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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1889)
' EUGENE CITY b'UARD. I. h I AHI'HKI.I.. I.- Mir-. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. HAIR-DYE FOR" WORKMEN. Drum l.i I II In Onlr In K..i I P Ilia Km llll Vuung. There I now going on a mighty truggle which li nlmol oiwontlally a quostlon of age. Yet It Is ono which affect tlioiiMiind mid thouaiid of mon nnd women who am Milan and bread-winner. On ull side preference Is given by employers to yoiilh ovur more ad vanced your. Absalom. In Ibe rlgOC of hi Juvenility. I content to receive twenty to Ihlrly per OMl I'-" money than hi mora niiitiin rlviil. In wh.lo ni! warehouse, In public companies. In retail ostiibllshincnts. in the street, on Ull rati nnd the mil. BUM tad women who biii Itill bill and hoarty In mind and body have boon et adrift tip make room for tho younger - nnd nhaapor ibhMoi 'Ihi'y "'" gg to work for Iho HUM WJgft but the masters wiH hnvn KOM of then In Ihi-lr dUtrutia they torn to a comforter-Rot to Iho work-house. If they 0BB avoid to doing; not to the oha'rilnb'e IwUtatfODA not t o-trades union, but to Figaro himself, the D0t ruquler, tho hairdresser, the barber. The ii mon nt Of halr-dyo used by art I Minn ftfld laborer of oil sorts ll not only enormous, but Inert use dny by dav. It in not vnnlty wblrh lm'l tin mi to iho prentice, It I life, for which It Ik trail worth dyeing- 'I'h.. ItrHlTrf f on tho subject N un- iMlaMtv A knight of th.' react in tbo north of bunion latlHw thiil be Ih doing a tremendous trade In bulr- dyo with working-men for tin' reaaoai nvaa above, Tin-v tuko it mo" hu anld. "nnd at lliolr wives to lay It on. In many rnso It I nn absolute itocemlty with female cmplnws. Pro- prietora of big ntiUlaery eeubUihnieola won't Ban women with gray ' on till' pri'UlUeS Vhu vo no Idea abet ntiery Pta beta awn oof in famine flan r,.v luil r. I know a man. a father of children. All of a miildnn. from lib I think, hiii hair whitened, and ir took tho earliest oppor lunlty of giving him tho sack, and gutting a younger man in his pine. llo rouldn't obtain another lltuatioa lay where, and tha atom livable ho hml tbo older ho looked. At hint, whon bo wan at his wit'Hiuid. M ono told him to got bll hair dyad, and. what's mora, lent him the mouay to havo It .ion.'. Wall, Iix'h got another plana. It'll less money, hut you'd hardly know bin again. I'vn seen scores like him Vour younif folk may sneer at dye and crack jokes on tba lubjeet, but in ti n.! m Pal ""' 11 Dutchman It'i boon tin. salvation of mnny hard-work-lug BMW ami woman." A lady dealing in bUBMM hair Hour St. Pnncra-. whon sounded on tho uhj..i't. admitted DM praotlna. and allowed that ibe dealt vary largely in dyo, naarly nil Tawdtd to those aarulii tbair Imu; in lai'Ka MUBiaoilal MttUlaanHHibii Thn mmm taia wan rapaatad by ono wiio did a good oaal of nraflk la thu way with ladiaj of tho Miaalrinil pamiajtog "Lor' Mo you.'' ha axrlalnuil. with out hnlr dva winia .if thni-a woman aooid ba aavbara wimt mould you any. If you . a manacur, if a girl with gray loakt I'limo to you and WaOtad an auKaKrmantl' I axj t you'd iboa hat thu doov proltj quick iy. I'm not lalklag of ikaaa taia NWag fomalm who turn hlu. k to gold or rail In brown. I inaan tha i'harintor of thirl) la to forty, ntlll good look ing, hut who In In.ginnlng to show tha iow'dar UllT all liar hand. Tharo lr.n l on.', thai-.' Un'l twanty. thoro lui't a baadrad. hut I'd ilka w i't tbara'i a Ihouaaad w mora in tha Unltad Mng doui. Th. ii raat granrttnnlhiin had to waar w Ign; lliolr dtwaaintaiitn lira u daal mora aoatfortabla altb a iittio hamlaoi nolorlng nalter on taalr ow n hair '1 HK 00 Vba itorjf run ad lattaltuiu. Umdon Tolagrajili. w "Old Hickory" W Touh. Traralar in aaparaali Mttlod ragkMi in T.'iiii.'M.' . (aiimin.i down with rail wot as hraalfhwl) Ynii iay. tnndaai, tionaru' .lu'kiui unci li.it in tha bod I DOOUpiad liint Rbjbtf Agad laadlad ol eounu tarora ll.. dUL far a htek. 'JVavolor Wai It or thr iiiuobod In all roHpoats it l now P A. il lundlady Jaa' th" MUaO. 'J'ravalar And ha nclunhy ilapl in UP hui-o ho ilapif Agad laiulliulv Sni-liu'. 'i",iv' what I aaj ayin'. lb ilap' In IL Travolar (woiidaiTngly) What a hide h' wiwl have had! CkloagO Tribuaa Happy by Compariion. "Hallo. UoO'.nnU, you io.sk bl no What U th aUar '" "Malta r oaough, iioii on Umj baah of ui) aaak.'' i) UaOfga. aid falhiw, I ) mpa lhl.a wilh o. i." HBut )o.i iiiv not liMiklng r uunrka- biy ohaartal yaanall, Whaaaataai Any Uniiv; rruag with youf" My if.. 1 1 alaaalag bouaa." (Farraiitly.) Thank II. imu foi my baU" Chlaago Trlboao. Abw of 'h. nui-t raauuaahi laaai in ui K.. i ii JouroalUm wax oaoc aaWaad a Mra Isabel hi li Harrura. of IbMtoti. Sli wroaa u verbatim r pari of a ipaoeb bmum in naraaM bj t'arl N buri, which iba tttmad into Ijigii-h vklla her Mn .-li. Rytat tarota bat pain-r la (VaaogmpliloubaA ier To writ.. itanogTftpbloalty lim! Haajalata hNwa Qarauui to ftajHab liunltiiini.iily aaraii,ailiiv ieoe of hoi ll.;ihU reporting. - -In New York ity tba o . . ... tt hava ..I. . Red U,0UAXQUQ o( uubllc mon. ) ,n ..... ,.01 tllioou )i. lor K-houi puyoa Ji luiiuM. i in I htburgh Iti.-t tba color . I M-vlon of bin ehorob at a oainp ground one day. aud inqulr. "Will you ba nt nut poal In the illy ueil buuda) '' V., nab; I Have apKloUMl my enu.ln w aOlllate for m --u tba' day." POINTS FOR ENGINEERS. Dfui oaat Haaa, raaaiiaal nmu i H...I i Raaaa aThaa osinir a lel-oondeiiaor M Wll.1 the angiiii- make thrae or four revolution before OJMOlag th'' lujeation vulve, than ODOD ll traduaUr, letting the and an vine muke naviral more revoluti on before It l optimal to the full amount MOjttlMo. Opaa the main ntop-valva before y tart tba llroit under llie Udlar W'Ik-ii Hlni'lini Ill-en don't forget on to olowo I In- gnugi-aia'k and wifoty-valve um aoon an nUiam baglu.n to form. An old TarMab towel cut In two fourth IT MM in lieltor than aoltoii-wimlo fur (rioaolng brann work. Alwayn ooiiiioat your ntaam-valvcn In Mich a manner I hat the valve do- ugiiinni the aoaataat ataan piaaaara. Tui paatlai voU-aUxad with black varoinb makan a goixl coating for Iron Minokc-pipoa Ordinary lubricating oil are not anJtaMa 'or aaa in praraotlag runt. Vnii can make a hole through gtaM by covering It with a thin coating of wax by warming the ghwn and ipraadlnglht wax on it, tarapa afj the wux where you want the lode, and drop a little fluoric acid on the npol with a wire. The acid w ill cut a hole UlKNigb the glinn. and you can -hiipc iba bole with a aappar alia oorarad with oil aud rottaB'rtoaa A BllxturaOf one ounce of huI plnit-- of copN'r, o quarter of an oiinco ol iilum. half a loiihpnooful of Miwicred mill. 00a gill of vinegar and twenlv ilrop of nitric acid w ill make a bole lo itaal that la too bard t ant or )a canily. Alwi If applied lo nteel and aaabad off quickly it win give Um bmUI a baaatlful froatad appaarai It in a fact that thirty-live cubic (eel of non-water U equal In weight to thlrly-nlx feet of frenh water, the weight being oaa toa (1140 poaoda). Ileincinlier that coal loe from ten to forty per centum of Itn evaporative pewar If aiaoaad t the lofluanoi of iinahiiio ami rain. Safet) Valve. Profit in Money-Making. "Tbo bright niUor looklug nlekeln thai pay for a rid on tha nlrcot oan urn a MMNO of great pi olil to tha UOT ernmoiit, an they eonl but three-fourthf of a caul apiece," niiid a mini employ e vaatariaf. " They are aowparebaaad miller a contract. We lined lo make the blaukn Ulliaaliaa and nlump them idarward at the mint, hut of lata yearn wo have lawn purohanlng the blNukn and having them stamped al the mint. They nr.' iKiugbt by the pOOOd. an are ulno the pennian. I think they cont ulxitlt a quarter of a cent, or perhaps a third of a cent each." ' How many of thane pennies and nickel" Bin innllisl ill U Veal ?" "Nearly a million dollar' worth: not quite that, but In round BOttbari nay tl.lMl.lXC) worth. Tha lolul amount of .Wont pioeon Innuwl in a year iiMially r avhen alaiut 6UO,0O0l nnd poaalaa aaarij IMOiOOO' Baaldai that there are a 'ow S-cent nlckal piaaen, hut only a few. hunt year Iba DUtnbar wan ngtranall uaalL Tbara U Utile ileinand for them, and the de partment In discouraging the use ol Iban n much an posnible " "On thin tl.ii ni on i worth of minor colnn bauad, than, thoro atajj ha n profit uf ooatldarabljf orar 1000000" "Yon. considerably mora Iban that." - Pblladalpbla Baoord m Fashionable Colored Wood. The beautiful col ind wootln, akpo chilly tlumo representing walnut and inaliogiiuv, now no largely uaad fw cabinet work and archltactural deenra ll.in on tba continent of Kuropa, art obtulued, It In stated, by Ilia follow lug simple processes: For Iba light will nnt tnriaty, tha matnod pltrauad In ti dissolve two ounces pai'iiiaiiganata ol potaM in six piatl of water, and paint Ilia wood twice with the solution; aftai Ilia noliilioll linn been left on tha WOOO Mime live lo tan minutes, tha wood ir j Iliad, dried, oiled, and lluallv pol ishetl. the light vai ioly being thus pin dllOad. A beautiful liuht iiiahogaii) i- oblatnad bi intani of a soiuiiou con Intlng of tine oimoo Bnoly cut alkanel root, two ouaoai poadarad aloa. w ith two ounces of iniwiIoiihI dragon's blootl. dlflaabad with twanty-Mlx OUBOOt ol strong npirlts ol wine in it corked hot lie. and left III it moderately warn place four dayn, the solution being then tillered ol", ant) the clear llltrntt Is ivady fc uaa the Wtaal to be treat ed is llrst passed through nitric acid, then dried, painted over with the alco hollc e.vtiacl. IriaaV olletl. ami pol lab ad A dark or dooier tailored wal nut In obtained by dlsnolvlng tluta ounces pci'inanganatc of potash In six pints of water, and planting the wotnl twice with this solution, after live minutes the wtaal In witnlual and grained with acetate of Iron, then dried oiled and polislunl. N. V Sun Expensive Oil. Kiavutlv there was sent from Nor Mich, Uuaa., lo Now York tie two- gallon tin Dana tilled with oil of black lurch, which wan ataaufacturad in Ha rah In John Miner It is worth fail n gallon, and (ba live cans con lalaad Id! lauiuds of oil, almal at ItbJO, or a little over a pOttad. Illack hlivb trui. do not yieltl oil as the maple tree, run sa. Th, 'IV In work In get ting the tender IWtga, aud lalair in lite proaaaa of extracting iba oil (Jaa t. Ill .if tW'ign Weld- Jllnl three .inn,l. of oil, and it took nearly till) three Ion of In Ign to yield the ten gallon. I bis oil U used in giving the winter groag .lavnrtooafecioiis ol all kiuda M r quel.ii, u.c Flench k'etor. nld to a S ui Frnnctm-.i rapotlafl "It a a long ride acn- the cotnitr) , bm I aajoj. d 1l What surpri d me aanat wit the iraaaWfal developmeul of Ihi greal littul ll I- marvelou. Si many town and cities and all of ihem o fraatl Kvery thlog is manuractiirtMl so quickly! A man require -omothiug ui. I heard of lief..p, expree- In. do Iro and wake up In the moruing taaia the thing at hi dtair 1 aid not exet to tlud o many poiple in America ipoaking the Fiasttob Ian- faaaa" SHOULD WOMEN MOKE? Mr. rl I h 0"M,loB in lh Ntll. The rule 1 no. the eiwp'Ion re, but the exception In generally n mat ter of latitude. No pun Intended. Women in Turkey. In Peru. In various tropical eoiintrlcrt smoke, and with Ihem we have no quarrel. Some wom en profenn to nmoke by order of their pbynlelann. and for thfin we bnvo a sincere pity. Other women nmoke bo caune thov wish to bo clnnned an Ito heminnn. 'and with them we have noth ing to do. Tobacco mav be a nedative, but 11 is glao a decolorlzer of skin and teeth, i,., trtrl win, at twenty think itn nne "cunning" or "chic," won't like III cuiisequenccs nt forty. VmMI! lb -in is something naughty, plquaoU, pfotooatlra ami auiuniug to BMUI in seeing a preu) K'i 1 rnmaa anlnir their own BUtOnUb ways aud offering or accepting a li to" from them, and a prclt) BaOO ..rurisl iscerlainlv nhowo to advan tage in managing a oigaratt, but tba laiiity arm and nhapely haiul muni las- 00 toa very stupid head II me) can and no other wnv "f airing tbamaelraa, and the admiration Unit men give m tha woman who smoxaa in very npl lo lagauarnte into license. Kvcrv woman should know that bar power over nam lien In mulling him feel her to lie pur.-r, tajtter, more nun- al than himself. If she descends Id bin level, even In her amiineineiils. she Main lind.s that he is bur muster. A man like- to Ideal i.e the woman he admins, especially the woman ho wlahea to marry, but if in approaching tho Ideal with timid reverence he lodl her redolent of tobacco, if tha waal mouth be long lo piiM in taint d w ith nicotine. If the dainty linger still bear the discoloration of the laarelle I fear the idealist would Ib e. a- tlid Lamla'l lover.in horror und din- mnv. Man Is attract id to woman bv un- llkaaaaa, not likeness, and the less we dress or talk or amusa ourselves in a itianlv or rather n mannish -way, or oov him especially in bin vicen. llie mora earnestly will he sack to induce us to embellish bin ruder life with the relinementn and la-uutlcs of our own. and tha crabbed old writer wnc doubt lass correct when he said: 'There is no smoke without lire, aud the smoke of tobacco from u woman's mouth shown the smouldering of evil lli-es in her heart. Mis. Frank Leslie, in .V Y. Herald. CURIOUS HORSE TRADE. llnw mi. i Aw attaagar Moeelveil .Miciii;ii U vary-Ma a. Spanking of horse-trading remlndi me of a curious trade I aaa mixed up in a couple of )C!ir ago in Michigan. 1 was in thu livery business and u strung, r hroughl In a nice looking borne which he tillered me for a mere song. The price seamed so Ion that I fell into the trap, but soon discovered I tint I owned an animal that no spur iu the State OOUld goad into so much an a trot. I traded him olT lo a doctor who prided hlHIiall on being able to ride any borso that could he saddled. 1 spread the report Hint tho animal "ti lt holy terror, and that no iiuiu had ever nnoagnd to i-uie him. Tiii1 report reached the doctor's ears, M I expected it would, and lie soon made a bet that he could ride the horse. Tha purl las tothe wager came round, and, an the doctor liked the looks of the brute, I soon pomiindcd him to trade it very decani driving bona for it. I aarnad tho doctor against riding Ilia horse through the streets, mid ha said ha would try It on a quUt rood Well, be won the li. I. and the next day askod me if I would trade hick if be gave me f'JO to boot. 1 agreed, ami he told me I had better Rood a wagon lo bis place, fin tha alleged tuicker could never walk buck. He paid the money over ami took away hi home. When I sent for the animal w hich bad caused nil the sport I found I bad traded for a dead borne, which I had the privilege ol burying. Tho doctor hatl felt so son about the trade the prcviou- availing that ha hud shot the alleged high-spirited brute thu minute he had siicccadeu In dragging it to bll OWa -table. At (red II. PariOai, in Bi Louis (ilohu DcmocriiL FACTS BRIEFLY STATED. Carleae riiiiifiiihui from tii Joaraatt ol llnili lli.iiilftil,r,.n. A Venetian manufacturer i peeking and selling thiuisatids of glas- bonnet. It is said that there is just o,UUO,0U0 la veiled in special cam iii tbe United State. The purest kaolin in America hu just been found In great quantity ill F.llart I'muity, tin. li.v breathing hot air about -I'-' dog for two hours dally it is said that tain iiimptioil can he radically cured. The root of tbe garden poppy is now largely used In France to bind the earth of railway einbiiUKiiietit. A mountain of nearly para iron has ju-i been dleooverod Rear Lowlaburgi in (irecnbrier I'ouuly, W. Va. Kngland has WKl.lXSl ve'ocipcdists among whom must be reckoned the Prince of Wales and bis daughters. The fluent olive-oil iu tho world now conic in m California, aud is o highl) appreciated that the crop is bough' two year" ahead. Owners of the pine straw patent In tend lo establish the mills, each guar anteed lo turn out 2,H)0.ll0( ) nrds of bagging iu time lo wrap the bales ot thi- year cotton crop. Hlg bail of usphaltom sand-toue, (rout wbloit can la? made the best as phalt pawnneiit In the world have ,usl boon discovered along the new railway lines of Western Keutilt'k). A ul i.ii.ioi tr.ttoiec stale that in interior of Australia in bv tut mean tbe dewed it ha long uoeu iippood to Though now unaipulatHl, it Is pronountaal capable of npa.irtiug a lua pitilatloiu Inild baa lavn found there, ami the traveler brought home lories of targ paHturc lands, abundant water, and finally of deep blue lake, at leant one of which is of large and a yet unknown extent. A groat rail road is to extend aero the continent from north to south, through the eat ern part of the country once upiHated to be a drL it la predicted thai the "desert" will dtaappear, aa that In America has done. 1 HE i 1 1 TLE 6ISTER. r..un rasiH arna. Ae a ora rW aairtagiaMi rawaj Ijaaaa, UlUg sinters ut'o a Cicni trial 1" voung ladv with her Brat minu ' Th-v haw; -itch a deadly ban I ol lAlll.lg just the .se.vcl thill their big sister wouldn't hava knoivn for UP world, aud tailing them at ju t the worst time they could possibly -f t. And, what in more, they nvm to tulto a ajalkriOBI pleasure in telling them. if Mnry .lano has kept bar hair tolled up for two days, to bo noil frized whon Augustus calls, her little iitcr w ill note the proceeding, and jut us Mary Jane lias assured bar admir iSg swuin that her hair curls uatural ly, und that it i olmoH impossible to lunke It stay anywhere, up will pop the smnll sister, and tell tho wholo story of tho curl-papers, und In all probability sho will add the tofomUV lion that Mary Jnno puts pad jk on horohoeks Ui mako her "pritty." Mttle sister nro nlwnys oropplnf out at the wrong time. They never want lo go to bod tbo Bight! win B the big sister's bentl U oxpet tetl. und no amount of OO axing and candy cau coil vinco than that they are sleepy. They hitve e en for every thing and onrn that would detect the aUgbtaBt whisper, nnd next day, at tho dinner labia, the Wg ilater will be mortified to denth and the whole family will be thrown into convulsionn by th" piping announcement from tho small sinlor: "(Jus June bit our Mary Jane lust night, l ight into tho mouth! I soon him! And -he tilt him buck!" Little -intern alwayn want to know a'l the why and tho wherefores. One of titan m likely to climb on the knee of aaaaptring young gentleman suit or and a-k him why ho doesn't have more ba i n in his mustache; -lie would like to ask him If ho doesn't fool bad because his nose Is long, and it would delight her dear Little heart to Imparl to him the tact that Mary Brown and Bister Jane both said he was too long legged for any thing but a greyhound. .Small listen will tell the family se crets with most delightful candor, and while the young gentleman caller is waiting for tho young lady of the family to give tho linal touches to her toilet before coming down the small sinter will conlideiilially make him acquainted with the fact that "pupa swears al mamma right along, nnd that "we have old hen for dinner and call it chicken pie," und that "Slater Jane want to got married awfully to some rich young fool who will keep her without work.'' Little sisters will put molateea candy in the chair and see you sit down on ii without a word of warning; they will wipe their bread and butter hand on your pantatOOMI they will cradle their kittens in your six-dollar hut; they will pin you ami your Inamorata to the chain; they will put burrs iu your hair; they will sift sawdust from tho cracked bodies of their dolls down tho buck of your neck; and they will make faces at you, aud yell like littlo demons if you attempt to delend your self. Thereforo. wo sny to you: If pos sible, avoid going courting in families where there are littlo llttert unless you are so deeply in love as to Imi pel feclly indifferent and reckless as to consequences- N. Y'. Weekly. MUCH LABOR LOST. Til Klllll III ill 1 ol- an Olll I in l.i. r llniuitlit Iu Mttrkpt. Old Farmer (auntering into a large dry-goods store beat ing a well-tilled two-bushel bag on his shoulder) Say, young feller, is Ibis whar they buy cat's tail? t'lork Cat's tails? "Yos, cat's tails." "Ureal Scott) man, what do you mean?" Mean? Why, I mean jest whut I say. lo yor buy 'em?" "Certainly not I never hoard of any body buying such things." 'Never, eh?" "Of course not" "Wal, that 's somethin' qtiare erhout it then. Vthv, er loetle while back Ibar elo 'omati read in er paper w har it Will writ down that cat tails Will In big demnn' an' thai city folks paid fer 'em for ornamentin' popposes. Then I fell tor thinkin' on it. an' it come ter me thol es titer Will or power o' cat orround. I could jesi es easy turn er few honest dimes es not, an' ercordin' I went tor work an' gethorod up that air bag full ov 'em, au' they're mon-troun line 'utis, too. Yer shore they don't huv 'em, air ver?" "Yes. Hut I think I understand where you missed lL The cat tails referred to by the paper are u special of slough glens." Hey? An' it. didn't mean rale shore 'null cut tails er tall?" No." Wal, of that don't jest nnshtily stump my Inters. Why, say, I've put in er whole mouth ftttin' i hem air. an' I've cut ther tail olfen every cut fer ten mile crrouitd. Say, 1 bet er never seal -k-h er lot o' bobtail cala 100 00 you war Imines thar is up whar I live." Detroit Free lYe-s. Miss Loveleigh - "I am a.'raid you are rather hard on my sex, Mr. Syn leal. hat oOBMMpt have you to make on the fact that four-fifths of oven church tu-acmhlagc are women?" Mr. Svtiical - "I have but one com ment to make. Miss Loveleigh. There I nlway a man in iho pulpit. "--Otioo a Week. A eop of the first edition of 1'harlc- LavOr'l works lately -old in Kngland for l.S9lx The craze for lirsl alitien- i now al its height and nb urd price are given for mauy modern book- which have little value aa literature. In a year or iwo the American vis itor who sits down upon a little hard bench in Westminster Abla-y. waiting until the nttcrnoon service arc over, and in the meantime gazes around upon tho mrble features of the great de parted, will, no doubt, find the face of Matthew Arnold In the dUtinguithed group. For of the thirty-Bve thousand dollar memorial fund which hai been rataed ,n hi honor. lhre thousand dollar U lo be eel apart for a bust of the distinguished writer to be placed in i-tinnnster and ih u . m , M I loveelod for the benefit of tbe widow JAPANESE SjJPERSTITION f ifca -tr. iu t "'' at i""ae Oantfa OrteaiBH 1 he household iiper.tltloun of Japan are vary numaaaaa. They are hu-m-l,.,s, often exattlag laughfr: yu ao eut.euched BM the)' in the household Hint religion, argument, even ridicule cannot destroy them. Some of those RUperatltiona have a moral or educa tional purpose. Inculcating lessons of benevolence, neatness and habits of cleanliness. A ro.m Is never swept immediately after Ihc departure of tho Inmate for fear of sweeping out tho luck. At a marrlago ceremony neither ,i... i.. .1,1.. i..i- i he L'i'oom wears any lie: "i ' clothing of purple color lest their mar riage bu stain dissolved, purpie oeiK color most liable Ui fade. If the cup of medicine Is upnet by accltloni uuiing the illness ol a person It is a Hiiro sign of his recovery. This looks as if tho Japanese nnu faith in our proverb, "Throw physic to the dogs." There are some ciiiioill Ideas in regard to the linger nails. Tl.,.e not lai cut la-fore ntartir.g on a journev lent disgrace fall upon iho v . ..... ,,,. paraon Bt bll destination. aw should they be cut lit night lest cat's ilmm -bould L'row out. Clillitren w no throw the inirlilL' of the nnil Into the fire are iu danger of some great calam ity. If a piece should fly Into lite nro while cutting the arson will stam die. The howling of a dog porlenus Jeatli. H u woman steps over an egg shell sin- will go mad; if over a nuor It will la-come dull: if over a whet stone it will break. If u man should -,.t bis hair on lire he will go mad. Children are told If they tell a lie an otii (imp) will pull out tin ir tongues. Tho wholeeome terror ot me oni, standing ready to run away wilh bis tongue, ha caused many a Japanese youth tt) ipaafc the trtilh. Tbe Janaiiee have u horror 01 llie darkness; they always keep a light burning to Ward oil ghosts. 1 08 Juuk men believe in a ghost who comes to them and uolitelv a.ks to borrow a dipper. The answer decides the fate of the junkman. If a dipp If with a bottom Is beatowed upon the ghoat, ho uses it to ball water enough to iwamp the junk, but if the bottom nut be knocked out nnd thrown ut him he dis appears. In litis last case, the net must be accompanied by an Incanta tion, or the ghost turns into a sea cap pa a inaiiy-clawcil monster - who will drag the junk to the bottom. 'The Japanese are a gentle, sensitive rue . very much under tho influence of their emotions. Lovo with them is a serious matter, often ono of life or dealh. Disappointment in love or de sertion frequently ends in suicido. Sometimes the girl becomes uu aveng er, and Imploraa tba gods to curse or visit with death the destroyer of her peace. The passions which thrill and torment the human soul are us intense iu far-away heathen Japan as in those lauds w hich boast a higher civiliza tion. -Th i 1 adelpbla Press. FIRST POSTMISTRESS. RooMthlaa Ah mi ill rtrs! ijhIv wim HeaOTeil Hailed I tats Mall She was the widow of Colonel An drew Balfour, of those revolutionary limes iii the day of oiirgreataud good President Washington. She was u Miss Rliaabeth Dayton, of Newport, It. I. Balfour came lo America from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1772, landing at BoatOO, He was a tew years in the North -married Miss Dayton in New Y'ork City. His brother bad preceded him to Charleston, S. C In 1777 he -ailed for Charleston, but ihe distracted state of tho country induced him to leave bll wife and her chi'dren with relations in New Kngland until he could prepare a Southern home for them; but soon after this the tide of war tinned Soutb and rolled its wave over lite I 'arolinas, and her husband cast in bis lot with the defenders of the home of his adoption (North Carollna) but he soon fella victim to the barbarity of a party of royaiiatl led by Colonel Fannin, a lii itih officer, who murdered Balfour in hi house in llie presence of a sister and hi eldest child, recently come from Edinburgh. They aera with him to nurse and comfort him in his ill ness, caused by exposure and fatigue in military service. BOOB a Mrs. Ilalfour heard of her buabnnd'l tragic death she hastened South, coming in care of (ieueral Qreene, who landed at Washington; from thence it wan a tedious trip through the country to the home in Kandolph Count v. whore her noble husband was murdered on the holy Sabbath, tbe 10th of March, 1 H-. She viited the spot where be was so ha-tily Interred, for It wan unsafe for his iler and child lo remain long thera. a- Fannin threatened to return and burn the dwelling und lake away tbe negroes. As the coun try was still unsafe, Mrs. Ilalfour deemed it improper to live upon the plantation. With sorrow she turned away from his lonely resting-place, and went to Salisbury until she could return to the sail so dear to her. While melding in Salisbury Presi dent WaablngtOe appointed her post inistivsn, which aisition was filled with entire satisfaction, and when her account were audited she was only ana-half a cent behind. When the country was paaoafal she returned to the home provided for her by her noble hut lost husband. She lived un der the protective love of her i nly son. After a long lile of gtaal deeds she ret laide him who was murdered beeaena of hi devotion to Carolina's Ircodoin and to the American cause in ihe day that "tried men's souls," and Principles, toa Suuny South. T he pivjtiuico agnohsf ifuiStf mHn has now mi faded out in Paris, that there are g naaiguized butcher shops 1 when- I or-a-tle-h i tqieiily sold. - One of the great Industrie of Ke remla-rg i making lead tot soldiers. F.ight hi.mlr.-d work people are en gaged, and they turn out U.Ot ol dier a day. An American qunck dta-tor sold some liquid on the streets of Paris which be warranted to relieve pain in one minuto. Some of those who were out relieved made complaint and he fas sent up or a yea STATE DAI ft V SCHOOLS. A Itill Which. If Adi.pl a. win l-d li hui M,nndrfiil llrniill.. si .iNV-An Ullllllnir ol RUT iliniitsiui JZ" A.k.:P.oPprov;.., mm arana thniinhiiul ins '"' a"""" iM" , Saw mSm ie leatravi ) I"n((.,,,n.n.on,dk.-o, In as artl.tlc und waiailMl BMawaw.. Y.naa, Just at present every farmer In tho Stale of New York should be so thor oogl.lv happy that he should be able to straighten his figure that has been bent like a eresceal through stooping to drop corn and hoe iiotatoes. Ho should culier lightly over the bnru vard like a Irickay fay. and BOt allow "hi awtaelai 10 cm""! Mm forget to f.atd eoarne corn lo the Minnghni nnd pop-corn to the buntuni. Hi, overall should seem broadcloth, hi rve OOffaa mined in the buck yard should appaar noctar -although rye la a failitta! an coffee. iK-cause it WRA BOTOr Intaadad for any tblag but ahlatty. H nhoiild dance to tho aim of the bird, and warble tender lyrics at Iba plgatye In tbe beautiful hog Uttn ' the ( ladnBati preparatory nehool. And ull thin unlaiumled jov on UM purl of tho horny-bunded whacker of ibe soil should bo attributed to th'' fact that an appropriation of B0.000 has been asked to establish dairy aobOOll throughout the State, Hint young men and worn nay ba proper lv laatruoted Into the myaUfudei of milking, und petting the greatest quuntlty of butter out of tho sinallcnl quantitv of milk. Thai it will be Naa that during the monotony of winter the farmer can go to delay school and become familiar with the art of milking to such an ex .....i thui he will know how to keep the cow from sidling out of reach just tin he is properly brace 1 on the stool, and him secured tba magic purchaae. Perhaps the dairy aohool will sug gest milking stools on wheels, so that U the cow does caper about, the (unn ,.r will be all right so long as lie doesn't lose his grip; and it may sug gest, alao, that the milk-pull have straps on it. that the milker may wear it like a drum while in action. It is alaO fair to assume that, as there Is a proper way to milk, tbara " ill be less trouble expert I ceil wilh tl U when she reali.. 'no pleasant fact that she is milked in a truly orthodox faibiOt, She may stand w ith tho heroic calmness of a messenger boy, While contributing to the farmer' proaperity in the holy hush of even, when the vesper chimes fioai like u bnaleoo o'or Iba nodding fjowora, and the un drops behind the western bill like a cake of golden butter. It would be a great boon to humanity If the farmer only knew bow to lat in; and it is therefore pleasant to rcuVct that there is a pwrelblttiy of a dairy schtMil ladng itarted. It is also a blessing when we OOnaldar thai Hu' appropriation is uskod that larmera may not only beUuighlto milk econom ically, but artistically. Whut a holy wedding that, of economy und art! Here'ofore the nrtof milking has been all of a "get there" order, and the economy has been simply the Mailt ajl 06 of the pump. It Is life to Resume that the profes sor of milking is u dignitary that shall soon dawn upon the world, to receive the same re-peet and consideration that Is showed tbe O'Culliighun Lecturer ami Bmaritui professor of something or other. A ultra BUrt antic young women of Huston, we will sny, will tire of Browning and Tolstoi, and take up milking and butter-making, and make it a beautiful fad on Beacon street and the Hack Buy. We believe In Improving the fartn r: and where there is so much room for improvemen, no ordinary effort in this direction can full. Hut the improvement of the ground-thumper should not stop ut milking. He should be taught to keep the chips from last win ter's chopping out of his neck-whiskers. He should be taught that to wear a shirt without a collar is as far from right as wearing a collar without a shirt. He should be informed that collar-buttons were never intended to bo worn in cuffs, and that the ga should ulways be turned olT and never blown out on retiring. After he knows these things by heart as well a- be understands the nyst-ries of milking, and the art of charging hotel rates in summer, he will not be so universally regarded as only a tit. subject for the pencil of the ucrobatic artist. - Puck. . 1 -n Growlh of the Auction. The growth of the auction in America would be an interesting theme for u volume. The attractions offered lo In ure favorable results are multiplied of late by free trains and substantial din ners Care is taken that bolh the inner and outer man are comfortable and in gootl humor. The auctioneer must be a mini of racy and obeoring parts, and know how lo takCHkd Vintage of trilling occurrences, (itaal music is not sel dom an accompaniment of a first-clean auction. The tsiok unction of New York are a feature by themselves, and require a specially-tilted class of men to manage them. Many time an old lot of worthless volumes bring more than a good library. The professional attendant on auctions is it novel char acter. He can not help la-ing there, ami generally carries home nothing hut rubbish. Auction in the older Stale of farm lands and homos tire greatly lanreaetng at late years. The tendency to siieculnte in unsafe crops, -uch a hops, has in the short run nrouglil luck, but in the long run dis BUar. St. l.o.n. tilobc-HcmocruL -The magician's means ol support is sleight. - Morubun; Traveler. - The common people of Hamburg rstvty eat meat. It is so dear. Soups re made in great variety, including me from beer. The poorer kinds ol tish only are cheap. Economy is not ' confined to Ihe poorer people. Servant j girls are generally allowed for the week Iheir loaf of bread and quarter j or half pound of butter or lard, and j are only permitted to use a certain I quantity at each meal, tbe rest being locked up with the family provisions ,011 Ihe next meal. LIFE IN PtfERSBURQ Orspliir Pom nlbm ,.r .. mi.iwi w.iii "Troika ilni. i ........ r ...i h um nnu ar,.. from a Job must r famous l,.r nw"J ness of his boraea and th.. nbclll eal k driver. The bells of the tea-asAa? nt iho door; the oompanj Hit thamaelvei from head to foot'ig the women lie Orenburg ihawbi ' thole funae. Two couplet take th pluci s In each of the vehicles, sod"' may be readily conceived, it , abaooa thai gnnerally prealdej raaj thin arrangement, but antiier jjuT god who is leas wise than cbaaai ii" driver gathers in his hands hi y of reins, and speaks tenderly his horeeai "Forward, my Mm pigeons." The three plgeoai at full gallop through tho et0 , streets, twenty degrees below l(;ri the ttlr itill. Ihc sky black us steal, rag sparkling with golden spots rty. gliltor over the whiteness of all ob jects iu tliis limpid Rtmoaphera, Tin cold freezes tho breath us it M from t lie lips. In a few minutes ih, baarda are converted into atalaettlaaal Ice. The Bosnian lean : laiiiiidn joy. "Qulokerl quicker!" cry gn women, tbair voicas broken by wiy and joyous laughter. The driver, am has previously fortified his stomai wilh innumerable glasses of branji nd.'ntnisteis stout blows with hi, bctaoua over tho bucks of his horses, and M they are giving the maximum of j that can be expectetl from their limbs. They too stwm to gel intoxicated ith their own gullopiug. The eqabajg Hies lilting tho quays mid creases llla river; the mean houses of the (). bourgl, altb their poor little light, vunish out of sight bi-hiud it like phantoms. Trees take pluee of bouses the more deeplj We penetrate into Ihe islands; now glide over vacant country iu ubsolul darkness, tho tinkling of the bells tnd the ripples of laughter alone breaking the silence thai has gathered over ths earth. When the hoofs ol the hones strike the pavement beneath the thio tier snow, or w hen they hound over i projecting block of ice on an arm ul the Neva, the heavy alalgh jumps and jolls enough tt) throw the travelers out. Woe be to the one who is till ing at this moment: he is sure tu bits his tongue cruelly; and then tb laughter redoubles al his expense. Tin combined intoxication of t lie move- ment and of tba cold is at it height. (io on more quickly,'' the voices ol Woman say, nervously; and sOBMtUM a deeper voice murmur in a lower lone: "Why faster? It would be bet- tar thai we never arrived at tha auV We do arrive, however. The team, white with foam, stops in front ol isolnted tavern. It Is Samarcande Of Taehkent, one of the inns of the sub urbs of Petersburg, famous for the troupes of Bohemians who lodge them The party hires a room decorated ii any thing but B luxurious manner: four smoky walls, a few chairs, and i table. Champagne is brought nnd Ihe Tsiganes appear. The choir Is com posed of three or four men ami eight nl . . or ten women. The men wear otihVir bronze faces the expression of tbe tranquil dignity of their race. With their atiuilino profiles, their ski mid nrofoiind eves, they sws like dispossessed kings of AsU. IV w-oibl n-ladlv detitct the wotn-a in some picturesque Eastern coslume. but tho truth compels us to confee that they are dressed in shabby al dresses, the cast-off liner) ot suineeie- gunt lady, bought at a seoouibaa store in the (iostinv Dvor. llie ou colored complexions beneath tbat painted cheeks, and the lire of lb eves beneath their paintcii cycniw. alone betray the Indian origin ol Ibm daughters of the Pariahs. The lender of the choir tunes his guitar and strike up an accompaniment, very alow a Drat, and then gradually quicker aa ooicker. The Bohemian girls sin,', thev era seated in a semloWl their bodies and faces motionle At tho beginning tho accent cold and restrained. These worn r..i .ntvuu indifferent to thf meat they are Interpreting, liketl visited by a god whom they i"""1 feel. But little by little their 0W i.....m ;.., tod mid warm it itmt . in ...i,i..l, artlaa ol guliurai treiuuiiiiK ni.... ana other race can never succeed imi,ii.,.r Thu .lemon has taken M MalAn of thu alnrrara: they hurry in .a.... i,.., -ui, hifdmi alternation; I 11 ton, ,, t. melodies and words arc infused .. . ia i. ii.inriiiir. as t no same exciieuieiu, w - dHsnair and the lire of wild pa'o4 .... IJ A..... M ba- scrumiM i ne soul oi toe tun - lutetl in these songs all the tStm n till 1 1 u 1 :i 1 1 1 hole of its nature. - . . , .... ,i Viijue. .. j Harper's Magazine. A Faithful Illustration. eoliite hali'one .Me C lor ut I .... .... l l.mnOI W lien a cnttu tan ""' - j head, and mother. runiuuH w ' him. he immediately coiiccui'"' mental faculties upon his injury. P his hand up to judge of it "ia. nnil feels It into a large and P"' protabernnce, begins io pity n"Bj iifi no his voice and weep J ,.,i.... i..., Ip acmnatllV t" nt,p " I s . .1... , t.lrawstbeCM". attention to some thing hriff ......ii.. l.u miiwl fnsteus it1'1' ur! . .' , .. k. .xelaaWI I lie pietiing onjeci w a ... . . nut I tbe bump, w hich, being "'" r oul the pale of his COnsObW I censes to be a source of paw i forgotten -the child is ipored t j artioa of abeddlng tea " J trouble of drying them. but gives a faithful lllustratiea" effet t prednead upon human as'j what i oommonly toroied aa A naval officer invited u ommiltee of n so -i -' v for the etw nation of Afrien.wben aaked: hWj . it, i.,iiiney -,ii,j,-,-i oi i no ninx in i -rtCl SiinHut-S" ...... li. .. I "Ve. r.nd 'l ton,, ,i. .., i,.,. huial- nn ,1,,. .. , tl ..r,sntf" nn aaaiiciaiiou jn. - laaaaaa pmpoae to set up '"TTg av rt) -stricken war Vetera" uii,-s, ( floarer Rellinf -tret. Th.. -- are to1 t ided with glass-covered burro" reen-bouses, on wheel.