EUGENE CITY GUARD.
LI CAMPBELL. Proprietor,
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
gome of EdUon'i Trick
Yean ago, when Thomas A. Ellison
wu a telegraph operator in the ofllce
of the old Frunkliu company, on Wall
Street, New York, ho was con tin u
til getting himself into trouble by
perpetrating electrical pranks on his
Brother operators. Tiie instruments in
those days were placed on shelf like
desks ranged along tlio walls of the op
erating room, aud Edition's place was in
a comer of the room. Here he concocted
ail his schemes for making life miserable
to every one and everything about him.
The ofllce seemed the rendezvous for
all the cockroaches in tho lower part of
the city, and Edison hit on a novel plan
to exterminate them one by one. Ho
rigged up wire along the wall, and
then catching ono of the insects put it to
death in the short and painless fashion
emfroved by Commodore Oerry. One
by one the Insects were "sparked out"
of existence until finally Edition became
known to the lrankhn boys as "Cock
roach Tom."
In tho cloak room was a large tank
generally filled with ice water, besido
which hung a tin dipper on a nail in the
wall. Edinon connected this nail with a
wire at the other end of which were 190
eells of Fuller battery, strong enough to
make one think ho hail been struck by the
paddle wheel of a Fall river steamer,
The future "Wizard of Menlo" then
placed a sign below tho dipper request
ing all to "please return this dipper,
Bis request was heeded. The dipper
was nevor taken down, but there wero a
dozen or nioro wrenched arms in the
office In less than an hour.
All this time the youthful inventor
was working on tho quadruple! telegraph
scheme which he afterward perfected,
and which is now tho principal system in
use by the Western Union company.
Iew York Telegram.
Crowding Out the Newly.
"Another girl I know of, who gradu
ted at Viissur, imbibed there so much
energy and enthusiasm that sho could
Dot settle down to tho life of a common
place daughter of tho household. She
must work, sho said, and sho would
teach. They livo in a neighboring suUir
bun city, where herfuthor is prominently
oncerned in public- school affairs, and II
was, of course, easy for him to procure
her an ngreeublo pluce. bo sho tenches,
driven to her classroom every moruing
by a liveried courliin.fii, while the while
hands which so didntily wield the pointer
at the blackboard sparkle with rings, any
one of which exceeds in vuluo tho sum
alio earns as a teacher in a wholo year.
'Hut think of tlio cquully intelligent,
efficient young womuu she is iniUmg
side. Somebody wants that place, not
to occupy herself, but to make her dully
bread.
"Why, only the other day mamma
was culled tiHn to interest herself in bo
half of a young gentlewoman with an in
valid father to supjxH-t. She painted ex
qukitek. but found it impossible to dis-
r of her work. One prominent dealer
art bric-a-brao told her when she
mentioned aprke for tho urticles she of
fered him tliut but Little more than cov
ered tlio cost of tho materials:
" 'Oh, 1 1 could not pay so much as
that; they are worth it, no doubt, but I
can get them cheaper. Plenty of fash
ionable women do this sort of tiling, you
know,' bo went on, not without a certain
pride in his voice, either, 'women who
drive up here in their carriage, who work
for tlio pleasure of it, and who spend the
money I pay them right here in my shop
for mora materials. '
"Now, does that seem fairf Which in
why I say," finished this fair champion
of justice, logically relating her open
ing proposition, "that there ought to be
society for the suppression or regula
tion of amateur industry." Now York
Times.
New Method of "Swearing."
As a party of Scotch concert singers
was traveling in Australia, the members
of it wero obliged to tuko an exceedingly
difficult road, in order to follow their
specillod route north from Brisliano.
Sometimes, during the hardest day's
journey, they wero obliged to walk up
the long hills, urging along tho horses,
which accomplished about thrco yards
at each pull. Finally, ut tho foot of a
formidable ascent, the driver volunteered
piece of valuable information.
"Folks generully sweur hero," said ho.
''It makes the horses go better."
No doubt; but we could never think
of The vory thing I uso tlio names
of Scotch Bongs. We started up tlio hill.
"Jo-o-ohn Urumliel" shouted one.
"Ye Banks and lira-a-esl" slirieked
another.
"Get up and Bar the Door oh,"
yelled a third, frightening ono of tlio
leading liorses, who sticks manfully into
bis collar. On we go.
"Oh, why left I my Ha-a-ine!" takes
us an immense distance.
"Castles in tho Air!" gets the coach
p altout fifteen yards.
"We're a' Noddiu" dullverod with
Impassioned fervor, makes a grout differ
ence ill the sieed. "My Heart's in Uie
Highlands!'' in desiring accents, sends
up a slope, while "Turn Glen," "Ower
the Hills and FurAwa-a-al" in ilerco,
xcitod tones by tho entire company
brings us, hoarse, perspiring aud ex
hausted, to tlio mountain's brow,
Youth's Companion.
. The Envelope fur I'm.
Never use a square envelope. Few are
the male offenders in this respect, but
many, alas! the culprits of the gentler
ex. A square envelope, largo or email,
but especially largo, is anathema in tho
yes of the postal clerk. Use an oblong
envelope of a moderately largo size a
government No. 4 1-3 or No. 0, corre
sponding nearly to tlio ordinary station
er's No. 0, is tho best for general letter
writing purposes and for small manu
scripts. An envelope which tlio en
closure can just be squeezed into is an
abomination to the sender, and particu
larly to the recipient whi n he attempts to
return the letter to its envelope, and sees
it break ojien the whole edge. Horace
Loudon in The Writer.
Pipes for Cool Alt
It won't be ten years hence when all
buildings piped for heat in the winter
will be cooled in summer through the
ame pipes. If ice can be artUlcially
frozen it should be no great trick to send
down the temperature of a hail, open
liaise or room. Detroit Free Press.
A normwnr to the late Canon IJd.lon i
has been found for HU Paul's, London, I
in Canon Je. bold, qnoteU as a scholarly
usoii mi uiwitj buu viuuiwiit uu -i
COMMUNION.
Van for a moment makea life whotsf .
5(XbJiiK It cuuiinou or unclean.
Where 1 and my twe-t f rl. lnl convioa,
In Uiat nisi chnmlier of my soul.
Jowpb l'aiis Miller lu Uont en Transcript
TRAVELING IN SIBERIA.
Mlaerahle Ilorma of the Yalioot The
(ieiilla llulmlmr and lilt Driver.
Reindeer are much swifter and more
reliable than dogs or the miserable horses
of the Yukoots. And yet these horses are
not to be despised, for they supply a nerd
that it would be (lillicult to reach with
other animals. They are very hardy and
require scarcely more attention than the
wilder animals in that country. It is not
necessury to provide food or shelter for
them. They thrive and do much liar
work upon dead grass, twigs and dried
leaves that in winter they find by pawing
olf the snow from the ground. In sum
mer it would I itnjtossihlo to keep up
communication with the Russian outposts
inSils'ria witlioiit these horses of the ia-
kools. Upon them is packed the mer
chiuidise for trade with the outlying trilies,
and they bring buck the furs that have
been gathered during the winter season.
Uion the obscure trail through those wild
Siberian wastes the summer traveler often
meets long lines of these animals trudging
patiently along, sometimes twenty-!! vo or
thirty In iiumitcr, each one tied to the tan
of his hie leader.
During the winter, however, the gentle
reindeer move gaily along ut a swift and
easy trot, two uttuched to each sled, and
fastened by a linn from tho antlers of one
to tlio sled in front of him. Ihcre may
lie but one driver for half a dozen or more
sleds, and he sits on tho right side of the
lending sled, guiding his team with a line
attached to a halter uround the antlers
and under tho throat of the olf leader,
A steady pull directs tho team to the
right, and a scries of jerks is a suggestion
to go to tho left. If, however, the leader
neglects tho signal, tho driver jumps
from his seat anil runs alongside of tho
obstinuto animal, which immediately
makes a rush toward the opposite direc
tion. An HCtive and'uttentive driver oc
cupies himself incessantly in keeping his
team under full headway, and for that
purpose wields a long, thin stick or wand
with which he continually prods the poor
reindeer in the rear. Eventually he gets
little sore place there by continued
prodding, and plies his relentless rod
upon that tender siiot with the best re
sults. The conscience that exists even in
Ynkoot or Tunguse yemshik has in
spired him to put a wooden or bono but
ton uiion the end of his goad to keep it
from penetrating too fur.
v hen a reindeer is tired, it lies down,
and no amount of punishment will get it
on Its feet again until another is brought
to replace it from a minuter of spare ani
mals that are always tied behind the rear
sled for that purose. No matter how
much exhausted the weary nniiuid seems
when removed from harness, it reciqier
ates very rapidly while running behind
the sleds, and is soon readv to take its
turn at pulling. The usual gait of a
reindeer team is a long, swinging trot;
but when in a great hurry, which is sel
dom tho cose with those luzy people, tho
driver urges his team into a gallop, and
under such circumstances it is not un
usual for them to make over twenty
versts (about fourteen or fifteen miles)
an hour. William II. Gilder in Outing.
In Their First lluttle.
A young Bostoniaji has written to sev
eral prominent generals asking how they
felt in their tlrst battles, (icn. Micrmun
says that such questions nru hard to an
swer. Admiral l'orter says his lirst battle
occurred when he was 13 yeurs of ace,
and that he did not iM much afraid.
Gen. rieusonton remarks that his first
buttlo was in Mexico in 1 b 10, and that
ho felt that the sooner the enemy was
thrashed the better it would be, while
Gen. Averell savs tho battle of Hull Kim.
1801, was hi first, and that when ho saw
the enemy ho thought that a great and
useless crime was about to be committed.
New York World.
Fountains In Trees.
The great Cottonwood trees in the
swamps of IcmiCKsce contain veins of
clear, sparkling water which tustes some-
hut like unsweetened soda wuter and
which spurts forth as if under gaseous
pressure when a vein is punctured. It is
said to be deliciously refresliing, and
hunters are in the habit of carrying gini-
lets with which to pierce tlio veins when
they are. thirsty. It is a point of honor
with them to plug up tho orilice when
their thirst is satisfied, that the next
comer may not be disappointed. New
York Evening World.
Indiana of Arliona.
Extensive preimrations ure bcinir made
by the Presbyterian lwrd of Indiun
schools to educate tho Indians of Arizona.
At Tucson they are building an f 3,000
school house. Fifty acres of land huve
been bought on the Santa Cruz river,
where the young Indians will lie instruct
ed in farming, and another building, to
cost (0,0110, will soon be erected, where
ISO pupils can be accommodated. Chi
cago News.
Catching Itattlt-anukee.
A novel industry lias been started by
boys in the Sun Monica mountains iu
California, They eutch rattlesnakes by
means of a slip noose of cord, box them up
and take them to Los Angeles, where they
sell them. The Chinese are the purchasers.
They use them us medicine, and tho snakes
sell for from lifty cents to 1 ei.ch. It is
said that the Chinamen handle them fear
lessly and never get bitten. Chicago
Herald. .
Five lean Without Winding.
A clock has been invented, and is com
ing into list in FimiH, which is war
ranted by its mumifiu'turvrs to run for
ilvo years without either winding or regu
lation. The llelgiun government placed
one in a railway station in 1881, wealed
with the government scul. and it has kept
perfect tiino ever since. The Argonaut.
F.Toltitlou of Worde,
It is interesting to trace the evolution
of words and expression. Cultivated
people say: "How do you do?" Those
who are less precise say: "Howdydoo?"
In the backwoods of Tennessee thov kit
Uowdv?" Tho noble red uian of the
west says "How?" While tho cat en the
fence says "Owl" Norwich Bulletin.
A Spotted Tribe.
There is a whole tribe of spotted men
and women aud children, too, to be met
with in a district on the banks of the
River Purus, in South America. They
live only on the river banks, or in float
ing settlements in the lagoons. Almost
their whole life is speut in their canoes,
and they are conspicuous by their pecu
liar skin, which is covered with black
and white sihiU, and causes many in
dividual to look just a if they had
been dappled, so that the spotted man
need not always be a thing of paint and
pabCO. iNtiw lOrK lM9grUtt, I
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CHILDREN IN SUMMER.
fo Hilda of fireat Value to Anilout
Parent A Hurler' Advice.
Right hero a word of advice can be
given which, if heeded, may save many
of these children from the tortun'sof
sickness and tho sadness of death. True,
so long as It is necessary for sime people
to live in houses where pure air is almost
unknown the rutoof infunt mortality will
be abnormally high, yet a little kuowl
edge and a little care on tho part of those
who have cliurge of children will greatly
reduce it. What follows may claim the
attention of rich as well as ior, for
riches do not always bring wiedoru, and
the children of well to do parent are fre
quently tho victims of the carelessness
and the ignorance uf mothers.
A talk with Dr. Nugle, of the health
department, reveals the fuel that during
tlio hot weather about one hundred In
fantsthat is, children under 5 years
die in New York city every day. On tho
averago over one-third of this great mor
tality is due to disease resulting from
disturbances of the digestive organs.
Ono hundred little onesdiiig every day I
And yet many of these little lives could
be saved and many households could be
spared the sorrow of witnessing the pain
ful struggle of the babes for life.
Three imiiortant things in connection
with the cure of children should always
be remembered cleanliness, pure air and
m r , , , .
proper feeding, much in.iury is uonw
children by overfeeding them. In tho
first month or so of a child s life frequent
feeding is necessary. Its stomach is in
capable of hard work, and that organ
must gradually become accustomed to
tho duties nature intended il to perform.
For this reason small quantities of food
are taken at a time, ami tne leeuing
must occur at short intervals. At hrst
let tho interval lie only two or three
hours long. At six months the child
should be fed not oftener than five times
a day. A child will often seem hungry
when a little water will satisfy it. Give
pure water or barley water. Do not ac
custom your child to feeding during tho
night. This may easily be avoided by
bPKinning nghtlv. It tlio child awakes
and cries, give only water. It will soon
go to sleep again, and if it is not given
food it will certainly learn not to cxjicct
it. This plan is better for the child, and
it saves the mother and every ono else
about the house a deal of trouble.
To insure proiier cleanliness Infants
should be bathed twice a day and oftener
in hot weather. A child always feels
better after a bath in cool water. Buhy
should love its Uuh. If it docs not, tho
fault lies with those w no administer it.
Do not splash the water alxmt or get tho
soap lu butty s eyes. ror should ono
givo tlio bath when the child is hungry.
The soothing effect of the huth Uon tho
child is noticeable. Quiet, healthful,
refreshing sleep is often the result. In
deed, a cool bath at night is better than
narcotic. Sleeplessness in the child
means worry aim exhaustion to the
mother, and this reacts iixn tho child
by ulfecting both the quality ami quan
tity of her milk. The bath, too, has a
murked effect in preventing bowel com
plaint.
In this connection a hint nmy bo given
on the clothing of infants. They should
lie neither overdressed nor underdressed.
The clothing should not bo so heavy as
to cause discomfort nor so light us to per
mit their catching cold. In our change
able climate, where cold nights often suc
ceed warm days und sudden changes are
liable to occur in a few hours, it is
diilicult to have tho clothing always just
right. Mutters will bo much simplified
by using a llannel band around tho ab
dominal region, covering tho digestive
organs. This will ward olf sudden chills
and frequently be the means of prevent
ing illness. 1 he band should bo mado to
evenly and snugly, and should bo
worn by all children under 4 years of
age at all times. In a circular which tlio
Health department has issued tho follow
ing advico on summer complaint is
given :
It comes from over feeding, nnd hot
and foul air. Keep doors and windows
open. Wash your well children with
cool water twice a day. or oftener in the
hot season. , Never neglect looseness of
tho bowels in an infant. Consult the
family or disjiensary physician at once,
and ho will give you rules about what it
should tuke und how it should be nursed.
Keep your rooms as cool as possilile, liavo
them well ventilated, and do not allow
any bad smell to oomo from sinks,
privies, garbage boxes, or gutters about
the house whero you livo. Where an
infunt is cross and irritublo in tho hot
weather, a trip on the water will do it a
greut deul of good (ferrybimt or stenm
bout), and may prevent cholera infan
tum." With tho first appearance of teeth in a
child some fiiod other than milk becomes
necessary, (livo it a crust of bread to
exerciso tqion, and let it occasionally
suck a piece of rare beef. Toward tho
cloeo of the first year tho teeth should bo
coining regularly. A failure in this re
paid will usually mean that something is
wrong. Tlio food may not bo as nutri
tious as necessary, or there may bo some
defect of digestion. The child's digestion
frequently shows signs of weakness ufter
an attack of cholera infantum, and some
times when there has been no posi
tive sickness. Tho child does not gain
in weight und strength as it should,
the color is palo and the bones show
signs of ini)erfect development. This is
seen in their tendency to bend iu the
well known "bow legs." Under these
circumstances the head, too, will assume
a decidedly square uppeamnce. Well,
Uiese symptoms are well marked. They
point to the ulTcction known as rickets,
which is always duo to had nutrition,
resulting from improper surroundings.
Tho diet must bo made richer in bona
forming material. The child must nlso
liaye plenty of exercise and pure air and
suulight. Some medicine is usually
needed, and when the condition described
manifests itself the purcnU should con
sult a physician before tho malady has
gone so far as to produce malforma
tions. The acute diseases which afllict chil
dren in summer are, as a rule, short in
their course. What is a slight sickness
today may turn out a futal ono to-morrow.
For this reason no disturlxiuce of
child's digestion should bo neglected.
A physician should bo consulted as soon
as MwsiUe. William A. Graham, II. D.,
lu Now York World.
A lUeod Engageoaeat.
"Sir,M he said, "did you ever bleed
for your country's flag I"
Oh. ye."
'In what engagementf"
'In an engagement I made with my
substitute; he bled me for $800." New
York Sun.
The tullao'a Wife.
The aid tan of Zaniiher haa a PWman
if- and bv a ainmilar minri.tfwi re-
many obtain valuable eoncewdon from
Uj maitetj'i Ovenunent denied to other
pOWVtV
FEEDING A BIO SNAKE.
foe Appell'lng Meal of Itabblla Thai
Una Comlrlrlor ItollKht In.
Three corpulent rabbits of Belgian
breed were caged in a soap box quietly
awaiting their fate. They were the meal
fur which the snuke was anxiously await
ing. He had not tasted meat in four
mouths aud his voracious maw yawned
like bottomless pit for the nnfortonate
trio iu tho soap box. Manager Dell ap
peared and drew forth one of the rabbits.
After stroking "buuny" on the back for
a moment he ojieiicd the door to the
snake's den and thrust him in. The huge
boa had coiled himself up in a corner, but
at once roused himself for action. He
was fully twelve feet long, and having
recently shed his winter coat his skin
glistened aud shone like sutin. Ho raised
his head a foot or so from the floor and
viewed the first course of his quadri
annual meal.
Tho rabbit showed no signs of fear,
but rather seemed to enjoy his new
quarters. The snake slowly lowered his
head and cautiously ttegan to stretch
himself along the side of the den. He
never once took his eyes off the rabbit,
which wus still unconscious of his dan
ger, suddenly tne raouit ut-guu iowv
strangely and to cut all sorts of ridicu
lous capers. He would leap back and
forth over the snake and then rub up
against it, and apiteiired to be fascinated.
Slowly and stealthily the snake turned
his bead about until it was within a foot
of Uie rabbit's haunches. Then, quick
as a flash, ho darted forward, seized the
rabbit in his mouth and in another in
stant there was nothing to be seen of the
Iittle nniwal save the tips of his ears,
which protruded from between the folds
of the snako.
Hie huge serpent then raised his bead
full two feet from the floor, darted out
bis forked tongue aud hissed horribly at
the motley group watching him. If
there was any struggle on the part of the
rabbit it was not visible. The snake had
him in his awful coils. Then the coils
slowly, but with a strength which wus
terrible to look at, began to tighten till
every bouo in the poor rabbit's body
must havo been broken. This done the
coils relaxed, and the limp, lifeless body
of the sportive rabbit of a few momenta
before Icy ready to be swallowed. First
the senent nosed his victim all over.
The eyeballs of the dead rabbit were
protruding from their sockets, and by
way of beginning the boa licked them
with his tongue. Once more he coiled
about his victim, leaving its head and
shoulders free. Then ho opened his
monstrous jaws nnd, taking "bunny's"
head therein, began to swallow. Soon
the head nnd shoulders were out of sight,
and in less than fifteen minutes the hind
legs followed. Cliicago Inter-Ocean.
The TrollU of Authorship.
I caught one of our best known au
thors in a confidential mood recently,
and his comments on the revenue of au
thorship, which he gave me permission
afterward to print, curry interest with
them. I may add that the name of this
author is one of tho most widely known
in American literature toduy. "Seven
yours ago I chose between law and lit
erature. I had every opportunity to suc
ceed at the bar, for through hard study
aud my connections a lucrative practice
seemed open to me. But I turned to
author .ip. Today lam what the world
culls a successful author. My last novel
was bid for by three publishers, and my
royalties, I am tuld by my publishers,
are higher than those of the majority of
their writers. I have the pleasure of
hearing my books aud numo hawked on
the trains when I am traveling, the
newspapers give me from a quarter of a
column to a column and a half reviews.
"But what has literature brought mo in
money? Let mo open my vest pocket to
yon. Here is my actual revenue for
1889, and includes, as you Bee, royalties
on six of my novels, miiguzino articles,
etc., and everything is collected. Here
is tho total, $3,170.40. Compare theso
actual figures to the paragraph recently
circulated iu which I am reputed to earn
$10,000 from my pen. Is it any wonder
that the unsophisticated enter literature
with false hopes? Yes, print those facts
if you wish: only, of course, withhold
my numo and identity," I reproduce
here tho facts and figures as they wero
given to me. I ouly wish it were pos
sible, for tho sake of thoso who think
thut literature is a bed of roses, to give
this author's name. New York Letter.
Struck by Lightning.
Sailors aro proverbial for their big
yarns, but thoy can't get much ahead of
river men. The other day dipt. J. D.
Parker got hold of dipt. Gibson, and he
said: .
"Dave, you recollect when I was mute
on the Yuzooand that streak of lightning
struck me as I stood near the jack stall,
in thut terrible storm, and you all thought
I was dead for sure?"
"Oh, yes, very well; but where did the
lightning go to, anyhow?"
"Why, it went right down into my
boot."
"And you never wero hurt?"
"No, Bir, not a bit. I just took my
boot off and poured the lightning out on
tho deck."
And the two worthies weut to look at
the weather map. Cincinnati Knquirer.
Lrgt Lot ta the War.
The official casualty lists of the Con
federate forces aro not so trustworthy as
those of the Union side because they have
not had careful revision since the war
closed, but the tallies now aecessihle
show thut the northern aim wus equally
true, and that the northern nerve was
equally steady. The Twenty -sixth North
Carolina Pettigrew's brigade, Heth's
division lost at Gettysburg 86 killed and
603 wounded; total, 588, not including
the missing, of whom there were about
120. In one coniiany, 81 strong, every
man and officer wus hit; and tle orderly
sergeant who made out the list did it
with a bullet through each leg. This is
by far the lurgest regimental loss on each
side during the war. W. F. Fox in Ths
Century.
A Truly Grand Achievement.
It Is next to impossible to grasp
the fuel Uiat the telegraph, which
now does go around the world, was
in 1837 inside a barn or shop at
Speedwell, where It was being con
structed as a rude model to be exhibited
before a committee of congress. Exactl.i
fifty year of the magnetio telegraph
from it Inception, and it seems as if the
world could never have gone on at all
without it When the shop was rebuilt
several years ago this room where the
first model was built was preserved in
tact, and the descendant of Judge Vail
still cherish it a a memorial of the in
fancy of "on of the grand achievement
which mark the progress of modera
civilisation, " Globe- Democrat.
SCENES AMONO THE fliOUX.
vt aa! the o.ua and Vnnng Ouch. Buy,
Vain and fund ol Hnery,
An Indian who has bundle of pelts
tn riiitnoat of is one of the most impatient
creature in the worM. and gives the
trader no rest till he has exchanged inem
for such articles as he most covets in the
tor. In the earlj morning before sun
rise they begin to coiigrcguie alioiil the
store, and the tired employes yet in lied
are aware by the shunting of their moc
casined leet on the front porch that their
chancer for another nap are decidedly
unfavorable Placinc their pucks of
hide or fur on the sn h they wandol
from window to window, peeping inside
to ascertain if anvUxlv is vet astir
within. When satisfied that all the em
tiloves are yet nlied. they contrive somo
how to cross the stockade fence, when
Uiey pass through the yard to the rear of
the store, whew the clerks usually sleep.
Pobtinu themselves ut the bedroom w in.
dows they begin a lusty drumming on
the panes, accompanied with the ejacula
tion: "E-iiis k o ne ku-Uih" (hurry up,
friend). This soon has the desired effect,
and in few moments the door is un
locked and thrown o nuud the business
of trading begins at once.
So great is this morning rush that fre
quently it is iiiqxMsible to tuke time to
sweep the floor and dust the goods Do-
fore the breakfast calL I lie crowd con
tinues iucreusmg until altout 0 o'clock,
when the store is literally jammed with
Indians, men, women and children, and
horde of dogs. Then 'what a row of
aimed face, nodding plumes and fan
tastic costumes you see ranged along the
counter, ami what a Kahcl of on fusion
all clamoring to be waited on at once.
A clusiei of squaws arrayed in gaudy
shawls call the trader s uttention to a
certain piece of calico, and demand the
price, and no mutter whether it be high
or low tus reply is greeted by a cliorus of
scornlul exclamations und derisive laugh
ter. During the process of tearing off
the desired uiiioum the trader is made
the butt of a series of ridiculous taunts,
in which a more proficient adept than an
Indian squaw could uowhere be found.
Rut sull the throng increases und the
noise accordingly. The benches around
the walls are crowded, and now they be
gin to sit in grou on the floor, smoking
and chatting. Occasionally a dog fight
starts up, which creates a short stam
pede, until the belligerent cu nines are
fired out.
Some of tlio peculiarities of the In-
diuns in trade are very troublesome to
the trader. For instance, if one sells
furs to the amount of $3 or fl and
agrees to take his pay in goods, he usu
ally insists on having the amount in
money counted out ami given him before
he begins to purchase. When ho re
ceives Uie cash he begins to purchase,
paying for such articles procured until
the whole amount is exendcd. Pres
ently another steps upand wishes change
for (I in dimes. He then calls for cal
ico, hiving down a dime, the price of
one yard; when that is measured hecon
tinues, putting down a dime at each
measure until the desired number is
reached, when it is torn olf and given
him. Even then he is not through with
you, for ever) purchaser, no mutter
about the extent uf his bill, expects
"Bin to," which must be a present of
Some matches, apples, candy or tho like.
The sqiiaas are us much given to van
ity as their white sisters of civilization,
the urticles which they covet most being
vermilion for painting tho face, beads,
fancy calicoes and shawls of gaudy colors.
Iroquois, a small bugle shued shell, is
much prized und is used for making
necklaces and ornaments for the ears.
They also purchase a greut many fancy
articles, such as little bund mirrors, per
fumery of various kinds, fancy snaps,
etc. Among the perfumery display there
is usually a few liottlcs of bay rum, but
should a buck purchase a bottle it is not
likely that he would use it for toilet pur
puses; he would remove the cork and
gravely turning up the bottle drink oil
the coulcnls at a draught. He docs the
same with flavoring extracts, lemon,
vanilla, etc.
The Indians bring a great marry curi
Deities to the store to be exchanged for
goods. The squaws are quite tasty In
the manufacture of these native orna
ments, which consist of knife scabbards,
pony whips, unceasing and other gew
gaws made of buckskin and worked with
beads and porcupine quills, The most
interesting article, however, and one
which ever commands a ready sale, is
the Indian dolls. They aro usually
dressed in buckskin, in perfi'ct imitation
of a brave ready for the war path, with
fringed leggings and tiny moccasins, the
crown of the head tsmig covered with
bullulo hair terminating in a long wisp
behind. With faces fantastically painted
they present a very hostile appearance.
The articles brought in by the men con
sist of deer heads, deer, antelope and
bullaJo horns; the latter, however, are
now very rare. They also bring pipes,
tomahawks, war clulw, bows and arrows,
ImiUition scul, and petrified remains
picked up in their wanderings. Sam
Parker In Detroit Free Press.
rirem GomU In Different Lights.
We have In this store many ways of
showing dress goods. All the goods for
evening wear are shown under three dif
ferent lights iu rooms fitted up for that
purpose. Wo show the goods first by
sunlight, and then they are taken into a
room lighted by gas. to the light shades
of goods Uie gas gives a sort of pink rose
tint, and in certarti colors wort a beau
tiful eirect. The same goods shown in
the room lighted by electricity take on a
lavender tint iu place of tho rose hue
produced by gaslight This method of
showing goods we find very satisfactory
to our customers. It certainly has
brought thousands of ladies to the city
who, under other circumstances, would
have purchased their dnss gcxxls of. the
small shn in the country towns. Clerk
in Globe-Democrat
Saluting the Dead.
Foreigners have a beautiful custom
of
salutms! the dead. Wl
comes they take off their hats to that
81-
icm mniesrv wnn rAtiiwii rMtn.,n.i i
The
custoui ill Paris of having the coffin lie
in
suite at tne aoor or tne inner court gi
ves1
one an opportunity. It has moved
the
heart of many a passerby, this respectful
HUUlttL H1IL. IL Ul in II1A VDnorf .. ...
" a, ru Ul
irveTeniiiu pouieness. airs. SL H
W.
oourwoou.
Hindoo Bahetltnte for Shoes.
It I said that ahi-sw mm nnm'n.n.
adopted rather as an ornament than for
use. io uusoay Hindoo women of the
lower class do not w ear ikm hut
. - -M11
their feet to rrenible them. The same
practice was in fashionable vogue among
the ancient Egyptians 3,000 years sgo.
While the belle of those days painted her
eyebrows black with utibiutn and plum,
bago, the feet were colonxt a hoo,.tifi
yellow with hennah. This hue te fre
quently observed on the rower extremj.
ues of mummies from the Und of the
pyramids. Boston Cor. Chicago Tri-
WHOLESALE BUFFALO HUNTING.
harrow i:eape of Tarty nf White Men,
A Thrilling fclfhL
They heard strange noises, and looking
toward the west behold a great blucK
surging mass, waving ami rolling up
across tho prairie, hulf hidden by great
clouds of dust, wlucii wero only occasion
allv blown bwiiv by the brit'k autumn
wiiid. it was the great herd of bullulo
and thev had been stumtieded by the In
dian hunters. Tho rour of the hoofs
unon the drr earth was like tho low and
sullen thunder. The vanguard of the
herd wus vet more than a mile away, but
the durk line stretched to right and left
almost us fur as the eye could reach, and
our hunters saw that instant ana precipi.
tuto flight wus necessary in order to savo
their lives. They Bjieciully choso tho
northwurd as offering tho shortest and
best diiwtion by which to escape the
coming avalanche, and. sinking the spurs
deep into their terror stricken beasts, tney
flew with the velocity of an arrow across
the wild prairie. A mile was covered in
a few seconds, and yet they wero not
past the herd, which was rupidly closing
in unon them.
They turnf d their horses' heads partly
in the direction the buitaioes were going,
and. ureinz them to their utmost speed,
finally passed tho outer lino of tho herd
just as tlio leaders pusscd by. Then,
having reached a place of safety, they
dismounted, and, throwing their bridlo
reins over their arms, commenced to
load and fire into tho herd with all pos
siblo rapidity, nearly every shot killing
or disabling an animal, it tooK nearly
half an hour for the. rolling, surging,
angry horde to pass tho point where our
hunters stood, ami as tho rear guard
camo in siht there came a new nnd still
more terrible scene in the great tragedy.
More than 100 Indians were in hot
pursuit of the savage beasts. They wero
mounted on wild and almost ungovern
able bronchos, who were frothing at the
mouth, charging and cavorting among
the fleeing game. The white foam
dropped in flakes and bubbles from all
parts of their liodies. Their nostrils wero
distended, their eyes flashed lire, and
they seemed as eager as their wild mas.
ters to deul death to their victims. The
savage riders seemed Isnido themselves
with mad, ungovernable passion.
Their faces were painted iu the most
elarmir colors, their bright nnd many
colored blankets fluttered in the wind
secured to the saddle only by an er.d or a
corner, their long black hair streaming
buck like the pennant at the must head
of a ship, and their deep, black eyes
L'lcamcd like diamonds in a dungeon.
Arrow ufter arrow flow from deep strung
bows and sunk to the feathered end in tho
quivering flesh of tho shuggv monsters,
Ponderous spears were hurled with tho
power and precision of giants aud struck
down the defenseless victims as a sturdy
woodman strikes down tho frail sapling
m his path.
"Crack!" "crack!" camo from rifles,
and "ping!" "ping!" from carbines and
revolvers. Hundreds of shots were fired
by those who carried firearms, and be
fore theso murderous wi-ujious the poor
bison sank like ripened grain before the
rcuiicr s blade.
One young warrior, more ardent and
fearless than tho rest, bad forced bis high
Btmng steed far into tho middle of the
solid phalanx, where tho horse was finally
imiulcd upon the horns of a monster
bull. He and his rider wero tossed liko
sheaves of wheat into tho air; then both
sank to earth, and were instantly trod
den into the dust.'
At last the groat storm had passed, nnd
our friends watched until it faded uwav
into the distance and disappeared from
their view. Then came the squaws, the
boys and the old men, to dispatch the
wounded and to skin und cut up tlio
dead. These were strewn all over tho
prairie, and not a tithe of them were or
could be saved by all the people, white
and red, assembled there. G. O. Shields
in Outing.
Chlnee ProjrreM In Telegraphy.
The Chinese are fast extending their
telegraph system, and it will not bo many
months before every town und hamlet of
any size in the empire will havo a tele
graph office. In extending the lines a
greut deal of work has been necessary,
and several large rivers had to be crossed.
This wus diilicult work, owing to the
great floods that at different seasons of
the year cause them to overflow their
banks and sweep everything before them.
Some of these rivers, when at the flood,
are from five to eight miles iu width. In
extending the work across tho rivers it
was found necessary to use tlio heaviest
kinds of cables, but at times theso were
torn nwuy and tho work was delayed.
To offset this mishap a laid line was
built to high points and tho wires were
run overhead. Ouo of theso overhead
cables has a span of 1, 6110 yards. This
aerial line is the second longest in the
world. The offices ure daily increasing,
and the work of construction is beimr en
gineered by Americans and Englishmen.
juuen ot tne uiutenai used m tho con
struction of tho system is manufactured
lu tins country. Demurest' Monthly.
Lending Keys to Strangers.
The wiles of the criminal classes are
often so ingenious that I can't hem be
lieving that if thoso who practico them
wero to turn their energies into other
courses they would attain no small meed
of honor nnd fame. Some little time
ago, for example, a burglar was caught
red handed in a strong room, opening a
safe witli a key that could not huve been
more perfect bad it been supplied bv tlio
maker of the lock. Tho man, after'hav
ing been convicted, was asked to say
how he had obtained tho key.
'Nothing easier," ho replied. "We
knew who curried tho kev and what it
was like, so nie and my pals eot into tho
same railway carnage with your man
ager when he was going homo one day.
One of us had a bag whwh he couldn't
ojien. 'Has any gentleman a key?' ho
asked. Your manager nrndnfwi !
bunch, and my pal, who had wax in his
palm, whilo appearing to open his bag,
took a likeness of tho ker r,f tl, of,.
There's the secret for vou." TnaudPa
Saturday Journal.
The Season nf m-r-t .
It has Ixvn noted that socierv twit,U !
enjoy tho season of sackcloth nnd ashes
fairly well, if the sackcloth ia ni. !
coruuig to tue latest fi-hion. and tl-3
jshes are ashes of roses. New Yotk
Tribune.
Our Coal Mines.
Coal is Dow found In nKr.,,t !,:.- A:r
U1UIT uu-
rerent states of the Union and IIP VP n far.
ntonea. In 13S7 dm litti atn
Rhode Island Bumlip ft fi(v
the total product ti 123,803,203 tons.
Arkansaw Traveler.
Dr. Meunler mention a m n t,ii.
raU became tuberculous from eating the
cast off poultice of an infirmary.
"Ah,n said th nawlw K,l
y"Lniei:.''Sfree the
TOUMUrt. -Harper tBa2at I
, J UMM.UCA mm-M-
LATRILLA.
There's no row whov pettilj tod
Fails not whea tlieyri, iiihhej
Evry eiiiMet ' purple npUndor '
Vanishes In mint.
EikU not iu a
Lov- lias e'eruu echo rlulnj
Willi a mute gijiHl by.
On no usiirn dimpled oceaa
Ti-uipeats ever klcp;
TlMiIKU wo livo lu lore's ilevotlo
Dyius, wo mubt weep. '
Uf liftth nothing that's eternal.
As year rnllj af :er year,
Awl ahulnwH follow U.vys most vcrcM-
Notliluir-iuvutt t"nr.
-J.
U. AnmtroURi j Soy Orlns TlaeH)
erst.
. A PlngUrlt In tlio I'ulplt,
Imagine a Kpulur preacher in.t
don pulpit, with u grave old c,.ntL
sitting ut the .fa of it.wahu'J1
wero. with a l:inilinn f.. . ."
d informimr the iv,... Zun
HI1U
ever
l.w.l-'.
?r ho cuught one. "That u a!
:k's," ho suid at tho third mMmc l
uk. d, ,,u ouiu ut uiu mini sentence, .i
the seventh, -That is Tillotson's." ti
preacher, who knew that t,lT9 '!
plenty more to come, was in u .,.
statei if he did it ugain he made no li
mind to speak to tho inurt. "ThJu
Clair's," camo out nt the tentl, ,n,e'
Fellow," said the preacher. leaninS
the pulpit, "if you interrupt uraiii tZ
Bl.uUbeturn.lout." ThedCK
ooked round on tho congregation jth
tho sumo calm confidence of ftniik
as before, nnd, without moving a jum
of his countenance, observed. "Tl,a.'.
his own."-Tlio Argonaut. M'
rngllnh and Amrrlian Divorre,
American women who marry En"lish
husbands will have much difficult? in
dissolving their union if t!m condi'ik
are unhappy, by a new divorce dm
of an English court, which establish
the point thut if an American wmm
married to un English husband vLsito
obtain a valid divorce, the must sue in
the English courts, or i he cannot g, t jt
tho domicile of her husband being tlij
controlling fact in tho eye of tho law
The daughter of on American consul!
who obtained a divorce in a Colorado
court from her husband, who declined
to appear, has recently lost tho custody
of her child, and been divorced from
her husband by the English court. Bo,
ton Budget.
Tho North Mo-ncllo Pole.
Future explorations will be purely ex
peditions of Kcionlilio research. One of
tho first und most itiiort;uit thin" to be
dbno is the determining of the north
magnetio pole. This is not identicd
with tho polo proper, but is the point
whero the ordinary needle refuses to net
and the dip needle stands iK-rpemlicular,
This jtolo has been approximately locatl
twice in 1831 by IJoss, and in 1879 hr
me. Ross located it in Uoothia. on Cue
Adelaide, and wus made Sir John for
doing so. I foimd it roughly about
twenty miles northwest of Cape Felix.
In this ngo of electricity the locating of
this polo is n mutter of intense interest to
the scientific world. Lieut. Schwatka.
Kunshtiio and Good Health.
After thirty years of travelins in ak
climates of the earth, we are satisfied
that sunlight woneof the most important
factors of life, und indispensable to rig-
Oi'ous health. Shade tends to weaken
the skin, and acts deleteriously on ths
nerves nnd liver. We always, therefore,
wliTever we sojourn select a room on the
sunny side of the house, making little
account of tho outlook in other restects.
Tho finest prospect toward the north is
not for a moment to wcith agaiwt the
rays of the cheering, life giving orbof
day. We recommend this practice to
our readers. Dr. Joseph Simius.
Ilotmel for tile Poor.
Our rich men can conceive no roots
noble method of benevolence than hous-1
Ing the jxxtr healthily. Greut benefac
tions must lie applied at the bottom of so
ciety. Tho condition of things in Ens-
land is ably told in Tho Fortnightly. Of
1,001 houses visited in ono district, 1,010
had no water supply for water closets;
IU hud foul pans: 213 uncovered dust
bins: 131 houses were dilapidated and
dirty; there were two cellar dwellings;
ten sinks were untrapped. This can be
more than matched in American cities;
and it means disease, degeneracy, con
tagion. Globe-Democrat.
The Endurance of Woman.
The Sandwich Island women are bet
ter swimmers than the men. They can
Bustaiu themselves longer in the water.
It is unsafe to say that a woman's muscle
cannot bo mado as Btrong as a man a
Look at the girl of the traezp. I lie siz
of a rotie is no indication of its strength.
Bo it is with human muscle. A tiny
watch sprinir is relatively far stronger
than a hundred times its weight of pig
iron. Women do endure paiu better
than men, and endurance means simply
an outlay of strength. Prentice Mulfori
in New York Star.
James Freeman Clarke.
'I have never been in a hurry; I
always taken a plenty of exercise; I have
always tried to be cheerful, and I haTe
taken all the sleep that I needed." These
were the rules of health followed by the
late Rev. James Freeman Clarke, and b
outlived nnd outworked most of those
who becran life with hiin. Boston
Herald.
Florists of Today.
Earlv in tho nmsont cenhirt th
were about 100 professional florists in the
United States, and their combined green
houses covered C0.O0O square feet
glass. There iuo now over 10,000 florid
occupying 50,003,000 feet of glass.
about 1.000 acres of greenhousea.
ton Cudcet
Was Hymn tienerouif
Certninlv rmr. In hi vonth he IT
more money than he ought, bnt in la(fr
years ho was avaricious. Byron aiwJ.
paraded his generosity. Shelley alws.
gave in secret. Byron confessed (and
had only 500 a year, while uz au
600) that he was in my debt, and tost M
must settle. But 1 always turned it
Ho confessed that he had saved 1q
out of one year's income. SlielleylJ
1,000 a year and gave away 500 every
year. Temple Bar.
He Couldn't Be Tempted.
An Irishman and a Yankee were in
bathing. In the distance a flock of duc
was sporting on the water.
Yankee Pat, let's tuke a duck.
Irishman (starting hastily for the show
-No, Oill not, Oi'll jest lave ye to r
self. Oi t'ot Oi was swimmin'
gintlemon not a chicken thajW
Epoch.
The rhonorraph as Caeh VtW'
It baa been suggested that the ph
Every sum the cashier receives nugn'
il-a i i i u 1 thai fe"
called rn th phonograph and tta
wnfed, a. chwk on tbe ceoun-
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