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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1880)
j A flyiterloiu FeopflL Among the results that Lad been hoped for from tue Aigunn war was an accurate knowledge of Kafiristan, the land of rays tery, which lies within the late kingdom of tho Ameers. J Military operations, however, have not brought us within rem h of "the black-clad people," as the Kaiiis are called, or brought auy of them into our ciur.p, so the campaign bids fair to c-ud leaving this truly wonilorf ul conn try quite unexplored. Dardistan close iy, is liiso a )lnce of marvels, and its folk-lore would add to Grimm and An dersen a chapter about bear-kings and the Harginn, such as would rival uny of the legends oi tne mrtz Mountains or Thuringia. Koflristan is even more in teresting than its neighbor, for it is not only in its fables and myths that this cloud-land is so delightfully mysterious but in every detail of the life and man ners, the looks, dress, food, religion and customs of the people that inhabit it, Who are the Kafirs, and where is their country? If the question were asked of an Afghan of Cabul, he would probably answer that they infidel dogs who live "to the norths of his city, and that their women and children are of snob, sur passing beauty that the agents of rich citizens are always on the lookout for a purchase. The size of their country no one knows exactly, bnt "the love herb" grows there a valuable plant, indeed for whoever possesses it can command the affection of any he pleases, and gold of a very pale color, but pure gold, nevertheless, is found in their fields with the maize. They eat little gram, how ever, for the Kafirs live on cheese and curds, meat and fruits, chieily the lost which grow wild all over their hills, and their orchards are wonderful. They have no earth in their country to spare, so the "black-clad" build their honses of cakes of oow-dung and sand mixed to- t'other: but water they have in abun dance, since every hill is divided from the next by a stream, which the people cross by swinging bridges made of creepers. They kill every Mussulman they find within their border, and drink his blood; indeed, some of the Kafirs are cannibals. .Such in eflect would probably be the to tal amount of an Afghan's knowledgo of this large body of his fellow-country' men. for Kafiristan, partly from its sin ister traditions and the memory of its traditional blood feud with Islam, and partly from the undoubted vindictive ness of the people toward Mohammed' ana, 'is a scaled book to the East. A tribe of mountaineers, known as the Kim eha Moslems, who, to suit circumstances and to accommodate themselves to local fashion in religion, are only true boliev ' ers on the Mohammedan side of the fron tier, and spit at the name of Allah on the Kafir side, act as a means of communi cation between the "black-clad" and their neighbors, and, were it not for them, it is probable that the Kafirs would never be able to hold any intercourse with the outer world at all. If the East itself is so ignorant of this remarkable race, and if their next neigh bors and reputed kingsmen, the Dards, really know nothing about them, it is not surprising that in the West, the Kafir of Afghanistan should be a com plete mystery. Who are they? Some say they are Arabs, while others believe them to be Greeks. Nor, remembering how Alexander sowed colonies along the roadside as he went to and returned from India, is such a theory untenable, especially as some of the Mohammedan tribes, once Kafirs, claim European de scent. The Kafirs themselves the Siah Posh or "black-clad," from their wear ing black sheep skin coats with the hairy side outward cannot, or will not, ex plain their own origin, for the few who have been "caught at intervals by in quisitivo Englishmen have only made matters worse by cheerfully accepting for themselves any lineage that happened to be suggested Arab, Hebrew or ael lene. The language Kalosha would it might have been supposed, have given a cluo; but here again a difficulty arises, for the Kafirs in communicating with their neighbors use a mongrel tongue, of which the vocabulary, as far as it is yet compiled, denes any important phiioiogi cal inferences being drawn from it, through its admixture of several dia lects Persian, Pushtoo, Hindi and Sans knt in varying proportions, with large percentage of words and idioms to which no Eastern vernacular offers any aualoev. From time to time Oriental scholars have riven their attcn tion to the ethnological mystery, and notably Burnes, Wolfe, Vigne and Jbel lew. thoueh without any conclusive re suits : but Dr. Leitner ot Lahore has now contributed a further installment of a vocabulary compiled from the lips of Kafirs twa of them being prisoners captured bwthe Maharaja of Cashmere in his war with the tribes beyond the Indus, in lwiG which promises to lay the found ation of something like a sound knowl edge of the linguistio eccentricities peon liar to these unknown folk. lie him' self, however, has not as yet any pro' aounced opinion npon their origin. The people, as we have said, hate the Mohammedans with a surpassing fervor, not only from traditionary feuds, but be cause to this day the Afghans and others carry on a systematio brigandage upon their frontiers, for the purpose of stealing their women and children, who are then sold to the wealthy men of Cabul or Ba dadshan, Swat, Bajour and Chitral. On the other hand, they are said to be kindly disposed toward Hindus, and quite ready , to accept Engliskmen as friends. Native travelers who have visited them have eome away delighted with their genial hospitality, and struck with their activity of temperament, intelligence, and sin. gularly high standard of morality and ethics. That the Kafirs are brave needs Be ' telling, for thev have retained their isolated independence in spite of every . conqueror from Timur downward, and the list of their persecutors has been well nigh continuous lor several centuries, every Mohammedan chief in turn ambitions of becoming a "Gbazi" having at one time or another turned his arms against this infidel colony. In con tradiction to some of the compliments that have been paid them, it is slated, and with much truth, against the Kafirs . that they are but little, if at all, better .than their neighbors in many respects; that their beautiful women do all the hard work of life, while their lords pass their dtya in singing and drinking and wishing ill to Islam; that they are cruel and treacherous to their Mohammedan neighbors; that their whole social life, iU honors, and ceremonies , turns upon the slaughter of Mohammedans; and that they worship Idols. Apart, however, from their religion, which Is no worse than many others, and their hatred of the Moslem, the Kafirs can fairlv chal lenge our sympathy for their bravery ana their personal resemblance v. European races, while interest ia stimn lated by the little knowledge we already possess of this supposed remnant of Alexander's army this fair-eyed people, who claim the Englishman, the detested renngm oi their neighbors, as a "brother of blood." They alone share with ns in all Asia the name, more odious than any other in the Moslem East, of "&aar. lmsm itself suffices to make us hope that their secret will be cleared up before the savaire encroachments of the surrounding tribes annihilate the Bret Harte's Latest SkeUn. Funny Sayings of Funny Men. THE HOUSEHOLD. He Was also a liinmvir ' 1 nirti wlin broke through the snows of the winter xjonYing Mr. uarleton s store 1 oame out in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Sandwiches (New -Ki, " " mure. ..... iimioi me imn Avenue uotei ocnooi.) Chop half a Z VJL 6 ,npu tnangnlur litUa again and here I met Welsh Edwards, a ham, and season it with mn Sr"a k.n?w.n. M U P?rt ""-Iraowii physiognomy in the Now ful of olive oil, one York Cooking pound of boiled one tablespoon- tablespoonful of flATlnn. 11 mnutiiM portly presouoe and with a splendid, and rub it through a sieve. Butter the nca. D&Afl YOlrtft. A dnlicht to tliA ear. ab hrAOil nn iha Inaf rfs ,i 1 . . - i - I uw vna uutwt? VUHUUH V. BjUU " Buuu-iwiuroa iaoe u w me eye oi mo spread tne nam between the slices. timmlita K. i i u; wtr.'ii. I Quite alert, hopoful and centlnmanlr. but bin in .n..;r.7: (: w' u. 10tt.w MnP'iM " onions, fry Hat I cheerfully make wav Wefor the Edwarl.0 ZT w "T" l,?em ?.rown 1,n two ounce, of drip- terser narrative of rw trnTO h nnf..ni7 " " :"v v " : T'. VlDa U10n oonoes of flour and J sj -wHUMUut JU (CUUDDv lift X Ui IV. XlOXt ty i.ff.Tr?.T rrKUU : l, "9 IS u? a"on bqnan wate, and stir m thfl lwiila. - ciu upon mm. canuemen. sniiiien- luearer n inna uhinh t Hn, ia kumi-. . ... ' . . . . . r r.' . suusisted for throe months on two bis vutto B UUY. nnil A tab hiaIiasi sf hannn tn hut made of bark and brushwood. Yet wnen the explorers found him he was Tl., . i -ViA t a-7 " 7". iT "fr ?uu "r we soup nous; season like, just ab'reast of a T.Tw'l b;w:"u'7"r level tablespoonful of salt, half a demonstrating the dif neTr ei " 7.1 v'; " 8Poon.ru of JPP. you be. He sees us and he dives into . . . lit. . UU uiivo ' h v " biue-eyea women nis cabin and comes out again with a tall uk a siove-pipe, gentlomon, and, blank me. cloves! He was a bill thin 'of the North." London Telegraph. Turkish Trorerbs. The Mhionary Herald for July contains an article of much interest, bv a mis- feller, holler in the cheeks cz might be aim on coior in his faoo, es was nat ral, tokin' in account his starvation grub. u uucm ui uiucu luwresi, uy amis- R,,ii,ii. l;. i.4. , o- sionary in Turkey, on the proverb, of the iVl?rSi.4 m h' Turkish people. These proverbs show to1m"ke 0?,r quaintance, gen- that, human .nn i. .lit !,. IIemen. L Im afra 7 ex-por-lCUCed uiac uuman nature is about the same all the world over, and that no people is outside of the pale of humanity: wime uioy indicate also the peculiar characteristics of the Turks, growing out of their religion and habits. We Kive a lew oi them, which we are sure will in terest our readers, the Moslem fatalism not seek his fate, his fate seeks him. "What is to happen, will happen, help or no help." "The world is a mill; it grinds Hour; some day it will grind us." "Cross the sea and drown in a brook. "God knows, man guesses." And the following show that childlike faith in God which is a remarkable trait of Turk ish character: "The well of mercy is deep, "(tod delays. He does not neg lect." "Who calls on God will not re main unsheltered.'' "Where God shuts one door he opens a thousand." "In giving, God does not ask whose son one is. 'Lven to His. beloved God srives orrow. Uther nroverbs of a more general character show that Turkish wis' dom is about as shrewd as Yankee wis dom, and that the experiences of life are about the same as to the world: "The camel carries the load and the dog does the panting." "Better is my crow than the nightingale of foreign lands." "Con science is uait oi religion. "A man who is a man does not mistake twice." 'Little said, well said." "Weep not for the dead, weep for the fools." "Throw a diamond into the mud, but it is still a diamond. "Do good and cast it into the sea; if the fishes don't know it, their Uod will. It takes two days knock ing around to get one day's food." "Who holds money precions is himself cheap." "Satan s iriendship goes as far as the prison door." "Even tho mountains fear a rich man." "An orphan once laughed, but it was by mistake." "He who fal ters not in confessing a fault is a true man." "There is no morning in the vil lage which has no cock." "The master's eye makes the cow fat." "At the resur rection there will be no second trumpet for the deaf." "Before the rich man's heart is moved the poor man's life is gone." "A true man can get bread from the stones." Some of these proverbs indicate a high moral sense that would do credit to any Christian people ucmuuHiraung tne distance "ea noarez lossional Mecca. Welsh Edwards' talk principally about John T. Raymond's failure in London. He attributes it tn the poor company which surrounded him. I disagree with him, and think it simply because the play, as such, is a very poor ono, and becauso tho sarcasm on our political svstem is not understood there. "I played a cart in the inoce." suvr Edwards, rolling out tho words in liis sonorous voice, which is perfectly dis tinctand delightful ovor all tho noise and clatter of tho street: "whon it was first produced in New York, ovor thcro," says ne, pointing, "at me l'ark Theater, ipiayed the cross old Judgo remom Clemens, and his montion of Mark &11 tllA 1ft1llA1flnlu any gentlemen that might drop in. The heroine died at the end of the piece, i reckon ye see a great deal of the as it was then written. Yes, she had best society yer.' sez Bill Parker, statin' murdered the man. hr iMtrnvnr m at the hat and gloves and winkiu' at the brought in guilty, and died of heart Dy8 . disease. We old actors thought it was a lew ina-i-ans occasionally, sez an odd idea to end a comio pioce with a some difficulty in getting here. Tako a oigyar. And he pulls out a fancy cigar- case with two real Havanas in it. 'I wish there was more, sez he. ion don t smoke yoursolf?' sez I. ooidom, sez he, which war a lie, The followinc show ?f tnf ' ve,7 afternoon I seed him hang- ber? Yes, well: Mr. C r "If mn ,Z n' outo a short pipe like asuckin' babe eye twinkles at the n s fate i seeks hinf" ODtobottle- 'I kept those oigyars for Twain's name, "was at i he Strengthening the Yolce. Signor Alberto B. Bach has recently devised and introduced in London a sim ple appliance called a resonator, for in creasing the volume and power of the human voice when singing. In the course of a recent lecture Signor Bach described the mechanism of the vocal or gans, and explained the modes in whioh their power could best be developed, and among other points he directed attention to the office performed by the hard por tion of the palate, this acting as a kind of sounding board when the mouth is open for singing. It is for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of the palate in this respect that the ".Resonator has been designed. The instrument consists of a gold plate fitted to the roof of the mouth, close above the upper teeth much in the same way as the gold palate of a set of artificial teeth the plate having attached to it another gold plate which is convex downwards in both directions. A hol low sounding board, as it may be called, is thus formed, which has a remarkable effect on the volume of sound produced by tho person wearing the instrument. The resonator appears to have no preju dicial effect upon the distinctness of ar ticulation, and Signor Bach states that U can be used without the slightest incon venience after a moderate amount of practice. It will not give a good voice " 'Injuns!' sez we. II IV.. IT , . A ins. ery ouie. KOOd lollows in their way. They have onco or twice brought the game,' which I refused, as the poor fellows have had a prettv hard wmo oi it inemseives. XT .1 mow. cenueruen. we was. ez von know, rather quiet men rather peacea ble men; but, hevin' been shot at three timos by these yar 'good' Injuns, and rancer nisseii iiavin a matter o three inches o' his own skolp lying loose in their hands and he walkin' round wearin groen leaves on his head like a German statoo it did kiuder seem as if thisyor stranger was playin' rather low down on the boys. Bill Parker gets up and takes survey o him and sez he peaceful like: "Ye say these yer Injuns theso ver quiei injans onered yer game? " lhey did! sez he. " 'And yon refoosed? "I did, soz he. " 'Must hev made 'em feel kinder bad sorter tortured their sensitive naters? sez Bill. They really seemed quite disap pointed.' In course, sez Bill. 'And now. mout I ask you who you bo?' incase me. says the stranger: and. darn my skim if he didn t hist out a keerd-case, and handin' it over to Billy, sez, "itere s my Kyard. yUill took it and read it out aloud: J Trott, Kentucky.' "It s a pooty keerd, sez Bui. " 'I'm glad you like it,' sez the stranger. " 'I reckon the other fifty-one of the deck ez as pooty all of 'em Jacks and left bowers,' sez Bui "The stranger sez notion . but kinder draws back from Bill, but Bui ups and sez: 1 'Wot is your little game. Mister J. Trott, of Kentucky?' " I don t think I quite understand you, sez the stranger, a hollor fire comin' into his chocks like ez if thoy was the bowl oi a pipe. "Wats this yer kid glove business? this yer tall hat paradin'? this yer circus foolin'? Wot s it all about? Who are ye, anyway? ''The stranger stands up and says he: Ez I don't quarrel with guests on my own land,' sez ho, '1 think you'll allow I'm a gentleman,' soz he. "With that he takes off his hat. makes a low bow, so, and turns away like this but Bill lites out of a sudden with his right foot and drives his No. 10 boot clean through the crown of that tall hat like one o them circus hoops. mats about as lur ez I remember. Gentlemen! thar warn't but one man o' that hull crowd ez could actooally swear death; and at tho last rehearsal Mr. Clemens, and his mouth widens into a broad grin as he repeats name of the author of "Iunoconts Abroad," "came on the stage and said: 'Ladies and con tlemen, it has been suggested.' and the actor's rich voioo sinks into a humorous, mutative drawl, 'that this lady should be brought in innocent, and that she should not die. She is undoubtedly guilty. Sbo has killed a man. Bat I don't care if she has killed forty men. We'll bring her in innocent, if the audi ence will. And if they don t laugh at the end, Edwards ('I was much portlier then than i am now, he explains). 'shall crawl over into tho orohostra and creep back through tho narrow musi oians door. The conclusion of the narrative. broken by his laughter all through, brings tears of mirth into the jovial Thospinn's oyos. I fool I am scarcely responsive enough, though I am a great admirer of Mark Twain's writings; bnt this story shows the advantage of gotting up a reputation of being a, very funny iuiiow. It rominds me of an inoidont told mo bv a trontleman once of a similar effect of humorous prestige in Artemus Ward's case. Une day a lot of "the boys wore sitting in the bar-room at the St. NioliO' las Hotel whon "Arty" oame in. They clustered around the groat wag and greeted him rapturously. He shook hands solemnly with all; his eye twin kled; then, after a long pause, he began to speak, lie said: "I am going to New-ark One unanimous burst of laughter greeted this pnngont sally. Then came a deathlike silence, waiting for the sequel. Again the eye twinkled, and the voice came fitfully, spasmodically: "I am going to New-ark." oneonart of do tatoes peoled and cut fine, and boil until they are tender: thon Btir in four ounces of oatmeal mixed smooth with a pint of ) . 1 1. ' 1 n. " uum im-r, nun uoii mioen minutes. This soup should be stirred often enough to prevent burning. When it is nearly done mix together off the fire ono ounce each of butter and flour, and stir them into the soup: when it boils ui nass through a sieve with a wooden spoon, and serve hot with plonty of bread. Gumbo Soup. One larire chiokon. one and a half piuts of green gumbo or one pint of dried gumbo, three pints of water, pepper and salt. Cut the chicken into joints, roll them in flour, and fry or saute them in a little lard. Take out the pieces of chicken and put in the sliced gumbo, nnd sauto that also until it is brown. Drain well the chicken and the gumbo. There should bo about a table spoonful of brown fat in the saute pan; to this add a large tablespoonful of browned flour; then add tho three pints of water, the chioken cut into small pieoes, and the gumbo. Simmer all to gother for two hours. Strain through a colander, berve boiled rice in another dish by the side of the soup tureen Having put a lodluful of soun in the soup plalo, plaoe a tablespoonful of rice in tiio center. Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce. Choose a plump, fat forequarter of lamb, which is quite as finely flavored and less expen sive than the hind Quarter: socure it in snape with stout cord, lay it in a drip ping pan, with one sprig of parsley three sprigs of mint, and ono ounoo of carrot sliced; put it into a quick oven and roast it fifteen minutes to each pound, whon half done season it with salt and pepper, and bast it occasionally with the drippings flowing from it. When done, sorve it with a gravy boat full of mint sauoe. Mint sauce cold. Molt four ounces of brown sugar in a sauoe boat, with half pint of vinegar, add throe table spoonfuls or chopped mint, and serve cold with roast lamb. Hot mint sauce. Put one pint of vine gar into a saucepan with four ounces of white sugar, and reduce by rapid br.iling to half a pint, stirring to- prevent burn ing; add a gill of cold wator, and boil for five minntos; thon odd three tablespoon fuls of chopped mint, and serve with lamb. Scailopod Oysters (one shell for eaoh person) .Blanch one quart of oysters uy bringing just to a boil in their own liquor, thon strain, taam, saving the liquor, and kooping it hot; wash them in oold water, and drain thorn; mix one ounce of buttorand one ounce of flour to gethor in a saucopan over the fire; as soon as it is smooth, gradually stir in one pint of the oyster liqor, which must be boiling; season the sauce with a tea- spoonful of salt and a quarter of a salt As a match to a powder magazine, so 8l,otm poppor and nutmeg this to the risible of those present. They squirmed; they held their aides; tney wiped tueir eyes; tuey couiu scarcely swallow thoir what-will-yon takes for laughter. After the absorption of the divers beverages Artemus wont toward the door. Every glance was riveted on the long, lank figure as it moved away. Once more the steol-blue eye twinkled, the thin-cut lin quivored, the metallio voice inoisely reft tho air: "Good-by, boys," said Artemus; "I am going to New-ark. xefls of hyenas were as nothing com pared. Policeman came in and threat ened to arrest tho loud laughers for dis turbing the peace. Alone, silent, un moved, my informant sat apart in a cane-bottomod arm-chair, and thought bow easy it is, when you ve got your reputation up, to be a wit. Lxncmnah hnquxrer, anythin' but dust and bustin'. Thar wasn't no yelling, thar was no shooting. It was one o' them suddent things that loft even a six shooter out in the cold. When 1 came to in the chapparel being oncomfortable like from hevin only half a shirt on I found nigh on three pounds of gravel and stones in mv Dockets and a to one who does not already possess that stiffness in my ha'r. I looks up and see mfl nm. will it Anl.AatA nntr nulla in I 1. ..:. . Al. - M I . 1 1 what happened next, and that man never . ,. , , tr.1,1 VnatiiinA'.i.iFi.in ie.t ti,.n Watkriso Hobheh. A Borhn journal took place in that valley. I disremember m ?n interesting paper on we water gift, nor will it eradicate any faults in singing, but, properly used, it is report ed to have a remarkable effect in increas ing the power of the sound which a singer can produce, and this without de teriorating its quality or increasing the effort required. . Babbels Madk Fbom Pulp. Mr. M. Howard Webster, whose office is below the Second National Bank on Griswold street, has recently become State Agent for a new invention in the barrel line, which seems to be a very valuable arti cle. It is a barrel made of pulp, sub jected to an enormous pressure. The advantages claimed for the invention are its lichtness, durability and cheapness. The body of he barrel is all made in one piece, from coarse wood pufn. The pressure to which it is subjected is four hundred tons. The heads of the barrels are made of one piece in the same wav, and when put together the barrels are exceedingly light, strong and satisfactory in every way apparently. There are two kinds, one for fruit, flour and other dry substances, the other for oil, lard and liqnids of all kinds. It is said that s flour barrel made in this way, and filled, can be dropped from the wagon to the pavement without injury. Fruit packed in these receptacles keeps longer than when put up in the usual way, being i . m ii . r uryer ana cxciuaea irom tne air. me barrels for liquid substances are made by subjecting the first form to a simple process, and oil can be kept in them without any leakage. The saving in cost is about fifty per cent Steps are being taken ror the formation of a company to manufacture barrels, tubs, etc., by this new process. About $30,000 will be necessary to carry on the enterprise, which can hardly fail to prove profit able. Detroit Tribune. Bill hangin' in the forks of a hickory saplin' twenty feet above me. Cap, sez he, in an inquirin way. 'hez the tornado passed?' " 1 W hich savs I. " 'This yer elemental disturbance is it over?' 'I reckon,' sez I. 'Because,' says he 'afore this very electrical phenomenon took place I bed a slight misunderstanding with a stranger, and I'd like to apologize!" "And with that he climbs down, peace ful like, and goes into the shanty, and come out, band in hand with that stran ger, smilin' like an infant. And that's the first time, I reckon, we know'd any thing about the gentleman of La Porte." London Belyravla. Picklino Beef. The Yorkshire (Entr. ) hung beef has long been deservedly fa mous, and is thns easily prepared: Cut into the ribs or a ronnd of beef, or even a fine thick flank, about twenty pounds eight of either, for example. Finely beat in a mortar, for this quantity, half a pound of bay salt, a quarter of a pound each of saltpetre and sal prunella, and two handsfull of juniper berries: mix them with three pounds of common salt and one pound of coarse sugar, and thoroughly rub the beef all over for a considerable time. Let it lie in a good salting pan and rub it well with the pickle once a day for at least a fortnight, carefully turning it every time. Take it out, and after drying it well with a coarse cloth, hang it np Ao the ceiling of a warm kitchen, or in a chimney corner, where only a moderate fire is kept, till it be comes properly dried. It may be either boiled as wanted, or cut into rashers and broiled, bnt in the Utter case it will al ways eat much better if previously dipped into boiling water. . 1 ing of horses. A subjoct, tho writer re marks, to which too little attention is given by officers in command of mount ed troops. The practice of allowing horses to drink only once a day, and then in the evening, which is advocated by many because it is in vogue among the Arabs, is strongly reprehended by the German writer, who points out that, while in Europe the horse s rations con sist almost exclusively of corn and hay, the Arab gives his horse dates, a variety of plants, and even milk. Fed as they are in European armies, horses should, the writer maintains, be given water three times a day, and they should be- allowed each time to drink as much as they like. On the march also, horses should be allowed to drink whonever cir cumstance permit. Formerly men on the march were strictly forbidden to drink; but now, on the contrary, espec ially when forced marches have to be made in hot weather, care is taken that all be able to obtain water, as it is now recognized that the body must be compensated for the moisture it loses in profuse perspiratiop. As with man, so with the horse. Novel csk op Wood Sn avisos. From wood shavings and paper Herr Heilemun makes Plates, dishes, etc.. as follows: Selected plane shavings are bound into bundles, ana sux-pea in a oaiu oi weaa gelatine solntion about twenty-four hours, then dried and cut into suitable lengths. Plates are cut of strong paper or thin pasteboard, of the size of the ob jects to be produced. These are moist ened with a liquid consisting of weak gelatine solution with sodium waterglass, i a .' i ...1 1.11.'- i.i.. ana pressea iu ueaieu uibuujiu uiuuiua. After drying, the pressed paper objects are coated on both sides with an adhesive put the ovstors into it to heat while von thoroughly wash eight or ton doep oyster -1. -II- 'il. . i I . .,ii .1 'it. n Biieus wini a union; mi mom wiui tue oysters, dust them quickly with bread orumbs, put a small bit of buttor on eaoh one, and brown them in a quick oven. They should be sent to tho table loi-l on a napkin neatly folded on a platter Chaste But Not Vibtuous. A shrewd lady writer has this to say of her own sox: "There are women holy and vir tuons who are in other respects bad cari catures on our sex; women who hold up their own skirts and go about strewing garbage to defile others with; woraon who feed and thrive upon distrust und suspicion, who gather up carefully and with untiring zeal all the bits of scandal floating about, to turn over, add somo thing to, and send forth again in the germinating air, like a deadly miasma to destroy. Women who are never under any circumstances by anybody hoard telling good of anyone; but who, meet them when you will, can always make you miserably uncomfortable, and doubt- fuJ even of a lust rrovidonce. women need not condone or conceal the faults of their sisters to be charitablo or womanly; by simply being silent or leaving unspoken opinions which can do no good and much harm, they can do themselves great credit and tho sex honor. Unless a man is totally depraved and base, he win keep disgraooiui utti tattlo to himself, and shun companions where small talk is at a premium. But women who call themselves ladies, and whose position in society entitles thorn to be such, lend themsolvos to this nn worthy means of killing time to give it no meaner name and repeat slanders which, once gone forth, can nover be ro-callod." Th WAT nCMMINO BlBDS ABE CaP- tuked. The following is an account of the method in which humming birds are caught: Let us follow littlo Dan, the oldest and sharpest of the humming hird hunters, as he goes out for birds. First he goes to a tree calKl the mountain palm, which replaces the cocoa palm in the mountains, the latter growing only along the coast. Beneath the tree are some fallen leaves fifteen feet in length; these he seizes and strips, leaving the midrib bare, a long, slender stom taper ing to a point. Upon this tip he places a lump of bird lime, to make which he had collected the inspissated juice of the bread fruit and chewed it to the consist ency of soft wax. Scattered over the savanna are many clumps of flowering bushes, over whove crimson and snowy blossoms humming birds are dashing. inserting their beaks in the honeyed cor rollas, after active forays resting upon some bare twig, pruning and preening their feathers. Cautiously creeping to- material made of fire parts Russian gehv ZTl"'.! VTT' iTf part thick turpentine, the Wnt;-. w. th l.nnur - treacherous a of srum. The bird eyes it curi ously bnt fearlessly as it approaches his resting-place, even pecking at it, bnt the next moment he is dangling helplessly, beating the air with buzzing wings in vain efforts to escape the clutches of that . j r",iTt, rU"" .,' h. besutie. ii resting, the wboleT subje7te4 to Pr.i. Wod SSJST Th? bird -t..: ' u t .v,; I coating of gum. The bird unequal thickness, present uneven sur faces. The objects are now cut, if necessary, dried and varnished. The eooka at Wellesley College ate men; the professors are women. treacherous rum. From Nature. ' Tender-IIeartcd. Yesterday a big-bonod Texan, some thing over six feet high, with au enor mous Vroad-brimmed hat, and a sweep ing mustache reaching nearly to his shoulders, stood at the Laclede Hotel oftloe, carelossly examining the register. A slight twitching at his coat skirts was passed by unheeded, bnt a more vigorous pull caused him to look around, expect ing to greet a joking friend or something of that sort. He saw nothing, and was turning back to the register leaves again, when his glance foil upon such a wee mite of a girl, whoso head was such a short distance from the floor that it was ' no wonder ho had not seen her. The wild-looking face bent down to the little ono, and a deep bass voice OHkcd: v hat is it, little girl ? "Please, mister, won't you buy my . matches ?" came in weak, childish tones, . so low that the words conld not have been understood had the appeal not been reinforcod by the holding up of a box of matches, the corners of the naner box all dog-eared and miserably soiled. The little figure was barefooted, and tho one calico garment rent, faded, and torn. "No; I don't want any to-day. sissy." said the Texan. "rieaso, mister, won't you buy my matches?" with a second pull at the coat. The man turned agaiii. impatiently. and glanced at the little.one; then, as if ashamed, and with a furtive glance around as if to see if he was unobserved, tut his fingers in his vest pocket, and the next instant a bright half-dollar gleamed in the little grimy fingers. With a half sigh the big-henrtod fellow said half to himself: "Poor little cuss." "Please, mistor, don't you want the matohos. and I hain't got no change?" "Oh, h 1, no; keep the change and matchos, too." Holding the precious coin in both hands, the little match girl vanished like a shadow through tho door, and the Tex an, with a muttered "what a fool I am," followod. ' Around the corner and down Sixth streot, pattered tho little naked toot, un- oonscious that she was followed, and up ono of the streets devoted to small deal ers and a perfect nest of pawn-shops. Iuto one of the least clean and imposing of these she darted, and whispered some thing to the woman, who took a paper parcel out of a drawer and handed it to the child. The ohild tore off the paper with nervous fingers, and there was the sole treasure of her heart, hor only pos session hor doll. She hugged it to her breast, and kissod it. What was said be tween woman and ohild could not be heard, but when the little waif laid the half dollar on the counter the woman shook hor head and pushed it back very for toward the child, as if her resolutions might not hold out very steadfast. The child looked amazed,' but turned to go, hugging her dolly, and at the door stood the Texan with a very suspicious mois ture upon his cheek and a big lump in his throat. "I've got a little girl like you at home," said he. "Come along and show me where yon live." Well, you may be sure that the sick mothor and the little girl wore rendered more comfortable, for an hour afterward alio had a receipt for a month's rent in hor hands, and a doctor's carriage stood at the door of that tenement house. And such was the story that was told to the reportor by the big-heartod Texan, who last night left the Laclede Hotel for his home npon the wide plain where range his broad-hornod herds. Uiooe' Democrat, Elements of Popularity In Texas. It was plain to see as soon as he enter ed the sanctum that he was mad about something. Yery likely his name hod bean nontionod in the proceedings of the itecorder's court in connection with the charge of inobriation. He was laboring euder intense mental excitement. It was some time before he could control him self enough to spoak. I have come to soe about Re corder's -court -business," he gasped painfully. "Its tho rulo to publish all the names of those who get drunk and are fined. Can't muke any exceptions in your case." "That s not what 1 am complaining of. I want my name in tho paper as having been drunk; but you got mv initials wrong. I am going to run for a city office, and I wanted to use that issue of the Nam as a campaign document. It would have made me popular with the boys, and here you go and get my name wrong, and some otuer fellow will got credit for it." "Well, what do you want?'' "I want to be vindicated. I want you to come out in a card stating it was me. John Snooks, and not Isaac Snooks, as . you b ve it. who got drunk and smashed a gas-lamp. I wunt it to be understood by the voters that I was the man whom - i; a-i. .i . . ix policeman toon mree-quoriers oi an houn to take to the lock-up, a distance of 150 yards. I've been slandered, and if I am not put in the true light before the public, I'll bring suit for damages. That's what I got drunk for, was to get my name in the paper so people would know I am duly qualified." Galveston Newt Dbt Weather Watebiko. The more a garden is irrigated on the surface, the more it seems to require, and the harder the surface, unless stirred, appears to be. Experienced gardeners take a hoe and draw the earth from about the plant to watered, making a basin several inches deep and perhaps two feet across. This is then filled up with water, and left nntil every drop has soaked into the soil. If it seems best, the hole may be filled again, and again, nntil the plant has had sufficient. The opening is then lett for a day or so, nntil the sun has dried the surface somewhat. Then with a hoe loosen the soil, but carefully, so as not to cut the roots, and draw the dry earth back into the hole again. This is the best wsy to stimulate the growth of tomatoes, cabbages, peppers, egg-plants and other late summer vegetables. hose value depends largely upon their being kept in a constant state of growth and health. Yon see." said a lively old Aberdeen bachelor, on being advised to get mar ried, "yon see, I can't do it, because I couid not marry a woman I did'nt re spect, and it wonld be impossible for me to respect a woman that wonld consent to marry me.