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RIVAL PHYSICIANS. A fttory Hhorln Tlmt rhrslclans of , Rival Schools Ara Koi likely to Har monise. It seems that Dr. Scudborry, of the United States Nary, was married about thrco years ago to a lovely young Oak land girl, to whom he had been engngcd for a long time. Shortly after ho was ordered to join the Ablatio squadron, and only returned to his bride a few days ago. Duriiig his absence his wife determined to employ her time In the studies of medieino, which she hoped would prove a delightful surprise to her husband on his return. Unfortunately, she e ntorcd a homuvmnthie college, her worser half being of the allopathic per t uasion. The doctor was on bis way home from tho train, upon its arrival, when ho Haw a crowd around a drug store and was informed that a man had Just fallen dowu In an epileptic lit. Forgetting his eagerness In the call of humanity, the doctor rushed Into the store, where ho was astounded to bo hold his wife engaged in consulting the patient's pulse. "What doe this mean?" exclaimed the astonished surgeon. "Why, I have a surprise for yon dar ling." said Mrs. Scudborry. "You see, 1 am a regular qtialiliod homa-opathlo physician. Homri'opathic!" sneered the aston ished husband. "You bet," said Mrs. 8., sweetly, as she got out her pilules: "th dosing people with buc ketsful of slop is getting out of date, precious." "And so you have been actually roped in by tlmt gang of pellet-peddling Igno ramuses, have you.-"' "Don't be rude, my dear," said the fomale praet'tionor. "Yon can't expect to keep up with tho march of science in Asia. Just stand back and Id me save the patient' "Save liddlestieks!" snapped tho allo path. "Woman, go home and cease trilling witli human life or perhaps you had better mix a mustard plaster while I resuscitate the subject." "Why don't you milt lighting and go to work?" asked the victim's wife, who had just decided tlmt she wouldn't look well In black. "When tho femalu person is removed I shall proceed In tlio regular way," said Dr. S., stillty. "I will not bo answerable for the consequences unions that old fogy with draws!" rejoined Doc tress S., haughtily- "You're a quack!" roared the hus band. "You're a butcher!" sereaniol tho wife. And at this style tho went on until somcboby announced that tho patient had picked himself up aud walked oil', he being the only person who escaped, as tho police urn-sled tho whole crowd for creating a disturbance. The divorco case of Scudberry vs. Scud!crry Is sot for tho fall term. Sun Francisco Post. Physical Types in Children. Some tlmo ago Prof. Vlrchow brought together tho results of an in quiry Into the relative proportions ol the blondo-hairod, dark and mixed types among school children of the (ierman Kmpire. Since then the Inquiry has extended to Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, and embraces nearly elev en million children in its scope. In a lecture at tho Iterlin Academy of Sci ence Prof. Virohow shows that mors than fifty per cent, of tho school chil dren of Central Kurope belong to the mixed tvpe. The distribution of tint purely blonde type, which contributes somethiug over twenty-five per cent., anil is associated with unmixed Teuton ic blood, is rather curious, it Is high est in Hanover, where it forms forty throe per cent, of the population, but it is very near as high In tho oxtrem east Prussian and Pomeranian districts, where history and tradition locate a preponderating Slavio element, and points to tho completeness of the grad ual industrial conquest of those regions by the Teutonic race. -V. J'. M. -a m A Financial Manager. Mrs. Pelorby, of Dallas, is a woman with a head for business. "Just see here. I have bought a lieau tlful rooking chair at auction worth thnH dollars and 1 only paid two dol ars for It; so vou see l" have one dollar clear profit Don't tell me after this that women have no business sense." "Do you need the rocking chair?" asked Mr. reterbv. "No." 'Then what did you buy It for?" "To save money of course. How could I have saved that dollar if 1 hadn't bought it, Btupld?" Texas Siflimjs. i Some Herman bulls are quite as amusing as their more famous Irish rivals. Here are a few collected by a German paper: "After tho door was closed a soft female foot slipped into the room, and with her own nan 1 ex tinguished the taper." "The chariot of n-volution is rolling onward aud gnashing its teeth as It rolU" is what a Iterlin revolutionist told the students in 1848 In a sree;-h. "The Ladies' Benefit Association has distributed twenty pairs of shoes among the poor, which will dry up many a tear.' I was sitting at the table enjoying a cup of coffee, when a gentle voice tapiwd me on tho shoulder. I looked around and saw my old friend once more." Rev. Charles F. Thwing seys that, whatever intluence the re liiircmcuts of Greek for admission may have in keep ing men out ot college, he feels assured that auother cause, quite remote from the question of the classics has far greater intluence. This is found in the expenses usually attending a residence of fouryesrt in the onlinary Amen an col lege. They have not uudergone, since the close of the civil war. that declino which nearly all articles, except books, have experienced. College expenses are now fourfold what they rere fifty yean ago, and double what they were twenty-five year ago. Chicago 'Times. m m Children prow taller, it is said, during an acute sickness, such as fever, the growth of the bones being atiau laUd by the febrile condition. SEEKING THEIR LEVEL. "Soft Hasps" and fat Salaries Nut fiolnf a-ltriflnf to Any Great Kiunt. "Water," says natural philosophy, "will always seek its lovol." Prom a fairly extensive acquaintance with this fluid we are Inclined to accept thostat ment as correct, and feel disposed to add that things in genoral have the sumo tendency. The boy who comes to a new school and stands aloof from hit companions looking wise and straight ening out his fancy trousers' legs while tho others talk and scufllcm-iy think he travels on an upper piano for a t mo, but pretty soon another boy will come along and trip him up, sending him hcadovor heels Into tho mud. The wav ho acts for the next live minutes will settle the level he is to occupy in that school. If ho squares oft for a rough-and-tumblo-fight and displays grit and good nature mixed in proper style, ho will be counted a lino lad and the Ideal of the school, no mat ter whether he wins or loses. If on the other band ho whim pers and whines and goes to tho teacher with his complaint, no good clothes, nor good looks, nor money, nor jewels can make him solid with those who rule. An addition Is made to the clerical force In a big store. He is a prim, modest lad from the country, put in by one of the proprietors who knew his father. For a day or two he stands thero behind the counters, deal ing out goods as punctual and as sol emn as a sexton. Soon his compan ions begin to work in their little jokes, and the girls blush nnd look up side ways just to seo what kind of a fellow tho new man is. He was put there to sell goods and works for so much a week, but under, above and around all theso business transactions influences aro at work that are recordinghls place In tho world and telling' whether ho shall continuo behind that counter dur ing good behavior or riso to places of more nay and greater tru-t All men and all women who live and net in tlrs world aro working out their fitness to hold cortai.. positions andseeking their levels as surely as the chilling streams tli ut roll to tlio Atlantic. When wo seo dressy young men hang ing around the corners and haunt n-; thooillccs in the city, complaining of fate ami ill-luck, and saying tncy are going West to grow up in a country where talent is appreciated, we pity them and pitv tho West; for wo know that tho world has no use for them so long as they hold to such doctrines. Lot them strip off their coats and go to work at the first thing they can lind to do, and let them work at it until some thing better oilers. Now nnd hero are tho place and t.nw for men to show their mettle. Kight hero in Boston and Massachusetts and Now F.ngland, and ri'ht now in tho year of our Lord 1HH.5. aro ns good opportunities for work and talent as anywnero. won who occupy high positions to-day do so because they were wide-awako, and gainod their proper lovol by push, and men who want such plaoes must exert themselves to get thorn. "Soft snaps" and "fat salaries" do not go a-begging to any groat extent They don't this year, at least and we have no author ity for saying thoy will next. If a thing is worth having, it Is worth working for. Work, young man, work. -W ton Ulobc. SPRING FASHION NOTES. Inrormntlon Which Will 1'lease Must Wtinirn anil Anifor Mint Men. K bbons will bo used with a profu sion unknown for years, If ever jo fore. French craws, richly embroidered, will be among tho most appropriate muter hits for summer wear. "Jersey" gloves in silk are very fash Thev have been so imnrovod and aro made with such care that they . . . , i!... a :t are period in color, quauiy nun in.. It. it j i.oiiik In various fancv colors Indeed, almost any dross fabric could be matched in braids, and they are so perfectly t nted that they are roatty III. Kilt fill. ni-.mt.il liii-n tin it esncc'al favor: they aro hown in all colors w th tinsel threads, Moss silk, heavy embin.dery silk, and some cases with wool llosa oinhroidored on net. 1'lie chemisette is to be a special fea tore of summer dresses. It max b had either in plain lmen or crepe lissc. or rmliro hlerv ol various sons, or iii.iuu almost entirely of lace. 1 Piil-ia nnvoltv is A laced L'KlVO. laced at the outside of the arm. and at the top Is a full ruche of tino lace ana tassels and cords or long ends of satin ribbon an Inch and a half wide. One of the special novelties promised is a fancy hose with manv colors inter woven, and designed to be worn with atnwt ski P ( V il V ' , Thev are described as combining the J . - . . t i i u-iiil deiicaie i nis iouuu in sum sum tit xf ft i I i Among the novelt'es on exhibit;on at ..f .mi- Imutinir stores is the Spen cer waist Spanish jacket and standing ...it .i-i i. collar, an in jou ii-x i-nu w wu ..III. antr ,tr.w Km VtTl' ril'tl lonkinS and are particularly becoming to si ght ft tmrtftu Manv of our most sensible women of . . . . . i - I a fashion adopt lor warm weainer wnat thev call their "summer uniform. This consists of a silk vest and draw in mttin nirseL silk or tino Balbiv?' gan hose, a petticoat of hair cloth and a thin one of camonc. The latest novelty for commenco- nuini .lr..i-4 will bo the scrim of can vii.l.tth aimil-ir to that used for cur tain draperies. Young lad es of ta-te may make very protty dresses for them selves by running through the meshes alternate rows of paie-colored em broidery silk. White will be used this summer f jt .v.n ruvxwinn t.i which it can be adapted. There are some charming novelties In white rootis, sucn as em iirrtUloreJ mulls and ploues. pretty barred ruuslins and the finest French nainsooks that are covered with daintv flower. Hi i Inductive Officers "Howa this. Murphv? The Sergeant complains that you called him namea." Pnvate Mur phy "Plaxe, suit, 1 niver called him onnv names at alL All I said was. 'Sergeant' aays I, ome of usjmght to beia a menagerie?' " THE WONDERS OF COAL TAR. Gargaoua Dyes and Mit I'wfiil I'rodurti Obtained from a TroulrifMonia llrfuar, "Chemistry Is capable of wonderful things," said an expert in chemical science, "but in notliing to which In principles were ever applied have such marvelous results followed as are wit nessed in Its manipulation of common cas or coal tar. Thirty years aeo the C7 w problem of how thoy were to rid them selves of this foul and then utterly use less refue of the retorts was puzzling manufacturers of gas, and the aid ot chemistry was sought In working out the solution. Tuoy had no thought be- yond the utter annihilation of the of f. nsive tar. In their experiments with the refuse tbo chemists discovered the so-called burning naphtha, which, how ever, could Ite applied with safety to no practical purpose. After the naphtha was extracted ine lar was icit in me form of a heavy oil, whioh was stiil more of a nuisance than the original comoound. as it was more difficult to store and handle. The chemist Belliel discovered a channel of utility for this oil in applying it as a pickle for fie preservation of railroad ties, bridge r. . t- -i . a i. 1 1 moer, ana sirauany expuseu woous. Thta njoil nn Inrirn nunntities of the refuse, but only partially relieved the tar nuisance. "Thn nnlv hnoe that pas men how had was that some discovery might bs . i 1 1 .. ...LI .L. made in chemical experimenting nicn ... , . ... .1.- would give a commercial vaiue io mo u.. L'na.ii.1 .. nnvl a it-stL-.. Ill t,iriil ill ioh1 tar hi- his ifisooverv of bon.ine as a a product'of tho tar oil. It was in ex- penmonting wiin uievoiaiiiesuDsiaiicm of theso oils that the great chemist Mansfield lost his life by an explosion ..mi It. . I ... I.la, in nis ittDoraiory, una n wan mu.iui thin fflju nltv that directed creator at tention to tiie possibiiities of the do- spiseu gas lar. ntil 1tCi7. tmWRVer. that tho groat value of coal tar as a raw material was demonsirateu. in inm year Perkins discovered its iinuine properties, a uiscovery wnicii mw almost revolutionized the trade in dye Btull's. Perkins took coal t ir naphtha. aud, boiling it in a retort, obtained a chemical action which resulted in ben zole and nitro-ben.olo. Adding water to th's, tlio nitro-benzole was deposited in i lie fnrm of a thick, oilv mass. This lie experimented with in various ways, i i , . .i i n...ii.. mid imaiiy oy mo umnuim -i iv-iiu in-1, 1 ninl iron lilinn-s. he nroilllccd a colorless fluid which is aniline. This liquid he treated with dillerent chem ical salts, nnd tho result was green crystals of a metalic luster. Then ho found were capable of producinz, under different chemical reactions, the most brilliant and gorgeous dyes the aniinio hues of tho paint and dye trades of to- Ims discovery mauo mo jou1"'" eoul tnr r desirable nrodlict of the gas retorts, but it held still greater surprises, from mo iigni on oi uiu iar i-nlii il.la nniilillin solvent for India rubber was obtained, and then tho in valuable discovery of carbolic acid was made. How many people in ordinary tlmt. this (Treat disinfectant is one of the products of common gas-tar? After those properties were extracted from tho tar there were icu neavy on and residuum, for which chemistry was puzzled to lind a practical use. It was uot until lt! that any satisfactory re sult was obtained by experimenting with this refuse, and thou tho groat dis covery of alizarine was made. This product was first obtained by the (ier man chemists (ira bo and Liobermann, but Prof, rerkins. who vii.u uevoiopeu tho aniline colors from tar, was the tirst to give a practical application to the (iermau work. Tho importance of this discovery may be understood when it is known that in me nrsi n il 1 " -v-...p. - of the artilicial alizarine in the dye stull ..I . ... i . .,n v...ii-a fill nu'inir tint introdllf tlO'l trade, it exceeuoa me toiai aiuouiu oi nulnnil ul 7rine. nr ni.-iilder root that had been handled in tho trade previous .... t. :i . i. .. to lis ititrouueiion. n was, u hu iinii. aui.i.ruii. ifi nmililfir. unit HO U1UCU cheaper that the saving by its use up to . '. .. A.m iuui i uil 1(U had amounieu to over yu.ooo.w. Tim itioi-m-erv of ulinrine in coal tar converted 400,000 acres of land that had been used for growing madder root in to fertile fields of corn and other ce reals. With vegetable madder It re- ... 1 -! 1. . . ......... (1... ili.inr. quired nine eeM iu ci u i i m j "'ft of a material Turkey red. The artilicial ,. . i .t i i madder accomplished uio oosin-u resun In ii ni.mv hnnrs. 'I'liren vears ni'O the chemist produced an artilicial indigo from the residuum ot gaa tar, aim, in n,in,,.iti,in ' i tli I lw nnilinfl lives nnd IVUIIlbllVII ...... " J alizarine of the samo base, it is rapidly M 1! tuLinrr till, lll'li'H III VCCetaOie HHIIL'O. Later, tho naphthalene yellows and rods with which entirely new effects iu color wore made possible, were derived from coal tar rosiduum. Chemists are atill evnerinientine with the tar prod nets, aud other important developments will no uouut Demaue. a. j. a'. DIDN'T KNOW HIM. An Arkaman Who Thoufht th Conntry was Uolnf to tho nog-a. A man, with torn coat, soiled clothes and tansrled hair enterod the Arkansas State House and addressing the Secre tary of State, said: "Do vou seo what an awful eonditiou I am in?" "Yes, I see." "Awful, ain't it?" " Pretty bad." Never were so low down, were you?" "I believe not" "A man is a bnite, isn't he?" Yes, but if I were to tell you who I am you wouldn t believe it 'Perhaps not" "You would be astonished." l,rliii Sri u " I am now. It is a fact as low down as I seem 1 am tho son of Johnson Pcggloton." Who Is he?" What!" "Who is Johnson roggleton." Don't you know him.'" Thi It'a tima for US all to Quit 1,-1 '. 1... I. . lun m il.ntilv vrn a t fla. II uJt air, uc uu wvi -. "v I wu.. blefor three years. Good-ove. Don't Know Johnson rrggieiou: noniuu my chances where such ignorance pro- PRETTY FEET. Vrrj Mmall Kstromltli-s to a Lrc " trnt a rcmaia llalloelnatlna. A woman with a disproportionately largo foot Is by common consent en titled to pity. But It Is not the size of the foot which good taste objects to, but its relation to the rest of the body. A large woman with the tiny foot of a girl would be as disproportionate as the D .... M A -.l-l... mall woman wiin a large 1001. is known in the market as the lo. l boot can not by any moans be made to go upon the foot of any woman whose physical proportions bear any com parison with those of the Venus de Medici, which is the representation of a largo and voluptuous woman. Women who wear the INo. 1 boot ao not, as a rule, come under the head of voluptuous women. They are petite, vivacious, pert, pretty, anything you like, but they are not the Medieian type. Large women, said a well-known artist aud expert, must have feet that to be beauti ful would oe very ugry on a siuauer woman. Ic is to a much l arger extent, per haps, a female curse, fi.r those women who dare not undergo its miseries grow sooner or later to believe that they do, and tire can not burn out of them the conviction that their shoes are No. 1. Nobody but the woman herself knows what tortures are undergone by the slave with a No. 'J foot who is chained to a No. 1 shoe. Professional women who exhibit their feet are, of course, more subject to this tyranny of the shoe than other women, and It may not be generally known that there are emo tional and tragic actresses who, when all other means of simulating agony and awakening pity fail, rush to the bo. 1 boot. They put that on, and a sad, far-away look of unutterable despair comes into their eyes, neuralgic shadow, play about their mouths, their chins quiver with unexpressed griei their temples throb with indescribable woe. Then the spectators are moved. The fountains of human sympathy are opened, and the critics call it soul agony, and that touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. Seen from the front the No. 1 boot on these occa sions is apparently sweet and guileless. iSoono could possibly suspect it oi pains tnat wouiu iuaKe an nupiisuor sick. For the wearer does not let the boot take the credit of her, tears when they can be imputed to soul and heart and other things than leet. Hut could we see the same feet as they reallv are, in all their flat, stale and mprolitable naturalness, we should be;in to under stand how infamously mistaken that wretch was who said that nature un adorned is adorned the most. And here it is worth while to remark, en passant that the ballet dancer's foot, contrary to the popular notion, is not and can not be a small one. The de velopment consequent upon continuous physical exercise settles the conven tional idea ot comeliness, a oaiiet dancer never wears a tight boot, aud when she Is dancing she wears shoes which are models of adaptability aud freedom. But nevertheless the muscles and tendons of the foot are enlarged, the veins Jand out. and there is a gen eral appearance of strength rather than of beauty. All this mav be obnoxious to the fastidious taste of the dreek sculptor, but thero is really nothing 're pugnant to good sense in it. By the side of the ordinary society foot, when bared to the light, the ballet dancer s is a thing of beauty. There is not one so ciety belle in ten that dares to bathe at the seaside without hose on. Do you know why? Ask the No. 1 boot. To lind the classic foot in these de f;eneratc days we shall have to look a ong way. The peculiarity of the classic foot is the wide gap between the large toe and its neighbor. This in the Greek was undoubtedly caused by the thong of the sandal that came up between the toes and kept them apart Mr. Sarony, in determining the lino point of a mod el's foot, is said to have doubled no a ten-dollar bill compactly and inserted it between the toes with the jocose remark that if t fell out it was tho model s. And his experience is that it generally stavs there until it is pulled. The Amer ican women as a rule have smaller feet tlmn the Knirlish women. But this is not altogether a matter of temperature. Habit in a large measure determines the size of the feet as it will of the arms, and the English women use their feet far more than do the Americans, i The Spanish women are oeelebrated for their high insteps, which for a long time was held to be a sign of good blood and tine breeding. But that no tion has been exploded ef late years by the investigations of JJarwin and others. who find that the osseous formation of the foot follows certain unknown con jrpninl lnws which make it possible for the wasant's daughter to have a Cin derella foot while the princess of the blood may be born with large and un gainly feet X P. World. Turkish Proverbs About Women. The references to woman are as un gallant as they are unjust She is to be treated as a child, and as such con temptuously pardoned for her short comings. "You should lecture neither child nor woman;" it would be waste of time. Her intelligence, too, is under rated. "Her hair is long, her wits short! It is she who as a mother "makes the house and mars it." and she is classed with good wine as "a sweet poison." But it must be ad mitted that in this want of gallantry the Turk is far surpassed bv the Persian, who savs "The dog is faithful, woman never.'' The lover is regarded as a lunat'e. unfit for the society of his fellows. "If you are in love fly to the mountains." for "Lover and king brook no compan ion." He is "blind" and distance is nothing to him; for him "Bagdad is not far," and the only cures for his malady are "travel and patience." A word of advice to those about to marry: "Marry below vou, but do not marry your daughter above you;" and "Choose cloth by its edge and a wife bv her mother." London Spectator. a I a Crawford. Ga., boast of a negro who can neither read, write nor figure, yet who can correctly multiply anv two figures up to one hundred as rapidly as they csb be given out to him. LUCK IN THE LOTTERY. i-Blarae Wine a 10,000 aad White 00000 Prlae, San Francisco scema to be a favorite city with Dame Fortune, at least as far as Louisiana Lottery prizes are con cerned, however fickle she may act in other respects. At every drawing, one or more valuable prizes fall to the lot of some lucky Han Franciscan. One notable feature connected with these frequent cascs of good hap is the fact liiat the winner is almost invariably a person in humble circumstances, and before, where the price of a meal two days ahead seemed a thing of uncer tainty, affluence suddenly steps in and surrounds him with its luxuries. With in the last few months there have been several examples of these sudden leaps from penury to wealth, through the instrumentality of the great game of chance. First a fireman drew the largest prize, and instead of following the risky occupation of putting out fires and watching the sounds of the alarm bell, invested his fortunate gains in a substantial business aid a pleas ant home. The next case was that of a poor barkeeper, whose nights were spent in tapping the beverage known as terra cotta champagne and concoct ing mixtures, in which extract of corn formed a prominent part, when sud denly some providential chance in duced him to invest a slight part of his earnings in the lottery, with the happy result of drawing the $15,000 prize. Following this was the case oi the iiovertj'-stricken Italian, within whose vision of the future cents formed a more conspicuous part than dollars, when he, too, invested his last pittance in the lottery, and the hope that m duced him to put out of his reach his last cent when his appetite was strong est was rewarded by his drawing !f7J,- 000. The homo that before was desti tute of the meanest conveniences now became a scene of smiling plenty, and the children that before clamored for bread now enjoy the dainties of the season. Such was the good luck of the poor Italian hotel-keeper. So it will be seen that San Francisco is peculiarly fortunate in appropriating the most valuable prizes of the Louisi ana Lottery. The last drawing only serves to bear out tho remarks made. This time the $10,000 prize and the !fG,000 prize were won byresidentsof this city, No. 0J.UU1 drawing the first and No. 0,28'J win ning the second. The money was duly placed to the credit of the lucky win ners and was sent on here through Wells, Fargi & Co., and drawn by those who possessed the numbers mentioned. A singular fact connected with the drawing is that the big prize fell to the lot of a Chinese who, tiring of playing with the small chance games of his own countrymen and but- feited with the tricky manipulations of tan, was induced to invest a few dollars m the Louisiana Lottery, with the result of his first investment bring ing him a golden shower of dollars, The happy Celestial is so surprised at his good luck that he lias betrayed how he obtained his wealth to some of his countrymen, and the agents are now selling many coupons to Chinese who are anxious to take their chances on the turn of the wheel which may bring in its revolutions the wealth that all toil for. The winner of the $6,000 prize is known to be a poor American but his surroundings have not yet been determined. San Francisco (Cal. Chronicle June 3. PRACTICAL. The Killtor Who Itiiln't Appreciate a Wit tlcirtm. A fat old man who should have known better dragged himself up three long tiHits of stairs and entered an editorial room. Whew! Coming up these stairs makes mo blow." be said. Yes.'' the editor replied. "What can I do for vou?" The old fellow laughed as he took small piece of paper from a tin spectacle case. --Here's something that I jotted down." he sa'd. "ion needn t put my" laughed heartily- "my name to it. The editor took the scrap of pape: and read the following: ' 'If a war should occur between Kn gland ami Itussia it would be a " all Street atlair between tho Bull and the Bear." "Wall Street will have nothing to do with it. said the editor. "0. don't you see? It is a pun that I made up myself. "No, I don't see. It appears to read all right, though if there wore really anvthing of it the telegraph would have " -Hand it here!" The old fel low snatched his contribution and lugged himself down stairs. Arkaiuaw 1'ravel'r. m a ai Mr. T. M. Smith, a leading lawyer In Lincoln County. W. Va., has believed himself an orphan until last Saturday he found his father, four sisters and three brotb rs living in Salem, Thev supposed he was dead. An uncle took him to Ohio when a child, educa ted him and started him in life, but never told him he had other relatives livinff. X. Y. Times. A German went into a restaurant. and as he took his seat an Irish waiter came up and bowed politely. "Wie gehts?" said the German, also bowin politelv. "Wheat cakes!" shouted the waiter, mistaking the salutation for an order. "Nein, nem!" said the German. "Nine?" said the water. "You'll be luckv if vou get three." X. Y. Sun, Father Peter Ilavermans, ol Troy, K. Y., who has just celebrated his eigh tieth birthday, is believed to be the oldest priest in the United States. He has been in Troy forty-three years. Troy limes. The King of Hotel rropieiora. WILLIAM BHAHOif. A lawyer, a bankrupt merchant, a mlnlnr speculator, a United States senator and a millionaire, several tlraea over, Is, In brief, the career of Mr. Sharon. Hla lilt illus trates bow rapidly soma fortunes wart mada on the Faciflo coast Durlnz the period of the mining excitement from 1870 to 1880, Mr. Bbaron's name was frequently mentioned throughout the oountrj, of late it has become associated wiin a notorious divorce case. A native of Bmlthfield. O.. Mr. Sharon began life m a lawyer, then kept a store In rarmlltnn. In (southern Illinois, from wklch he drifted in 1849 to San Francisco, where be engaged In general trade, miring the next fifteen years he bad accumulated tlMVOno bv real estate transactions, but lost it all by stock speculation in 1805. Bankrupt, be was appointed dj we man. aeers of the Bank of California to take chares of a branch of their institution at Virginia City, Ne r. Here, baci d by fundi from his bank, he pros pec tea u. -me um atvlr lnrfe. the result being the discovery of the Bonanza mines which have since made Virginia city famous, and lnriched Mr. Sharon to the extent of f 35,000,000, the first Ha anon became the leading director of the bank which but a few yars previous ly bad engaged blm as an agent. AalHarnm hla real estate, mlnlnr and other properties, it is his hotel ownership which renders him justly famous. The Grand and Cosmopolitan, or Ban franciseo, eaca worth nearly hnlf a million, besides . the hntl. which cost in construction be tween two and three millions, are all in his possession, making him probably tne largost hotel owner in the world. A French Dramatic Ntar. MMK. THKO. Thao whose recent arrival in this was the subject of much news Mme. country paper talk in two continents, is the wife of a Parisian tailor ana ten years ago was per mitted, through courtesy, to sing at an ob scure concert. THE OYSTfcK. How Long the lilvalve Live and How Ills Shell la Formed. At a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science a paper was read asserting that the extreme age of an oyster is twenty years. ow, i nau previously, in an article in the Popular Science Monthly, demonstrated that an oyster might be in a fair edible condition at the age ot thirty years. Here are the shells of one of the oysters on the characters of which the statement was based. This double shell is thirty years old, and the inclosed mollusk was large and in fair condition. In building its shell the oyster starts with the hinge end, at the spot known to conchologists as the umbo. A small plate or single scale now represents each valve, and that is the first season's growth. The next season a new growth or plate shoots out from underneath the first one, just as t lie shingles do. The oystermen call these laps or plates "shoots," and they claim that the num ber of shoots indicates the years of the oyster. They certainly do contain a record of the seasons, showing the slow growing and the fast growing seasons. But there is often great difficulty in clearlv differentiating these shoots. The record is often obliterated in places by the growth of parasites, which build their shells or tubes upon the oyster. I have likened these shoots to shingles. Now, at fie gable of a house these s-hingles may be seen edgewise. So on the one side of an oyster shell is a series of lines. This is the edgewise view of the shoots or season growths. Another factor is this purple spot, or scar, in the interior of the shell. It is the place of attachment of the abductor muscle. Its tirst place of attachment was close up to the hinge. Had it s'aid there until the shell had become adult, how ditll. nit would be the task of pull ing the valv. s together! th" lev. raue t be oxcrcome would be so g out: for we must bear in mind the fact that at the hinge end the valves a:e held by I his black ligament, which is. in life, elastic, swelling xx ben t'e .-hell opens ami b-'inj! coinpiv-sed xv. en the anim il draws the valves together. o with exorv year's grow.h or elongation of the shell the nvd'esk moves the place of attvhiuent of the muscle upward, that is, an ad vance further from the hinge. As it does so it covers up with white nacre all the scars that are back of the one in actual use as the point of attachment of the muscle. This you can prove by eating off with nitric acid this covering, and thus exposing the whole life series of soars or attachments. Prof. Loch" wood, in the Journal of the A', t. Micro scopical Society. a a a, , "This U a nice time to come home and a nice state you're in," sh said. "Nice time! nice state! Thanks, lovely I thought you were going to scold me. Troy Times. . . . ... . O