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ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER ! is!,. 1884.
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THE COLUMBIAN; ' - ; :
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J - COX?OnD L O VE-JS OXQ.
Shall wf meet MHin, lov.
In the distant t hen." love.-. .
When the Now ia Then, love, "
And the Present Past?
Shall the mystic Yonder,
im which I ponder,
I f a.1ly wonder.
With thee be cast? ..!.
ih. the Joyless fleeting.
Of our primal meeting-, '"3
And the luleful rrte.Iiig-
Of he Hw anu Why!
Ah, tho Tbinjnipwi rtyinsr. S
Krorathe Heroncas. sighing
lore undying-. S
That fain would die!
Ah, the If ness sadd'nin?.
'Jhe Whiehness inadd'ninir.
And the Hut unirladd ning
That lie behind l
When the s gn ess token
Lf Jove is broken
In the speech unspoken
Of mind to mind. !
lint th mind pereeivetb. .
When the spirit irrievetb.
And the heart relieveth
Itself of woe:
And the doubt-mists lifted
From the eyes love-gifted
Are rent and rifted
In tbe warmer plow.
In the Inner Me. love.
As I turn to thee, love,
1 seem to see, love, i
No Ego there.
But the Meness dead, love,
The Theenes fled. love.
Anil born instead, lOTe.
An t'sness rare!
Jame Jeffrey liociu, in DimUm Transcript.
THE BACCARAT KLG.
Careei of Remarkable Young JIau
Heavy Winnings at Paris. Bamlnj
Tablta-Loetea and Final Dlaappoliil
ment A Promise to Par all Debt.
William R. Deutsch, well known in
many Paris clubs, and who earned two
s Tears a?o me soonquei oi iwi ue
baccarat," sailed in the Amerique from
this port to-dav for New York. lie
leaves in Paris, 1 believe, a rather heavy
amount of debts incurred at play, and
has gone because he sees no way of re
covering his losses and paying the debts
already made. The career of the King:
of Baccarat in Paris has been a remark
able one, and if his wonderful successes
were alone considered, his example
would be rather an encouragement to
the gambler than otherwise; out the in
terview which ! we publish below will
show the dark, hopeless side of the
"picture: and its publication is not the
least charitable act done by "Billy"
Deutsch.
W. R. Deiifseh is an American, and
was for several -yeT9 a well-known the
atrical manager ofjjSew York, having
once been prominently connected with
Booth's Theaters ami 'with other public
r laces of entertaiii tuent of that city,
le came to Europe about two and a
half years ago, and during the past two
year has been a prominent figuie at
several of the best known Parisian
clubs.
The stories told of his play seem al
most incredible, but it is certain that he
had two years ago one of the most re
markable runs of hick ever known at
tards. In August, 182, Mr. Deutsch
won for twenty-eight consecutive days
at the Washington and Press Clubs, and
during those days his smallest winning
was eighteen thousand francs and his
highest two hundred and sixty thousand
francs. He never lost on any one of these
days, and his total winnings were over
one million, seven hundred thousand
francs. That all of this sum has gone,
and much more with it, in two years it
is not necessary to say. How it has gone
the sumptuous banquets at Delruonico's,
New York, in Paris and in London
costing thousands and tens of thousands
of francs each; still further, heavy and
unlucky play, aud indeed all the ex
travagances of suddenly acquired
wealth, will tell.
A correspondent of the Morning
Sews met Mr. Deutsch before his de
parture and expressed surprise at his
going.
" es," said Mr. Deutsch, "I am going
back after a terrible experience. I have
experienced all the ups and downs that a
man possibly can, and now I
have found the means and the
courage to return, to begin life
over again. I leave with spirits
far from gay, and I am anything except
happy. I go to meet abuse at home for
my folly, and to hear from Paris that I
have been condemned for what is una
voidable. I leave with debts behind
no debts of honor, but some humiliat
ing which it will take time to pay.
All I have left now is my health and,
what my friend? will admit, integrity of
purpose."
How did 3-011 manage to get in so
bad a position after being worth up
wards of two millions of francs?"
"Yes, I was worth two millions francs
two years ago. But no man, except
one who has made such a sum in one
month, knows how to spend it in so
short a time. The winner at cards is
the most reckless, careless and extrava
gant man living. He gives right &ud
left, he literally throws money away,
nnd only appreciates his folly when he
wants.'
"Why did you not buy an annuity or
put a sum where you could not get it
again and could only draw the inter
est?" "My Christian friend, I have seven
boxes full of letters of advice; but when
I have wanted a hundred francs I sel
dom got it.
'Tis a beautiful world that wc live In,
To lend, or to spend, or to jrive In;
Hut to beg' or to borrow, or ask foryour own,
"Jls the very worst world that ever was
known. -
"But there is no use of crying for
spilt milk, and I do not care to say
much about niv personal a flairs. 1
only trust that my experience may tend
to reform some and discourage others
from continuing in the pursuit of what
is only a pleasure while Fortune smiles,
but is always a vice, and to all, ruin.
Gamblers have success, but the greater
the success the greater the fall
and the gi'eater the misery. A
irsmtilar m in R moment of
Fuck win, say two hundred thousand
or three hundred thousand francs, but
no sum will repay him for sleepless
nights vand" for Lours of anxiety, for
nights made into days. No occupation,
legal, political, or mercantile, will pay
for the extravagances he must indulge
in While he is in the full tide of pleas-
bier finds his 'hell on earth. For every
hourof pleasure hesbenusaavsot misorv.
The pleasures become oulv recollections
while misery, despair, and often suicide.
stare him in the face.' !
"A man wit h the passion for play wil
do anything to procure money in order
to recover his losses. He will borrow
live thousand - francs from his bank.
one thousand francs from a friend, five
huudrvd francs from an acquaintance,
one hundred francs from a comparative
stranger, fifty I francs from a club
waiter, twenty francs 'from the cook,
ten francs from a cabby who may have
driven him three or four times, and
then five francs from anybody to get a
dinner or breakfast with. Alllaste for
honest industry leaves vou, honor even
takes wings aud finally you are slighted
by your friends aud vilified by those
you have served. . - .
"You have won and lost large
amounts during the past two years.
have vou not, Mr. Deutsch?
"Yes; my differences in two vears
have been fully four million francs
that is, I have won quite two million
i i .. ., .:n:. "
aUl iUAt UtlTI IWW lillUIUU.
"How much of tnis went for percent
ages to the clubs?' ...
"Well, I should think that at least
four hundred thousand or five hundred
thousand went into the clubs as percent
ages. It is only a question of time
when the entire capital of a player
must be consumed by the proprietors of
clubs, and the various fees, ttc, nec
essary. Play at Paris clubs means cer
tain ruin if a man keeps at it long
enough. I hey must in time rum every
man who plays at them, and they will
finally consume all the capital or drive
away the capitalists.
"What do you mean by ruining all
the players? 7
"I mean simply this: Take ten plav
era each with ten thousand francs, or
five hundred louis. They take alter
nately banks each of an average of fifty
louis, which costs two louis to the canett
for each bank. Now they can deal lifty
banks a day, which makes one hundred
louis to the canette, ami thus in a cer
tain number of davs easily calculated
the entire party must have lost the en
tire sum they went in with. Outside of
this, tha taxes are terrible. In the
first place there are the dues of
the club; second, the man who
deals a bank at baccarat of ten louis
must give one louis to the house, or ten
Fier cent, of the original investment,
f he loses, the players against him win
but nine louis. If he wins but one
louis in his bank, the players have
lost two louis, and the banker wins noth
iDg. Then if a man has occasion to
ask credit at the caisse he has to pay
one louis per day for every fifty louis he
has lost.
"The charges at ecarte at the clubs
are eveu worse. Five fraucs have to be
paid for each pass, so that it is easily
possible for two players to play and both
lose. I have played with a gentleman
forty-six games at one louis a game.
My opponent won twenty-two and I
won twenty-four times. At the finish,
therefore. 1 had won two louis from
my friend, but we had paid five francs
for each pass I paying six louis alto-
? ret her and my friend live and a half
ouis, so that the net loss was nine
and a half louis. I lost four louis and
my friend seven and a half.
'"There is no ch'ance for any one un
less he has a remarkable run of luck
and theu stops. But who will do this?
io one has a right to play except the
man with unlim ted capital and the
man with nothing."
"Besides the proprietors of clubs,
some of the servants in the gambling
rooms have made large sums, have they
not?"
"Yes; there is a garcon at a club iu
Paris who, twelve or fourteen years ago,
was an ordinary servant at a hundred
francs a month. By small loans of a
louis or fifty francs charging tremen
dous interest to players, he built up a
fortune valued at from four to seven
million francs. He drives liuc horses,
has coachmen and footmen,' a splendid
hotel, and some of the most priceless
pictures in France."
After a few further remarks of minor
interest on the subject of his experience,
and with expressions of hope for the fu
ture, Mr. Deutsch took his departure.
Havre Cor. Puis Morning News.
Exploring Hudson's Bay.
The Canadian Government intends to
make a thorough exploration of the
great inland sea that occupies so large
a portion of North America. The coun
try bordering upon Hud-son's Bay has
heretofore been of value merely for its
fur crop; but the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, which is being constructed through
the wilderness between Lake Superior
and Hudson's Bay, has called attentio'a
to the industrial and commercial possi
bilities of the latter. There is said to
be a wheat region north and northwest
of Minnesota and Dakota, large enough
to supply all the world with Hour. At
any rate, the Canadian Government has
appointed experienced scientists to re
veal to the world tbe exact value of the
region surrounding Hudson's Bay. This
is a matter of interest to us, for the
time cannot be distant when all North
America will be ours. There is no nat
ural boundary between the United States
aud the Dominion. The latter . is mili
tarily indefensible, and its continuance
as a dependency of Great Britain is an
anachonism. DemoresVs Monthly.
.
Real-Estate Swindle.
-Tones "Swindle! Why it was fh,
most outrageous swindle ever practiced
on me. I hat man is little. better than
a thief."
Sm'fh "Yon nmaze me. T under.
stood that he sold you his residence for
less than it cost hira."
Jones "Yes, but he should have paid
me for taking it instead of cunningly
luring me into paying him."
Smith Why, what is the matter with
it?"
Jones "On one side there is a girl
learning to plav the cabinet organ, and
the family on the other side has twins."
Philadelphia Call. ,
Soma of the dime novel writers are
in a hurry to get their pay, otherwise
they would revise their work, and not
allow such startling statements as the
following to appear in type: "I grew up
to manhood without ever knowing what
the love of a parent really was, for my
mother died when my eldest brother
wa9 .born." Texas Sitings.
A Time for ETerjthinjr.
Mv son, it isn't so much the manner
in which, as the time at which, you ap
proaoh a man. Now, this - blessed, or
rather t'othcred morning. I have a cold,
and a. distracting one. I weep at. the
do3; my bones ache, the cinders and
dui of twelve hundred mues ot con
timi"t?3 railway travel fill my eyes and
car sjid my entire system. 1 open my
month to breathe because my nose is
utterly useless as a breathing thing, and
consequently I snore even while l waken.
I am teeliug too wretchedly cross and
generally miserable for anything.
Well: about half an hour ago conieth
to my . lair - mv sister, who. places the
moriiinff mail upon my desk. Six let
ters. On such a morning as this. . Well,
thank heaven, letters . are easily dis
posed of. visitors 1 might not be able
to evade, letters ha, ha! With savage
joy I tore every last one of them ' into
lore fragments than there were words
in all six ol them, and jammed them
into the waste basket That's the
way to answer letters," I said, grimly.
'why can't people have some sense
about writing betters, and not pester a
fellow when he wants to sneezer
Now. that was all wrong, I am will
ing to admit, even now. Not that I am
already penitent, oh. bless you, no.
am glad I did it. I wish there had been
more of them to tear up. I am going
to tear up a. lot that came vesterday.
but there - won't be much pleasure in
that, because I have read them. But
this morning's mail I never opened and
will never know anything about it
August 16 is my cross day, and don't
you forjret it But to-morrow l will De
sorry for it Everybody -is penitent to
morrow. Every time I get awfully
cross 1 order my hair-shirt aired and
the robe of sackcloth hung out ia the
bak yard convenient to the ash heap
I know I will have acres of mourning to
do during the ensuing twenty-tour
hours. 'Twas ever thus: The good
that I would do I do not; but the evil
which I would not, that I do." Yea,
verily, I will sit up at night and go out
of my way to do it
Be carernl then, my son, when you
approach a man. Don't worry so much
a out your m nner, if you are dead
certain that you have struck the right
time. Don t depend so much upon
your fascinating ways as upon the
man's receptive mood. Never ask a
favor of a man who is on the point of
answering his mail with a match
Don't talk your Dakota land scheme
to a hungry.'man. Never try to borrow
money of a man who has just missed
the last car and has to walk home.
Pon't try to sell tickets for the fair and
ice-cream festival to the man who is
despondent with some new kind of
dv;pepsia. Don't read your petition to
him while he is beins: shaved. Don't
try to explain the nature of tho secrn
iies you offer by talking to him through
transom of the bath-room while he is
taking a tub. Don't describe your rec
ommendation, qualifications and in
dorsements tor the place while he is
running for the ferry and you are vain
ly trying to keep near him. Don't
knock at his door after he has gone to
bed and tell him not to get up, vou Jl
just talk through the key-hole. Don't
approach a mau at these times, and
"You didn't suppose anybody ever
did approach a man on matters ot bust
ness under such circumstances?"
Oh, foolish boy, you have much to
learn; all these things are done by
various classes of fools everv day.
Why, worse than that There ara peo
ple who write letters to a fellow when
they might know he would be in an ill
humor bv the time they reached him.
I wish I knew who those letters were
from, anyhow. What, ho, without
there! If that hair snirt is aired, bring
it here. Burtlette, in Brooklyn Eagla
Xourishing Food.
Peas, beans, lentils, vetches and all
the seeds belonging to that class used
as vegetables, contain rich nourishing
matter, in the same proportion as the
best grains. The special nourishing
azotic matter found in grains, as gluten
i ai .it .
in tue cereais, aioumen in me egg.
casein in milk, musculin in meat, differs
in those seeds, according to the kind.
from 24 to 31 per cent.; the fecula and
its derivations, the dextrine and glu-
cmum, from 49 to 69 per cent; the fat
phosphorated in one part from 2 to 2.8;
the mineral matter from 2.1 to 3.5;
tbs cellular matter forming the weft of
the seed is similar in its chemical com
position to the fe.-ular and dextrine,
from 1 tq 8.5; and lastly, the water
from 10 to 15 per cent. These seeds
are therefore very nourishing food. It
will be of great value to know that the
juice of these seeds, when cooked, con
tains the same rich aliment. It is only
ne.essary to take care that peas, beans,
lentils, etc.. are not put into bo ling
water, as that woulci cause them to
harden instead of soften, and prevent a
solution of the vegetable. The water
must contain as little lime as possible,
and the vegetable must be put into it
before it commences to heat Legu
mens are especially valuable on account
of the peculiarity of having the richest
phosphoric parts of all substances in the
froup of albumens which form for man
:nd the complete aliment for the con
stitution, as -well as for the nervous
system. Especially is such food nour
ishing to the brain. Comparing grains
with legu mens, we find that the former
contains 15 per cent, of the albuminous
azotic substances, similar in their con
stituent parts and nourishing qualities
to the albuminous fibrin, casein, mus
culin and Iegumen. The principal al
buminous substance of grain is gluten;
called also librin of gluten, or vegetable
hbr.n, in the same way as tho legumen
has been called vegetable casein. The
gluten in the cereals represents the
iegumen of peas, beans, lentils and
other seeds of the same vegetable kind.'
These two substances are considered to
be of the same nourishing value, except
that the Iegumen is richer in phos
phorus than the gluten. The trrain
contains 60 per cent of fecula, 7 of
gluten, 1.2 of fat of which one part is
phosphorus, similar to the legumens :
6 oi m.ueral ma ter, 1.7 of cellular,
matter, and 14 per cent of water..
Tims wo tee that the proportion of-
nourishing matter in the lecruminous.
eeeds is from 24 to 31 per cent, while
the nourishing substances of grain do
not exceed 16 per cent American
Miller.
The price of coffee is kept no bv
the increased use brought about by the'
uoer scare- -
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
"Su :cessful hymn .-reading,? says
?rof. L. T. Townsend, D. D.. of Boston
jniversity, "at the present time is a
are pulpit accomplishment"
It would seem as if religions were
lying out in China, judging from the
:act that a large numDeroi temples in
too Chow are leased by the priesthood
to Europeans for dwellings or business
Purposes. . ,
The grounds around every school
aouse should be tastefully and system
itically planted to choice specimens rf
lative trees, ihe scholars should be
aught the names, habits of growth and
Xianner of prqpogating of each sort
ff. Y. Mau.
. In the Presbvtervof CheeocChlna.
feist year one church' received 348 per-
tons on profession of their faith, and
nother 260. .The number received in
the first of these churches exceeds that
vlded to any other Presbyterian Church
during the year, at home or abroad.
The nearest approach to it is in the case
f the tabernacle Church in Brooklyn
(Rev. Dr. Talmage's) which reports an
-ddition of 235 new members.
There are a hundred things which
ou can not do, and which you are not
called upon to do; but you can always
do what is your duty here and now.
There are a thousand places which you
might conceivably fill; but the fact re
mains that at the present moment, vou
are only called to fill one place. Do the
one thing; fill the one place. He who
sees all things, and all places will take
care of the rest At. r. independent.
The New York Port Society, hav
ing its headquarters at the corner of
Catharine and Madison streets, was or
ganized in 1818 for special religious
work among the seamen visiting this
port Its sixty-six years of labor bafe
borne "much fruit" and to-day it is
more vigorous and doing steadier ser
vice for the Master than ever- before.
Durinsr the past vear from two hundred
to four hundred persons have been pres
ent at the prayer-meetings, and there
have been many hopeful conversions.
y. J. Examiner.
Tho following summaries of statis
tics are from the respective journals of
hpiscopiu Conventions: Mississippi,
parishes and mission stations. 64; cler
gymen. 31; churches and chapels, 47;
baptisms, 325; confirmations, 22S; com
municants, 2.512; total of offerings.
!j,43,;J20. Alabama, baptisms, 283; con
firmations, 2 9; communicants, 4,()7b;
total expenditures, $44,626. Oregon,
baptisms, 190; confirmations, 100; com
municants. 940; total of offerings,
$19,914; clergymen resident in the dio
cese, 18. Missouri, clergy, oo; number
of communicants, 5,432; total of offer
ings, $137,794.
Eveninzs at Home.
The long evenings, which follow tho
short days, are made in tome families
the happiest of all happy times. The
cares of the day are ended: the mother's
resting-time has come; the father has
come; the father has dropped all sorts
oi business worries and perplexities, and
the whole family throw themselves with
zest into the innocent pleasures of the-
home circle.
It is well for the women of the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at home are strong antidotes
to the practice of looking for enjoy
ment abroad, and seeking for pleasure
m by and forbidden places; for relaxa
tion and recreation will be indulged in
somewhere by most men, and happy are
they who find in the home circle the
diversion they need.
A livelv game, an interesting book
read aloud, or, in musical families, a
new song to be practiced, will furnish
pastime that will make an evening pass
pleasantly.
A little-forethought during the day, a
little pulling of wires that need not ap
pear, will make the whole thing easy
and different ways and means may be
provided for making the evening hours
pass pleasantly, and the time to be look
ed forward to with pleasant anticipa
tions. We visited once in a large family
where it was the duty of each sister, in
turn, to provide the evening's occupa
tion, and there was a pleasant rivalry be
tween them as to whose evening should
be the most enjoyable. The brothers en
tered fully into the spirit of the simple
home entertainments, and were as loth
to be obliged to spend an evening away
from home as their sisters and parents
were to have them absent Everv one
spoke of this family as an uncommonly
united one, for each and every member
showed such a strong attachment for
the home to which each one contributed
so much pleasure. Signal.
A Sofa P.llovv.
A handsome sofa piliow can be made
at small cost; the material may be
cashmere, should silk, velvet or satin
be deemed too expensive. Select a fine
piece, an excellent quality will not
come to more than $1 yard; about
three-quarters of a yard will make a
arge cushion pillow. A rich blue
cashmere or a deep cherry gives a
bright and cheerful effect when prettily
decorated. Make the top side as orna
mental as it may be desired; the oppo
site side is better perfectly plain; ruu a
arge silk or gold cord around the edge;
this will cot from eight to twelve cents
a yard; two or two and a half yards is
all that is needed; finish the corners.
with tassels to correspond, or ribbon
bows; sometimes looningor a bow-knot
of the cord forms a neat and effective
finish to the corners. The decorative
design is best wrought in embroidery.
Applique work is handsome, yet the
former is much to be preferred, espe
cially on all wool fabrics. A lovely
pillow design is had by clustering flow
ers, for instance, June roses in one cor
ner, July pinks the opposite corner,
balsam which blossoms in August,
mixed with Paris daisies; these nave
clear white petals and yellow disc. An
other artistio design has a bunch of
fancy grass, the top of wnicn is nying
open, as if disturbed by the wind; on
the ground are scattered dais.es. butter
cups and wild roses, a he grouna is
close cut lawn grass, which is wrought,
in chenille, presentine; four shades of
green; the elect is exceedingly pleas
ing; near the scattered blossoms are
utterflies of various sizes, some flying
and others iust ready to light on the
liowers; a humming: bird is hovering
over the fluttering grass that is tied up
like a bunch of ripe wheat Westcrr
Hural, .
Cycling: Through Germany.
An English bicyclht describes ia the
London Standard hi journ::
through Germany. "From its
Berlin," he saj's, "to its finisli
logne, tho trip covered several
y alone
staH at
atj Co
hundred miles, and extended over threo king
doms Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria
and half a dozen smaller principalities:
every day, and indeed, almost every
mile of the road, having its peculiar in
terest and charm, which spy mere
guide-book summary would spoil. (The
most picturesque and interesting sec '
tion of 1 io journey was perhaps the run
through the Thuringian Forest, from
Gotha to Schmalkalden, and itj was! also
the shortest or should have been if I had
taken the direct road; but ;I was misdi
rected at Fredrichsroda, and sent Wan
dering across the hills by a side 'road
that added some ten or fifteen miles to
the day's run, and filled it with novel
experiences, some the reverse,1 of picas
ant Ixsaving Gotha in the early morn
ing, I reached the borders of the forest
in about .half an hour, and, after a
magnificent run of some ten or twelve
miles in complete sylvan solitude, bait
ed for breakfast at Keinhardsbrunn, a
well-know mineral spring, where
.good hotel has been built in one of the
most charming spots In tbe whole
forest AH round is the dnsejpine
wood, while in front lie a aeries of
little lakes, whose surface looks asblck
as ebony in the shadow of the
dark green foliage, and whoe glassy
smoothness is only rippled by the. lazy
leaping oi an occasional trout, j un
"fortunately, 1 at one time got to the
wronsr side of a very stiff ridce of! hills
which I had to cross before j reaching
Schmalkalden, and the rain now began
to come down heavily. All things! con
sidered the situation was not cheerful,
but in half an hour the sun had
broken out, and so I rode down through
the little village of Tambach, and be
gan the work of serious hill-climbing
under somewhat better circumstances
than 1 had ventured to expect! For
close on eight miles it was a steady rise,
and the road being rather Iwetj and
heavy I had to walk myself and push
my machine up the gre-ter part of the
way. Once the top was reached, (how
ever, all my troubles were forgotten
I pae-ed from Saxe-Coburg into a batch
of country that used to belong! to fcdejt
oral Hesse, and now. of course. Is in
corporated into Prussia, and found
a
good road, and a long steady
No one could long resist th
descent
exhilera-
tion produced by silently shooting down
such a hill, without the slightest exer
tion, at the rate of about twenty miles
an hour, with jacket thrown open and
helmet off to get the full advantage of
the delicrhtful preeze. This isi another
of the charms of cycling the! constant
chancre and variety of sensations being
enousrh to make
the most
confirmee!
hypochondriac
feel jolly. '
The .Mate's Snperior Intelligence.
During a chat with the foreman of the
street car stables, James E. Barry, the
subject turned to a discussion o'f the
characteristics of horses and mules. He
has been a clone student of both, and
the result of his experience is that the
mule is entitled to the higher rank in
sagacity. I I
Mr. Barry went on to sayj that the
superiority'of the mule is shown in his
absolute refusal to put his foot in a hole
in a bridge or crossing. Horses j seem
to endeavor to find a hole, if there is
onir Ivinrr arrtnnit nnd hroA.lr t.liir lf0"S
This a mule will noc do, nor can .he oe
forced to advance if he thinks there is
danger. "The horse," said Mr. Barry,
"has more lourasre. the muloi more
sense." I
It has been an amusing study at one
of the stables to watch a sly,! mwchiev
ous little mule that is rather! tod fond
of liberty. It seems that the; mules are
fastened to their stalls by a! chain, ob
the end of which is a crosspicce of iron.
.which is slipped lengtbwise through a
hole in the stall, and when! extended
crosswavs over the hole prevents tho
chain being withdrawn. This j mule.
when standing in his manger, .h his
teeth and tonnie man a ires to slip the
erosspiect attached to the chain put of
the hole, and then cautiously backs oul
the full length of the chain and survey
the field. Ff there be a stableman in
sight he re-enters the stall and waits de
murely until the coast is cloa when ht
comes out qnickly and makes a dash
for liberty and the street Sometimes
it requires all hands to catch hiln and
bring him back. I I
In the yard of ono of the dowh town
stables there is . a post to which foni
m ;les are generally tied alter being
curried. There was re ently! one niul
there that was fond of slipping its
chain-tag through the ring ir thj post,
and then, to allow its mates to si.are in
its liberty, he loosened the o'.her-i. This
he diii so often he had to I o iclosely
watched. .V. O. Time -Democrat.
Wauted Aiistiih.i
A man was standing on a street cor
ner" in Bloomington, bragging about his
broad acres, the other day, when a
6tranger walked np to him and said:
"Say, mister, what will you take for
an un livided balMntcrcst in Austra
lia?"
"Australia:"
"les: and if vour terms are reasona
ble, may be I'll ta'ic a third; otj South
America nnd four shares in Africa."
"South America! A'rica! What de
you mean, sir?"
"I mean that I m on a trade,; and if
you've got any bargains to offer here's
a chap that 11 take em every time.
Come, now, set vour price.! Pm on a
dicker, vou bet"
"Well, sir," said the boaster, draw-
Infr himself un oomnouslv. flrruess
about forty acres is ail youlcoiild buy.
I'll sell you a forty for $2,200." j
"iorty acres: Bahl I don want
anything less than a continent 'j
"We.I, sir, 1 do not own a continent.
your talk yon owned the world.' The
boaster is now asking . every qody he
meets if he was insulted. bloomington
Through Mail.
1 : j
One of the professors of the Uni
versity of Texas was engaged in ex
plaining the Darwinian theory to his
clas?, when he observed that they were
not paying proper attention, j" Gen
tlemen," said the professorj "when I
am endeavoring to explain to you the
peculiarities of the monkey, II wjsh yow
wou.p iok ngut at me.
Modern Samaria.
The modern village is very insignifi
cant Jo?ephus says that it received
its name of Sebastia from Herod, in
honor of Augustus. The city has been
sa;ked and plundered times without
number. Upon its extreme summit
Ahab had its famous ivory palace, and
this acrripolis constituted the capital of
the ten tribes, until they were carried
captive into Assyria. The modern re
mains, which are the finest I have seen
in the Holy Land outside of Jerusalem,
only date back nominally to the time
of Herod, of course, but it is doubtless
true that Herod employed much of the
material of former ages in creating his
splendid structures; in which event the
debris represents a pre-Herodian an-
fimitr.r. Arina fhn o.tt.v Inr its SdnlatrV
j j - V j j
Micah an I Hosea launched forth tbe
invectives of prophecy: 'I will make
Samaria as, a heap of the field, and as
planting of a viueya d; and
will pour down the stones thereof
into the 'valley, and I will
discover the foundations thereof.
"Samaria shall become desolate, for
she hath rebelled against her (Jod; they
shall fall by the sword, their infants
shall be dashed to pieces, etc. there
have been numerous literal fulfillments
of these predictions. Looking down
into the valleys as we rode around the
hill, we frequently discovered broken
t 1 i I i f fcr t
columns aim ouuuing ruuoisn.
We rode completely around tho hill.
a circuit of about two miles, tracing the
remains of Herod's magnificent colon
nade.
There were evidently four rows of
columns clear around the hill, support
ing a porch above. The porch has
vamslie r. but a great many, of the mas
sive columns are still standing. Other
pillars are broken in two, lie prostrate.
or are utilized in the construction of
stone Walls. We counted nearly 100,
ami Mr. Floyd sajs that the great
majority have either been destroyed by
the natives or carted away to Europe
to occupy niches in museums. The
level place at the extreme top of the hill
was adorned by sixteen very large col
umns. It was doubtless in the general
inclosure that the great temple of I'.aal
stood. wh:ch was utterly destroyed bv
Jehu, after he had received the heads
of Ahab's seventy sons in baskets at
the gate of Jezreel, and mercilessly
slaughtered all the priests or Uaal. as
recorded in the tenth chapter of the
r-ecoud Kings.
It was verv near Samaria that Elisha
dwelt when the hor es and chariot of
Naaman, the Damascene leper, halted
before the door of his humble home.
Now, as then, leprosy holds carnival in
Damascus, and is regarded as incura
ble as it ai by the King of Israel when
he rent his clothes under the impression
that the audacious Naaman was a tool
of Benhadad's to pick a quarrel with
him. Grasping, penurious Geha.i was
made to inherit the leprosy of the Syr
ian captain, which "should cleave unto
his seed forever." Perhaps nome of the
modern ISablous lepers are tbe inherit
ors of this fearful legacy of Gehazi.
My impression is that it was dreadfully
stupid of Naaman to put confidence in
the word of. a native like Gehazi.
What terrible agony there must have
been in Samaria during that memora
ble siege of the indefatigable Benhadad.
After having traveled through the
Orient it does not seem at all incredi
ble to me that the people resorted? to
doves dung for food, until it actually
became a costlv luxury (II Kings vi.,
25).
Not only did Elijah and Elisha work
wonders in Samaria, but even the Apos
tles wrought miracles and preached
there. The revival which was started
by Philip, who far eclipsed the witcher
ies exercised by Simon the Sorcerer, in
duced the Apostles who had remained
behind in Jerusalem to re-enforce him
by sending Peter and John thither.
Then was the Holy Ghost given, which
Simon sought to buy with money (the
hrst impulse of an Oriental when he
thinks there is no chance of getting a
thing as a free gift). We were shown
the ruins of an interesting cathedral,
known as the Church of St John, in
which, it is claimed, the beloved dis
ciple met his death. These ruins are
architec . .rally interesting. Jeruaalevx
Vor. N. U. mt.s-Democrat.
Itch.
This is a well-known disease of tbe
skin, inflamed and irritated, appearing in
small watery pustules or vesicles, in
which a small insect, a species of acarns,
is found. It is contracted only bv con
tact though it may b developed by
uncleanly habits, by nltn of the body.
as the first case must have been. It is
seen between the fingers especially, and
n places exposed to umisual heat or
friction. It is believed by standard
authors that most of Buch diseases re
sult from crossness of living; or, as
one says, "the absence of water, soap,
flesh-brushes, and coarse towels, and
by the use of fried pork, salt ham.
sausages, old cheese, f ne. cakes, cooked
burnt fats of all kinds; stimulating
drinks, as hard cider, acid wines, and
ardent spirits."
Of course, while prevention is best.
something may be done for the removal.
though much has been done in the past
to drive the disease in, and actually
poison the system, such as tbe applica
tion of lead, mercury, arsenic, turpen
tine, corrosive sublimate, gunpowder
and wiifsky, gin and salts, white and
red precipitate ointments etc., etc..
appiiea wun me intention oi Killing
something, while the escape of the
patient is a marvel.
jow, it is quite certain tnat cleanli
ness will do more good and less harm
than these violent poisons, such an ap
plication as soap-suds, thorough wash
ings, and correct habits. If one cau
not wait and work for three or four
days, and must do something fashion
able or "scientific," sulphur applied
externally it need not be combined
with lard, but with glycerine, or even
water will effect as much good as the
poisonous irritants, and be far safer.
A little a fourth of a tablospoonful
morning and- night, in water may be
taken at the same time, using the soap
suds with great freedom. "Cleanliness
is next to godliness." And here I may
add, never drive any eruption in; never
attempt to make the skin smooth by
any doubtful applications. Dr. J. II.
Hanford, tn uoiden liuie.
A well drained farm is said to im
prove the Health of domestic animais
that live upon itj
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Henry Ward Beecber can't savo
anything out of an income of nearly
$100,000 a year. N. Y. Sun.
Ex-United States Senator Davis, of
West Virginia, used to bo a brakeniati
on the railroad which lio now nearly
owns.
The coincidence is noted that Mr.
Blaine was born in Brownsville, Pa.,
and Mr. Logan in 'Brownsville, 111.
Chicago Herald.
George Augustus Sala, in hii jour
nalistic career of thirty-five years,
claims to have written over 7,000
w 1 i"-- j t
A twelve-year-old school'-girl wa
lately married to . an .eighty -year-old
physician, at Boykin, S C, Vitl her
parents' consent St. Louis Post.
Most of the Japanese newspaper
are modeled after the English journals.
but one of them reads from the bottom
of the column upward.
Mrs. Greely, the wife of the ex
plorer, is only twenty-eight, is a small
Brunette of most pleasing, though now
somewhat careworn, features. Chicago
Journal.
A larsre library devoted exclusively
to newspapers is to bo established by
the authorities of the city-of Vienna.
This, it is said, will be the only institu
tion of the kind in the world.
A correspondent of the Baltimore
American, writing from Long Branch,
says that General Grant will soon
write, from a strictly impartial stand
point au account of General Lee's sur
render at Appomattox.
When grieving over the number of
books that are published, it will be a
satisfaction to reflect upon those that
are not A single publishing house re
ports the rejection during Thcpast
month of one hundred and fifty manu
script works of fiction.
Harvey Wakefield, who died re
cently in Colebrook, Conn., at the ago
of eighty-two, had a passion for saving
all sorts of articles that people general
ly threw away. In his barn is a lingo
pile of newspapers, nnd it is aid that
every newspaper ho had received in six- ,
ty years lies in that heap. Hartford
Post.
In the year 1604 the second edition
of "Hamlet"- was printed, and proba
bly revised by its author. In the s.me
year a land suit was begun at Wetlar,
near coblenti. Jlns lawsuit is still go
ing on, and the Duke of Brunswick is
defendant Perhaps Shakespeare had
the spirit of prophecy when he wroto
the words: "The law's delay." This
is the best instance of it on record.
Mrs. Custer, the widow of General
Custer, is at the Ocean Hoi'sc, Swamp
scott, accompanied by her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Calhone. By aVngular, ns well
as sad coincidence, both- these ladies
lost their husbands in the samo battle
with the Indians on the Yellowstone,
and it is said that both received the
news of their widowhood the same day
and hour. Mrs. Custer rarely refers to
her dreadful sorrow, and lives under it
patiently and meekly. .V. V. Herald.
HUMOROUS.
" I could but love thee when I saw
thj' face," writes Lilla Cushman. W
thought you acted rather queerlv, Lilla.
That is why we ran. Philadelphia Call.
Several young girls have ,bm ap
pointed station agents in Minnesota,
and engineers are keeping a sharp look
out for miss-placed switches. St. Paul
Herald.
A cook and housemaid had a 'littlti
difficulty in the kitchen the other day,
and Dresent.lv matters became so ouiet
that you could hear a rolling-pin drop.
Chicago lrwune.
Tbe girl who succeeds in forcing a
j-oung man to spend his las', cent in
treating her to ice-cream renders her-
self liable to arrest for robbing tho
male. Ph iladelphia Chronicle.
Mabel's mother saw tbe little girl
running from chair to table and f'oni
table to bureau and all around, looking
with both eves for something.. "What'
the matterMabel?" "Why, I've lost
my fink and can t remember where I
put my fimble "
At tho Rink.
She went to the roller-skating rink.
And put the nlWleru on;
A strap or two about hor hoo,
And then'she's off and irone.
She slid, ehe elode, she plid, pbe g-lode,
Unheld by fear or letter.
But at Inst thesrentle maid wag throwed,"
And the roller-skates upm-t her.
Exchange.
"Xo said Mrs. Brinvto nn innnir-
ing stranger, "we don't have malaria
here, I admit, but it's the best boarding
house on the bay shore, and my daughter
Sally makes lemon pies that can't bo
beat 'round these parts. Y hen the
visitor had gone, Mrs. Briny said to ho r
daughter: "Well, Jane, I guess we'll
have to lay in a stock of that malary,
for all of 'em as comes hero keep akin'
if we've got it" Golden Days.
"Yes," said the young man to the
lecture committee, " I want to deliver
a temperance lecture in your town."
You don't look like a man who has
had experience in drinking," icmarked
the chairman, suspiciously. " Have you
ever been a drunkard?" "I lectured
all through the South last winter, ami
in Florida, where I saw a swamp-snako
fifty feet long, I " " Pardon my curi
osity, sir," interrupted the chairman,
hastily; "when do you want tho hall?"
Graphic.
The wayfarer who is obliged to
take "pot-luck" at all sorts of eating-
houses is not the happiest of morta s.
There is something wrong with the faro
usually, and when the beef is not over
done it is apt to bo underdone. A steak.
placed before such a traveler at a hotel
one day last month.was so "rare" as to
be actually raw. "Waitcrr said the
guest "Yes, sah!" "Waiter, inka
this beef out please, and kill it." Th;
poor waiter crawled into a napkin-ring
and disappeared.
A Finished Education.
Mrs. De Jones Your son is in Can
ada, I believe.
Mrs. Von Brown Yes. tho dear boy
preferred tho climate. He has moiv
tirao to study too.
Mrs. De Jones He is very finely ed
ucated, I understand. Strange he ever
went iDto a bank. Did he ever gap
through college?
Mrs. Von Brown No. He went
t through the bank. Tin Gravity. -