y bein’ sartin that yer had the
provide
air,
to
the
end
that
perfect
corn--'
one glass, a round dozen or so had been
middle-aged of both sexes visit on the
documents I got married yistidy.”—
bustion
may
t,-.ke
j
lace,
and
not
to
col
imbibed.
[Arkansaw Traveler.
lect dust and-dirt until they are clogged promenade (generally a large square
Now, in a somewhat analogous manner
up, and a smoky, bád^smelling light is with fine treesjfe>. where twice a week
-------------------------
is a German stocking preserved by its
there is music. The best people all meet
the result.
He Let the Blessing Stand.
thrifty owner to a venerable old age.
Now, if in using kerosene we fill the there and talk, laugh, gqssip and flirt. /
When the foot, after careful mending,
“ In ...the very small places it is the
A young man with horse-blanket
lamp up with white oil every day, and
is irretrievably gone, anew one is- knit
notary who is the important personage
trousers and a mild blue eye was stand
once
a
week
empty
back
the
oil
which
on the upper part, and when this in its is in the lamp, arid use a new.-wick,- c-1 and the ‘ best people’- devote themselves
ing on the corner of Park row and Beek
turn becomes superannuated, a new leg
man shortly after midnight. An old
even and true, every week or once in two , to cultivating lovely gardens, in which
is joined to the foot. This operation weeks,
beggar with a red nose and fluent diction
are sure to have the lamp they take immense pride.’**
being several times repeated, the article burner and
came up and said :
clean,
and a clear, nicely polished
" “
" *1 ■ ‘ifr *
. " - ;
in question enjoys an immortality of chimney used,,
“ Kind sir. T starve and am sleepless.
we w’-ll find-that tue
stockinghood, although, like the frame
The
First
Cigar.
Out of thy bounty grant me two cents.”
kerosene lamp is a cheap arid great
which it helps to cover, its substance is
The young man gave him a dime. The
luxury, and not, as is often the c^sg, a
The first smoke don’t last as long-as a
perpetually renewed.
beggar said :
necessary nuisancq, which- has to Toe- 'S ^case of sea sickness, but while it doe?
I
The German ladies hold in high con used for lack of anything beïteE^g
“ Noble gentleman. May your cup of
¡ last, it is original and unique.
happiness always be full and ever over tempt all females unskilled in this par
A little .care daily in using^fee4amp? . The new smoker is no judge of cigars.
flow on your head. May your purse con ticular branch of industry..
bijtvregh luxury»L
k.He invariably takes a strong? one.
Even in public places where ladies at makes all thè difference
stantly be replenished. May you live
h e^Ahal^st.-?
T He goes a good deal by. the box in
tend, they seldom go unprovided with and nuisance. —j T
•Q-SHÍ-
long and have noble posterity.”
which fiefinds the cigars. If a c[gar has
the indefatigable needles, which seem to
He bowed low, and still holding the
a fahisy paper ring about it he will take
fill up every unoccupied moment of wait
ten-cent piece in his palm, crossed over
SAW HIS FREEDOM.
it at any price. > If he lives he will know
ing?
under the electric light, looked the dime
One advantage, or disadvantage, as Uncle Éandscm at last Recovers His Sight? | -etter.
over carefully, and then bit it to see if it
;
Out on tW'shady side of the barn he
the case may be,, of this mechanical in-
was good. It was, and lw did not recall
Old Bandsom hacribeen blind during: i :. takes himsplf'^nd his cigar. He is
dusiry is the free license which it per
his blessing.—[Sun.
some, .ops will molesthim.
mits to the exercise of .the tongue—a many years. He hadTieard -the guris of: - • afraid-that
■.
He lights the cigar, and holding it in;
privilege by no means neglected by either war, had heard the shouts of his eman ci- i
pated brethren, but had never seen his; the.most awkward manner between his
Could Be Made Here.
/rau or fraulein.
fingers puffs and e^pectoratesv It seems
I remember once to have heard Coney-. I ; 'freedom.
Goods are made to a considerable ex Island described by ari eccentric tourist
He continued to live in his cçtbiri, -sur? rhanly to smoke, and he pictures himself
tent in Saxony from a textile fibre ob as the “sea-bathingest and vhiskey- rounded by his wife and children, who narrating to his chums how well he han
tained from the needles of the fir tree.
supported him. His wife. died, and his dled himself and his first cigar.
The needles, young and green, are
drinkirigest place he had ever visited.” heartless children, one by one,'desérféd
The sensation is not at all pleasant,
dried, and subjected to a setti ng and
With equal, truth might almost any pro him/ After this he contrived to make a j He allows longer time to elapse between
fermenting process similar to that in use, vincial town in Germany be described as /living by bpttoming chairs.
i his puffs, and wishes that the cigar would
for flax, which softens the woody parts one the “knittingest arid smokirigest
■ Several fnonths ago .he became" too 1 ■burn up more rapidly. The mouth has
and loosens thorn from the fibre, though
feeble
to
work.
About
that
time
a
young
.
places.in the world.[New York Sun.
a peculiar taste, which frequent expecto
the complete separation is only obtained
man whom the old negro,had nursed, rations will not remove. The old famil
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■
after a lengthy boiling by steanr.;
çame home.
iar fence is turning green. He sees
During, this boiling a by-product ap
. “You needn’t try to work ariy more, everything circle around him.
The Canadian Senate.
pears, balled fir-wood oil, which is simi
Uncle Randsom,” sàid thé young man.
He is better after a while. Flat on his
The sum of $5 is annually expended in “*I hâve bbught thp plantation, arid a back on the green sward, he looks up at
lar to turpentine.
The fibre is passed through a milling^ Canada to supply the Dominion- Senate part of what;I make shall bo yours.*{
the blue heavens overhead and watches
machiné like those used for woolen7 with* èüüff.
** Thankee? Mars Boby thankée,’sah. fee floecy white clouds float in many di-
cloth, and is carded ana spun like
It is not exactlyia burning -question ’Twon’t be fur long, sah, fur de ole man = ^rdetions:
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hotton.
whether this allowance should be con is gettiri putty close to de eend o’ dé
Dinner has no attractions for him.
tinued, but intelligent, public . opinion row.”
Generally the carded fibre is mixed
Candy would not tempt him to get up.
With a certain proper:ion of cotton or ! seems divided whether; it is inoney
It was-npt for long.
He hears his name called by an elder
wasted or whether it may possibly be a
wool, and thus a kind^of merino yarn is
One night," after a storm, when the brother. It sounds way off, as if in a
produced, which is?worked in the hoisery useful expenditure in keeping the sen wind was sinking to rest, the young man dream. Nearer and nearer ft comes,
ators awake. The Canadians do not stood by the bedside of the old negro.
frames into singlets, drawers, stockings,
and finally the owner of the voice Comes
seem to consider their Senate, metaphor
etc., these fabrics being then sold as
“Are you suffering much pain, Uncle around the corner obthe bam.
anti-rheumatics and as a preventive of ically speaking, as “ up to snuff.”
Bandsom?” .
He guesses the cause, for he sees the
Those among them with whom//jt is-
gout. .
“No, honpy, nothin’ hu’ts me er tail1; half-smoked cigar. If he is a real good
■
.
— ... ■
English, you know,” is the golden rule, de diffikilty is dat my bref is sofeer boy with a box full of Sunday-school
are fond of describing the Senate as the -
Curious Results of an Experiment.
tickets, he will tell his mother, and the
” :
Canadian House of Lords. It is a sort wraung.
young smoker will be taken to the house
“ You are dying, old man.”
At Jacksonville. Fla., Sunday, while a
of travesty of the Hoiise of Lords.
“Yas, sah, an’ thank de Lawd fur it. and lectured for the rest of his boyhood
number of gentlemen were engaged in
The Senators are appointed by the
conversation on Hogan ~Street,, it was , Governor-General- in . Council . .(which i I’se been in de dark,er laung time, Mars . days.-
.If he is a real bad boy, one whose bad
proposed to placò a silver twenty-five' means thé Government of the day) and \Bob, er mighty laung time,, an’ now I’se
gwinè out inter de ligfit. Dese ole eyes ’ ness insures his living to manhood’s
cent piece in the centre of the walk and
hold tlfeir positions for life. They are o’ de body ain’ no ’count, but de eyes o’ estate, he will get his sick brother up on
see how many persons would pass with-
chosen principally from, among super de soul ken look at de glories o’ (je udder the hay iri the old barn, and will tell a
out picking it up*
annuated politicians in the House of
fib at the table to excuse his absence.
■
On the fir§t trial 19 passed, but the ' Commons and wealthy merchants, bank woiT.” '
“Dp you y?ish to leave any word foi
His kindness will cost the inexperi
twentieth saw the coin and was in the * j presidents and others whose cash and
act of picking it up when, told the influencé have been useful at election your children, in the event that I should ’ enced smoker later On many marbles,
ever see any of them?”
>4 much candy> and the best ot everything.
object for which it was placed there, and times to thé party in power.
He will threaten to inform their parents
“
No,
sah,
nothin
’
in
purtic
’
ler,
only
he passed along.
The Senate has its usher of the black
The money remained on the walk for rod, .and in, its.formalities, and ceremon- dat I forgibs ’em. Sorter prop me up.. „many times of the first smoke, and will
? scare the smoker into many scrapes and
Upward of an hour in open view, and on; . ies of its opening day there is an attempt ef yer pipasp, sàh. Dar, dat’ll do.”
“ You are -lrâppy iri thé belief of a fu- ; much trouble.—[St. Paul Globes
an average one out of every ten who
to reproduce, amid incongruous sur ture
life, are. you not?”
passed saw it, but all, on being let into
roundings, the traditional grandeurs of
Happy To Be Beaten.
yas, sah>, oh, yes. Ef dar vvan’t
the experiment, - allowed it' to remain
the opening of Parliament at Westmins no “ Oh,,
life
ar ter dis de worl’would be er
until a man came along, picked it up,
ter by the Queen. ?
I’ve noticed that fa mail can argue on
De Lawd wouldn’ wanter pre-,
and took it off With him.-—[Savannah
But the show reminds one of a- small failure.
side untilhe believes’ it. When I was a
ate me ter be ér slabe ha’f my life an5’ ‘ one
News.
boy strutting around with his father's blin
youth we had up the question:
’
de
udder
ha
’
f
if
it
wa
’
nt
ter
teaph
coat
and
hat
on
and
flourishing
his
grand
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Which gives us the greatest pleasure,
me er gre’t lesson.
father’s cane.
he pursuit- or the possession of an ob
ï “ Whar dat light come from?” he said. I-1 ject
THE LITTLE QUAKER LAUGH.
' raising his hands, ¿‘Mars”Bob, Mars
I was then pursuing a maiden with
There’s a maiden in our village,
Bob, I ken see—-I ken; see ! Look at de
alacrity and pleasing prospects,
With hair of sunny hue,
. light. Tildy,” referring to his wife, long : great
The
Universal
Name.
and was intensely’ happy in that p ifticu-
And eyes of woodland loveliness/ ;
since dead, “ yer’s fotch a lamp to ligh
It was not long ago that a friend of de ole man êr way. I’se gwine-^I’se Lar business, and.as I had been assigned
Like violets and dew.
the writer was traveling with a party of gwine ! , De light, gits brighter an’ bright . to that side of the question^ I spread
excursionists in the mining regions of er. Hol’ it- up, hoi’ it up. Thank .de. mysoif like a green bay tree to sustain
Her face Is sweet with roses
Pennsylvania. She was a single lady, Lawd dar airi no mo’ night. Tharik—•” my cause.
That blush against the gray
I dwelt upon the eager and fasclriating
and (lid not know any of her male com
Of her little Quaker bonnet;
The young man 'eased hiiri down. At
with which man pursued, fame
panions even by name.
Suggesting March and May,
last the old man had seen liis freedom. pleasure
and/foi'tune,. arid how vain and empty he
She went down into a mine with the —[Arkansaw TraveÊr.
found them when once in his possession.
other tourists, and with a woman’s nat
She talks with’ qriamt decision,
—- ———
ural curiosity thought she would inves
J - ■, I quoted S-hakspere^ and recited Car
Which is music, I’ll’allow,
dinal Wolsey’s soliloquy: “ If I had
tigate a little for herself.
When she greets 'me, as she meets rile,
Sweet-Miaded Women. Wj.
served my God as faithfully as I have
The consequence was that she got
With an earnest,-“ How art thou?”
So great is the influence of a sweet^ served my king,” etc., and I sat down
lost, and found herself in a labyrinthine
passage, whose windings she could not minded woman on ¡those around her Avith .a modest content, for the eyes of
Though in manner she is charming,--
the maiden were upon me and I had:wbn
follow to the sunlight. Vague visions that it is almost boundless.
There is nothing that is half
It is to her that, friends come in - die^smi-l-es.- -
of death by starvation floated before
So perplexing and bewitching
JjiS.t-’then one of those rollicking ^>oys
her mind, and she was puzzled for a lew seasons of sorrow and sickness for help
As her pretty Quaker laugh.
and comfort. One smoothing touch of who never prepared -himself, but just
minutes to know what to do.
Feminine wit finally came to her aid, her kindly hands wor^s wonders\dn the 0| ened-his mouth and let her talk, rose
Defying rules of discipline,
and she shouted at the top of her feverish child; a ..few;, words 'let fall forward5 alid said :-
Its mirth is full and free
from her Tips in the par of a sorrowing
¿‘Well, now suppose^ Mr.- President,
voice :
Whene’er I greet her in return,
sister do much' to raise the load, of grief that Brother Arp were a pursuin’ a pretty
“John!”
.
“ Friend; is it well with thee?”
that is bowing its victim down, to the girl that lie were in love with just as hard
Presently the answer came back:
dust in anguish.'.
(is he could, and were a longin’ for her
f What do you want?”
She knows I am not of the fold,
The husband comes home -worn out and dyin’ to get her, would he druther
“ 1 wish you would help me to findiny
Mayhap, she .li kes-to chaffr
way out of this hole,” was the reply, with the pressure of business, and feel keep on pursuin’ and pursuin’ an’ follerin
But it is certain that I love her
and almost immediately a manly form ing irritable with the world in general, ai? folloriA to the little-eend of time, or
For her little Q uakcr laugh.
was at hdr side which dexterously pilot but when he enters the cozy sitting would he; druther catch up with her an’
— iphjinri Iphia News.-
room, and se‘es the blaze of the bright hold her in liis arms an’ exclaim, ‘She’s
ed her to the open day.
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She was not acquainted With het kind fire and meets his wife’s smiling face, he , mine,- she’s mine, I’ve got her at last, an*
I
A Good Business Move«
rescuer, but she said she was sure there succumbs in a moment to the soothing bless the lyord, I’m gwine to keep her
I !
which act as. the balm of forever an’ ever, amen / I say Brother
“ What business are you engaged iri was a John in every crowd, and could influences,
Gilead
to
liis
wounded spirit;
Arp, upon honor now, which had you
make
no
mistake
if
she
called
for
him.
now? ”
The
rough
schoolboy
flies in a rage from druther?”, .
—
[Boston
Budget.
“ Haven’t you heard? I have become
the
taunts
of
his
companions
to
find
--------
• Well, of course I blushed and sb did
a Socialist.” ’
in his mother’s smile; the little the. maiden, for- everybody knew our se
“ And given up your shoe-store? That What Every Married Man Ought to Have« solace
one,
full
of
grief
with,
its
own
large
cret, and everybody cut one eye at me
was a bad move, I should say. You will
What every married man in this coun trouble, finds a haven of rest in its arid the other at her.
starve to death.”
mother
’
s
breast
;
and
so.
one
might
go
is a trained, fierce-looking lit
We lost the case, but I am not yet
“Starveto death? That shows what try wants
mouse that will appear whenever on with instances of -the influences that convinced that I have ever seen ha/ppier
you know about it. I never was making tle
a
sweet-minded,
woman
has
in
the
social
.
days than' my courting days, and I
more money iri my life. I sold ten kegs called.
It will stampede a family quarrel in life with which she is connected.
wouldn’t, mind, .being young again and
of beer last night, and took in fifty-five less
Beauty
is
an
insignificient
power
when
time than it takes to provoke one.—
going ithrougii the same rapturous ex-
dollars for hard liquor. Starve, in [Macon
Comparedwtth
heirs.
-
Telegraph.
pei^eric^.—-[Atlanta'Constitution.
deed
[Puck.
j
NO FIRES THERE.
 People who Shiver for Six Months ariW
Perspire During thé Rest of thé Tear.
Fashion rules the world ôvér. Every
people has custorns of its own1, many of
them strange enough to outsiders. Mr.
Curtis, in his “Capitals of Spanish Amer
ica,” comments upon orié -óf the curious
notions prevalent in Saritiago, a. pity
which lie- describes as “by far the- most
modern and elegant fashionable résort
ih South: America?.” Although’ thé cli-
maié of Saritiago is similar to that of
Washington or St;-. Louis, the people
have an idea that fires in their houses
are unhealthful, ah® except in dwell
ings built by English Or American resi-
dènts, there is’ nothing like a grate Or
stove’to be foUrid. Every óìaé wèafs the
warmest , s01’?. hf uriderclothjing and
heavy wràps indoors and out. Tlie peo
ple spend six months of thé year in a
perpetual shiver arid the other six in a
perpetual ..perspiration.^ It looks rajher^
odd to see civilized people; sitting
a
parlor, surrounded by,every possible lux
ury, fire alone excepted, wrapped 'fri
furs and rugs, With blue noses and; chat
tering teeth, when eoal is cheap: and the
mountains are covered with timber^ but
nothing can convince a Chillano that ar
tificial heat is healthful, and during the.
Winter/ which is' the rainy season,- he
-has not the wit tri warm his chilled body..
It i's odd, toby -tri see in the streets men
weariôg füT Caps, and with tlieir throats
wrapped in heavy mufflers, while- the
women who walk beside them have noth
ing at all on their heads. During tpô
morning, while on their way from mass,
òr while shopping, the women wear the
manta, as they do in Peru, but in the
afternoon, ori the promenade or when
riding, they ^b bareheaded. The pfevail-
ing diseases rifé pneumonia and other
throat and lung troubles, and during the
winter the1 mortality from these causés is
immense, but the Chillano persisté in be
lieving that artificial heat poisons thé at
mosphere, and when hé visits the home
of a foreigner, and finds a fire, he will
ask that the door be left ajar: so that he
may be as chilly as usual. At fashion
able gatherings, dinner parties, and! thè
like, women may bé seen in full everiing
dress, with, bare aims and sliojilders,
while the, temperature, of the room is be
tween 40 and 50 degs. Fahrenheit.
An Ancient. Toy.’
Iri the Sixteenth centurÿ Bégïoiûantri
mons made an iron .fly which moved
through the atmosphere, and afterward
an automatic eagle which, on the arrival
of the Emperor Maximilian at Nurem-
burg, flew forth to meet him.
But ode of-the most Wonderful or such
inventions òf which we have recòrd was
a group of automata constructed by
Philip Camuz for Louis XIV. This con
sisted of a corich and four fief ses that
St'aited riff with “a crac k Òf à Whip, the
horses prantpng, trotting and. galloping
ja turn. , It „ran along until it got iri
front of the king, when it stopped. Then
a toy footman descended, and, opening
the carriage door, handed out a lady
¿With born grace? as. the records tell uè.
The lady made a courtesy, presented a
petition to the emperor, re-entered her
carriage arid was- driven rapidly away.
Such is a description of this tìtóst wonder
ful automaton,” concluded Mr. Blare'.
“I never saw. the toy itself, of course,
thé description just given tô. y où
tallies almost word for word with an au
thentic record. I memorized thè lattei
at one tithe,>0 marvelous did it sèem tri
me.”—-Philadelphia Press
[Some Dogs Do Know a Heap.
They w'erb telling dog stories x in the
agricuTtüraï department,' and afterrWal-
ter Dé Wolf had narrated some óf thè
remarkable instances of his dog’s wondef-
ful intelligence; Mr. Will Henderson be-'
gan talking.
“The father of De Wolfes dog,” fie
said, 4<is nearly the most intelligent ani
mal I ever saw. Why, he can almost
talk. I used to; give hiin à quarter every
morning, and he; took it iri his mouth
way into town, and-would wait "at the
butcher’s Until they gave him his meat
and fifteen cents change to bring back.
One day the butóher thought he would
play a joke, and he gave that dog back
ten cents '"change instead of fifteen.
Sadly the dbg looked' at the two nickels
for a minute; then he went out. Five
minutes later he returned leading a po
liceman by the end of his coat. Now
that is a dog vrorth”-^^-
But thè room was empty.—Atlanta
.Constitution.
Items scarce enough this week.
The 4th passed off as usual. Most
everybody had a go.od. time. .
The "weather has . been splendid at
Yaqûiha this week, and pleasure
seek ers a re ge 11 i n g t h ere.-
Owing toj luck ot something we
were erimpellen tri:change the head
ing of the P ress this week. It will
be all right next week.
Among- thé real good hotels, chiefs
in their locations, are the Blake
FTouse,’Toledo, Yaquina Bay, and
the Ocean House, Newport., Yaquina
Bay; They are the two chief hotels
in the Bay country.
HORÎICÎ jl TÜRAL^ 80-
CIRTY.
The quartefly meeting Of the State
Horticuitiiral Society meets at the
’court house in CoryalliSj a| 2:30 P. M.
on Tuesday, July 8th. Following is
the programme:
Hortrealture in Linn Gourity—Jay
W. Blain, Al bany.
Fruit arid the farmers’ Homés^—J.
D. Whitman, Medford.
Horticultural Stritistics-^E. B.
Lake,- Secretary, Corvallis.-
Discussion.
Visit to the Agricultural College.
- EVENING SESSION.
.Music.
Address-^J. Ü. Card well,• Presi*
dent, Portland.
Mrisic.-
Bugs^-Not confined to' those that
infêstrfruitr^àol. E. W. Allen, Port-
larid;
Music.;.
Econorriic Entomology in Oregon—
Prof. F;- L. WasTlburn, Corvallis,
M LTsic;
W ednesday at 10 a ^ m . B usiness
M èüting .^Treasurer’s report; re-
porfe of fecial committees; appoint
ment of committees on Orchard ?
Fruits, Small. Fruits, Vegetables^
Flowers,'. Orriameritals, Entomology,z
Botany; Exhibits, Nomenclature,
NOyv Ffiiits, Legislation, New Busi
ness.
Bflifeofids and- hotels .will givê ré*
- A&WW bu mber have
already signified their intention of
attending. This promises to be one
of the best of meetings, and all are
earnestly, requested, to be present.
Thé State Horticultural Board will
|
hold its regularquarterly meeting at
the same time arid place; \
The horticultural interests of Ore
gon.,. and how. best to give them a
prominence- M Chicago, during the
World’s Fair to be held in th at. city,'
is. a question We can discuss none
too soon.
Corrie prepared to add some new or
useful matter to Oregon’s horticul
tural interests. 'Join fee society by
paying to the secret ary $1, and help
by your presence and knowledge one
of our foremost State Interests.
From Tok io, Japan, it is ; learned
that the Mikado; has received the
phonograph made especially for him
arid presented to him a few days ago
by Edison’s représenta live, has been
setup in the .Mikado’s palace, and
that the inonarch is delighted with
its exhibition.
uWhat did hubby do white his
wifey was away ?” asked the dear
çreatûre on her return.
“I played solitaire nearly every
evening,” he replied, sheepishly.
u.Who with ?y’ was the next query,
in a tone rif deep suspicion.
Police magistrate (to tough look
ing customer)—If you diemot steal
this Watch, as you claim, how does
it • happen you were found with it
hidden ip your bootleg ?
Prisonerfeaughtily^That’s where
Ari Alarm Bôttlé for Poisons.
I always, carry niy watch, your
A Chicago man has invente® a bottle
stopper to be used exclusively for poisons; honor !
Thé superiority over thé old fashioned
A Wealthy-Ghinaman named LeonV
article lies in the construction of the of Atlanta, Grat is sueing his Irish-
stopper. The projection whicltf enters
the neck of the bottle is ground glass,- American wife« mother of his seven
with a small hole in one side, through Children, for divorce.- The laundry-’
which protrudes a little rod or trigger. man accuses his wife of infidelity
The top of the stopper is covered with a and drunkenness. The wife declares
small bell inclosing cog- wheels, which that her married life was happy
are so arranged that when the stopper is
removed the bell will ring. When it is enough until Leon sent their oldest,
laid-down it rings again,> and wheri re boy to China to be educated.
turned to its place in fee bottle it again
The committee sent to Panama
sounds an alarm. The mechanism is so
from
France to investigate the con
arranged that it is absolutely impossible
lto reriiove or replacé the stopper without dition of the Panama crinal, report
first ringing the bell, thus making it irU- that the construction of the canal at
’ possible for a druggist, if fié is careful in thé calculated level, would occupy
the filling of his bottles; to: deal out pop twenty years, and cost 1,737,000,000
»son in thé place of harmlesjs drugs' with
out receiving a warning as to the dan francs., nr nearly $400,000,000, and in
gerous nature of thé preparation.—Chi the opinion of the committee could
only be completed on the basis of an
cago News,
international agreement or a syndi
Senator Davis-and His Wife.
cate
of the States interested. The
It was thé good fortune of Davis to win
a splendid woman, and it was. .Miss Ag Panrima canal must go—to pieces.
new’s good fortune to wed one who was
Prince Bismarck complains that
destined to occupy a seat in the United
States senate.' Mrs. Davis srion became he is only allowed to drink three
prominent in Washington as a social times a day—a quarter of an hour
leader, though she is by no means after each meal—rind each time not
ashamed of having made her living by more than a half bottle of red spark
the needle. Indeed, she makes her own ling Moselle. Beer and Burgundy,
clothes, because she can make them bet
ter than the artists in that line; She is both of which he is strictly, fond, is
now a very accomplished woman, paint forbidden him.
ing in oil and waters, speaking or-read
ing several languages arid being ah ex
Col. Jas. Fraser, commissiriner of
dellent horsewoman.—Washington Let the London city police, has resigned
ter.
on account of age.