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uuu iii uiiuunt ,..-t in r1" " " """" a ft Jrear' ng0 " trami1' W-.,ulin the land in largo num- ere!, of them armed nf them armed themselves Eminem and umbrella frames that 1WYT ,iwiniiiw uncut smew mem ".inUBinHDeiti. .. .;.;,..ia Inmieetion of window ifllW i.. nnw flin rniiror nf .Li ciirrfuni"v. , - i i and infirm umbrellas has a place i" " -i.i on,l although rascals may i the business, they are fewer than b, in to be. There are in tins city W ... nilit men i. nn u1t rtnrlnt lino. "ff.L- the treatment of old rain pro- nm AlfTlll. IHCU miV wseuMV i tarn men mai -i two men manuiaciure urn gbTfromBtickto cover at the order jciirtumer8. , , ,. "Any i-" ' i eon do Bi'J " ' . ,. . ikT" said one of the umbrella doctors jper as ho bent over a broken Mind about were umbrellas in all 0j decay, witn numerous nannies '"fther essentials. Eibs wero piled up u . iu nH ril to snare but .ifhoul nui""c - . . T-warcribs.'' Tho anatomical con tJon of the umbrella is peculiar, anil k rib is an hhjju - 'Zw said, it is tho most easily knocked Tlf rear of any of the necessary parte. b. .4 .a, r lirmnrtivl from Entr- Tne " , , . aro two kinds, tho solid and rt. Umbrellas aro not made as good formerly. The handlo is the chief L noticed in buying, and a neat mUs piece will sell for a good price rorobrella tliat will fall to pieces inside . .j. Tlie best articles are ninn- ?Mured iu Philadelphia und Now York H..K,.nn cold-headed umbrellas are jooJ for our business. Unless WoUons to the general rule a few Z. L finishes them and wo aro called w . uruu ;iu i, make repairs- IV IUI V1IUI iw fctiu win u ui important rrt. wo furnish tliem tt to 87. An umbrella can t be sn U)y mangled but we can fix It so long ...knro'n a little something to build on. pjrt of a stick and a fow ribs are enough mrive us our bearings." Indianapolis 'ewi. Transference of Disease. i have been in scores of old attics in Pennsylvania Dutch houses, and discov aid wholo rows of peg driven into tho stout oaken beams and rafters, with littlo h,ftofhair sprouting from the holes. Ttchad been wrenched from simple Dutch heads, and with it, tho owners be- lieted, had gono we irouDious uium-ni. Sn if tlie hair be driven in a live oak t. tha next nasser coming in contact Khthat tree will absorb tho "trans' fpnwl" disease; while, again, if the suf- fen rot to a willow coiwe, tics three Vnntd of his hair (symbolic of tho trin itr), wrenches them from his head, and tben runs nimbly away without ever looking back, the disease will disappear by "transference." Amoni the more Ignorant is found the dill .xistins superstition that infectious Ji.ases mav bo cured by clii)iing the iu wlid's lair, laying it between slices of well buttered bread, and feeding tho lat ter to tlio first stray dog happening that war. The head of a live fish, held for a short time in a sick child's mouth, and flung back into tho water alive, will cure it of disease. Young babes aro washed is ash sap. no doubt with transmitted reverence for the 6acred associations of jsli wood; and it is said to euro serpents ites. Driving nails into oak trees is a vothrxlie remedy. Warts will disappear .'robbed with oaken cinders, tho latter jeing tied in a packer and dropped at lie nearest cross roads. Vens aro re moved if stroked by the hands of the itad. The old Norso custom of slipping iroa keys between tho clothing and skin to stop bleeding at the now) is also found liere. Eubbin;; flesh with polished silver is believed to have curative properties. Hie bark of the alder is greatly relied on tor purifying the blood generally, for curies serpents' bites; and alder bark tea. plentifully sprinkled about, exorcises fitches; whilo laying peonies on crazy iwple's heads is supposed to restoro to sanity. Edgar L. Wukeman's Letter. Total Lum of Memory. Here are a few cases recorded of total lo of memory, usually following a deep ad prolonged (unnatural) sleep or severe ccident, such as concussion of the brain, almost drowning, etc. In ono or two of these the personal identity ha3 been com pletely lost, so that on recovery the vie lis lost all remembrance of name, family, friends, localities and mental acquisitions. fly were in the condition, so far as knowledge of any kind was concerned, if the new born child. In sonio of these 'wriucation waa successfully attempted id a new memory formed, but tho old a never regained. In others, a larger "umber than of those just mentioned, the forgetfulness was of only temporary du ftlion. After a few weeks or months all Hat was before known was regained in u instant and the process of re-education a no longer needed. There aro numer instances of the memory being lost of that had occurred for hours, days, wis, or even months, immediately pre ying a serious accident in which the fain liad snfTWwl ennnussion. In these " memory relative to everything up to certain date before the accident remains tttact on recovering consciousness. wolw-Denjo,, On Festttra of Victoria's Life. Fifrv TOi ta is i r li itl sasm fi "iT"i 1 1 n fl 1" V Itfeti that ftime, let alone beine a qmvn for all time. Without harping too much J a theme destined to bo twanged ut w.Tonclall patience within tho next lew wlf8, may I ask tho reader tho lady ""wr m particular to try to imagino . little phase of the royu'l life? Suj Pfjfing every week day for fifty years the -.jiag cialy papers of your country nau f'tea a record "of vour movements the ceding Jav, Uli"ing that you rode, "We or walked, who had tho honor to aipany you. whom vou allowed to rjJ npoa you, r.nd so on! This has been future of Victoria's life ll:o last half -iurv. For over l.'i.OOO davs has this of her di)ings licen rcgulai-ly pub V-J. and k1 nL onoash. read tho narration n M Ur,'iie ;(inrn:il pvrrvlime. Wouldn't ' Jr l:uly American, yourself come t:ao to Udicve, living snch a life, th:it i.-.! I70 ? 'nothing mora tlian human. '"I.l-fty ycara of it rip;ht r.tr-:",!.t . ' liUith j vou to t!se liT';it kind t t An umllU repairer. INGENIOUS MECHANICAL TOYS. fuppts That Wer Almost IUmn. Woutlerfut ContrlrsnrM. PuppCta or llluriolietU.1 were iintrnniToH by both the Greeks und Komuns. and automata, which are tlie inventions that are now principally des lt in, also go back to a remote period. Vulcan's tripod on wheels has the authority of Homer; Dradalus made nwvinu statues: Archvtmi of Tarentum, 400 B. C. invented a wooden pigeon that could fly in the air. In the Fifteenth century Regioruantamus made an iron fly that moved through the atmosphere, and afterward an automatic eagl", which, on the arrival of tlie Em peror Maximilian at Nuremberg, flew forth to uioet him. Albertus Magnus is credited with i-onatmcting a head that moved and talked, and which so fright ened Thomas Aquinas that he smashed it into pieces, Allxrtus esdaiming when he saw his achievement destroy ed, "So per ishes tho work of thirty years!" Roger Bacon mado a speaking head of brass. which excited awe among all who heard it. Speaking automata have been fre quently attempted of late years, but the great diflicultv lies in simulating the hu man voice. Tho most successful of these efforts was perhaps that of Professor Fabcr, of Vienna, exhibited in London forty years ago under the name of Eu phonia. Falier worked twenty-five years at tho automaton. Hie ttgure enunciated words and also sane. Tluro was an ar rangement of hollow pipes, pedals and kevs. which tho t inventor played to 'prompt the discourse. Wilkirs do llanecort, in the Thirteenth century, constructed an nngrl that would always point with his linger to tho sun." The 5Iarqui3 of Worcester mado an artificial horso that would carry a rider as swiftly as if ho wero a genuine barb. Philip Camuz invented a wonder ful group of automata for Louis XIV--a coach and four horses, that started off with a crack of a whip, the horses pranc ing, trotting and galloping in turn; it ran along until it got in front or tho kin when it stopped, when a toy footman de scended and openiner the carriage door handed out a ladv "with born grace. The lady mado a courtesy, presented a pe tition to his maiesty. and re-entering ner carriage was driven away. uen. uo Oenncs, a Frenchman, who defended the colonv of St. Christopher acainst the Entrlish about 1C88. amused himself by making an automaton peacock, which walked alwut in all its pride of extended feathers, and picking up corn from the ground swallowed it Tho king of automata constructors was .Tnmies V.iucanson. born at Grenoble in 170!. While ouito a boy lie mado sev eral self moving figures. Tho bent of his mind was determined by a rather pe culiar circumstance. Being left to hun self in the house of a friend to which he went with his mother, ho perceived t.liroiif h tho crack of a uartition an old clock with slowly swinging pendulum, which excited his attention. Next time ho visited this houso ho had a pencil and paper with him, and mado a rough sketch of tho clock. By earnest study nnd investitration ho succeeded in mak ing a clock of his own out of pieces of wood, nnd his wooden clock kept time fairly well. Then began his experiments with automata. Ho mado a wooden rhanel. with movine figures of priests, Ho invented a hydraulic machine for the ritvof Lvons. and later, in the samo iikice. perfected a machine for silk weav in" that caused tho work peoplo to riso amiinst him in arms. Ills first great achievement in automata was his iluto nlaver, which was ono of the wonders of i - . . , , -it ,1 i. : his time, no nau oeen ui, mm muuu ilnrin Ilia convalescence. The several parts of it wero made by dilTcrent work men to prevent its discovery. Only I faitiiful K-rvant aided him in his secret, Aeeonlin'r to D'Alembeit. tlie remark able figure stood on a pedestal, in which portion of tho mechanism was con ccalcd, and tho player not only blew into tho instrument, but with its lips increasea or diminished tho sound, performing tho legato and staccato passages with perte lion, und fin-rei inc with complete accu mov. It was exhibited in Paris in 1738, nn,l mndi a irroat sensation. Vaucanson next made a flaceoiet player, anu laier mechanical duck, which waddled. Bwam lire.1 nn.l nuacked. and. liko Do Gcnnes peacock, picking up and swallowing its food. Ho was engaged on an endless .i.nin nhnn Im died. Ho willed all Lis automata to tho king. Maetzel, the inventor of tno meirc- nonio and of several musical automata, opened nn exhibition m v lenna ui i&uj, with a life size automaton trumpeter as tho chief attraction. When tho audienco entered all they6awwasa tent. After time tho curtain parted, and fliaeizei appeared leading forward a trumpeter in tho full regimentals oi uu dragoon. By pressing tho left epaulet of tho figure ho mado it play cavalry calls and a march, and an allegro by Weigl, accompanied by a lull uanuui living musicians. iN or was wis an. figure retired ana roappeureu uoui.u... peter of the French guard. Maetzel wound it up on the left hip, pressed onco more on the left epaulet, and it played tho French cavalry calls, a French cav alry march, a march by Dussek and one of "Pleyel's allegros, the full band again accompanying. Knauss again exhibited at icnna nn automaton that wrote, and tho Drozcs, father and son, constructed several me chanical figures that both wrote and played musical instruments. A panto mime in five acta was performed by a troupe of puppets in Paris in 1729, and r.lenfult, in 1740. got up a representation of "The Bomlmrdnienl of Antwerp, by automata. Another piece performed by ri.,.rii'. niii.mi.'it.'L. which ho called conieiliens practiciens, was "The Gr;uid Assault of Lcrg-op-iom. "whiujh.o of Invention." The Amlrlnn Capital's Poor. In one year in Vienna over C2.CO0 no tices of eviction wero served for nonpay- ,r dotn nn,l municipal taxes, -ilic Ull'Ufc ' -" ' , . . . ,. Ul I in- nrtunllv carried restivo is the fact that in 1?S3 alone out i )or relief had to be given hero to 10.. !.-.,; iktsoiis. while oJ..iJ nrrwts were mado for vagrancy. -New York Tribune. population of tlie city .pit w mS u. ... timo rou-hly 733.W0. it f.-Hov.s .ha alxnit one in every twelvo lenneso had the 11 sword susiieixled over him. In no fcwer than 14.71m ca-scs tho evictions out. K pially sug- II? ts rich who liis Lcpi'j uicaioriis. a goodly store cf Newspaper la Turkey. , Amonir the various innovations lately Introduced into Turkey may be included that of newspapers. Tlie first, if we are it mistaken, apiwared m Conntantinopie in 1841, under the auspices of Mr. Oxcun- yan, the former Turkish consul general New York, and was called Aztarar Bizantian, or The Bvzantine Advertiser. The people, unacquainted at that time with the aim and importance or a daily chronicler, were not prepared to appreci ate the value of a ncwspacrt aiul were slow to patronize the paper. It was obliged to stop. Since then more fre quent intercourse with the rest of Eurof and political incidents which made the people eager for news gave rise to the publication of other newspapers whose numlter is now legion. There are at present more than twenty different dailies and twenty weeklies ap pearing in Constantinople in various dia lects, each advocating its own particular interest. Among tho organs of the dilTer- nt nationalities in Turkey may bo men tioned the Akhtar (Star), which repre rents the Persian interest in Turkey. It printed in Turkey script, though the language is Persian. It commences at the right hand corner of the sheet with the announcement that " the office of ublication of the Akhtar is at Validel Khan in tho seat of felicity (Constantino ple). All communications must be ad dressed to Mehmed Tehir Etlendi, sole editor and proprietor." In imitation of trench journals, the paper commences with an editorial on tho affairs of Siam, as a leader, followed by telegraphic news, both foreign and domestic, extracts from foreign papers, home news, current events, official pro motions, and a few advertisements. These papers are sold at an average price of 4 cents per copy, and an edition of 2, 000 is considered a large circulation. There being a strict surveillanco over all publications by tho government, the editors are restrained from indulging in liberal thoughts and observations, as well as on what news they publish, so that these prints are," as a matter of course. vapid and devoid or interest, and cannoi in any sense bo called newspapers. New York Urapluo. The Mourning Huslness In Euclnnit, They mako wholesale work of the mournine business here. A bereaved family cannot pile on too much crape, and even tho children are oppressed out of all reason with the deepest dyed habu iments of woe. School boys aro often seen with a wido band or chevron of craps sewed permanently into their coat sleeves, and the littlo girls are shrouded in black until their faces and the whites of their eyes are all that is light iu sight. A family of six motherless young bisters seen out walking with the stricken father recently were in tlie "customary suits of 6olemn black" even to strings of sable crane around their little necks in place of collars. When the sainted mother looks over the parapet of heaven and sees her dear ones thus distigured, 1 u Pet makes her feel sorry sho died. An inter estincr phase of mourning custom here with some is tho publication of aiiniver sary death notices. These aro classified under an " In Memoriam " heading and appear one, two, or inoro years from the dato of the loved one's death. For in stance, Tho Times of say Juno 1, 1887, may contain several of these " In Memo riam " notices of those who died June 1, 1880 or 1885. The notices are often in scribed. " In loving remembrance," and are usually put in by a surviving husland or wife. I am told that in such cases they are rarely kept up more than a year or two. When a man is getting ready for another wedding he hasn't timo to be fussing up " In Memoriam " paragraphs and rushing around with them to the papers. London Cor. Chicago Tribune. Methods of Japanese Acupuncture. Acupuncture is not an invention of the Japanese the first treatise upon it being attributed to a Chinese under the Sung dynasty although the form of the needles used and the mode of their em ployment have been much improved upon by them; tubular needles, for in stance, wero invented in 1088. It should not be forgotten that Aadepiadcs, in the first century of our era, recommended needle puncture for dropsy. Tho opera tion consists in driving fine gold, silver or steel needles from one-hnlf to three ouarters of an inch into the flesh. The needles are of various forms and have spirally grooved handles for the better twirling or the instrument. The operator holds a needle lightly with the left hand, resting tho ioint upon the skin of the patient. He then inserts it by a slight tap on the handle, given with a small wooden mallet held in tho right band. Tho needle is then gently pushed and twirled until it penetrates to the proper depth, and after a few seconds is slowly withdrawn in me same manner, the skin about the puncture being sulise quently chafed for a few moments. The number of perforations made at ono time varies from one to twenty, and they are oftenest made in the abdomen, to which, however, they are not confined; speci-1 treatises lavinz down tho spots to be pierced in various diseases, and one divis ion of 6tudy distinguishing on tho back the so called hollow spots (more than a hundred in number) "where the ends of the nerve fibers are found" for the application of the needle or the moxa. Westminster iceviow. England's Castles and Abbeys. Tlie old castles and abbeys of England wero built expressly for the benefit of modern picnic parties. It is a rare day when the visitor to the ruins of any of these does not find a party of young folks spoiling buns, cold fowl and ginger ale on tlie sito of the donjon k P or the late Ladv Rowcna a front sitting room, nc nic buses run tkiily from every adjacent town, and plank seats and tables for the accommodation of the merrymakers arc always erected within the crumbling walls. It only costs sixpence a htfiid to thus contract dysjicjisia on the very htt. where "iroose nvo anil boar s heaa once ravaged tlie digestion of mediajval feed its. London Letter. Snowfull In Germany. A German mathematician has calcula fl tli:.t the Hiowfall of rentrd Oernir.nv from Ixc. 10 to 2a weiglRj no Wi thai in nfifi.COJ tons in tho arc-a between Co degs. and o2. dej r.orth latitude cjh U Uvef-n 7 degs. and Vi degs. eat loui tudo Arkai'aaw Tiaveltr. HOW STURGEON ARE CAUGHT. Details of an Kirlllnf Koslaoss A Mini Id Ilia Channel. There is at least 100,000 invested In the sturgeon fishing interest in the New Jtwy end of the line, with headquarter at Bay Side, Cumlierland county. The sturgeon grows rapidly, and a fish of six yearn old weiglis SOU pounds. A big sturgeon yield from four to six Yankee buckets of roo like unto shad roe, with larger egp, which are first rublied through a course sieve, then salted nnd rubbed through a liner sieve till the fiber is disengaged from tho egg, and the re mainder, after draining, is emptied into kegs and becomes what Shakespeare calls "caviare to the general." It is then shipped via New York to Eurox where the supply is not equal to tho demand. Tho modus oirrundi with a sturgeon is to cut oil his tail and let him bleed, the largo artery running through the tail. Tlie roo is then taken out of the live fish. A broadaxe is used to decapi tate tho fish, then the skin is taken off, the backbone or cartilage; is then taken out with a sharp knife and leaves two sturgeon sides boneless. The fish is thoroughly wiped out with a coarse whalcbono broom, then tho flesh is put into an ice box and is shipped to New ork. where it readily sells as good "At bany beef." If the market is glutted the sturgeon meat is kept till fall in the ice house at a temperature of 4 deg. lie- low zero, and is then found good eating. The head, tail and backbone furnish the famous sturgeon oil. The sturgeon has no wenxns of de fense airaiust the shark and flies from tliis lawyer of the sea. I found two stui goon in the haul made by moonlight with the entire nose bitten otf by a slun k. A net entirely dry weighs 500 pounds, the cotton laid twino alone weighing 1100 pounds, costing twenty cents a pound. The meshes of the net are from thirteen to fifteen inches wide, and a sixteen foot board twelve inches wido can bo shot through the net, so no shad or small fish are ever caught in a sturgeon net. A sixty pound rock is sometimes found in tho sturgeon gill net. The net is 1,328 feet long, seven feet under water, with no lead or other sinker, tho weight of the twino holding the net down. Tho float (or cork) remains on top of the water fast to tho lanyard, which is fast to the Uoat, At each drift, sav two hours before low water, from one to ten sturgeon is the catch, und a cork indicates when a big fish gets his gills entangled in the meshes of the net. The fish yields easily to fate and shows no game. Tho water at Tampa is transparent and a spear is used to kill the fish, but the fisherman is desperately vexed with what he calls "foul fish, the sawll and devilfish. Tho latter, weighing 1,000 pounds, frequently teur a net to pieces, and the sight of a sawfish drives a fisher man to shore. Frequently a 400 jiound green turtlo is bugged with no market for turtle. Tho sturgeon feeds down on the bottom on tho crustaeea and can bo seen rooting like a hog on the bottom. Tho savants or scientists havo never discovered where the sturgeon spawns, and it may lie in the Black sea or in Delaware bay where the sho sturgeon has been seen to shed her spawn on the surface of the bay or river in the months of April and May. New York Mail and Express. Strange Medicines of China. Mr. Mitford has told us how he saw a Chinese physician prescribe a decoction of three scorpions for a child struck down with fever; bnd Mr. Gill, in his "Uiver of Golden San.','' mentions having met a numlier of coolies laden with red deers' horns, some of them very fino twelve tine nntlers. They are only hunted when in velvet, and from tho horns in this state a medicine is mado which is one of the most highly prized in tho Chinese pharmacoiKi'ia. With regard to the sin gular virtues supposed to attach to the medicinal use of tiger, Gen. Robert War den tells me that on one occusion when, in Iudia, ho was exhibiting some trophies of tlio chaso, some Chinamen who were present became much excited at the sight or an unusually line tiger sum. iney eagerly inquired whether it would bo pos sible to find the place where tho carcass had been buried, because from tho liones of tigers dug up three months after burial a decoction may bo prepared which gives immense muscular power to the Tortu nate mail who swallows it! I am indebted to tho same informant for an interesting note on the medicine folk loro of India, namely, that while camping in the junglo one of his men canio to entreat him to shoot a nightjar for his benefit, because from the bright, prominent eyta of this bird of tho night an ointment is prepared that gives great clearness of vision, and is therefore higlily prized. Miss Bird, too, has lecorded somo very remarkable details on the materia medica of Ch'n i and Ja;an. When in a remote district of Japan she becamo so unwell as to deem it necessary to consult a nativo doctor, of whom she savs: "He has treat faith in ginseng and in rht noceroe horn, and in the powdered liver of some animal, which from the description I understood to bo a tiger all specifics of the Chinese school of medicines. Vr, Nosoki showed me a small liox of uni corn's horn, which he said was worth more than ita weight in gold." Nine teenth Century. An Electric Hons Cutter. Removal of sections of bone in surgical operations lias heretofore been a long, tedious process, effected with mallet, chisel, gouges, etc. It is, iierhiips, tho most brutal and unscientific method which could be adopted and sounds like the operative butch' ry which existed in the la-st centurv. iins has all been re- formed by an invention called the electric osteotome, winch is an instrument hold ing a circular saw at its extremity, re volved with lightning speed by an electric motor. This, when held against a bone, makes a clean cut through it in a few seconds; in fact, its action is instantane ous. By holding the osteotomo in slantin" ixisition wedge shaped pieces can lx." cut out with equal promptitude. There ii no danger of tho Kaw cutting tho soft pails, as they nro protected by a re tractor, nn instrument which u pa.ed onwn and under tlio bone. Chicago N-.'vvs. A Of rman chemist, A. Lnmnr.tcin, hai jast (hoovered and patented n pness for i.Kd;iii' from cantor U'aii3 tho rich coloring tubstanco known ca "Tuikcy rr.' " LOVE AT HIGH TIDE. Tbou, Ibou Usl too oiy bloxl, my breath, my bring; Tlie owl to rlunrs for Id the era of life; Tlie sUlit to slraln for, past the bon.lof sln; The ictory to win through loafi sinie. Hy queeol my crowned mlstrvssl my sphered ' ' I bridr! Take tbla fur truth, that what I say beU Of;lIJ loT-fniu full orbed at the elt;bl of Ihee- Msy b fun;len with a quick remission. For, thou divine fulfillment of all hope! Tliou all un1ramel completion or tne visiodi I gaze upon lliy Ivauty, and my fear raises as clouds do wbrn the moon shines clear. Edwin Arnold. PRACTICE OF PUBLIC BATHING. Whea It Cain to an End Private nam ing llecatua liar. In the chance of the world's habits in cidental to tho change of religion, and CNtiecially with the deserved condemna- Hon or tlie icoman puuuc uitns vy un christian church, the practico of pu' " bathing came to an end, and that of vate bathing, unhappily, became only loo rare. Tho usages of the generations pro- ceding tho prevent century, in tho matter of cleanliness of personal haoils, aro al most incredible to us. A iwoW recently published, of which Mr. Alfred Franklin is the author, contains some facta re cardinc tho domestic lifo and social usages of tho period from tho 1 wen in to the Eighteenth century, which aro in sense instructive, since they show to what a condition even "elegant society may descend when the watchful caro for personal cleanliness is once ananuoneu. The ladies of tho Kevcnteenut century verr seldom washed their faces. They sometimes dipjxxl a cloth in spirits and passed it over their faces, and their toilet code and directions, still extant, prove that they avoided water for tho face lie- cause they believed it was destructive to the complexion. As for any other son of baths, no reference is found to them in theee toilet directions, probably for tho very gaxl reason that uono were ever taken. That the samo ladies seldom washed even their hands seems to lx tiiblifihcd also. In an old romance a princess savs to a young lord of the court: "You seo. sir, that my hands aro whiter than yours, although it is four days since I washed them." This seems to have been a commonplace remark, and treats of a condition of things which was taken auite as a mntter of course. Kichelieu was known among the men of tlie Seventeenth century as a man who was neat in his person. That he is mentioned as a "man who bathed" seems to prove that it was not common for men to "bathe" at that time. The women of the courta of Imm XIV and XV of France powdered their faces in cessantlv instead of washing them, and built enormous headdresses upon heads that wero never combed. The accounts which aro given of some results of this practice are almost beyond belief. It seems to have taken the jieojileof Eune many centuries to learn what they now know of tho need of personal cleanli ness, a knowledgo which they lost after tho destruction of the Homan baths. Tho people of tho European continent of the . .1 t l,.l,.a on.i... JiretK'llfc uuy luu iai 4IV.11I iaiiihw . .. . .i... .,.t IOUS ill tins resieci na uro mu biiiuu mm Americans. The Argonaut. III Health of Army Horses. Statistic of the hones of the French cnvulrv show a loss by death of nearly 8,000 hones a year, entailing an annum money loss of Sl.000,000. One canst!, and ono quito unexiected until lately, of the ill health of tlie army horses lias ueen Uiscovereu. aim nan ureu inmwi w m .. 1 1 1 1 i. l A pamphlet by Lieut. Col. Hennebert, of tno riein ii iuiiij. Ho says thut tho horses generally showed nn aversion to their stables, and a marked unwillingness to enter them, even when thev had been wearied by work or drill. What could have caused the horses to have such a revulbion for their stables? Tho ciuiho was found at last, Col. Hen neliert says, in the feet that the stalls, which are made to slant backward, give pain and distress, and often, as a conse- ouence. disease to me norsea. vitcn tins incline backward la maue quite snarp. 1 ' , t Now, a position upon an inclined plane keens certain muscles o' the horse's back nnd leus drawn constantly. The animal entlea-'ors to una a level place to stand upon to relievo this strain, and goes back as far as he can. Tins habit tho hostler regards as a "vice," and often strikes the horse euro him of it. Rones and chains are s-etched across the back of the stall to keep the animal irom backing out, and ho is left there to an ever increasing miser. In England expo' menu have been made which prove 4,'at the horse is bet ter able to bear fatl"" if he is kept in a stall with a perfect? level floor, and sloping stalls are going out of use. Youth's Companion. How the Knnper Trains. How does the runn" train? That is a question whose ansT branches out in half a dozen direcV-ig. Given fairly irood health, strong cors'itution and an ordinary jiair of legs, the youth who burns for famo on tho cinder path must jog two or three mi'rs a day for two or three months to acquire "bottom." That is. to build up and strengthen the mus-cli-s in foot, calf, thipl: and loins needixl to carry him throui' his races. In the meantime ho will lw- lived plainly and abstemiously, avoiding spirituous liquor and tokicco. getting; r enliful and regu lar sleep and exerct 'ng six days a week. It pays to rest one ''av in seven. Why must he avoid tobacco'' Only becauso it Marches his throat. i:r,r;iirs, no matter how slightly, his br"' ing powers and helns to put his ner- in such condition thut ho is easily "rattled." New York World. F. M. WILKINS. Practical Drncsst I Glieiiiist DRUGS. MEDICINES. Itraahea, I'alnta, Ulan. Oil". Leada TOILET ARTICLES, Etc Physician' Prescriptions Compounded. lOCIZTIII. rnUOKHX IODGK NO. II, A. F. AND A. A J MM) nratand third Wednesdays la nun ui. SPENCER BUTT It U)I)OK NO. I. a O. F. Meets Sfery Tuesday evening. IMAW1IALA KNCAMI'MKNT HO. . It L I I t , k. M - J days In each month. . . mvm v., h mwu win IVUIUI TT S'UAENE LODUK NO. l A. O. V. W. 4 Meets at Masonlo Hall the second aa4 irth f rldajrs In each niuuth. M. Yf. T M.OEAIlYPOHTNO.40.a.A.R. MEETS fie at Masonlo Hall the first and third rrV ds;s of each month. Hrohler, CoMHANDsa. BUTTE LODOK NO. I. O. O. T. MEETS ever Saturday ntxht in Odd KellowaT Hall. W.C.T. TEAMING 8TAH IIANDOFHOI'R. MEETS J st theC. I'. Church every Huudaj after noon at 1 3a Visitors mads welcome. 0. C. B R. TIME TABLX. Mall Train "orth, 4:15 a u. uail train south. VM p. u. Kugene Ixiral-lave north ( 00 1. M, Ktmena loal-Arrlve t iO r. If. ornci hours, ihoehi city rorcorrox. General Delivery, from 7 a. u. to 1 p. Ik money irmer. rrein ; a. M. to t p. M. Register, from 1 a. u. to p. u. Malls ror north clone at 8110 p. u. Malls for south close at Krt) p. u. Malls by Local close at 8 JO a. M. Mails for franklin oloaa at I a. m. UmIm and Thursday. Mails for Mabel elm at T a. v Moadae ul Thursday. Eugene City Business Directory. DETTMAN. O.-Dry goods, clothing, grocer! and veneral uiercliandiseL aouthwnal avow. Willamette and Klghth streets CRAIN BROS.-Dealers In jewelry, watohs. oloou sod musical Instruments, WlllameU street, kelween Seveuth and tlghlh. FRIENDLY, 8. H.-Dealer In dry goods. olotV u ana Kenerat nioronanillM. nuiaaselS xeet, between Klglith and Ninth. GILL. J. P.-Physlclan sad surgeon. WlUaa- eiia aireei, neiweeu -seventh and fclgnuu II0DR8, C.- Keeps on hand (bia wines, llooot cigars ana a pool ami billiard utile, Wltlam- sne sweet. Between Kighlh and Ninth. HOKN, CHAR. M.-Gunsmlth. rides and shot- f uns, breech and inusale loaders, for aal (epalring done In the neatest style and war ranted. Shop on Ninth street. LUCKKY, J. S.-Wachmaker and Jew else. keepea fine stock of goods In his Una, V Ulan, site street. In Kllsworth s drug store. McCLARKM, JAMKS-Cholcs wines, tlnaors and cigars, W illaiuette street, between KighUt and Ninth. POST OFFICR-A new stock of ltadar sohool books Just received at the post offlee RHINRHART, J. n.-Honie, sign and carriage painter. Werk guaranteed Unit-class Black sold at lower rata- than bv am one in Knnw DR. L. F. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. riLIi ATTKNI) TO PROFESSIONAL TV calls day or nlirliL OrriCB-Unslalra In Tims' hHrlt! nrauU found at K. It. I.uckey & Co s driij store. Offla nours: 10 u u 1 to I P. M., 0 to i r, M. DR. J. C. GRAY, rEirj:jsrr. , OmCK OVKR ORANQE STORE, work warranted. I " " inoiuuw levin. 1 GEO. W. KINSEY, Justice of the Peace. ftEALRSTATK FOR 8AI.IC-TOWH LOTS it and farms. Collections promptly a- I tended to. annnTO an r-iinnninaa rUn , $ LlYirUhlUr.l HORN & PAINE, Practical Gunsmith s DSAL1M UI GUNS, RIFLES, Fishing Tackle and M aUHate Scwliz MactoaHWcilcsof All Lifts For S& Repairing dons ih ths neatest style ani warranted. Gnni Loantd and Ammunition Forniihel ghop on WUIametta Streai Boot and Shoe Storo A. HUNT, Proprietor. Will ksreanec kt a eonplsle stosk at Ladies' Hisses' and Children's SW BUTTON BOOTH. 81ippen, White and Black, Sandals, mi DO SHOES, MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS AND SHOES! And In tmrt Trthln In the Root an4 eiioe line, to which I Intend to deroU my espeoial attenUon. MY COOD8 ARK FIRST-CLASH! And guaranteed as represented, and wlu be sold for the lowest l l ror tne lowest uri prices that a fw4 art id can be afforded. V. Hunt. Central Market, FiHlicrAcWntkins PROPRIETORS. Will keep constantly on hand s full supply t 33 131317" 1IUTTON. PORK AND VEAU Which they will sell at ths lowest market prices A fair share of the public patronage sollolta TO TIIK fAllMEIlHi We will pay the highest markot prlos fot fai cntUrt. him and sheep. Shop on Willamette Street, YUCFWS CITY. OREGON. Meats iiiBM u any part of Uis city fraa of eharva. lanU