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PITH AND POINT. Sudd m exportation which kindlo tho mind to a fovor, sometime chill the linnet to a front. Trying1 to reform a man by reform ing hits surrounding 1m like tying shockol pears or rhambo apples to the1 rough twigs of a crab-tree. Inl trior, To rejoice In another's prosperity is to give content to your own lot; to mitigate another's grief I to alleviate or dispel your own. The ignorance of one man may ba higher than the Intelligence of anoth er. There may bo a very largo momo- ry and a narrow consciousness. "Fly tho pleasure that bites to morrow," observes a philosopher who probably reeled off thin piece of wis dom after a day' ill luck at fishing. Philadelphia Ledger. A youthful applicant for gradua tion at Lexington, Ky., being askod the other day: "What doos history teach?" anHwered: "That the United States hns never boon whipped and nover will bo." Some men are always looking for things that are pointed in a newspa per, and yet if their names are used to sharpen the point they are too dull to see where the fun comes In. Shoe und Leather Itrjiorkr. Far away there in tho sunshine are my highest aspiration. I can not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe In them, and try to follow whore they lead. Louise M. Jlcotl. Tho exhibition of what Is noble, the embodiment of what is right, beau tiful, and heroic in life, produce a far greater effect on the human heart than prtoept or exhortation. "Example is better than precept." John li. (lonyh. The man who turns to the sunny tido has the sunniest heart, and he as lists others toward gaining a similar experience. For we are prono to fol low th oe whom we see starting off with tho gladness of expectation In their fweaL'nikd 1'renbytrrian. They suy "Truth is mighty, and will prevail;" but this is only half the sase. If you put truth upon the shelf and let dust He on her record, of what uso will it bo to mon? Truth un cnown, how can it enlighten? Truth not felt, how can it renew? Spurgcon. Q A deer hunt near Martin, Tonn. came to a queer end. After tho sports men had chased tho deer for several miles, and the hounds were close at his heols, the frightened animal turned suddenly, and, running up to one of tho hunters, tucked its head un der his arm as If for protection. No one had the heart to kill the pleading animal, and the hunt was abandoned. Nor.o but a true man can npp reelato childhood, although children often have a keener appreciation of true manhood than most men have. A man must, therefore, carry tho best in itincls of his childhood with 111 in Into the period of manhood, if he would know what it is to be a true mini. And not until he knows w hat It Is to bo a true man, can lie Ik true to the child In the man or to tho man In tho child. S. S, Times. TOMMY WAS EXCUSED. A l.enion In Arltliiuvtln, or Clmr Cat of l.nve'a l.tilior Lout. Parents, as a gvn nil tiling, do not spprocliito the trouble teachers havo In milking children lenru and com prehend their lessons. Some boys are phenomenally dull, and it requires much perseverance and skill to make them comprehend in n the simplest lessons. Colonel Verger, of Austin, Tex., has a son named Tommy who is a little obtuse in arithmetic, us will bo seen by the following con vermilion: Teacher Suppose, Tommy, you have a stocking on one foot and you put another ulooklng on the other foot, how many stockings will you have? Tommy Fa don't let mo wear stock ings In summer. "Suppose, then, It was winter, and you did wear stockings, how many would you have? How many did you wear last winter?" "I done forgot, it's so long ago." "Well, how many feet havo you got?" "Sumo ns always." Til try something else. Suppose your father has one pig in a pen, and ho buys another pig and puts it in tho pen, too, how many pigs will ho have?" "Dad don't keep no pigs." "Hut suppose he did, how many would he have then?" "I dunno, but I'll ak him if you say o." The teacher blew a heavy sigh from his tired lips, wiped the perspiration from his weary brow, and then weut at It again. "Suppose, Tommy, you havo on a jacket and at Christmas your pa gives you another one, how many jacket) will you havo then?" "I'll havo to wait until next Christ mas before 1 answer that. I didn't got no jacket last Christmas." "SupKo your mother gives you ono peach, and you havo one already, how many will you havo then?" "1 won't havo none; 'cos I'll oat 'em up." Tho teacher was not a man to be dls WHirnged by trllles. He began to sus pect that Tommy was beginning to lose ground in mathematics, but he resolved to glvo Tommy one more chance. "Tommy, If a poor little beggar boy lias a cake, and you give hlui ono more, how many will ho have?" "1 don't need no beggar boy to cat my cuke; I can do that myself." "Tommy, you can run out and play.' TtuiA ij tings. SAMOAN ORATORS. important Pereonaa;ea Who ".tend Very CIom to the High Mucb-a-Mucke. The Samonn orator Is a personage for whom no exact parallel Is to be found, so far as I know, anywhere else In the world. True, wo who consider ourselves to be In the front rank of civilization retain In a fragmentary condition the custom of appointing those peoplo to do our talking for us. Thore is among us a privileged class whose members are alone permitted to speak for others in a court of law. Hut so long as wo can steer clear of litiga tions we have no use for tho barrister, and are not called upon to contribute to the cost of his maintenance. There is another class, o, not much priv ileged In these froo American com munities, It is true, although largely so In other lands, who, in a sense, are our orators, since it is our custom to let them, for tho most part, do our praying for us. In a certain senso we can, if so disposed, dispense with the services of this class also, though if we entirely escape contributions toward their mainte nance wo are either very lucky or very clever, and in either caso very hard-hearted, and necessarily abstinent in regard to the witcheries of church fairs. In Samoa, however, life can not in any way be got along with with out the Interference of the orator. At every turn ho not only does tho think ing and the talking for his peoplo, but if any other mun takes the trouble to have thoughts of his own it is still the orator who gives voice to them. The great chief wishes to make known his intention or dodre to his peoplo, he instructs one or more of his orators to speak for him. The popu lace have a complaint to make, or a wish to express, or a compliment to pay, it is tho hereditary orators of tho village or of the district who spoak for them and put plaint, prayer or praiso, criticism or courtesy, into its proper uH phase. When chiefs and heads of families assemble together to discuss tho common woal on any project that may be In hand, from a marriage to a war, it is still tho orators, and the orators alono, who do the talking. It ls beneath the dignity of a chief to use his tongue either to advise or pursunde or command. For a common man to speak would bo an Impertinence, whatever weight his age or experience or his personal character might attach to his opinion. His wis dom, if he have any, is not on that ac count lost to his neighbors. What tho orator has to say is not his mere indi vidual opinion. Ho is veritably a 'mouth-piece." His speech is ail ar ranged beforehand in private and less formal confabulations, whero every man who has any thing to say uses his tongue ns he lists. Tho custom probably loads to tho saving of much time and Is merciful towards the cars and senses of those assembled to listen. A fono, or council. is got through in much less than half the time that would othorwise bo con sumed. This is ono of the institutions peculiar to himself which makes tho Samonn claim that all other Polynes ians are but degenerate children of the illed forefathers of tho raco. In Now Zealand, at a tangl, it U tho chiefs who do the talking, and of theso generally only the older ones. Marked is the ditTerenco between tho rant and stormy vehemenco of a Maori orator when something that touches nearly the in terests of his tribe is under discussion, and tho staid, orderly deliberate utter ance f the professional talking-man of Samoa. In Hawaii, in old days, before a spurious clvlll.ation had replaced the nntlvo manners, it was much tho same ns in Maoridom. When tho great chiefs or local kings condescended so fur as to tako counsel with those who might not with Impunity walk upon their shadows, tho method of conduct lug this counsel was almost identical with that of tho tangl. Tho Samoan stands alone amid his far-scattered raeo In retaining this custom of hereditary talking men, which is suro- ly very ancient, and which might with advantage bo taken as a pattern or at least as a germinal hint In the re modeling of the talking customs of some more modern scions of tho Aryan raeo. San t'ranciseo Chronicle. The True Boston Spirit. Boston Man (who has boon rescued as ho wits going down lor tno intra time) Is your namo Hoxey? Koscuer i os. Keep your mouth shut! Boston Man l)-do business on Stato street? Rescuer Yes. Shut up and save your breath! Boston Man Say, Hoxey, would it b-bo convenient for you to pay me that I'.'.SO to-day that you b-borrowod a year or two ago! Tid-lits. m a 1 Weil Supplied With Sitters. She had promised to be a sister to htm. He thanked her coldly, but said that he already had live sisters. "Why, Mr. Sampson," sold the girl, "I thought you wero an only child." "I am." ho responded; "I mean that I have live sisters such as you offer to bo," and ho tottered to the door. A'. 1". Sun. Proceedings In the New Mexico oourts of justice are usually conducted in tho Spanish language, and It very often happens in a trial, it Is said, that not a single juryman ean speak Kn-gli-.li. The two lawyers who stand at the head of the criminal bar in tho Territory owe their success almost en tirely to their fluent command of SpaiiUk THE LONESOME TRAMP, I Wl.ron.ln nrmn Uot Him ItnrtVr Ills ThuiuU and M ida Him Weary. A farmer living In Waukesha County lad a tramp call upon him for a meal, md after giving him what he wanted le asked the tramp If he would not go ut tn tho pasture and drive up tho :ows. The tramp do sliuod. Ho said to was "no jay," to go around follow ng cows, and saying "cooboss." Tho 'armer was astonished at the man's re using to do a little favor, after being orovided with a meal, und asked him f ho wasn't looking for work. The tramp said: "No, we ura not ooking for work this year. We tramps aave organized a society and ono of ,he cardinal principles Is opposition to ork. We aro bound by an oath. In past years we have claimed to be look ing for work, but frequently noma ono .ould glvo us work, and several f the boys have had their lealth Injured by attempting to abor. Besides, it got so that every jody laughed and sneered when we mid we wore looking for work, and our Vationnl convention decided that It was tho square thing to give up lying ind travol on our merits. So we just isk for food, und if we get it, all right, uid if we don't got it, we move on to ,he next place. "Last year, over horo in Dodge Coun ty, I applied for work to a farmer, and le engaged me for a month. My Idea was to work that afternoon, driving u mid hauling hay, and along toward light let tho team run away, and skip )ut In the excitement, or if the team would not run away, to got up in the light and leave. "Talk about the oppression of capi tal, do you know that farmer actually sompeled me to work a whole month. "The first night I tried to get out of i window, when tho old granger was mtsido with a shot-gun, and he said if ( didn't get back in that window nnd fo to sleep, and get up at daylight and liilk the cows he would All my hide lth bird-shot. Then ho called a watch-dog and lot him smell of mo, md told the dog to watch me. Well, dr, I remained in that night, resolved o kill the dog tho next day, and skip ,he next night, but tho dog wouldn't lave any thing to do with mo, only to watch my pants. W hon tho dog was lot in sight, the old man was around with u pitchfork, and I plodge you my word I had to work. - "Do you know I hud to milk four- toon cows in an lii-vonmniea naru ard, with no proper soworngo, before ireakfast. All day long I worked, a rlsonor, sir, always looking for lib jrty, but always under tho eyo of that violent old mau and his hungry dog. Finally I got so tired at night that 1 would drop to sleep as quick as I struck 'ho bed, so I couldn t attempt to sscapo, and I worked for thirty days ictually. I got so I liked it, but tho .nstinct of liberty, which fills every tinman breast, was so strong that when my time was up I went away with three iollars, and I was to have tho balance fif my month's wages after harvest, but I never went back after It. I felt as though no tramp was safe around that (armer. " I hlowed in my money on tho Fourth of July and got in jail foi thirty Says and rested up from my overwork. No, sir; you farmers are hard on us. I will hire a man to drive up your cows, if you say so, in payment for tho royal spread you havo sot boforo mo, but us long as my mind retains the memory of that sentence of a month at hard labor on that farm, nud tho watch dog, and the old farmer with the gun, I will never work again. I will not even converse on the subject of labor, for fear you will construe my remarks Into a promise to work. Au revoir," and the tramp lifted his hat und disap peared. I'erk'i Sun. LINEN DRESS GOODS. Vaurloa Wliona Coolnoia Is Grateful to the St-! In Mot Weather. Since tho times when "purple and lino linen" wero tho acmo of elegance In apparel, linen has retained a plaeo as tho pleasanlost of all material for summer wear, notwithstanding tho countless array of diaphanous and airy fabrics iu cotton, woolen and silks. There is nothing "clinging" about them. It is a fabric whose "cool re serve" is grateful to ttio senses in hot weather, and If it becomes limp und discouraged with wear, It can readily to restored in the laundry and made to assume Its first freshness. Linen ginghams aro charming for morning wear, and their simplicity may be relieved with embroidery and ribbon so that they become really drossy. The newest goods in this line, however, aro tho linen daiuassos, woven like gingham, but in designs re sembling print, and which also like gingham aro not nil linen, but with the colored threads of cotton. Stripes, chocks and fancy plaids lu gray, wood color, brown, blue, rod, and soveral pretty color combinations, predomi uute, yet tho effect when made up is quite us pleasing and satisfactory as tho figured goods of seasons past. Tho woven linens aro also in stripes and plaids of colors contrasted with white, but those are all linen, nnd are the most durable of all similar fabrics. Theso are used not only for morning dresses, but for boys' shirt-waists and blouses, und for this purpose aro pre ferred to tho figured lluen cambrics and percales, although the latter are used, especially in dark shades of blue. Ikmortst's Monthly. The mayor of a municipality in Kansas appointed a city marshal whom tho Council didn't w ant, and the latter, to get even, fixed tho marshal's salary at (1 per moutb- FACTS ABOUT LUMBER. An Eipert's Opinion of Northern Whlto and Southern Yellow fine. There are many peculiar points In the plna lumber trade with which people outside the business are entirely un acquainted. There is considerable con flict on the markets between the whito pine of the North and the yellow pine of the South. There aro soveral im portant facts always considered by tho denlers in yellow pino. This plno, owing to the large amount of pitch and rosin contained in it, when sawed Into lumber, weighs 8J pounds to the foot. The white pine lumber in the rough weighs only 2J pounds. At u shipping rate of 10c per 100 pounds, this makes a difference of $1 per 1,000 feet In freight. But whilo it takes one day for a good carpenter to "work up" 1,000 feet of white plno, it will take the same man one day and a half to work tho same amount of yellow pine, owing to the rosinous substance in the latter making the boards tough. As n good carpenter will command $3 per day as wages, therefore, it costs $1.50 more to "work up" 1,000 feet of yellow pine thun it does 1,000 foot of white nine. So. there is. on this reckoning, a difference of $1 in freight and $1.50 in labor, a total of $2.50 in favor of the white pine. When buying lumber in markets whero the two specimens of pino are brought Into competition, tho lumber dealer who knows his businoss always adds the above amount to the cost of yellow pino. But tho pitch in the yellow pino causes the lumber, after it is well seasoned, to be tough and more durable than the whito pine lumber. The pitch is also a valuable feature of the lumber in other ways. notable as an exterminator of bed bugs, cockroaches, worms and other obnox ious visitors of sloomni-rooms. It is a fact now becoming well known that a room furnished in yellow pino lumber Is remarkably free from bugs and other Insects. But notwithstanding the fact that yellow pine lumber is far superior to whito pino, yet the latter com mands the higher prico in the market. This fact may appear to be singular, but it is only tho nat ural result of the organization in the trade. Tho yellow pine comes from the South, and the Southern deal ers und manufacturers of lumber have no proper organization to control their trade, and. therefore, they have no uniform system of grading, they don't work in harmony with one another, and by lack of business intercourse they fail to become as well informed in the trade as they would otherwise. Koch dealer has his own method of grading lumber in tho South; hence, there aro no uniform prices, and they work against ono another. Tho North ern lumber dealers, who handle whito nine, havo an organization known as tho Lumbermen's Association, which formulates a scale of prices and es tablishes a uniform svstom of crradin'r. and, therefore, thoy are enabled to ob tain higher prices for their lumber than those received by tho unorganized Southern dealers for a far superior grade. it". A. Steele, in St. Louts Ulohc-Democrat. KILLING ALLIGATORS. How Culmm Go About Slaughtering the Mmi-Kiitlng Soiiriunx. "Come," said Don Manuel; "we will show you how harmloss alligators aro when you know them, and what a simple thing it is for Cubans to kill them!" Moving stealthily along tho edge of the lagoon, wo suddenly heard horo, there, beyond, and again as if all about us, heavy sphtshes ill tho water, and tho quick parting and subsequent trembling of countless swaths of reeds showed whero unwiedly objects had made startled passages. We were among u school of alligators. How many? "Well, may bo several thou sand within a square mile!" answered tho don, complacent ly. Jose had a tremendous gua brahaca clumped stick, as largo, almost as heavy, and quite as strong as a crow bar, in his hand. At a word from Don Manuel ho gilded forward and flung himself in a reclining posture on a firm bit of ground perhaps fifty feet from tho edge of the lagoon, whilo tho don and mysolf hid in the edge of the jungle. An almost unendurable silence of perhaps half an hour ensued. Then gentle splushings among the reeds were heard. These wero Bhortly fol lowed by many soft, half-whistled gruntings. Directly tho heads of two alligators parted the reeds where Jose lay motionless. For a time these wero also motionless as an oriental study in bronze. Then tho bodies followed, slowly and cautiously at first, but soon with invodible rapid ity they moved upon Joso. I believe I was never so appre hensive and excited in my life. "Si lence!" hissed Don Manuel. Instantly one flopped about, scampered to the laud-edge, and whisked himself into the bayou. But the other, with snap ping eyes and quivering jaws, was bent on having Cuban meat for break fast. In another instant ho was at Jose's side. Tho latter bounded into the air liko a rubber bull. Flinging his canvas hut into the alligator's jaw's, which snapped and crunched it hideously, tho guabrahacu stick whistled through a wide air circle and descended with a crash into tho rep tile's skull. Before its first quiver and sprawl Jose's machete was through its shoulders a foot Into th solid soil be neath, and this bull alligator, seven teen feet in length, was dead. Three alligators wero dispatched in this re markable way. Lljar Waltman's (Vnm Letter. ' HISTORY. Intereatlnr Farts for Women Collected by 1'rliiceM Christian. Dr. Sophia Jex-Bluke, In her ex haustive work on medical women, take us to the earllost classical times. Ia the Iliad there Is mention of Agamedo, a woman skilled in the science of medi cine; and. again, similar reference also occurs In the Odyssoy. In France. In the fourteenth century, we have tho negative evidence of there being wom en practicing medicine and surgery, for in a document of 1811 "surgeons and female surgeons are forbidden to practice if they had failed to pass a satisfactory examination before the proper authorities." In England we are told that womon practiced in the timo of King John (1352) with full legal authority. There Is no question that there have, In all times, been a greater number of women calling themselves mldwlves. and earn ing a scanty livelihood as such In this country; but the dig nity und importance which belonged to them In tho middle ages "as a pro fession scientifically studied and carried out under proper control," has become u thing of the past. In the fifteenth century midwives were duly licensed. The first of whom we find any account is Margaret Cobbo, who had a yearly salary from tho crown. She attended Elizabeth, wife of Edward I ., at the birth of Edward V., and special pro vision was made for her rights and privileges by an act of Parliament. In tho sixteenth century the liench ol Bishops gave particular attention to the question of midwives, and curates were snjoined to teach and Instruct them "of the very words and forms of bap- im." It was In consequence of the oeremony of baptism being sometimes performed, in cases of urgency, by midwives, that they wero examined In their duties not only by a doctor, but by a Bishop. There was much com-1 plaint made of the Bishops giving then license without taking care to find ou' if thoy possessed needful knowledge oi instruction. 'In 1567 the Archbishop of Canter bury granted a license to Eleanor Pead. midwife, and required her to take a long oath to fulfill horduties faithfully; nnd among other thlngs.she bound her jelf to use tho proper words at baptism, ind, moreover to use pure and clean water." It is clear that In early times women took a much higher stand and position in nursing und medicine than has been given to them till within the last few years again. It may be that they lost their position because the fooling of tho times changed, and, in lonsoquonce, they were denied tho op portunities of needful study and ui itruction. Now tho tide has turned in their favor, and tho c hanco is offortd them of recovering that which wn formerly thoir undisputed right. I'rincess L'hristiun, in Woman a Work LOVE OF NATURE. 4 Noble Trnlt Whlrli Una lloen Developed Within the I'reent Onturr. No ono who reads our English litera ture of a hundred years ago or more can fail to boo that tho writers of that ugo cared nothing for tho grandeur of mountain scenery. They speak ol mountains as horrid, gloomy, forbid ding. If any scenery appealed to them it was the most artificial terrace and tamest lawn. There was little sympathetic study of nature thou under any form. ngling for trout and the fox-hunt were the only pursuits that could sug gest tho eager search for rocks and plants und bugs, that is now carried on in the fields and woods. This newly awakened tasta for out-of-door study, and this curious observation of nature is reflected in tho literature of the time, and is often commented upon by writers. In his recent life of Gouverneur Mor ris, Mr. Roosevelt takes occasion to say: "It must be remembered that the admiration of mountain scenery is, to tho shame of our forefathers bo it said, almost a growth of the present century." As a companion piece to this state ment of an American writer, may be taken what Mr. Davies, an Englishman, says of his experience in Holland. "Wo were disappointed at the scarci ty of birds of any kind either upon tho Zuyder Zee or in the country generally ; and here It may be mentioned that we did not meet with a single person of natural history tastes. Of the many we questioned on the subject, none in dulged, nor had they any frionds who indulged, in such childish pursuits." Youth's Companion. The Special Purpose Cow. In the selection of a cow for butter it is being learned that a cow that will give thirty pounds of milk a day, that yields one and a half to two pounds of butter, is better than one yielding only half as much butter from twice as much milk; and the claim that the big cow will bo worth more for beef In the end disappears in the light of a second thought, when any dairy man can see that he loses more every year that he feeds u poor butter cow, if butter-making is bis business, than the cow will bo w orth for beef above the cost oi futtening. With beef ut present prices tiie butter-maker would do better to keep good butter cow s, even if he puts them in compost when their usefulness Is past. But there is no need of this extreme measure. There is no cow that will fatten quicker when dried 0.1 tha.i one that gives rich milk. Mirror and fanner. Germany is said to Ihj tho greatest pntutv-atiuir country in h world. NUrtSES IN A HEARTY WELCOME. An Anecdote of General Scott and Parti Ut mil Harrington. 1 "I well remombor the grand recep. ' tlon givon to General Wlnfield Scott la the spring of 1848, aflor his return from Mexico, bringing TexaB as a nrln" said one of Gotham's oldost inhabitants to a reporter, "tne old hero was brought to Castle Garden In a steam. boat from Elizabothport. Thousands (f people were waiting to give him a rousing, patriotic welcome, and as he landed the Uovornors Island IUnd played 'Hail to the Chief.' " "The General must have been a splendid-looking man at that time" said the reporter. Well, I should say he was," said the O. I. "He was majestic In appear ance, but ho could laugh as heartily as any one I ever knew, and he did so on that occasion. Jim Woodruff, who was i popular local vocalist, sang a song, Dne verse of which I remember was: Your bttttlu's fouKht, your Tlctor.et woo, You noed not usk for more; v You re a incond WuHiilngton, You're welcome to our shore. "Just as he finished the song, and while the placo was ringing with ap oluuso, a powerfully-built man came plunging through the crowd on the platform us if he were possessed of the Urength of a John L. Sullivan. Ifo loarly upset Colonel James Watson Webb, carromed on ex-Mayor Harper, md came near pocketing Phillip Honn, ilev. Dr. Wainwright and ex-Mayor Brady by landing them in the orches tra. Alderman Morris Franklin, who iad been assigned to present Goneral ieott with an addreu of weloome, loized the interloper by he coat-collar ind tried to hold him back. ' ' See here,' said thij man, 'lot go of ny collar. I've come here to shake lands with that old sojor over there md I'm going to do it.' saying which le gave a jork and pulled his collar nit of the nldorman's grip. "He then stepped up to General cott and said: 'General, as an Amori :an citizen, I come hore on my own look to thank you for knocking them Mexicans out. You're entitled to the lelt.' "'Thank you,' said the old hero, who not only smiled, but laughed loartily as ho warmly shook the old nan's hand. "After Alderman Franklin had de Irered his speech of welcome, to which ;he General briefly responded, he ask id tho General if ho know who it was ,hnt had forced his way upon tho stage md through tho crowd to shake bauds with him. " 'No, I do not.' answered the Gon ral. " 'It was Bill Harringtou, the lugilist,' said the alderman. ' 'A fighter, eh?' said the Goneral. 'I suppose ho came to see me in keep ing with tho maxim that birds of a eather will flock togethor. I liked his ordiality very much, although he did a'oeze my hand tremendously.' 'Then the General laughed agate, md soon after rode up Broadway nounted on a splendid charger, under iscort of all the regiments of the Na tional Guard "Bill Harrington, who was one ot the best known characters of his time, lisappeared over twenty years ago and hits never beon heard of since." A'. Y. Telegram. THE HUMAN TEETH. DIITerent Klnila with Whli h Nature Has I'roviiled Munklnd. In regard to the teeth, it must be admitted that in relation to the subject in hand they aro literally and truly cut both ways. In tho complete sot of thirty-two tlioro are twenty for grind ing, eight for bitinr and four for tear ing. (Jrinding tooth are required for animals which live on grains and other hard vegetablo substances; biting teeth are necessary for animals which nibble soft substancos like grasses and some fruits; tearing teeth aro essential for animals which actually tear tough and resistant structures, like flesh, to pieces. In man the grinding teeth largely preponderate; and how well fitted these teoth are for grinding seeds, grains, acorns and the liko, the teeth of our very old forefathers toll a significant and true tale. In man the biting teoth have a conspicuous place and a vory decisive function; with them, even to the present, the skilled biter can cut through tho finest thread, a feat equivalent to dividing the most delicate filament of food fiber that grows from the earth. The teeth are vegetablo weapons; they are the best of weapons which the out-and-out vegetarian can use; they assist him both in practice and argument. But then there remain thoso four tearing fangs, those canine or dog's teeth, so firm, strong and savage. The canine, or tearing teeth, stand out strikingly In favor of tho view that man is formed for eating flesh; but it can not be said by the staunchest flesh-eater that the flesh-eating tendency is tho strongest altogether. No it is certain that the balance turns fairly the other way. I' may, however, bo argued that the very fact of the existance of only four tear ing teeth gives countenance to the be lief that nature has supplied tho human animal with fangs for devouring oni mal flesh if he is obliged or desirous so to do. This Is true, but only to a lim ited ertont, because we now know that even the teeth, firm as they are, be come, by constant habit of life, changed in form and charact?r. The canine tooth itself, even in the dog, has been exceptionally so modified from this cause as to lead to a characteristic typo of structure indicative of the influenco of manner of life on growth when ex tended through many generations. Lenijitmn't Magazine.