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EUGENE CITY GUARD.
U I C'AHrBKLL. Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
VICTIMS OF ABSENT MINDEDNES3.
He Wu Married, but He Forgot Thai Ha
Waa ta Taka a Wadding Trip.
"Never wm absent niindod in my
life," laid the little man, who tagged
nervously at hit bristling mustache.
"But my father had one of the worst
ease I ever beard of. He wu a man
who used the good old fashioned birch
generously. To add to the good effect of
the punishment he used to aund us out
to cut the twitch. If it wu nut a good
one he tent ut back for another.- ,Once
be tent me on one of these melancholy
errands, and as my offen&e bad been
playing hookey from school for three
days, I was in no hurry to return for
my punishment When I came to the
room he was pacing thoughtfully up and
down the room.
James,' he told, 'I am glad you hare
come. I wanted you for something, but
it has slipped my mind. I will recall it
is a moment' And I discreetly backed
out of the room with my birch behind
me, and tossed it orer the fence. ' That
was the last I beard of that twitching". "
"Case of suspended judgment,'' said
tome one, softly. ;
"My brother," continued the first speak
er, "was as bad as my father. He lives
in a New England town and he went to
Boston once to transact some business
which would occupy two days. " At the
end of four days he had not returned.
Ills wife's anxiety was rellered on that
day by a telegram, which read: 'What
did I come to Boston for? Have been
trying to remember for three days
" 'Real estate,' telegraphed his wife.
' Of course,' came back the answer.
"That reminds me," said one of the
parti-, "of a friend of mine.' He was a
f J If A J t ,1
lawyer in aiumi tuwu, aim ircquuuuj
after working late at night at his. office
would sleep on a comfortable lounge
which be had in a back room. When he
was married there was a wedding break'
fast at the bride's home and the Couple
were to start on an evening train for a
wedding trip. II had to run around
to his office for a few moments, having
forgotten some little thing which had to
be attended to. The hours, wont on and
II failed to returned to his (bride.
When train time came and no 'bride
groom appeared every one was thrown
Into a panic. .1 1
"The bride f aintod, and the news Bpread
like wildfire in the little town that II
had abandoned his bride and fled the
town. The only one who seemed not to
inspect him was the bride.. She', how
ever, only shod tears, refusing to listen
to any condemnation of her missing hus
band, but declining to offer any suggest
tions. Finally she could stand the Btrain
no longer, and posted her father to
II 't office. II had gotten doei
into his work and was just on the point
of going to sleep on his lounge. He was
to 'broken up' over bit cruel blundor
that he was ashamed to face any one but
his wife, and extended his two months'
wedding trip over a year. ' They made
one of the happiest couplos in the world,
but to this day his wife has to find hit
hat for him and remind him what he
wants to do whon be leaves the house."
New York Tribune.
Spontaneous CombiMtlon of Man.
Dickent hot been very much criticised
for hit apparent acceptance of the fact
of human spontaneous combustion, but
the late Sir William Gull testified to a
surprising case before the committee of
the bouse of lords on intemperance
during the summer of 1880. A large,
bloated man, who was suffering from
difficulty of breathing and great dis
tension of the venous system, died at
Guy's hospital. At the post mortem of
the following day there was no sign of
decomposition, but the body wat dis
tended with what waa thought to be gas.
"Whon punctures were made into the
skin," said Sir William, "and a lighted
match applied, the gas which escaped
burned with the blue flam of earbu
retted hydrogen. As many as a dosen
of these little flame were burning at
one time." St Louis Republic.
, London Doctor' Income, i
The fact that the will of the late Sir
William Gull has been proved, showing
property to the amount of $1,700,000, has
created much talk of lute. It is beyond
a doubt that for the hut few yenri since
physicians have doubled their fees, and
since both branches of the profession are
constantly in receipt of very large sums
for expeditions by rail, the earnings of
members of the healing art have very,
largely increased. There are possibly a
dosen medical raon in Loudon who at
their death will be found to have amass
ed 1300,000, but there is probably not one
who has put by anything like' the for
tune left by Sir William Gull.-Chlcago
Herald. , ,t , , .
Apple Are Wholeaone. . , ,
The apple is a fruit which at all times
baa a wholesome iutlueuce on the body,
but which is especially useful on the din
ner table, though pines, grapes, pooches
and other fruits may be more fashion
able. The chemical composition of the
apple consists of vegetable fiber, albu
men, sugar, gum, chlorophyll, malic acid,
galllo acid, lime and a large proportion of
water. The German analysts also assort
that the apple contains a larger propor
tion or phosphorus than any other fruit
or vegetable, and this phosphorus is of
great use in renewing the essential nerv
ous matter lethicin of the brain and
spinal cord. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Doa't Tor vita Tonr Eye.
Many people are troubled with itching
yet and try all torts of washes. The
eye it one of the most valuable organs of
the body. Unfortunately for careless
humanity, it is also one of the most deli
cate. It does not pay to trifle with it
The best way to treat itching is to use a
cool, weak salt water wash every few
hours. If this dues no good, go to a
physician who make a specialty of eye
diseases. New York Journal
Secretary Blaine owns a farm of 401
acre, near Elizabeth. Pa. He also owns
th coal undarUOO acre, of surrounding
land. Mr. Blaine purchased a part of
this land over twenty years ago. He bu
not mined any coal there since 1S75.
seldom visits his farm.
U
,-A prominent EnglUh electrician af
firm the value of lightning conductor,
although they are not always re liable,
lie said that there is almost u muck
danger of being hanged for murder u
feeing strec by lightning.
I . A MOVING MOUNTAIN.
tranae Phenomenon at tha Ceeeedo of
the Columbia Hirer.
A traveling- mountain is found at the
Cascades of the Columbia. UUatrlple
pesked mass of dark-brown basslt, sil
or eight miles In length where it front
the river, and rise to a height of aU
most 2,000 feet above the water.
That lv Is in motion Is the last thought
which would be likely to suggest itself
to the mind of sny one paining it yet
it is a well-established faet that tbls
entire mountain is moving slowly but
ttesdlly down the river, as if it bad a
deliberate purpose some time in the
future to dam the Columbia and form a
great lake from the Cascsdes to the
Dalles. The Indian traditions Indlcite
Immense movements of the mountains
hereabout, long before white men csmt
to Oregon, and the early settlers, im
migrants msny of them from New in
glsnd, gave the above-described mount
alnous ridge the name of "traveling
mountain," or "sliding mountain."
In Its forwsrd and downward move
ment the forest along the base of tha
ridge have become submerged In the
river. Large true-atubt can be seea
standing deep in the water on thh
tbore. The railway engineers and the
trackmen find that the line of the rail
road which skirts the foot of the moun
tain Is being Continually forced out of
place. At certain' point the roadbed
and rails have been pushed eight or ten
feet out of line in the oourse of a few
years.
Geologist attribute this ttrange phe
nomenon to the faot that the basalt
which constitutes the bulkof the moun
tain, rest upon a substratum of con
glomerate, or of toft sand tone, which
the deep, twlft eurr t of the mighty
river it constantly aring away, or
that thla softer subr k is of Itself
yielding, at groat dep a. to the enor
mous weight of the harder material
above. Astorlan.
CHILDREN FOR BAIT.,
Dow Crocodiles Arm Lured hone Their
Haunt! la Ceylon.
"Wanted: Fat babies for crocodile
bait Will be brought home alive.'
'Whon I first saw this advertisement
In a Ceylon newspaper," said Richard
Klnghorn, a guest at the Richelieu, "I
thought it was a joke. Afterwards I
learned It Wat br this moans . that
eronodile hunters secured their bait It
Is no trouble for an English erooodllt
hunter to got these Uttle children.
The Ceylon parents have full confidence
In Englishmen, and they will rent out
their babies to be used for crocodile bait
for a small sum. . . .
"The Ceylon orocodllet are lailei thaa
any other, and are harder to get They
He for hours perfectly motionless, bask
ing in the sun. Hardly any thing can
stir them. But when tempted by a fst
Ceylon baby placed on the banks of the
Stream they shake oft their ennui and
their mouths water for a delicate morsel
of brown baby. The crocodile gathers
bimsolf together and starts out for the
Infant When he gets about half way
op the bank the hunter, concealed be
hind some roods, opens fire and gets bit
game. Then the baby is taken home to
Its loving parents to be used for the
tame purpose next day. . The sports-
taan secures the skin and the head of
the oroeodlle, and the natives are given
the rost of the carcass. I ve shot every
thing from the little prairie dogs to
grlrzly bears, but for exoltement oro
dlle shooting with babies for bait Is out
of tight Chicago Tribune.
,'! A PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
Why tho Kin of Tramp Shook the Doit
of Detroit from Hie Feet.
A great big, ragged tramp wat
stretched at full length on one of tbt
benches In the circus park yesterday,
when an officer approached and dropped
the end of bis club against him and
said:
"Get out of this!"
' "W-who-whatl" gaspod the tleoptr
as he struggled up. - :
"What are you doing here f
; "Sleeping, sir."
"But this Is no place to sleep."
"Il ain't hey?"
"No; and you have no right to stretch
out and occupy a bench."
"I think I have."
"Well, I know you haven't and if you
do it again I'll arrest joul"
"la that the law bore?"
"It la." ,
"Well, you must be a mighty par
ticular poople. If a fellow wants to
sleep he must keep awake on account of
the law, and if he want to stretoh his
legs he's got to go out and hire a vaoant
lot lomewhoro. . Kuyl'V .
;, "Weill"
"Put your old park In your pocket!
There's no society for a man like ma
here, any way, and I just wandered la
to show the people that I wasn't proud
or stuck up." Detroit Free Press,
A Too Conscientious book. Hinder.
There Is such a thing as doing a piece
Of work too thoroughly, a the follow
ing lnoldont shows. A Portland lady
bad a large family Bible that bad be
longed to ber husband' mother, and
which both highly prised. For twenty
year they traveled a great deal and al
ways took this Bible with them. Eaoh
Sunday on returning from church the
lady wrote la the margin of this Bible
opposite the passage that bed formed
the preacehrt text the name of the min
ister and the town or elty where the ser
mon wat given, also brief comment.
A tew months ago the couple came to
Portland, and as the Bible was coming
from the binding, it was taken to a book
binder's to be repaired. It la dlffloult
to imagine the ownor's feelings when
on again receiving the book the found
that the book-binder had not only out
the previously wide margin fully one
half, but had carefully gone through
tb book and erased nearly all of the
work of the lady's penoil during all
these year. The book looked better,
o doubt -but to the owner it wu
Irreparably spoiled. Lewlstoa (Ma)
Journal. i
Bow tho rrenrh Bono tloait Boot
"Allow me to remark," taid a promi
nent citixen the other day, as ho wu
showing his appreciation of a choice piece
of roast beef, "that I once put in six
thacity of Vu- ,ot.hmw:
mrkble bout
me to the point In all that
J1? 1 ieTr w Sng plain
, lner u ."T1 e7
possible way, beef dressed with every
kind of sauce, but no plain beef for
a change. Do yon know I bad the
tame feeling they say a traveler in the
tropica baa the tropical fruit may bo
luscious, but on long for th taste of
an apple now and then I wished for a
taste of the roast beef 'bof bold Hen-
land.' flow do yon explain it abeanoeT
tit. pan Pumar Pram
He Bad the Floor.
The British bouse of commons I per
haps the most powerful organization of
men in the world, but IU great authority
and dignity did not prevent It from be
ing thrown into tome confusion on a re
cent occasion, by a very small enemy.
One of the members, air jonn uorst, ,
bad taken tho floor to addres the bouse,
when it wu perceived by a number of,
members that a mouse bad taken the
floor at the same time, and wu running
exactly in the direction of the spot occu-j
pied by Sir John. I
CerUlnof the members could not re
frain from cries of turprise at seeing the
mouse make this movement The cries
frightened the mouse and caused him to
turn back and run towards the benches
occupied by the member.
This threw the front bench into torn
confusion, which only frightened the
mouse the more. He attempted to take
refuse In the trousers leu of an honora
ble member, and thlt gentleman imme
diately began a aerie of leapt and bounds
m an attempt to free himself from th
moose. . : ,
In an Instant the chamber was in con
fusion. The mouse, escaping from the
honorable member with whom be had
taken refuge, ran this way and that
Number of the members lumped upon
the benches which serve them u
seat. The "Question before the house"
became, "How hall this uttle animal be
got rid of r
All at nnra tha mrraaa fonnd bis wav
to the bole in the floor through which he
bad entered. He disappeared, members
got down from the seats, and Sir John
Uorst resumed his remarks. Youth's
Companion.
A Freeh Water Scholar.
In bit response to the toast, "Our In
vited Guests," at the banquet given the
Georgia doctors, Dr. J. S. Todd got off
this one on Dr. J. McF. Gaston, of At
lanta. Now that the banquet is over,
Dr. Todd declare bit joke a true ona
The story u told runs this way:
"The first morning be via here Dr.
Gaston wu walking along the wharves.
He admired the vessels and the different
flags very much, and wu enthusiastic in
talking of them. In the afternoon Dr.
Gaston Induced me to go down with him
and look at tho bay. I gladly accepted
the invitation. . We bad not gone fur,
though, before Dr. Gaston'a looks and
manners changed completely. He look
ed nneuy and as if he would ran for
life. I noticed that, and asked him what
in the world waa the matter. 'Matter,'
replied Dr. Gaston, there'a plenty the
matter. Why, my conscience, man, if
that water continue to rise like it hu
for the last six hours every mother' ton
of nt will be drowned before morning.'
I turned away la laughter, while a truck
band who had overheard Dr. Gaston
tried to explain that the tide had come
in since he waa there in the morning."
Brunswick (Ga.) Time.
Th Phonograph la HUtory,
The phonograph people have property
which grow more valuable with the
lapse of every year. Many cylinders are
stowed away with marvelously interest
ing records upon their waxen surfaces.
The Gladstone cylinder is exhibited only
on rare occasion and to distinguished
guest. It is already an extremely valu
able record, and at Gladstone's death it
will probably bo worth $1,000. A cylin
der containing a few sentences by old
Gen. von Moltke, now 60 years of age,
can also be heard. The squalling of a
baby can be taken by the cylinder, and
when itt producer has reached man's es
tate be can listen to hit own inf untile
voice if be baa any curiosity that way.
Funny stories by Ell Perkins, songs by
well known singers and short paeaages
from well known plays, spoken by emi
nent actors, are all on storage In phono
graph cylinders. These lose nothing in
clearness and volume from the lapse of
years, but, of course, may be worn out
from use. ; It it believed that a record
taken today and carefully preserved can
be reproduced 850 years hence. New
xorxean.
Center of the United State.
Do you know the exact location of
the center of the Union f Never
thought anything about it, probably.
Well, It it marked by a grave that of
MaJ. Ogden, of the United State army,
who died at Fort Riley, Kan., In 1855,
during the cholera epldeuiio of that
year. The remains of the major were
removed to Fort Leavenworth and
buried hi the National cemetery there,
but hi monument still ttanda upon a
little knoll to the northeast of the fort
Fort Riley and It lift It head to
wards the clouds in the exact geograpld-
cal center of the United State. Of
the thousands of men who have been
located at Fort Riley during the post
forty years, perhaps not one In a hundred
knew or cured anything about the odd
ity of his situation. The post is a few
miles east of junction City, Kan., and
wu formerly one of the most Important
Id the United State. St Louis Re
rublio. Tha Beoret of Bis Conor.' (
All tlili hoavv. systematic robber?
was mode possible by the fact that the
tliievlng clerk never took a holiday or
a vmtJiin? he wu the first man at the
hank bi tha morning and th lost to
leav It at night Frequently be worited
alone by git light I know of more
than one great commercial establish
ment In this town where the offlcor en
force tha absolute rule that no em
ploye shall work longer than the oth
er, and that every employe all all take
a vacation every year and surrender hit
book or department to another man.
Chatter.
Tha Phonograph at Funeral.
It is related that a gentleman well
known in Richmond, Va. , intends to sing
at bis own funeral He hu sung at &4
funerals during the hut two year. He
Intend to ling certain tonga into a pho
nograph, and lot the instrument officiate
at th burial He hu chosen "Home of
th Soul" and "Good Night" a th
songs to be delivered at that time. Tliis
opens np a new idea. Why may not a
man preach hi own funeral sermon)
In th privacy of bit own chamber, while
living, be might confide to hi phono
graph exactly what he would like to
have aaid of him at hi funeral New
Ox leans Picayune.
Mueaga fat leeploaeaea.
' A little massage treatment or rubbing
with alcohol at tb back of th neck
tometiine bu th desired effect Alco
hol I quite a persuasive Inducer of sleep
when applied externally on the (pine.
and robbing on the bowk of tb neck
tire tli brain and cause deep fol
law. ftiihanv
A HORSE'8 PHENOMENAL DEEfl.
Be Caators liftoea MUos Without Chant
ing Bis Foot.
There wu an unusually large attend
ance at Audubon park, the attraction
being a novel race in which a man and
a horse were contending on pretty near
ly even terms. Mariano Bielsa had
agreed to run fifteen mile against any
horse that should be pitted against him
under these conditions:
The Spaniard offered a prize of $100
for any horse that would walk, run, trot,
pace, rack or lope fifteen mile under
saddle in leas time than be would run
the same distance; but it wu in the
agreement that the bone should adopt a
certain gait at the start and not ex
change it for another in any part of the
race, and it wu through this part of the
contract that the element of uncertainty
wu introduced into the contest
Everybody knew that anything of a
fair saddle horse could cover fifteen milea
in lest time than it would take a man to
run the ume distance, but the prevail
ing impression appeared to be that no
horse could be found that could be made
to lope, trot, gallop, pace or rack fifteen
mile without changing itt gait
The horse selected for the contest wu
a substantial looking black gelding of
good size and substance, and having a
fair share of quality, though be wu not
a handsome horse. He was ridden by
his owner, Mr. R. L. Harvey, who, with
the big Mexican saddle be used, must
have made np an impost of fully 160
pounds. ,
It wu announced that the horse would
"lope" (canter), and it wu understood
that, while he might shift bis feet u
often u he chose, he would lose the race
if he trotted even half a length. Before
the start the man was the favorite, as it
wu expected that the horse would drop
into a trot when shifting his lead from
left to right, or from right to left, while
no one appeared to contemplate the pos
sibility of the horse's accomplishing tho
whole distance without once changing
his feet
It wu nearly 5 o'clock when the con
testant made their appearance. The
Spaniard wu very gayly attired in flesh
colored silk tights, white kid slippers
trimmed with scarlet, a scarlet silk
handkerchief on his head, a cream col
ored undershirt of silk net, and beauti
fully embroidered trunks and collarette
of blue silk.
Starting a little back of the mark, they
moved np and took the word together,
the man at the pole on a long twinging
trot and the horse about the middle of
the track on a slow canter. The horse
immediately took the lead, and he con
tinued to draw steadily away for the
whole distance till he bad completed the
fifteen miles (without having once u
much u shifted his feet for the purpose
of changing his lead), and wu more than
five mile ahead of Bielsa.
As will be seen by the time of each
mile, Mr. Harvey rated hit horse admir
ably from first to last, and at the conclu
sion of the race he wu warmly congrat
ulated by hosts of admiring friends. The
following table will give an accurate
picture of the performance:
boss. Time. sua. Tuna.
First mile tin. 40. First mile tin. 67k.
Second niu..:.m. so. Second mile. ...em. Ma.
Third mils 4m. tS. Third mile 7m. 10.
Fourth mil.... 4m. SSa. Fourth mile.... 7m. ta.
Fifth mile 4m. Ha. Fifth mils 7m. 16a,
Bath mils 4m. DM. Sixth mile 7m. 16s.
Seventh mile. ..4m. 80. Serenth rail.. .7m. 4S.
Eighth mile.... 4m. 40. Eighth mile. ...7m. SO.
Ninth mil 4m. SB. Ninth mile 7m. 40.
Tenth mile 4m. 89. Tenth mil 7m. 46s.
Eleventh mile.. 4m. 4S.
Twelfth mile.. 4m. STs. Total lb. 13m. 18s,
Thirteenth mile 4m. 40a.
Fourteenth mlle.4m. 80s,
Fifteenth mile.. 4m. SS.
Total lb. 8m. 88a.
The torse's time for ten miles wu 40
minutes and 10 seconds. New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Requisites for a Good Memory,
Memory it found in all healthy state
of the brain, and consists of a revival in
the mind of a past condition or act. It
it not enough that the original impres
sion be renewed on the brain and com
prehended; it must be registered, so u
to produce a permanent modification of
brain structure or action, otherwise it
passes from the mind and can only be
vaguely recalled. A good memory de
pends on various considerations; one I
healthy brain structure, another is nutri
tion, and a third is training and culture.
The young remember more easily than
the old. Their brains are active, and
there is an enormous amount of new
healthy blood coursing through them at
a rapid rate, and nutrition is active.
Fatigue is fatal to good memory it la
then that nutrition languishes; but rest
restores a healthful condition, and then
the power of memory comes back again.
At old age comet on, nutrition is lea
perfect, and the cells of the brain in
which memory takes place become filled ,
np with debris of decay, become yellow,
and actually lose their organised struct
ure, and are no longer capable of action.
New York Ledger.
Charming away Dlaoaeo.
A ludicrous custom It still followed
In Hindoo households of Bengal The
butt day of Falgoon, that fell on March
13, wu observed in worshiping Ghantoo,
the god of itche and the disease of
the skin which afflict the native. Very
early on the morning of this day the
mistresses of the families, changing
their nocturnal attire, put a nseles
black earthen vessel outaide the three
hold of their back doors with a hand
ful of rice and masoor dal four cowrie
and a piece of rag smeared with tume
ric Wild flower appealing In thla
season called Ghantoo fool are of
ered In worship. The young boys f
the families stand in a semicircle be
fore the mistresse with cudgels In their
hands.
When the conchee are sounded by
the female worshipers, u the signal
of the poojah being over, the boy
break the vessel Into atoms. The
mirthful children, In their anxiety to
strike the first blow, sometime braise
the linger and hand of th matron.
The piece of rag la pressed over the
doors of the house hi xenana. In the
evening of the day the boy of th
lower order of the village ting the
tongs of the occasion In chorus from
door to door for pie. Bengal Letter.
Th custom of lifting th hat bad It
origin when it wu customary for
knight never to appear hi puhlio ex
eerjt In full armor. It became tb eua
torn, however, for a knight, open en-
. ; v i m ei 1 -
wing ma aaeeiuoij ui inra mj rcaoorej
hit helmet i4T-ify1ng. "I am af b
the preeenoe of my frieoda."
WHAT ECONOMY MEANS.
erroneous trtiproHlona Entertained by
tho Majority of feopl.
. Many people have a false Idea of
what economy means. Tbey believe
they are economical while they Indulge
In many articles which are pure luxu
ries (Imply because tbey are cheap.
They frequent bargain counters and buy
many things tbey do not need, under
th impression that tbey will need
them at tome future day. 1 it they
fritter a great deal of money on things
which do them no earthly good. Tbey
buy two cheap dresses, when one good
one would last longer than both the
cheap gowns. The price of an article
Is a very poor criterion to go by In esti
mating its cheapness. An inferior ar
ticle which contains Intrinsic flaws is
generally dear at any price. What it
of no possible use to you is an extrava
gance, no matter how cheap It may be
In price. Wlw women are seldom led
awsy by specious labels on goods.
They make up tbelr minds what tbey
need before tbey start out on a shop
ping expedition, and purchase goods to
meet that need. After looking through
the shops they often seleot some
thing different from what they
bad first Intended, because uey find it
Is better suited to their purpose or that
it will be dlffloult to get exactly what
they had planned. It Is always wise to
make out a shopping list with the limit
of price which you intend to pay oppo
site each article, and keep yourself if
possible within thlt limit The value
of keeping a petty cash account book In
which every Item bought for the house
bold is set down and balanced with the
amount of money received, at tbe bot
tom of every set of pages can not be too
highly commended. It keeps expense
within bounds, and la useful to the
housekeeper In estimating the value of
articles she intends purchasing. It
thowt bow long the goods and other
clothing have lasted, and miy other
things which no mother can always
keep in her memory. It is an excelent
thing to give children, as soon as they
arrive at about twelve years, or even
before, a little allowance for spending
money and an account-book. Show
hhem how to keep an account f
small expenditures, and make it
a condition that they do so if
they wish to receive, their allow
ance. ' There Is no instruction more
necessary to children than instruction
In the wUemanagement of money. Chil
dren should be taught early what true
economy Is, and to exercise their judg
mentnot their fancy In making pur
chases. A little instruction now, and
experience, if need be, of the genuine
discomforts of extravagrance, may save
them from much suffering in after
years, when, perhaps, you can not help
them. Only when people have con
quered the spirit of the spendthrift
within themselves can they help their
children. "I don't understand It," said
a brilliant worldly woman, who had
been accustomed to Indulge every wblm
when she could, "as soon as I have any
extra money a necessity arises for its
use." The seoret was that what was a
luxury when she could not obtain it sud
denly became a necessity when she
could; and thus It will always be with
some persona Trivial things whiob
they might do without seem for the
time to be veritable needs which they
will be wretched If they forego. Self
indulgence Is an unmerciful tyrant N.
Y. Tribune.
A Word About iiaby' O ip.
In the dressing of little children many
fond, young mothers aim to put on what
Is pretty, forgetful oftentimes of the
discomfort the little tots must suffer.
Who ever saw an Infant who willingly
submitted to the tying on of tbe cap,
without some demonstration of disap
proval of that bit of head-gear? As an
article of apparel, these same little
caps must be very annoying. They are,
If starched ever so little, very stiff tor
the delicate head of a baby, and they
do not serve to protect the head of the
wearer from elthor heat or cold, from
sunshine or from wind. Christian at
Work.
An Oytor Stew In Ball a Minute.
Ordinarily it takes fifteen to twenty
minute to make an oyster stew proper
ly; but Yankee genius hu invented a
contrivance which relegates the hitherto
popular system to the realms of antiq
uity. I entered a caravansary np town which
Is much patronized by ladies out on hus
band impoverishing expeditions and or
dered an oyster stew. The waiter, to
my surprise, returned with it in about
three-quarter of a minute.
"Here," aaid L "I don't want any
ready made stew. I want one cooked to
order."
"This I cooked to order, air," replied
the garoon, "and I'll guarantee it it well
made, too. You taste it, and if you
don't like it I'll have another made in
the same time in your presence."
I tasted it with diffident hps and in
credulous mind, but sure enough it wu
as good a stew u I had ever eaten.
Curious to learn how it wu done I In
quired of the waiter for Information,
when he led me to the front window
and told the young man acting in
the capacity of lightning chef what I
wanted.
"I can make yon a stew in thirty-six
seconds," said the Briliat-Savarin, "and
this is the way I do It:"
So saving he turned a aet screw, which
ent steam sizxing through a tube in a
half inch vacuum under a copper plate;
then he scooped a dozen oysters, which
he placed in the now hot plate, with the
juice. After a few seconds he skimmed
the oyster juice, which had begun to
boil immediately on being placed in the
copper plate; next he poured a Uttle
milk, and afterward a small piece' of
butter Into the plate, and, prestol the
stew wu made.
It had taken a trifle over half a min
nte, ,
"We have an average of 200 people
here during the entire day," aaid the
chef, u he juggled with two milk ahakea,
a glass of cider and one of grape juice,
and if all of them ordered nothing but
oyster stew 1 could supply them u fast
u they could eat them with these two
team plates. It's a new invention, and
I dont think anybody else is using it so
far u I have heard." be said in conclusion,
in answer to my question.
What 1 am now looking for Is a steam
or electric digestive apparatus. Xew
York Herald.
aatUfleel altli Bla Pew.
"There's only on fault I have to find
with Dr. Pulpit's sermons," said Mrs. i
Poota, whose pew is in tbe back part of
a large and fashionable church.
"What's thatT aaked Mr. P.
"I cant hear on word be laji."
-Humph! That' just what I lika
about 'cm." granted Poota. Txu Sift
BUT.
F.ll Into a Den of Snake.
Prospector In Winston county had a
most exciting encounter with reptiles,
the particulars of which have Just be
come known. It is well known that for
yeur a snake den has existed in that
county, and travelers have told of the
remarkable number of huge snakes to be
seen under a certain rock. Climb up to
the rock above the den, and seemingly
thoimandsof snakes appear below, writh
Ing about as if in agony, entwined about
each other in an indescribable mass. If
a stone is dropped down into this den an
odor arises which, it la stated, almost
renders those above unconscious.
A party of prospectors visited this not
ed den and one of them, having heard
the story of the sickening odor emitted
from these reptiles, concluded to test It
and dropped a stone. The odor wu
more eudden than usual and atronger
than ever known before, and the pros
pector, it appears, being unable to re
pel its effects, became dizzy and fell Into
the snake den below. Hit nomneu
companions looked over the precipice
and saw him fall among the snake and
then supposed that he wu killed. But
when he struck the shelf of rock which
wu occupied by the snake he rolled off
and fell, his body striking the branches
of a tree, where he lodged. As he fell
from the den it wu seen that a snake
wu clinging to his arm, another around
his body, and still another around hit
leg, but In some almost miraculous way
these were all knocked off by the branch
es of the tree which he fell into.
His companions ran at once to the bot
tom of the mountain, then went back to
the tree, which they climbed, and found
the unfortunate man alive, but uncon
scious. They took him to a neighboring
cabin, and it wu found that, while he
wu considerably bruised and had a bro
ken arm from the fall, none of the snakes
had bitten him in any exposed part of
the body, and he wu not injured by his
thrilling experience except, aa stated,
from the fall. Alabama Cor. St Louis
Globe-Democrat
"Ephrura's" Incredible Meanness.
Down In Washington county I heard of
an old fellow, a venerable octogenariun,
who had seen hit molars departneby
one, while his canines and incisors fol
lowed in mournful procession, until old
age found him bereft of all his early as
sistants in mastication. Awhile ago he
visited a dentist in a neighboring town
and announced that he hod concluded to
invest in a set of false teeth, and at once
began to discuss the financial points in
volved. During the discussion he ex
plained why he was compelled at this
lute hour to make such a venture. "Ycr
tee," said the old man, "wobbling" his
toothless jaws, "I ben a-needin' suthin'
o' the kind fer a long spell back, but
brother Ephrum, who wuz more'n ten
year oider'n I be, he had a bran new pa'r,
reg'lor double deckers they war, Vi
Ephrum war a:ailin' and likely wouldn't
lust long, 1 jest waited erlong for his'n,
V I ben waitin' fur them teeth," dis
gustedly, "sence 'way bock in the seven
ties, tell abaout a month ago" here his
voice took on a sarcastic tone "Ephrum
he jest couldn't stick it uout no longer,
n' he np 'n' died. But, dern it" indig
nantly "ef he didn't ensist afore he loft
that them thur teeth should be buried
along with him! ensisted on it, 'n' what's
more he jest shet his mouth so tarnal
solid no mortal man could ha' got 'em,
V died so!" Lewiston Journal.
Cincinnati Building Auoclatlon.
The building association interest in
this vicinity is at this time more than
ever before in need of a central ex
change. Many of the savings societies
In Hamilton county have accumulations
of money not invested. These idle accu
mulations vary in amounts from $1,000
to $20,000. Of the 840 building associa
tions in this vicinity probably fifty have
at all times idle capital, and a fair aver
age of the amount on hand would be
12,000 for each one, or $100,000 in all,
which at 6 per cent per annum would
be $0,000 actual loss annually to the
building association fraternity by reason
of non-invested funds. If there existed
an exchange supported by all the asso
ciations in this vicinity then the idle cap
ital of the one could be diverted to ex
cess needs of the other, and the profit on
the loan would remain in the building
association circle and not go outside to
the banks. The cost of supporting such
an exchange, including rent, clerk hire,
gas, fuel, etc., would not exceed $3,000 a
year, or less than $10 for each associa
tion, and would accomplish the saving of
$4,000 a year for the fraternity. A move
ment looking forward to the establish
ment of the central exchange hu begun.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Dove Luncheon.
A well known society woman has de
veloped a really new idea in the way of
a "dove luncheon." It hu long been de
clared by the lady's circle of friends that
the closely resembles the portraits of
Marie Antoinette, and taking this u a
suggestion she entertained last week a
dozen friends at what she called a Louis
Seize luncheon. The hostess herself wu
dressed in a gown that faithfully copied
one of the unfortunate queen's, and each
of the guests had chosen some other fa
mous woman of that period of famous
women, whom she personated in cos
tume and coiffure. The adorning of the
table and the service of the luncheon
wu made u consonant u possible with
the rest of the affair, and the topic
chosen for conversation wu the women
cf the French revolution. Tew York
Lveuing Sun.
Edleou'a uomocratie ways.
Edison is a count, a millionaire and
'he most famous living inventor. His
present wealth, which amounts to many
millions, is as nothing compared to what
tt will be in the next few years; but he
itill works away in his laboratory, and
some forward to greet you in just such
I suit of clothes u be wore twenty years
ago. As compared with Edison's dingy
little shop of twenty years ago, out at
Menlo park, in which he used to eat
bis bread and cheese seated on an old
packing box, talking over the work in
band with bis two or three workmen,
the present surroundings are fabulously
luxurious.
Everything show unbounded means,
which may be the case when we re
member that bis famous laboratory costs
1200.000 a year to maintain. But the
master mind I still the tame. When be
works it means work for his men. In
the old day at Menlo park it wu no nn
tommon thing for him to remain at the
bench for forty-eight hour at a stretch,
tending one of the boys for cracker and
:heea when be felt hungry, and not
riving up until hi assistant bad
actually fell asleep standing np. Today
a i just mm interested. PitUbnrg Die-
MktVtk
ABOUT CERAMIC COLOEa
A FEW P0INT8 CONCERNING THEIR
ORIGIN AND USE.
faeh thad 6f Blu Bat itt 0 tattle.
Jar Application Anion th Potter.
China Green Wa That Country,
porlal Color.
The origin of the ceraraio colors, their
use and significance, are subject 0f
much Interest and Well worthy the ttudr
of potter, a well u professional and
amatenr decorators. In Chinese ceram.
let the colors are divided into families."
and many are curiously symbolical
owing their origin often to some peculiar
or remarkable occurrence of a past aee.
It it well known by every one that blue
hu always been a favorite color with
the Chinese potter or decorator, but that
each shade of blue hu it own particu
lar use and significance which giv fj
it name Is an unfamiliar fact Th
tame It true, in a lee degree, however
of the greens and other colors. '
The brilliancy of the blues Invented
during the Tain dynasty, about 263
A. D., it remarkable, and la the first
color demonstrating any great success
after the celadons. One of these blues,
called "blue of the sky after rain," be
came very popular, and by the command
of the emperor wu adopted for every
article of porcelain used in the palace.
The date of its adoption u the royai
color is placed at 954, but it is not known
exactly how long this particular shade
continued in exclusive use in the impe
rial household. It is assumed, however
that it remained in favor through sev
eral generations of emperors.
Again In 1SG6 blue wu adopted for
the royal porcelains, the shade being of
a deeper hue. Previous to this date
certain rich, deep blue became very fa
mous. The first porcelains brought Into
Europe were bine and white, the blue
being in various shades. The blues of
that time are nearly all of Chinese ori
gin, many of which have never been ex
celled and rarely approached by Euro
pean chemists. The Chinese blues are
also In greater variety than the blues of
any other nation; one of them is re
markable for its rarity, appearing quite
green when contrasted with other blues,
but an unmistakable blue when con
trasted with green.
The greens produced by the Chinese
about the year 600 were particularly
noted, but it is not recorded which one
wu the special favorite of any dynasty. .
It is known, however, that green was the
exclusive imperial color for over 200
years, and that it. wu not confined to
porcelains, but obtained in everything
connected with the court. Some beauti
ful specimens of porcelains of this period,
decorated in the finest greens, are still
in existence, and their value is almost
beyond price.
The porcelains of each family or indi
vidual bore the signs of rank to which it
belonged, and colors or shades of color
selected by them were kept exclusively
for their use. Some of these colors bear
names thut seem ludicrous, but are nev
ertheless appropriate. One is red, called
the "color of precious stone" (probably
the ruby); another red, "color of Japan
pear blossom;" a violet, "color of egg
plant," "color of mule's liver," "color of
horse'e lung," etc.
Owing to the unreliability of gold col
ors in firing they have been a subject of
continual study and experiment with
both the chemist and decorator, but after
all these centuries of research the color
remains u unreliable u ever, meanwhile
remaining the most charming and fasci
nating of all the mineral colors. (The
colors designated u the rose family come
under the head of gold colors, and in
clude all the rich rose, crimson and vio
let shades. ) Thedateofthe discovery of
these colors is not known. Amateurs of
the present day are disappointed with
failures in the gold colors: they are
either dull and lusterless, or quite purple
after firing, and, indeed, they never seem
to be twice alike.
This is probably why carmine is con
sidered a test color, and the amateur
who can successfully use it is said to
have conquered the mysteries of mineral
colors. The popularity of ,the gold col
ors is not confined to the Oriental; they
have always been prime favorites with
all nations. Our rose Pompadour and
rose Du Barry prove the estimation in
which they were held at Sevres in the
time of these two women, from which
they derive their names, and evidence of
their popularity in all the world is as old
as the history of the decoration of ce
ramics. Probably the difficulty of procuring
satisfactory results with colors of the
rose family accounts for the value of old
specimens decorated with these colors.
The royal color of China at one time
wu a brilliant yellow known u egg yel
low, which still continue to be the ad
miration of connoisseurs and the special
ambition of amateurs. It is not certain
that this color wu at any time devoted
to the exclusive use of the imperial
household, hut it is assumed that it was.
The composition of many of the enamel
colors, by which is understood all over
glaze colors except the matt colors, is a
secret carefully guarded and transmitted
u an inheritance from father to son, but
in a work by M. Julian, an eminent
authority on eastern ceramics, many val
uable receipts for the mannfacture of
mineral colors are given, which are of
the greatest interest in the light of
education. Undoubtedly the Chinese,
in the matter of mineral colors and the
decoration of porcelains, stand high
above any other nation, and there it
good reason for it '
The manufacture of pottery has been
one of the most important industries ol
that country for upward of 2,000 years
and every ruler during that time bai
given special encouragement to the deco
ration of pottery, so great that in certain
periods such a thing u an uncoloredor
undecorated piece of pottery wu tb.
greatest rarity. The progress and suc
cess of Chinese decoration to doubtless
the result of royal favor, without wlncn
it could never have reached the degree
of perfection to which it hu attained.
w nether any other nation will ever eqy
China in this regard is doubtful. Phil
delphia Record.
Tha Good Enough Way.
There are no lea than 130 patent wash
ing machine in the market, and yet not
one of them hu succeeded in holding itt
own against the old fashioned and good
enough way invented by Eve in the gar
den of Eden. It's bard on the knuckle,
but it never leaves the clothe streaked.
Detroit Free Pre.
Since the invention of mokeles pow
der the French military authorities ar
considering the expediency of abolishing
brilliant colors, bright buttons, thining
WMpan,ta
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