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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1891)
A NATIONAL LITERATURE. Where We Should look fur a Reflection of Popular Character. ' It la as naturul (or a young people to copy olilcr ones as for an infant to imi tate motions and sounds. In the count of nature the Infant passes beyond the stage of imitation. When a nation bom in the throes of revolution has at tained, through years of heroio youth and manhood, the dignity that Is ours today as the greatest republic on earth, Its life "iay reasonably bo expected to exhibit Individuality. For a reflection of the character of a people wo look to its literature. Nothing is better able to show forth the daily life and the spirit of a nation than its fiction. The novel and the short story of all lands, merely in their nation:-.! significance, afford a itudy of wonderful Interest. The American life of today is a copy of nothing. It Is absolutely uniqua Nor is it lacking in the most decided elements of romance and of the pictur esque. 'Where Its spirit has been caught perhaps best by Hawthorne It has yielded everything essential for the most stirring effects." If it were not so if we had no originality our writers had better remain copyists, for when they cease to be that they would be come nothing. It is to be confessed that our literature has been too long of that character which is worse than silence of sustained mediocrity. Too long our novelists have gone abroad for their subjects; too long our people have gone Abroad for their novelists. Let the writers look at home for their subjects, and when they have grasped the spirit of American national life they will find a burst of apprecia tion on the part of the people. But let the writer that would be successful rid himself of the Idea that novels of the New York drawing rooms are American stories. The attempt now being made to foist them as such, either on us or on those who Judge us by our fiction, is a shameful fraud. Let him get out among the people, breathe American air. look over American fields, acquaint himself with American flowers and birds, visit American cities, and he will And springing up around him material for the best literature the world has seen. This national life Is already being pictured in our short stories. As yet no great novelist is with us, but we have become the best short story tellers in the world. Those who are to inaugu rate an American literature are in train ing. And the dawning of it signifies the reality of our national life, strong, secure, everywhere an inspiration to the cause of human freedom. Chicago News. Bow Oyster Are Caught. Most of the best oysters sold at raw boxes and restaurants are taken by tong men, while the very finest are caught with nippers, which is now in a small way commencing to be one of Maryland's sports. The tongmen form a very large army of men catching oysters In Mary land waters, and while the size and quality of their production are fur supe rior to 'that caught by dredgers, the product Is much smaller, being a trifling proportion of what is annually caught lu the Chesapeake. Tongs are oidy used in shallow water and over beds which, iu many eases, are the property of the tong men. The oysters are caught from a small boat, usually oierated by two men, one on either side. The tongs consist of a pair of rakes with the teeth curved In ward and attached to wooden bundles from fifteen to twenty feet long, which are Joined by a pla about one-third of the distance from the iron. The tongman has platform placed amidships across his little craft, and wber over bis beds he plunges bis tongs into the water and, working the handles, secures a few fine oysters, possibly not more than half a peck. This he repeats until he has se cured a boat load, generally not more than holf a dozen bushels, the work of two men for one day. The oysters, however, are large and fine and bring good prices. The largest and finest oysters taken are caught with nippers over plouted ground, one at a time, planted early and contin ually fed, for you can feed an oyster. They grow to enormous sizes and bring correspondingly large prices. Philadel phia Times. A race' Punishment. Another of the boys had a faculty of drawing. Ills sketches of members were fairly good caricatures. The easiest mark for his pencil was the statesman from Massachusetts, and the caricatures of Ben began to float around the house pretty promiscuously. The matter coming to the attention of Mr. Butler, complaint was made to the doorkeeper, who had charge of the pages. The offending boy was kept after adjournment to be repri manded. He was taken before the states man, who had waited to hold court on the little criminal. "So you are the boy that bas been mak ing these pictures?" "Yes sir." "Um'n. How old are you" "Twelve, sir." "Well, go to the cloak room and get my hat." The boy scampered off on the errand, glad even for the momentary respite, but revolving in bis mind the possible charac ter of the impending punishment, which was such that the judge needed Ids hat before going to the place of execution. When the youngster had returned and tremblingly yielded up the tile, the gen eral, who has an enormous bead, threw the hat like a candle snuffer down over the tow head and flaming face of the ly. It covered him like a second mortgage. "My son," said the hero of New Or leans, "when you can fill that batjou caricature Benjamin F. Butler. Now go," "Recollections of a Page." The Antimalarial Sunflower. It is stated that since the sunflower hns Wn cultivated on certain swamps of the Potomac, malarial fever has decreased. At the mouth of the Scheldt, in Holland, it is stared that similar results have been obtained. The sunflower emits large vol umes of water In the form of vapor, aud 1U aromatic odor, as well as the oxygen it exhales, may have to do with the sani tary influence in question. Public Opin ion. Collection of Famous Footwear. The historical museum of Dresden has a collection of the boots and shoes of celeb rities believed to be unequaled. Among the historical footwear are a pair of shoes worn by Luther, the toilet slippers of Maria Theresa, and the pair of ridin? boots which bad to be cut to remove them from the tired and irritated feet of Na poleon the night following the battle of. Dresden. New York Home Journal. m .k. Limit. H. (piqued)-It teems to m. fiat your last remark rather Indicated that yoa consider me stupid. She-Was it to obvious a thatr- TOILETS OF ANIMALS. 8AN0 BATHS AND WATER BATHS FOR BEASTS AND BIROS. Hint of the Smaller Creatures Are More Particular with Their AppearaoeeThaa a Large Fart of the Human Family. Method of Soma of the Bird. Brushes and combs most animals carry with them. "Brilliantine" also is car ried in a small aud handy reservoir by all ducks and divers. Mud serves for cold cream and vaseline; dust for fuller's earth and pearl powder, and water, at with ns, is perhaps the most important necessary. But birds especially are mighty particular about the quality of their "toilet dust," and equally nice as to the water in which they prefer to wash. Some use water only, some water or dust, others dust and no water. Par tridges are a good example of the dusting birds, and are most careful iff the selec tion of their dust baths. Dry loam suits them best. But perhaps their favorite place is a meadow where a few turfs have been re moved. There they scratch out the loam, and shuffle backward under the grass roots till their feathers are full of the cool earth. In wet weather they find, if possible, a heap of burnt ashes on the site of a weed fire, and dust there. Sparrows, on the contrary, always choose road dust, the dryeat and finest possible. Larks also are fond of the road, and dust there in the early morn ing. But they, too, have their fancy, and choose the dry, gritty part where the horses' hoofs tread. Wild ducks, though feeding by the salt water, prefer to wash in fresh water pools, and will fly long distances inland to running brooks and ponds, where they preen and wash themselves in the early morning. But though passing so much time on the water, ducks seem to prefer a shower bath to any other; and in heavy rain they may be seen opening their feathers and allowing the rain to soak in, after which they dress the whole surface with oil from the reser voir which we mentioned above. Swal lows and martins are as nice in their choice of bath water as any "profes sional beauty;" nothing but newly fallen rain water thoroughly pleases them, and if tempted to bathe, it is generally by some shallow pool in the road which an hour's sun will evaporate. a falcon's bath. We have never seen hawks or falcons bathing when wild. Trained birds in good health bathe almost daily, and the bath of a peregrine falcon is a very care ful performance. But no nymph could be more jealous cf a witness than these shy birds, and it is not until after many careful glances in every direction that the falcon descends from her block and wades into the shallow bath. Then, af ter more suspicious glances, she thrusts her broad head under the water and flings it on her back, at the same time raising the feathers and letting the drops thoroughly soak them. After bathing head and back she spreads her wings and tail fan like on the water and rapidly opens and shuts them, after which she stoops down and splashes the drops in every direction. The bath over, she flies once more to the block, and turning her back to the sun, spreads every feather of the wing and tail, raises those on the body and assists the process of drying by a trem ulous motion imparted to every quill, looking more like an old cormorant on a buoy than a peregrine. Cats, large and small, make the most careful toilet of any class of animal, with the exception of some of the opos sums. The lions and tigers wash them selves in exactly the same manner as the cat, wetting the dark, India rubber like ball of the fore foot and the inner toe, and passing it over the face and behind the ears. CLEANLINESS OF A DOO. One of the most charming pets we have kept, and the most particular as to washing and brushing its feet and fur, was a lovely brown opossum from Tas mania. "Sooty phalangist" was, we be lieve, its scientific name. It was .cov ered with deep rich brown fur, had a face something like a fox, a pink nose, hands with a nailless thumb, and long claws on the fingers. It washed its feet every two or three minutes. Water rata are very ciean animais, and wash and brush their faces "like Christians." We saw one on a pond at Wnllinir. in Kent, swim out to pick up the blossoms of an acacia tree which were falling on the water. After daintily eating each flower on the bank he licked his hands, wiped his mus taches and swam off for another. We .ion trie an Ai-Rfia blossom, but except a slightly sweet flavor, could And noth ing to account lor we rats huho iur them. . . Rnortini doss, which are usea in mud, snow and wet, are strangely flavor anil nnink in cleaning and drying their coats, and it is a sure sign that a dog has been over tired U ne snows any , f mnrl or dirt next morning. Most of their toilet is done with the tongue, but they are very clever at us inr a thick box bush or the side of a haystack as a rough towel. One small spaniel which we anoweu to m m -,. ,oil ivira that if he returned UUUBO TIB - ... dirty he would not be admitted indoors. About an hour Deiore me cioec ui tuo J t BLMjnff lift tlepd to strike work and begin to clean himself, and if urged to do more would sup on nome aim y.c- iiir nent and clean in the din- KUk uiii " , , , ingroom. One day the dog had been left at home, ana nis . and seated himself, wet and with hair frozen drops of ice sticking to his gaiters, by the fire. Pan ran up and carefully i;..i,t ff th frozen ice and snow, stop ping every now and then to give an anx ious look, whicn saiu as puuuiy if I don't fire him clean quickly he will be sent to he in the stable. "-Spectator. Concerning- Opium Culture. . ..i the farmers have expert- meoted a little with the white poppy, tart nnll onium as ever WB Ila O Hud - likely to cut much of a figure among our Saudi. Mr. Pratt, the United Sta nsulat Teheran, who has been study rngoplum culture in Persia, where a very fine article is produced says be believes tree regions in California and the large "V" u -d-nted to ?ulne .7 the whit, poppy I" i ( r of the superior qual- t,"',.- nlnm. be details the liT vt rni vi ' . , method, of cultivation in vogmr there a. a guide for our poppy - .12 r.in. fouseof opium hM:ia the 0Pin ion of many, umrr ion oi niau,, purposes. "7!" ?".J-ht w. require for s..-i'i: considerable saaiuim - - A3 BAD AS EVER. Like Their Brethren of Old Thee Bar- here Bleed Their Customer. The pluce will be easily recognized. It Is a well known and extensively pat ronized barber shop, located on one of the principal thoroughfares of the city. Ostensibly the shop does not differ materially from hundreds of other ten torial establishments scattered all over the city, but this pluce Is somewhat peculiar inasmuch as it Is a sort of ten torial highway robbery concern, to which fact thousands who have visited It will be willing to testify. I was there once only onoe. "You must be crazy to go In there," a friend remarked, as I was about to enter the place in question. "What do you meunf" I asked. "Why, it will cost you fJ.BO." he said. "Nonsense," I replied, and went boldly in. On entering the place some dozen or more unemployed barbers yelled "Next P an equal number of "broom boys" made a rush for my hat and coat, and without knowing exactly how I got there I found myself in a chair, with a block visaged barber in dustriously smearing my face with lather. "Very thin on top. sir; very thin," he observed as he ran his Angers through my hair. "But that balsam of ours," he went on, "will toon fh that all right Lucky 1 mentioned it. Isn't it?" he observed. "Yes," sold I, "but never mind a hair cut," as after the shave I saw him take up the shears and prepare to use them on my hair. "Just one little ragged spot there that needs touching up," told the artist as he began the operation. I saw that I was in for a hair cut and resigned myself to fate. "This way, for one moment, he con tinued, motioning to the waslistand. Of course I went, and then it dawned upon me that I was in for a shampoo at well. "See here," said I, "Just lot this busi ness end right here; I don't want any thing more dona Do yoa under stand P "All right, sir," be replied meekly. and then almost before 1 knew It he was calmly making a torch of my hair by applying the flame of a lamp which he held in his hand. "What on earth are you doing now P I asked. "Oh, I thought you wanted your hair tinged. The only way to prevent Its falling out I" "Hang it" I broke In. "I dldn'teome here to buy your barber shop. How ever, I suppose you might as well go on." This last operation finished, he looked at me In a pitying sort of way and asked how long I had had them. "Had what for heaven's sakeP "Why, those blackheads. But hold on Just one minute, I'll fix them." A scorching hot damp towel was then ap plied to my face, causing me to much pain that I began to wonder why I had allowed It at all and whether the next operation would Involve the extraction of any of my teeth. After a minute or to of additional rubs and sundry squirts from a cologne atomizer with a friendly pat on the back I was Informed that the agony was over. "Here's your hair restorer," said my barber as he handed me the package, together with my check. It would be needless to go Into details. Enough to say that having entered the place for a fifteen cent shave I was only permitted to depart on the payment of $3.23 for the experience. A ew York Herald. A Wonderful Bridge. David Gowan. who lives in the north- em part of Gila county, A. T., in what is known as "the Tonto Basin,' la the owner of one of the greatest natural curiosities In the United States, if not In the world. Gowan 't wonder is the famous natural bridge which spans Pine creek by a tingle arch of 200 feet, the walla on either side rising to a height of from 700 to 800 feet on one side form ing a perpendicular precipice. The bridge is COO feet in width; from the bottom of the arch to the top it aver ages 40 feet; span, as above mentioned. 200 feet; lower side of arch, ISO feet The action of the water which has poured under this natural span for ages has worn It as smooth as though it had been chiseled and sandpapered by a stonemason. Although the arch, which Is solid limestone, averages about forty feet m thickness, there Is one place near the top of the arch where the thickness scarcely exceeds six feet; near the center of this thin place there is a semi-circular bole two feet in diam eter through which one may watch the waters swiftly gliding 200 feet below. St Louis Republic Beclpe for Twom Potple. Sitting on the edge of one of the long piers on the Delaware front the other day were two darkies who seemed to be very earnestly engaeedin a more than ordinary discussion. Slipping up behind one or the large mooring posts, a reporter over- heard the following colloquy: "Fust you ret de 'Dossum. den you net de dooh, den you get de pot, and den um you be ready for de potpie. Now, Sam, conies de way we make de pie. Fust a lay of de 'possum, den a lay of de dooh. Ilushl den anuder lay of de 'possum and anuder lay of de dooh oh, Lord, hush, nigger! den comes anuder lay of de 'possum and annder lay of de dooh" "Look beah, you Rastus, if you keep up de lays of de possum and de dooh you'll hab dis beah coon Jumping right up and down; why, dat yar is nuff tn make a man kick his grandmother." After the excited darky bad somewhat cooled down at the vivid description of the potpie he picked up his bat, that had fallen from his head in his expressions of delight, and both rapidly walked away. Philadelphia CalL Mrkantaa Red Wood," Sweet gum is a wood which has gone through some very queer changes In name. An Arkansas man once shipped a sample carof what be called "Arkansas red wood" to Philadelphia. It proved to lie sweet gnm, but was accepted without any ob jections. Some enterprising dealer la w York city, knowing the prejudice in the market toward sweet gum, succeeded in establishing a fairly gooi trade by call ing It "hazel wood." More recently it bat been shipped to Europe under the name of "satin walnut;" amf it it being used quite extensively among the cabinet maker. St. Louis Globe-Democrat BALLET IN PARIS. LITTLE GIRLS TAKING DANCING LES SONS FOR THE STAGE. A Peep Into the Hlf Hare Room Where tba Claaare Meet for 1'rartloe rrofee or and Fuplle Art of Smiling Mo menta of lift. By tome accident or another, we will upiKwe, M. and Mine. Pljwlcl have decided thut their little Advle hull become a dancer, and so the little deiir is brought to Mine. Theodore, the professor of the 0cra, who examines her and pasties her ou to the doctor, who In turn exumtnet and pronounces her to he til or tin lit for the profession. The verdict being favor able, little Adele henceforward belongs to the opera; the I now aged 7 or 8 years, and if she works hard the will become a passable dnuseuso iu about ten or twelve years. The first etago is the little girls' class, la cIiism) dct petite. Winter and summer, day after day, every morning at 10 o'clock, Mine. Theodore awaits her pupil, who come accompanied by their mothers, each one carrvlng a little bag thnt contains a regu lar Noah's ark full of mUcclluneous ob jects necessary for the studies or tho happiness of a pupil or tne petite classe, nicli as stockings, dancing shoot, a box of poudro de rlz, a comb, a bultou hook, tomo brend, a bottle of wine and water, some cold veal, hard boiled egs, sardines, apples and what not lu the twinkling oinn eye tne nine ones undress, put on their working cos tume, and come rushing up stairs pell me 11 Into the class room, boundiug round the professor and kissing her. A BIQ BARE ROOM. Let us look at the room. ' It is a large, bare room, with burs fixed parallel to the walls on three, sides and a sloping floor, to accustom the pupil to the sloping stage of the theatre. Along the free wiill aro benches, and two nine seated chairs ac commodate the professor and her assist ant, who plays a llddlo or sometimes a sort of harmonium. The girls, of whom the oldest Is perhaps 13, wear low Decked corsages leaving their arms bare, white muslin skirts, broad sashes of blue or red ribbon, pink tights and gray canvas shoes. They aro a lean, scruitgy lot wit lovely to look npon liu'ividually, out luu ot good humor and vlvucity. 'Allons. niesdeinolsclles, a vos places!" cries the professor, and tho girls run to the bars, and the tlddle gives the word of command, Just as the bugle calls direct the soldier. There, is no melody, but simply a series ot andante, allegro, pizzi cato and trill movements, each followed by a tremolo, so that to the untutored ear tho sounds suggest the contusion or. mo tuning ot an orchestra. But the duncers understand that such and such notes In dicate such and such a posture at the bar, which must be held ns long at the pro fessor keeps up the tremolo; other notes followed by a tremolo Indicate Bnother posture. And at every moment during the lesson the professor Intersperses her remarks with the words: "Sourlcr! Sou rlez! Mais tourlez doncl" (Smilel Won't you smile") For in the midst of the most difficult and torturing dislocations the ballet girl must smile, and the art of smiling has to be learned just like a step or a dcveloppo. After half an hour of these general ex ercises at the bar there comes a rest, and tho little girls begin once more to chatter and flutter, while tho professor lays the dust by watering the floor In geometrical Interlacements, Then follows the adage, or second part of the lesson, which con sists of an ensemble and composed steps. The dancers tuke place in the middle of the room in rows; Mine. Theodore holds up her skirts and Indicates the step, and tho little ones begin to bound, whirl, ptrouetto, form groups by twos, and smilo In unison, while the fiddle scrapes queer tunes and the professor cries in strange terms: "Ballor ie, fondu, assemblez, soutenez, sourlez. Mais souriei done I" Always thnt smilel At intervals there are momcuts of rest; but the zealous pupils do not rest; they run to the bar and work their knees and loins, multiplying the efforts to gain their suppleness and lightness that tho public often seem to regard as natural and innate. The third part of the lesson Is the varia tion. The pupils gather in a grmip around the professor, who with her fingers dic tates the stens that are to he executed, one finger of each hand representing the two legs of the dancers. "Attitude, pot rt honrree. clissado. entrechat temps de cuisso," etc., says the professor in her wonderful language, as sho expounds the variation that she dances with her lingers. So, too, in fencing one indicates tho play of the foils wltn tne muex or cacn nana Meanwhile the pupils carefully watch the professor's fingers, and imitate with their own, their douios oscillating anu unuu Intlntr. and as It were feeling the steps. "Est-ce comprisf" (Do you understand?) "Yes. madam." "Very Rood. Jn posl tion, then." And they all promptly take their places once more In the middle ot the room, and, with the professor, danco the variation while the fiddle plays a more rank! measure. tiuddeuly the fiddle stops. There is a rpst and then the irlrls to throuuh an other course of dislocation at tho bar, and then, with their sweetest smiles they salute first to the right and then to the left as if thanking an Idolizing public for a Reserved ovation. Tnen "Au revoir, Mine. Thoodore. A demnin." In a see ond the class room is empty; the little girls, panting and worn out, don their paltry robes of poverty and return under their mothers' wines to Montmartre or Belleville. Theodore Child lu The Cos mopolitan. ' The Bnnler and tho Gristly I never killed or trapped a grizzly south of Manitoba that measured more than seven feet and a half from nozzle to tail, with probably the same girth, or one thut weighed more than 1,200 pounds. It was no rare thing, at least ten years ago, to be confronted in thcaolitudes of Manitoba bv one of these monsters nine feet in lenctn, nine in gircu ami wuu n uw. u 1.6U0 pounds or more. When a Manitoba ' grizzy throwt Itself oiritt great haunches and rises up before a hunter, it towers often Ave or six feet above him, and lt takes a brave man to staud in that most formidable presuiice, with steady nerves and a cool head. I have more than once discovered the measuring mark of a grizzly's front claw on the bark of a tree trunk seventeen feet from the ground. Imagine coming suddenly upon a beust i like that in some deep ravine or some isolated spot almost Impassable with down timter, and surrounded by rucks and thick underbrush. The sight of his great Jaws, open and red, and his eyes flashing In fury at you from the enormous beud that towers so far above you, is some thing only to be appreciated when ouce teen. New York Sun. All nwuley'a aalU Not long ago a mother looked over the shoulder of her little girl who was groaning about a difficult lesson. The book was open at the map of Africa, snd the mother exclaimed : "Why, how that map has changed since I was a child 1 Then It had only a few towns about the coast, and all the middle was a blank. We didn't have to learn much about the map of Africa In those days." ' "I know It" cried the little girl, al most In tears, "and it's all the fault of that dreadful Mr. Stanley P- THE PLASTER PARIS BANDAGE. How That Valuable Auilllarjr to Surgl- ral irlrnco Wu Invented, Let me tH you a story and at the tame time give you the history of the plaster Paris bandage. You must un derstand first that the Inventions of plaster Paris, starch, glue and paste bandages are of recent duto. During the lute war they were unknown, an J the first place in w hich they figured In surgical science was in tho Franco Prussian war of 1S70, when the Bavarian splint was first used. The Bavarian splint, which suggested to an American doctor the use of planter Paris, was a contrivance mado to tit closely to the limb. It had a seam up the buck, and when removed was split down the front and oeneu like a book. It could then be used again on a limb of similar dimensions but to our story. About tho year 1870 a gentleman from Now York was making hit way to Chicago, where ho was going to give personal superintendence to a lawsuit hi which he was the plaintiff. If ho lost tho suit ho would lotto his all. He had but a day to finish his journey, w hen, as fnto would have it, he slipped on the street In Cleveland, u., ana broke his leg. The poor man was In great distress. Everything he lind was involved hi the Chicago lawsuit He tent for his doctor and told him that he had decided to continue the Jour ney, even nt the risk of his life, stating at the sumo time the reasons why the Journey was so Imperative. The doctor, who linppeiicd to be an Ingenious fellow, had Just been reading about tho Bavarian splint, and at once sent for a dentist whom lie had seen a few days before making plaster Paris molds of teeth. The dentist came, and both went to work on the limb. They first wrapped it securely with cloth bandages, then buried the entire limb In a moss of the plaster Paris. As soon as it hardened the man was assisted to rise, and a great portion of the surplus plaster was cut off, reducing the bulk. A pair of crutches were secured and the injured man, with his limb secure ly bound, boarded the train the next morning, to his infinite satisfaction. Of course ho won the suit and Indirectly hastened an invention that has proved a great valuo to the medical world. Interview In Cincinnati Timet-Star. Cast Iron flrlcki. What are termed hollow cast Iron bricks are the Invention of an Erfurt mechanic. As the name Indicates they are made of regular brick form and size, the walls being 0.13 Indies thick, but no mortar or other binding material is Intended to enter into their use, tho method of fastening adopted being as follows: The upper and lower tides of the brick are provided with grooves and protecting ribs, which fit into one another easily and perfectly, to as to make a uniform and complete union or combination. There are in addition two large cir cular openings tn the upper tide of each brick, arranged to receive eult- ably formed projections on the lowor tide of the brick above, one of these projections being also hooked shape, thus securing a more secure hold ; and Ifl order that the Joints be made and remain air and water tight a fluid Is applied to the surface of the bricks with a brush. The non conducting air spaces In the bricks, and the ease with which they may be put togother and taken apart without injuring them, are cited as siieclal advantages In their fa vor as a substitute for ordinary bricks and brick construction. Chicago Jour nal of Commerce. How fie Spent Ills Vacation. A young man employed In a big re tail dry goods store was granted a va cation. It was expected that he would hie to tho mountains or goto the shore. The tlrst morning he was free he walked through the store leisurely, nodding to hit comrades behind the counters, but sneaking to nor one. He then made his exit The second day he was an hour later, but ho passed In review hit toiling associates, and then went out This he repeated for six days. When he returned on Monday he was askod why this strange behav lor. He repjlied that km had felt for a long time a desire to do as be pleased In the store, and he had now been able to do to, and he added : "I'm satisllud and ready to go to work again better satisfied than If I had climbed mount alns or bathed In the surf." Iloston Journal A Bubber Sidewalk There Is a length of rubber sidewalk In Edinburgh, and I want to tell you It la the fluent sidewalk in the world. It is only about 23 feet long, and the side walk is about 8 feet wido. The rubber is fluted to as to allow the water to I run off quickly, and the surface is the most comfortable to walk on thut can well be Imagined. You can't slip if you try, and there is a spring and a "give" that is most restful to the tired man. It was hud as an advertisement by a shopkeeper who sells "macintoshes" and "goloshes, " as ho calls rubber coats and rubbers, and although the expense must have been heavy I imagine it must have yielded good results. He told me the rubber was two Inches thick and was laid on a four inch bed of concrete. In four years It bus shown no appreciable tignt of wear, but mis cldevous boys have cut it in places. Interview St. Louis Globe-Democrat Mountain Climbing at Home. Dr. J. Puttncr, of Kotzschen-IJreda, bas invented a contrivance which enables people to Indulge In the healthy pastime of mountain climbing without leaving their rooms. Tills apparatus Is more par tlcnhrly adapted for the use of persons suffering from a defective circulation, fatty degeneration, olieaity, etc. lt con sists of a couple of step placed side by side and working In seek a way that one rises while the other Is belrg pressed down by the foot. Under each step is a bellows which offers a resting power to the down tread. The labor of climbing is regulated by means of a lever brake. The steps are six luetics high, and the less or greater steepness of the climb can be Imitated by treading the step halfway down, or to Its full depth; also by vary ing the amount of luggage carried by the operator. A self acting pedometer registers the number ot paces. Chicago Newt. STAY THOU WITH ME, SWEET HOPE. Btay thou with Die, 8wmt flop, tor the way ) durk aiiJ long, Ami mf ll doth aauiler from The atraUlit anil narrow patb, Bo ul.Mrti 'mlil ih encircling gloom, fiiajr tliiMi! O leave me oat Until mj darlirnnl way putb euJ In rallanl Hiflil t'nlll mjr witaried (eat kxn Ami (hat perfrct runtl Btajr thou with m, Bweet (lope. Fur nijf hrart U faint and weak, And my fuitn doili falinr in The hard and duliioui Unlit, Boiiiltt-n by opputinK (rsl Stay llimit O lve me not I'ntil my fuintlnu heart iKiih drink this boumlleai Irenft I' in II my faith la 'irutfvd In hit oinnlitdi-uoel 8tay thou wltb me, Rweet Hope, For my life it and and wre, And my whiI doth thuddrr at Earth's item, dmpalring faoe, fo dismal by It want of thee, , Play thou! O leae me not t'nlll my life Is ml In bit rtemlty I'ulll my amil Is wrapped In bUlnnnllyl -W. T. Cheney in AtlnnU Constitution. The Khcta of Quinine. There is no drug In such general use as quinine. The during druggists, from the proprietor down to the bottle washer, shove it into suffering human ity In and out of season and for all sorts of diseases. As a tonic It is of the greatest value, but Is not suited to all cases requiring a tonlo. Doses of from six to ten grains frequently cause . , i . . ringing or buzzing In the ear, a feeling of tightness In the bend, deafness inoro or lees complete, muscular weakness and a staggering gait n.. -ii .in,. ..n. ' llUt nil lv'l ."vuo niv nut anno i- . . . tible to the drug. Men bear It better than women and the strong and robust better than the nervous and weakly. Under certain unhealthy conditions large doses are capable of causing l.1lw1,w.i. wlitidi la nnr tn lust fnrwiwka ' .1 A. . 1. fn. chills and fovcr It Is the remedy above all others, not only as a preventive but as a cure, I u some kinds of fever Its effect Is very striking, and most so, l .,bln nttneka There are a number of other afflic tions In which quinine Is very effective, but it must be carefully administered or very serious results may be the out come. If one thinks he needs It for Its tonlo effect lie should not take more than one grain three timet a day on his own responsibility. If a cold is coming on let him take ten grains on going to bed either In one dose or in two doses about two hours apart Theso are about the only conditions on which he Is Justified in using the drug on his own responsibility, and tf be uses it as advised it Is not at all likely to do him any harm. Yeno wine's News. Shorty Smith's Tarn. "Shorty" Smith, the boat packer of the Bradshaw mountains, while driv ing hit pack train up the Del Pasco hill had a very exciting experience. Part of the mules were loaded wltb a Frue concentrator. One of the mules, the largest In the train, was loaded with the long ride tills of the concen trator, one on each tide, and when the train had got half way up the hill and on the tteepest part of the trail, the mule with the timbers gave a lurch tideways and landed about 100 feet down the hill, and lodged suspended In the air between two oak trees about fifteen feet from the ground. How to get the mule down was the next question. Out like all great packers, "Shorty" wot equal to the emergency. He toon took in the situ ation, rushed up to one of the mule that had tome powder, enpt and fuse in its pack, which he soon fixed to as to explode the powder, and placed It In the hollow end of one of the trees. Ha touched a match to the fuse and yelled, "Got out of the road I" and when the aliot wont off and the smoke . had cleared away "Shorty" looked around and taw Old Tom (the mulo) with hit load all on walking up the hill to the rest of the train and not a scratch on him. Arizona Miner. An Inventive I'eople. 'We are an inventive people. Inven tion is by no means confined to our me chanics. Our merchants Invent our sol diers and our sailors invent our profes ilouul men invent our schoolmasters Invent and our women and children in vent One man lately wished to patent the application of the Lord's Prayer, re peated in a loud tone ot voice, to prevent stammering; another claimed the new and useful attachment of a weight to a cow's tail, to prevent her from switching it while milking; another proposed to cure worms by extracting with a delicate line snd tiny hook, baited witn a seuuciive ni. .1,1 a iiHviintintMl acr run nir o n. r ,' J r,' V....I..' j t i.l "Jt a paper cutter, as a skirt supporter, as a paier file, as a child's pin, as a bouquet holder, as a shawl fastener or as a book mark." The above Is not a quotation from the effort of some professional humorist lt vv lliv-i aviiw -vo IfJ BU UJe.ll faVh' llVlil tS) itilivvwa va. nt made manjr yearago by Mr. Fisher Is an extract from a matter of fact state- I wuia be was commissioner ot patents. , St Louis Globs-Democrat Home's Rainbow lined Umbrella. One ot the common tights of Rome is to view the assortment of umbrellas hoisted on a rainy day. The opportunity is frequent for when the drops fall they do so on a scale to generous that at dur ing the present month, the rain continues three weeks. Under the dome of the ikies nothing was ever seen to surpass the parachute picture. The colors of the rain bow are not more varied. Outside the rapidly disappearing Roman peasant cos- tuine the umbrella has the next greatest with any gay looking scrap, and Its size to distended by the slastlcity ot the goods """ " "" ! that when opened It covers the sldewaia. Without hit umbrella the peasant Is not at ease. Kaln or shine he carries lt under bis arm, fur with him It Is a maxim that dogs and strangers are the only ones who walk in the sun as well as In the wet Yet he too is ridiculed in the fashionably cut clothes ot the present Romans, with their sharp toed patent leather boots and handsome parachutes. Paris Cor. Balti more Sun. Arab lionet Kot Superior. A foreign Journal pertinently sayt that the lingering idea that the Arab borne but for bit inches would be better than his English brother grows more purely romantic every year. A contest occurred lately in Cairo between an Arab of recog nized superiority snd an English mare, the hitter carrying fourteen pounds more of weight both of exactly the same height and tba oriental champion, al though be bad been first in the betting, was beaten out of sight Chicago Times. Ho gncti Thing u Waits. The complete ernsure of the word waste" from the dictionaries, at all events In so far as it has any relation to Industrial products, Is, If not quite an accomplished fact, undoubtedly Wonilng more and inure Imminent; and we may thank the chemists of this gem-ration for teaching us how to recover ami utilize In numerable substance which, In their ig norance, our grandfather throw invay. Thirty years ago Hie luuiiuractunra of iron, gn and chemicals, everywhere neg lected all but the prime objects of their Industries, whereas today, ou the system of tuhlng cam of the pennies and allow ing the pounds to take care of them selves, competition has Induced ne to re gard our legionary by-products ns so many Integral pnrtsor branches of each enterprise. If the Intelligent men who hnvo "gono liefore," and who were looked upon by their contemporaries as wise In their generation, could by any chance ro appenr among us, we might conduct them to our gas works, and with a certain pride explain the origin of our sulphate of am nmiilu, our aniline dyes, and our hundred other extracts from coid tnr. Prom the contemplation of gn we would turn with thein lo some of our smelters and furnaces, and point to the mineral wool, the cement, tho glassware, tho pottery, the lire bricks and the fertil izer, nil derived from our furnace sine; aud finally, entering a great chemirul works, we should show them how the once devastating gases, so futal to llfo and vegetation, aro no longer sent free Into tho air. but are condensed and trans formed into staple articles of trado, and i,,,. by nu Ingenious and, to them, un- dreamed of process wo extract the precious metals from our exhausted sul- phurore. To t ie r wondering question, I.Uow thno Mnfn M rol py llmt ttll ,I(.H0 nmrvcis nsut jrom a mudem and enlightened policy, which, in many countries, has fostered every species of research iti every branch of science, en- . . . , . i rnnrfiir.M. irrimt m nilfl to noiii it over and cradunllv unravel the mysteries of nature, C - " a - and stimulated a general thirsting for that knowledge which, properly applied, must ever ameliorate our condition in this "vulouf tears." Tho Ago of StccL IHfleront I'howa of "Mind Cure." ,,,.,, lnlke1 of nml lllr(?oly adopted, lt mit i,0 well for the publlo to know that tho disciples of the different schools resent tho common practice of outsiders hulking them all under the Head of mind cure." Aiimi ewers uuo eacu one, to no ! sure, but in different forms snd through different doors. They who practice "Christian science" draw healing force from tho Infinite Mind, and consider their ' own minds as at most a mere telegraph ' line through which the vivifying power reaches tho patient's mind. Plain "mind cure" works by tho operation of the heal er s individual liuuii on mo suoject, aou partakes ot what is known us mesmerism or hypnotism. "Fuith cure" and "prnyer cure" are one and the same, both relying Upon faith to override disease. If any one doubts that the healing of disease by mental methods Is going on briskly In this city, let him drop luto the otllces of fomo of the best known practi tioners and sco tho collection ot patients waiting hour after hour In order that each may get a trentmeut Nine o'clock Is the hour for beginning the business of healing. An hour liefore that six and eight patients aro In readiness to get their slice of lifo and health ns drawn from the Infinite source of all life and wholeness. Prom thut time on until the ofllce closes at night It is never empty, and most of these rencu a point when they declare themselves healed. New York Press "Kvery Day Talk." Scheme of the Broker. '"nave you beard of tho latest scheme of tomo of tho Wall street brokers?" was the query put to a reporter by a Western tJulou operator. "They are devoting their spare moments to learning teleg rnphy. A few days ago tho regulur oier ator in a New Btrect broker's office was absent end I was sent for to take his place for the day. I noticed an extra set of Instruments in the office, and supposed that some ot the ofllce boys or clerks were learning to manipulate the key. I wns somewhat surprised during the day to see member of the Arm come in and com mence practicing the Morse characters. I learned that ho was paying his operator extra to remain after busluess hours and practice with him. Upon quietly investi gating the matter, I ascertained that sev eral other brokers wore assiduously strug gling with tho Morse alphabet, with vary ing success. Oue broker, who started out with the expectation of becoming suffi ciently expert within six weeks to read messages coming over the wire at ordinary tpeed became somewhat discouraged when, at tho end of that time, ho found lt Impossible to catch even tho imull words. Their idea Is that if they can be come expert enough to rend messages passing over the wires lt would be an easy matter for them to drop into other brokers' offices and, by listening to the click of tho telegraph Instruments, per haps gain some valuable information." Now York Kveulng Sun. Bad Ho Car Faro. ' Senator Jones, of Nevada, was put off a street car in Sun Francisco be cause he did not happen to have a nickel In his pocket to pay his fare. The story of the Inoldout traveled throush the west and his friends In a , t f fc d frjonjip md a r,,,M," " k so d headed cane made, wnictj con gold headed cane talned In the handle a compartment sufficiently large to store one hundred Ave cent nitfteia. The simple pressure of the thumb re leases a nickel, and another slips Into place ready for use, like the cartridges l.w-w ' n a magazine gun. On the handle was engraved "United States Senator J. P. Jones, with the best wishes of his Utah friends." The cane was formally presented to the senator recently by ex-Governor West of Utah. In the pres ence of a number of senators and rep resentatives. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Fine Tree Soap. A patent has been taken out for a process for utilizing the resinous matter present in the needle like leaves of tho order Pin us. Bv extraction with al- kftIi - l, forme(i from which the wood, fiber can be removed, and i l.lU !.. .jj:tl. f , .ml nnm. pletion of the saponification, yields an ordinary soap, containing resin and fatty acids. New York Commercial Advertiser. Wrath Turned Away. Merchant (angrily, as clerk enters three hours late) Where In ths name Clerk offert him a twenty five cent cigar. Merchant (continuing) of tense do fou buy tuch good cigars? Epock A Lucky f ellow. Mrs. Sliarptongue (querulous-ly) Here you are earning next to not'.iing, and our old neighbor, Mr. Quickwit. is making (10,000 a year. Mr. 8. Lucky fellow, that Quick wiL He's got a Job as traveling sales man, and is away from homo ten months in the year. New York Weekly. Epocb, ducicg resources. w ""