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r' . BILL NYE TO YOUNG WRITERS. Uow t"t Aaqimliileil wlllr Ji.iirimlli.lt. OrltfliiiilltT Nut ,riilflrull. Tli following iwr(Ki!i(li'tiif Ixnow Rivi'il to the prea for tlm Hint time with the con aunt of Die pnrtlin: Wm. Nye, Km. Dkar Sib: lama young man, 20 year of age, with a fair education anil asti-oiiR de airato aucmiL A hiive done miinu writing for the press, bavini; written up a very nice article on proKniwive eiicher, which wan a great suoeem ami published in our homo paper. Hut it was not. copied no much in other pajiera a I would liku to have mw It, and I take my pen in hand at thin time to write and axle you whnt there in in the article Inclosed that prevents Its lieiiitf copied abroad all over our broad hind. I write J. st an I hope you would feel Jierfis-tly free to write me at any time. I think that, writer outfit to aid each other. Youih, w i' h kind regards, Akki.hkkt L Tkwk.v. P. O. Box SOii I have carefully read and (Hindered over thediiwTtntionon pnitrressive euchre which you mikI me, Adclls-rt. and I cannot wo why It should not 1 ravenously sciw-d mid copied by ttie prut of tho broad, wide laud referred to in your letter. If you have time, 'i liHw 't would bi well enoutfi to ic to the leading lournali.tit of our country and ask tlicin what they wean by iU You initf it write till your verteb as fol out of your clothes on the floor, nd It would no' do l:alf ho much good as a a per onul confi'icncd with tho editor of A - 'S A prrunwl eonfrrmer with tht editor. First prepare your article, then ira person- tonally to the editors of the country, ami call them ouo by one out into the hull, in a cur rent of cold air, and explain the article to them. In that way you will form pleasant acquaintance and get solid with our leading loiirmiliKtH. You have no Idea, Adelliert, how lonely and dinolnto tho life of a practical Journalist U Your fresh young face, and your fi-esh young ways, and your charming grammatical Improvisations, would delight an editor who ha nothing to do from year to year but attend to Ills lui.iiiM'Rn, Do not trytowin tho editor of America by writing poenia U'ginning: Now the merry goat let jumps, And the trilling yaller dog, With the tin ran madly hump Like an acrobatic frog. At times you will be tempted to write such atufT aa this and mark It with a large blue peucll anu tend It to the paieni of the conn try, biu that ia not a good way to do. Berlously, Adelbert. I would auggeiit that you make a bold dash for mieee by writing thlnga Uiat other people are to. writing, thinking thlnga that other people are not thinking, and aaying thing that other iieople are not sayli.fr You will nay that this advice ia eauier to give than to take, and I agree with you. Hut the tendency of the age is to wear the tame atylu of collar and coat and bat that every other man win in, and to talk and write like other men: and to lie frank with you, AdelUrt, I think it ia au infernal shame. How la ii with our KietryJ Aa a fellow traveler and seasick tourist aenwa life's tempestuous tide, I ask you, Adcll.ert, who ia writing the poetry that will liver 1h it the nam who ia Hawing out and and-iapcriiig stanras of the name general dimensions an ome ot'-er poet, in which he tiewailn the fact that he loved a tall, well-liohaved, accom- pllnhed girl, sixteen hands hlh, who did not reunite Iim love? Ah, no. He la not the poet whose terra cotta statue will stand in the cemetery, wearing a laurel w reath and a lumpy brow, (Show me the xxt who is Intimate with nature and who st inlaw the little joys and sor row of t hu poor, who smells the clover and write id Hint live, healthy ieope with Ideas ami aptietitc. lie is my Miet I hisiKh-Ikc for Hix iiklng so earnest lv. Adel liert, but 1 saw by your letter that vou felt kindly toward nie, and rather invited an ex pression of opinion on my part. Po I have written more fitvly, perhns, than 1 other wise would. We u iv Loth writers. Measur ably ao, at least. You write on progressive oueher, and 1 write ou anything that 1 can get hold of. Ho let us agree here uud promise earn oiner mat, whatever we do, we will not think through the thinker of another man. The Great ltuler of the universe has made and placed uin the earth a good inanv mil lloiw of men, but be never made any two of them exactly alike. He may differ from every one of the counties millions who have preceded us, and at ill be safe. Even you and 1, Adelbert, may agree in many mutters, and yet lie very dissimilar. At least, I hope so, and I presume you do, also. Y-nnn, for health, Hii.i, Nvr. 1'okton Globe. A Cowboy "tin Mikado." "iAit evening 1 went into 'The Mikado,' a kind of Hinging theatre and a Itiimwe walk around. It ia whnt I would rail no good. It is acted out by different jieoplc, who claim they are Chinamen, I reckon. They teeter around on tlie stage and sing in the English language, but their clothes am peculiar. A homely man, who plnyed that he was the lord high executioner and chairman of the vigi lance committee, wore a pair of wide, red luuidauna imnts which came off during the tlrst act. He waa cool and collected, tuough, and o caught tbem before it was e last ingly too lalu He held them on by one hand while he sang the rent of hi piece, and when be left the stage the audicui-t heartliKsiy whooied for li tin to come bark. "The Mika do" i not funny or instructive aa a general thing, but last night it was accidentally face tious. It baa too much singing and not enough of vocal music aWmt it There is also an overplui of conversation through the thing tbat acciua like talking at a mark for f'J a week. It may be owing to my simple way, but 'The Mikado' ia too rich for my blood, liutta IM. T.) Miuer. K Flgurm arc Vnrvllabla, A. I toll you that niathematica is an in controvertible h-icuit; in tact, it ia logic it Kit I For iiistAiu v, iupihw it bikea one man twelve day to build ihu wall, Oien twelve titen rau tinUh it in one day. K Certainly ; therefore, UN) in an bour, 17, '.N) in a mmuie, and if l.OJi.KX) men aet to work the wall t p in a aerwai i. ., befoiw a suigle itou full be lot into Ita plac Didiuk.il'a. ' GIFT OF SPEECH. AiiArcuniillhineiil Willi Ii. If N Xatural, Mr He t'ulllvu'eil. IVolmlily. my son, yon n-ver cotisM-eti-d liovv iiiiMirtaiil u tliin;,' it i" i lif ' to Hsu Iiin;iia;:i' with fcliciiy nml cojii-ou-lv. I purpose aliowinjf you. Ity a coiiplif of rx!iniliM. how np).'tiinly a dish of fact may In' garnMiml by tlm lliiwers of spoccli. Hern is iilnilil. unintcrifitiii matter of fact statement : "As I fiuiM' down town tliiainoniin-f. I saw a man run down by a liei-ilic. lie was not hurt, but liis clothing was badlv aoilcil." Now there is uotliinj uttractivn in this state nt. It is juicclcst, spirit- li-.s. initrtistic. See how tin' saini! tinitcfials can b madi) intiiiisely intcr I'siing: "Uy blowpipe! I witnosseil a con (Icmiintioncil narrow rscnpi! !- morn inj.'. (ircat Zeus! but I thought tho iiicaniiuliiieil fool wa liookcil tor Hades, for sure! lb- was just alien l if m", d'ye sen, and tho man, by slove-lifter! must have been blind or asleep. An uiiMinclilicd hcnlic caino cHrecring down tho atn-et, by pens uud scissors! and just as tlm aniiiheiua got half-way over tin! crossing, by pianaforte! tlie licrdic by citi'tain lixt'ures! ca:ii'' on to liiiii, bv id in tree! pell niell, and, in an instant", by tobacco! Ii was down on hw inan'ow-bones, by coiiar-imnons: and tlm horse almost on top of him. by clii-ck-rcin! Tint fellow wasn't hurt, but. bv IJoslon Coiiitnon! he g it a c:m- dcinncd dusting, by sealing-wa! and he looked, by pocket-knife! as ih iii rli, by cuspidore! as though, by gard -n tiass! ho had been wallowiiigin a lmrs). )ond, by locomotive and a train of cars! all lna natural life, by priinnni) an I dnisiea!'1 There, thai ia something like. You havi! tin! saino story, but I'inbidlialied and beautified into a real work of art A few oaths interspersed into the cniil moiicst narrative will enliven it won drously. There is much virtue in ir oath. Again: You tire called upon to make a speech. You have nothing to say: therefore you remark to tins ellcet: "Mr. ('Imirnian I am no public speaker; and if I were, I have notliiti" to saw Therefore I beg to b.i excused from attempting lo nuke a sp h. Thanking vou f r calling upon in I will, with your permission, now resume inv seal. That is what vou would sav; but an orator would express the sanm idea in language belitting anil eloipient. For instance: "Mr. I 'hairman Utterly and irrcvo. cablv iinaeeustomed ami unused as V inn lo mount and ascend the raised uud elevated rostrum and to dispense and irive forth thence glowing, trlittci'ing and resplendent streams of speech, rounded and .rotund periods of (!() quenee and ornamental and ornate ora tory, 1 am especially and particularly unfortunate and unhappy at this time and moment in not having any thing to lalk about, to speak of or even to men tion. Hencp and therefore, Mr. Chair man, I beg and supplicate and pray to be excused and pardoned and forgiven if, Mr. Chairman, I neither attempt nor essay, nor yet, endeavor, lo apeak or talk upon this occasion or at this tinio or in this presence; but that I may be permitted and allowed, bolo at this time and upon this occasion, to be ex cused and exempted from making, manufacturing or constructing any re marks of any kind whatsoever, or from uttering, delivering or giving voice to any thoughts, cogitations or reflections. And. Mr. Chairman, returning and ex tending my heartfelt thanks and good wishes to you, Mr. Chairman, for calling upon and requesting me to address this honored and honorable assemblage of honored and honorable gentlemen. I will uow and at this time, with your kind and graceful permission, your in dulgence and your well-known and universally recognized courtesy, re sume and retake the scat from which I oughl never to have arisen, and which 1 ought never to have relinquished or left. Again thanking you, Sir. Chair man, for the honor you have bestowed upon and vouchsafed to one who was never lilted to flourish in the luxuriant lields of oratory, 1 once more sink and descend into the obscurity and iusig nilieance from which I ought never to have emerged or ventured forth." This is oratory; this is eloquence. Copy this style of speaking, my son, and you will soon acquire name and fame as a public speaker. And to you, my daughter, I have a word to say. Instead of simply say ing: "I saw Sue to-dav, but she didn't have anything particular to say;" hndeavor to cultivate that faculty of ilill'usive particularity so uncommon to your sex, and deliver yourself in this wise: "I saw Sue to-dav and, bv the wav. what a taste she has in bonnets oh! thai reminds me of May Klctuington; she's got a lovely new wrap, and John Strut savs vou know John; his sister married Charley Nlaek wonder what she ever saw in Charley! I'm sure I never could endure him, ho isn't a bit good-looking, and then he's so stupid what was 1 going to sav? (), yes! John Strut; John savs oh, llelle! have vou seen John's new turnout? It is awfully nice. I was telling Kitty only last night what a queer girl Kitty is! Did I ever tell you about the time she and I had last summer? " And so on indefinitely. I am aware that this perspicuous anil delightfully varied st vie of spi'eeh is seldom acquired by females; but,' my dear daughter, it is not ao dilVieult, after some practice. Acquire it, by all means. boston Irun- srript. -K.djrar M. Forrest, a reformed ram bler and drunkard, is holding exciting and prolitable revival meetings in Mia souri. He says that he was converted about six year ago while running a faro game in l'arsons, Kan. One night, while dealing, being then several hun dred dollar ahead of the game, he says that ho felt as though a hand was laid on his shoulder, saying: "Stop!'' So impressed was he with the thought that it w. the hand of dod, thai he threw all the winnings upon the table and exclaimed: "Right here 1 quit." He went to work the next day exhorting the drunkard and the) gambler to fol low his cxamjde.-'.Y. 1". TcUrant, SPRING FEVER. Spring lliiie-(ieiiiiif and How It Mmiild II., linile. No mutter how regularly the routine of dailv work has gone on, during the wintcr"'inonths, the opening spring re veals to the ambitious housewife the absolute necessity of b thorough over hauling. Don't' bo too eager about it. sisters, unless you uro exceptionally strong. A clean house, however, satis factory of itself, will be dearly pur chased at the expensi) of health. Let some strong-armed, humble worker lend a hand in the "rough of it," it the services of a domestical, nl liriilgct are not available.'- Hegin in good season, undertaking one or two rooms only, at a time, instead of having the whole house in confusion at once. The cellar is a good place in which to begin hos tilities. The ash-bin should be emptied, the furnace cleaned und every bit of useless rubbish disposed of. A faithful earch for overlooked and decaying vegetables is necessary,' for they are a prolific cause of disease. If needful, the air of the cellar may bo purilied uad parasitical growlh destroyed by burning brimstone in an old pan, closing doors and windows closely, meanwhile,, fo: a few hours. After the lloor has bteii sprinkled and swept a coating of wli'te- wash should bo applied to the itplH and woodwork. Add to the Wh copperas, which is a cheap article, in the proportion of six or eight pounds to half a bushel of quick-lime. This has line cleansing and disinfecting properties, and is a sovereign prophylactic against the ray ages of rats and mice. Once a year is none too often for this to be done. The drain of the kitchen and sink puis1 never be neglected. Dissolve a fov cents' worth of copperas in a pailful o hot water and pour a little of this liqii i into tho drain-pipe daily, and it will b freed from its noxious odors. Tl grease from dish-water often clogs a pipe. Ammonia, used instead of s lap for dish-washing, would soon do u away the obstruction, as it works chem ically upon grease and "kills" it. A solution of lye would have the same effect. On examining the accumula tions of superfluous furniture or ensi oll'elothing in the attic, sort out. with freehand, what may bo spared for the greater needs of others. Winter cloth ing must be cared for before the insidi ous moth-miller claims it for its home and hatches' those destructive little worms that live but to destroy. Hang the garments on the line out doors and beat them well with a whisk, then en velop (hem in brown paper and mark the name of garment and its owner with ink on each package. Carpets infested by buffalo bugs should be steamed with a damn doth and hot flat-iron, which will kill the eggs, and the adult miscre ant that shows himself will, no doubt, meet the fato ho deserves, on the spot. The steaming operation should be re peated frequently. Bedsteads washed occasionally with kerosene will never be troubled with vermin. Dalmatian powder sprinkled in the way of ants, when their visits begin, will cause them to disappear. Powdered borax ulso is said to bo good. When a room is to have new paper, the old ought to be removed first. A boiler of hot wijter set in the room, and the doors, closed for awhile, will cause tho paper to loosen so that it may bo taken off with out dilliculty. The woodwork may then be cleaned easily, while the dirt is softened by the steam. Weak lye is invaluable for clean ing painted woodwork, and saleratus water is good, but both must be thoroughly rinsed oil' before the tinal wiping. Whiting or finely powdered quartz is serviceable for the most soiled sptds. Ammonia, used in the propor tion of a tablcspoonful (or less, if very strong) to a quart of hot water, is an excellent cleanser. Aft rwards use it still more diluted for the plants. Rub the nickel stove trimmings and the plated handles and hinges of doors with kerosene and whiting, and polish with a dry doth. Ten cents' worth of oxalic acid dissolved in a pint of hot water will remove paint spots from the windows. Tour a little into a cup and apply to the spots with a swab, but be sure not to allow the acid to touch t ae hands. Brasses may be quickly cleaned with it. !reat care must be exercised in labelling tho bottle, and putting it out of the reach of children, as it is a deadly poison. Spots in var nished furniture are removed by rub bing them with the essence of pepper mint or spirits of camphor, and after ward using furniture polish or cold lin seed on. Mart II tiwlicster, i Umt iiOUXlWCIItlltJ. CLOTHING FOR OGS. A Trail Which lln lire n Developed Dur ing llm I'ast Ver. "Furnishing decorations and clothing for dogs is doveioping into a great trade," said a manufacturer to a re porter recently. "In Paris alone nearly two thousand persons are engaged in this business, and the trade represents nearly one million dollars capital. The rage for dressing canmo pets has reached New York from Paris. Kverv variety of dog has his peculiar dress and pn por toilet ami toilet-cases, with powder, sponge, oouil) and so forth. It would be a rank breach of dog manners for a bull-dog to appear on the street in the dress of another; indeed, thedOg would pine away from sheer mortifica tion. Smooth terriers wear bracelets on some of their legs, and bear in mind always put theringon theleftleg. Th.it. is the f isliion. As to'eollars, blankets for cold weather, netting for warm weather, tho rule holds good ever one to its own and no other. W '11 v r soon have aristocratic dogs apnearin on rainy days in long-legged bo it made of doeskin and fastened on w t rubber rings. At certain seasons of t!i year dogs must bo mule,, and thi calls for fancy and decorated musics.' . -V V. Mud and AVrv. I French proof-readers in tho Gov ernin -nt office are paid jvUH) per wee' machine men, $1.75 to '.) per da bookbindi rs and pressmen, $1.0.1 t yi.'.'.j per day, and type-f urid .-rs, .'.i : per week: laborers, tlti.L'o ivr niont -y. y. Man. A STRaNGE DREAM. What a Ilolrolter Hw la Ills Mccp un.l What Transpired I lie Net l)'. They were talking ' about fortune tellers, clairvoyants and such at de tective headquarters the other day when a itizen who was present said: "Xo doubt they hit tho nail on tho head now and then, but I prefer to trust ti) dreams." At this there was a general laugh, but his face was very serious as he con tinued: "Do any of you remember tho so called Weber caso which happened about twelve years ago on the Cleve land & Pittsburgh road? Xo? Well. I had a dream in connection with that caso which may interest you. I stopped one night at Cleveland before taking the train for Pittsburgh. I slept soundly until after midnight and then I had a strange dream. I thought I had i 1.. ,1... ......... ...... I...... Uihcil liie irain. in ui" saoo- "-" a man about thirty years of age and a woman fifteen years old-r. Tlmv were man and wif . He was a dissipated-looking fellow, while she was a well-preserved w mian with many natural graces and evidently in fear of liim. That is he never addressed her except in a rough, petulant tone, and whenever he spoke she drew away as if fearful of a blow. ' "I dreamed that I had watched them for an hour or two when a waitur en tered the car and announced supper. It was just growing dark, and it was a winter's evening, i passed to the dining-car alone, and had finished my meal und was on my way back when I met the pair. Five" minutes later the report went through the train that the wife had fallen from tho platform of the dining-car as the couple were about to pass in. The train was stopped and backed up, and after a long mint her body was found on tho rocks at tho foot of an embankment, bruised, bleed ing and lifeless. The man told a very plausible story of how the accident oc curred, but the effort he made to ap pear agitated and broken up convinced me that ho was her murderer. Ho left the train at the first station to have tho poor mangled rein tins cared for and I saw him no more, lie was a tall, dark eyed man, with black hair, a scar on his cheek, and wore a diamond pin. He had cull-buttons with a 'W en graved on them, and there was a long and bloody scratch on the back of the right hand. "Now, then, on the afternoon of the next day I took the train for Pitts bugh, and tho first people I saw in the parlor car as I entered were the two of whom I had dreamed. Iiotli looked nt nie with a start of surprise, and I'm telling you tho solemn truth that the man turned pale as I looked into his eyes. You aro prepared to anticipate what followed, but there were somo changes from my dream. When sup per was announced 1 did not go on in advance, but waited for the couple to precede me. The man looked sharply at mo as they went out, but I was busy with a newspaper, as if I did not in tend to go in to supper. They were no sooner out than I followed. I was only ten feet behind thorn as they passed out on tho platform of tho car ahead, and as I opened the door there was a shriek from the" darkness, and the man, standing alone on the plat form, shouted at mo: " 'Great (rod! but my wife has fallen off tho platform!' "Tho train was stopped, backed up, and we found the poor body as I had dreamed. It was placed in tho baggage-car, and as tlm husband bent over it. seeming to try his best to shed tears, I boldly denounced him. " 'You are her murderer!' I ex claimed. 'You pushed her off thci platform! Look at that scratch on your hand where she caught at you in a vain effort to save herself ! You threw her to heribath!' "He looked at me with an expres sion of terror and dismay, but could not utter a word. I picked up his un resisting hand and looked at his ciill Imtton. It was marked with a W.' At the next station ho was placed un der arrest for murder. His name was William Weber, of St. Louis. He neither denied nor allirmed his guilt, but he had no sooner been locked up than I saw I had gotten myself into a box. I was to be detained as a wit ness, and the only straight testimony against him was a dream. Before the sheriff could get hold of me I had skipped the neighborhood, and in a day or two, as I afterwards learned, Weber was set at libertv and went his way, the body having been buried in the village grave-yard. It was as clear a case of murder as was ever known, and had things been managed right at lirst he would probably have confessed his guilt." Detroit Free I'rcss. TAKEN FROM LIFE. How the (ilrl of the I'rrlod Kerrlves At tention Knini Her Many Suitor. ' At hMV fl'.lliA.tt t,A(. 4l.,..la A.,,,,,,, ,,f i j v., rv n llu, llVf,,l'13 .illlli;, (lb f eight she and their sender were going to a card party. "No, Jane, you need not open the box. Just peep in and see what color they are, then put them in the refrigerator. Pink roses? Well, I will wear my new Chinese silk. I will sleep about an hour longer, then cortie and put up my back hair." And he had foolishly selected them with care and much expense. Sho did not even give them a glance, but closed her pretty eves in sweetest slumber, unthoughtful of the roses that had bloomed for her. That night she modestly thanked him and murmured something about 'lis d d. c ite little attention, etc.: and le? Why, of course he believed her when she returned home with the rz, a bauble of beauty. She care ' -sly removed them from over her lordid little heart and told Jane that rhey would do to put in tho window on the morrow. "For you know. Jane, mamma likes all tho 'flowers the gen tl, -in mi have sent to bo placed in the front window. She says it looks well, tnd shows that 1 am having attention, ind I do have lots, don'jt I,' Jane?" Three foolish men each tenderly .ifted a pink rose from over his heart that night, and thought of his "dear, good girl" who had given 'ft. Louis villi Commercial. THE DOCTRESS. What a tirrmaii Mug t'lne M to S.I.. About Her History. In England, as well as in tho United States, tho female physician is no longer a question to be discussed, but as Hegel has said, "reasonable- because exist ing." Xew female physicians aro re ceiving degrees every day, and begin ning tho practice of the healing nrt In all the largo cities of both countries. Tho information now comes from India that the Countess of Dufl'erin is earning unqualified praise for her plan for pro viding medical women to attend upon the lifrgo number of Hindoo women who die evorv year from insufficient medical assistance. For the establish ment in India of a medical training college for Indian women, funds and grants of land are asked for by a long list of English patrons. But in Germany, where tho most con servatism exists' in regard to female emancipation, tho question of the fe male practitioner is met with many objections. A favorable view is seldom taken in any of the more influential periodicals of Germany. The follow ing, from a recently launched Familim blutt, seems, however, to lean a little to the side of toleration. It says: "If wo go back to ancient times we find, according to Cato, that there were scholars learned in hygiene, but no family physicians. The Romans ro eeived with distrust tho strangers who came over from Greece upon hearing that tho luxurious people of Italy wanted men to restore them to the health which their dissipated manner of life had deprived them of. It was not, however, until Charlemange that medi cine became a distinct branch of science, the tirst medical faculty being organized by monks, governed by them, and who ever desired to join the fraternity were compelled to take an oath to dress in priestly robes. "The first female doctor of which re cord is made was the Jp,-,-.s Sarah, whom tho Bishop of Wur.burg in 14-M gave a license to practice medicine in all his parish. In 1 128 an eye doe tress, Zerline, became quite celebrated at Frankfort-on-the-Main. But it is only here and there, down the long path of history, that tho names of women appear as physicians, and not until about 1-HliO was a medical degree conferred upon a woman in England. In Germany there are very few female physicians," those that are practicing receiving their degree from Swiss uni versities, Zurich being tho most gener ous in this respect. Since, however, tho occupation of curing the sick has been legally num bered among the professions, it is but fair that whoever is thoroughly quali fied, and has been pronounceil so bv competent authority, may practice such profession, and as to competition, that is a question to be decided by tho pub lic as to merit and not sex. But the question as to whether a married woman can follow tho practice of medicine without neglecting her family obliga tions is not so easily answered. A per manent separation must necessarily take place between the practitioner and all household and maternal duties, be cause tho uncertainty of this profes sion precludes the possibility of an. orderly arranged family life. It is a profession rather unsiiitedtothe female of high culture, as the health of such will nof admit of the necessary expos ure of an active physician's duties, and if her constitution should prove strong enough to endure the added fatigue and anxiety, shi! generally discovers all too soon that, when' Moliere said 'medicine was the noblest vocation, but the most wretched trade, ' he spoke the truth." Chhwjo Time. A SODA MOTOR. An Invention Wlilcll l'ronilse to Revolu tionize Street tar Traffic. Minneapolis is anxiously waiting tho results of experimmts with a "sola motor," which the inventor claims will revolutionize street car traffic, and who thus explains its workings: "A suitable quantity of properly diluted soda raised to its boiling point (42!) degrees) is placed in a closed tank in intimate con tact with the steam boiler filled with steam and water in the usual propor tions and at the working pressure. On the opening of the throttle steam passes into the cylinders, does its work, and passes into the soda solution through the exhaust pipe, which ends in a per forated tube extending through the soda, the remaining heat being ab sorbed into the latter. When the soda is so dilute that it can no longer main tain tho difference of temperature nec essary to make steam, the soda lye is discharged und a new charge of hot condensed soda taken in. This opera tion requires nbout five minutes, and is called recharging. It has to be done on an average once in six hours. The operation of the engine is prec!scly that of any steam engine, except that there is no exhaust into tho air and no tire nor smoke connected with the boiler. Steam is produced without fire by the heat generated in the soda lye which surrounds the boiler, and the, ex haust steam is led from the cylinder directly into the soda lye instead'of into the air. Thus a working pressure is maintained without any of the objec tionable vapors appearing, as in the case of the ordinary motor, for the simple reason that there are no vapors to appear. St. Paul I'ioneer-rrcas. If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the antidote for rabies discovered by M. Pasteur can not be thought to compare very favorably with the prophylactic invented bv a youn" woman of Leavenworth, Ran., who was attacked by a mad dog while carry ing a washtub across the street. See ing that tho rabid animal was close upon her. sho coolly awaited its ap proach, and, having dropped the in verted tub over the dog. sat down upon it and held him securely trapped until assistance came. Chicago Mnil. It is s aid one tirm in Germany has made and s dd during the last hve vears 3,0ikUM0 thermometers. This 'enor mous quantity mado mav be a reason thermometer have been so low in Horida during the past winter. X o Picayune. SCHOOL AND CHURCH Eighteen thousand female m aro in attendance unon tl,.. ,.n "'' this country. Chicaun 'P '1-1... !...!... It . tuiin mi ii lime KM men Clevcn ,,n Okodakicive," which is the t 7$ call their V. M. C. A. a It has been nnmosiwi v. sionaries in China that the new L of tho Xew Testament. pretW? Rev. Griflith John, of Ilankow t adopted as tho basis of a union ! ,. ..11 I 'I, in,. 'er, .... ..,,,, 1 i , v no mi siinm iiiiva nen rpDotv from all fields of labor of tho AnjL Sunday-school Union from Ohio I sas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and W consin. Four new schools him.i organized recently in tho Indian V At a regular meeting of thetm tees of Dartmouth College. thrJr of students of tho college that the rt inj;-i uiiiu wu uin:iiiTu tin ouuuay WasiL granted, that subject bavin" bm. . furred to the trustees by vote of it lacuuy. whwiu m. u.) Munilw, A vestryman in one of the ksL able churches or -New York deck, after years of experience in passing platter, that tho richest heiresses ran . put in more than a dimo, no maj, irli.it twi nMlnolin turn V. rv iiiib inu vvjxyiiDixii iui u" 'It VOlPrjfc 1 ney tune me icsson oi tlie widot mite metaphorically. The maximum of daily school w J in rrussia is seven nours for chilfc eleven years of ago up to nine hoc tor those sixteen years and s 'i'i, ,..., .I.,-,! ;., oiill I,;,,',,,,. : ii ' 1 liu m.lil.i.tl i.-. rati, i iiiii,; UtJQQlj No wonder that a largo percentage tho children under such systems arerl ported ns sickly and weak-eyed.-i cago am i. Tlie following statisticsof the W;. churches aro taken from tho mosttrnt worthy sources: In the year 1881, ti population of Wales was 1,5'ljr J he Nonconformist denominations prise 8(14,389 of this number, and pJ Bess t.iti uiuiiviics, vuiviiiisiic fliel; odists (Presbyterians), 277,'-'90; C gregationalists, iiO.'JOl; Baptists, tt Ml; Wesloyan Methodists, 06,11 Primitive Methodists. 19,38:'; IV tanans, 5.000; and Methodist Fi Church, Society of Friends, anil Sco: Presbyterians number 1.608. Chriak Union. The "Official Year Book of t Church of England has publish statistics of the amount contributed eliiirc inien ilurinir the Inst tivpntr.- years to distinctly church objects.'!: figures have been carefully chertr with the view of excluding contrl.- tions devoted to purely parochial pi poses, such as the maintenance ol i ditional clergy, or tho relief of the si in particular parishes, to middle tli- schools, tounsectarian institutions, u with few exceptions, to sisterhood Even when thus limited, the total id contributed in the quarter of a centd is said to reach the enormous amoi of four hundred million dollars. A.! Examiner. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. A wealthy girl never has freckl Those specks on her face are men brown-eyed daisies slumberingin a fit of roses. Burdettc. -Er man whut likes er son? ? :. en se i is HUlll LI-1 Millie, (lnWVlrtWSIJ much erbout music ez he do e i. i l , , : 1JJ sci ' n ee. A riiuinam Tra vder. A Texas editor says: "We nrl could understand whv so much' should bo wasted in killing birds i: so manv young men part their hci the middle." Texas Sijtin(s. Aged Suitor "I shall love tmi long as I live." Young Ladv "M will not sulliee. will love me as griulo Matter. Teacher: 1 want some onei long as I live." Why, how stupid r are, to be sure! Can t multiply eip' cisrht times twenty-live? I'll K that Charles can do it in less tlian time." Pimil: "I shouldn't be sq prised. They sny fools multiply Vt rapidly." I'mirie Farmer. The Chinese answer. Ynu slinntee inn and Imnirce me, " You linotee me and liae.iree me, Sle doec workee, ire t tee hoodie, I.iveo on ruteu, poodle; O, me llvee oil. so eheapeo, And me workee while you aleepoe. "If there's anything I liko it's rci rroose." remarked Fenderson, passed his plate for a second help-- "It dues vim credit " ssiid Kocn-: "the." nothing so beautiful as affect-f amongst members of a family Boston Transcript. It, ..I. ....:. .. ..',,1. ....... K, hnu' umiiiri uiji i iii;ii iii.iii uj v"-- of a set of malachite studs he. had Pf bought, a fop asked if he did not aJaf them. "O.yes," replied theniant wealth, "very much indeed; 1 e f mantle piece like them at home.''6 Sun. "The remedy is worse than the J ease" as the voimcr lady rentf' who was expecting a male friend t('l:l the habbath evening, and so was' with a headache so violent that ; r.i.ui.1 iw.r nr. . .i.mi.aIi u-itli her fam when her mother put her feet in 1 water, gave her a dose of ca.-u" and sent her to bed at seven. Post. "Fine horse you'v got thfr said Jones to a Kentuckian ritln beautiful bay saddler. "Pn;tt.T boss," responded the Kentuckian,' affected indifference. "Tlioroo.v trained us a saddle horse, too, a n'c "Knows all the motions, he df" "What do vou call him?" "T, "Thebes! that's odd. I never 6j such a name for a horso before. d,i vn.i P-ill him rlinr. for?" "D"' I,,. I,.w o tin,,, lrnt n.,tifl. of l)on't you know ancient liiftorV Merchant Traveler. Contemptible Bank Director i'ir, v,uiucasu oaj, ua.v j-- the news? Smithers No, what is it? Coldeas.li Why, the Argentine has gone up. Smithcrs-O, the scoundrel might have known such a rasf' of bank directors would rob t. e itors. Coldeash-Why, did yoa ha" Hr 0 . 1 I . . .1. C L.rn TOIl uiiuiev in ur Niuthers tvery ceni i to inv wife before I failed the lf O, the scoundrels!- ",i,lT' ji