THE COLUMBIAN. V 11 1 A PUBUSHXD EVERT THURSDAY AT ST.- HELENS, Colombia County, Ore con. BT Published Evket Thursday AT ST. HELENS, Colombia County, Oregon, BT E. G. AD AIIS, A. B. ADAMS, . - - - Editor Associate Editor E. G. AD A1IS, . - . - Editor Associate Editor VOL- VI. ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885. NO. 2. A. E ADAMS, THE COLUMBIAN. BIAN. GIVING IN MARRIAGE. Cocio, let us It together for a space, la thin tit i'uo;u remote I rum friendly mirth. Afar from lilit ami music, face to face, hac-li unio eiu-li the dearest ihtng on earth. Love, tliy have ieit u, our two bonny brl-U's. 0'ir tiiii. gruvc girl, our winsome laughing let: Ah m-: How wide tl.ec-hnsui that divides Our lire lio.ii iheiis; Iiow far their feet are 4 net From the i aim path thev trod with is so loan. How we shall luissthcin, we who love them On u nir-i-niidita when winds are blowing itl;tii!. On suihii.a.- mornings, wiien the roses bi w. Itui nappy but- w" a'.lll iap hand In hand, Kye still meets eye, ami true hearts under-sUm-l. l-ov, they have left us emptied of the mirth 1 hat cheered our liom.-stead while they unjoin n-d here: Vea. they have left r.s lonely on the earth, i.one. Mit together, solitude most dear; Ab. God, no with them to tlie stranper-nests That love l a built for them and theirs to come! ' Urn! keep all warm and living In their breasrs , Love's holy flame the altnr fire of home! Ier, tl.ey have left ns; we no loiifrer hold The first, best place, however leal each heart; et have we r -asure left, refined sold, lxe'n sreillnj ore, without it- baser part. The wide d 1 house has lost Its nestling birds: Dut w ? are left. Ah, love, what need of words! AU the Year Rouni. AN INDIAN'S SLAVE. Adventures of M. de Belle-Isle in an Indian Nation. A Startl njf and Interesting Story That Occupies a Place In the His tory of I...ulslan A Itrave Young KiiHlgn. I) stant from the country of the Nat ehitoehes Indians ono hundred and fifty leagues to the northwest, some 160 years ago, lay the land of the Attaka pas Nat on, of whom the old" French historians f Louisiana relate that they were anthropophagi, or man-eaters. It was among these jieople that M. do Belle-Isle, chevalier of the royal and mil tary order of &t. Ioui3. and subse quently Major-lieneral of the troops of the Mar'ne in Louisana and Major of New Orleans, an officer who served for forty-iivc years in the eolony with the hhest merit and d sanction, dweltfor two years a captive, and the slave of a widow of the naton. The story of M. de Bel'e-Isle occupies a special place in the chronicles and records of the early annals of Louisiana." It even formed the theme for two or three sentimental romances and idyls. Its currency in France may have been due to the contrast it presented to the ordinary phases of life fam.liar to the courtiers of Iouis XV., who, cloyed perhaps w th the monotony of the dis sipations of a sumptuous civ lization an.1 the artific'al atmosphere of life at Versailles, saw in the narrative of a youthful French officer of noble family dwell ng an enforced guest for two years :tmong cann.bals (real or so de clared) in the primitive simplicity of the golden age the slave ol an eiueriy widow a piquant change from their own vapid existence. In one of the s- vcral versions of the chevalier's adventure, a copper-plate engrav ng represents h':m as parting from the widow a fearful scene, in deed, with a foreground of human arms and 1-gs lying aDout, mute wit nesses to the anthropophagic tast 's of the Attakapsa. The Nouveaux Voy ages aux Indes Occ dentales." written by Cheval er IIossu, Captain of troops of the marine in Louisiana, has pre served this pictorial remin'scence of M. de I'e I e-Isle's experiences. It was in the ear 17l'J thatthechev a'l er's fort ore led h m. an ambitious en-ifn ii t.io s rv i-o of the India eom7any, to the then almost untrod den wild untrodden by the foot of the European of Louisiana. New Orl.ans, at that time a mere collect on of huts, barracks ami officers' quarters, with an occasional house offer, ng some pretensions io areli tectum! sy tu rnery, had been founded only the pre vious year, and the . e.it of government was still at lUoxi, on the Mi sissippi Soui:d. where Bienville resided and ex ile scd duties of Governor of the colonv. M. de lielle-Islj had sailed from the port of L'Orient, in Fiance, n an expedi tion composed of a thousand p opl-; . old er-, civ lians. ete. sent out by the company to people the col onv. The expedition was hound for tin" M ss ssipp: ai;d New Orleans; but even as; many ears prev ously. La Salle had mi.-s d the mouth of the great river, so was the ship on which the chevalier sailed driven by currents and eon Tary win Is far to the west ward. It was at the Bay of St. Ber nard (now Matagorda ifay, in Texas), finally, that th-! Captain of the bark, llie drink. ng water having given out, Ciini: to anchor and sent the ship's vt'Wl ashore to obtain water. Taking advantage of th s temporary stoppage. M. de Belle-Isle, M. de Charley lie, a Canadian and an experi enced explorer, the Sieur Silvester, a seryea it of the m 1 ta y detachment, and another officer d seiubai ked, with a view of passing th ; intervening hours, before the vessel's departure, in I he chase. The sh p was to sa 1 the next day, and the -Captain informed th m that in the evening h-j would dis charge several niti kei-shots, so that they m ght know the r b arings, and on the follow ng day he would lire the canon as a signal for t he bark's depart ure two hours later. M. de Belle-Isle, and two of his companions, contrary to the at! vice of the fourih man of the party, M. de Charleville, who, however, accom panied them, plunged into the depths of the forest in pursuit of a deer. Sund iwn found them lost in the in tr cac es of the woods. They heard, it is true, the firing of the muskets, as the Captain had promised, but these discharges, like will-o'-the-wisps of sound, only served to lure them to their ruin. for. as the reports seemed to come from an opposite direction. they were led by the delusive sound still deeper into the gloomy forest. Aj they went onward they listened, but in vain, for the beating of the waves on the shore. Finally night overtook them, and they slept where the shadows found them. At daybreak the rears were greeted by a remote, mu tiled report. It was the discharge of the can .on the .sig nal that in two hours the ship would sail. The report of the cannon, like the musket-shots of the proceeding evening, onlv caused the belated men to wander stiil farther from the shore. The virgin forest, as if glad of the companion-hip of these men of a raeo strange to it, opened its arms before them. They entered its embraces, and were lost. Meanwh'le, the Capta:n, although impat ent at the delay, waited for them until the afternoon; and at last, when the rays of the evening sun fell aslant, like arrows of light, through the trees nearest to the lieach, the ship's sa Is were spread and her prow turned to sea. St 11 wandering to and fro. Hell '-Lie and h s companions by some chance, perhaps that same n ghr, perhaps the next day. found themselves again on the beach. But no ship was ther to receive th'-m. "I will leave you t imagine ourdespa r" (to translate trom M. de Belle-Isle's own words, as pre served b.- o-e of the French chron"clrs of that day.) ' when we found our.-elves in an unknown country, on a desert coast, inhab ted. perhaps, by cannbaR We passed several days in th's situa tion, living o i on'y insects and d s tasteful roots. We had with us ayoung hunting dog which was very much at tached to me; we were devoured w th hunger; my compan ons desired to kill him, so as to have food for a few days. I offered him as a sacrifice to our rteees sit es. One of my comrades seized the an'mal. but so weak was he that, in endeavoring to ti rut a knife into the dog. the latter slipped from his grasp and ran off into the wood'. The three officers perished with hunger, one after the other, and it was only owing to the vigor of my constitution that I survived them. Worn out with fatigue and pri vat on, I wandered into the fores, feed ing on insects wh'ch I found on decayed wood. A few davs after the death of my companions I saw in the distance mv dg. lie held a wood-rat in hisnio-ith. and. running to meet me with great demonstrations of delight, he laid hi prey at my feet. These rats, which are about the'sie of a sucking-pig, furnish a sufficiently good quality of food.' After having regaled myself on the an imal. "I constructed a small intrench ment at the foot of a tree, so as to pro tect myself from the a' tacks of beasts of prey during the ni:;ht an I. with my dog keeping watch at my s de, I went to sleep. ' While go?ng to and fro in the forest I not;ced foot-prin s of men . I' fol lowed them unt.l I reached the shore of a river, and find ng there a canoe I crossed the stream in it. In my wan derings I finally came to the country of the Attakapas, a savage and barbarou nation, who-e name indicates their customs, for it means-'eaters of men.' Those members of the nation whom I encountered I found engaged in bar becuing human flesh, but my leanness happily saved my life. They contented themselves with despoiling me of my clothes, which they divided among their number. Then they conducted me to their v II age. where a widow, who had passed the heyday of her youth. too me for her slave. I hey wished me to share with them in the detestable d.slie of which they partook at their meals, but I preferred fish, which I ate with avid.ty. Little by l.ttle I began to re cover my strength; but I fell into an extreme melancholy, always fearing that mv ho-ts would sacrifice me to their idols and would then fea-t on mv fle-h. My imaginat on was excited by the terr.ble spectacle of these bar barians who made banquets of thejr prisoners. They held a council, and the. result was that they decided that it would be cowardly to take the life of a man who had not come among them to inflict injury upon t .em. but on the contrary to seek their hospitality. I was young ami vigorous. I per formed my duties as a slave satisfac torily, and I succeeded in winning the good graces of my mistress, who adopted me as her son, gave me my liberty, and thus conferred on me the reeogu tion of a member of the nation. On the war-path I earned the e-teemof the Ind ans by my skill and courage. "Two years after my arrival among the Attakapas we rece.ved a vis t from envovs from a neighboring naton. Among them were some who had seen Frenchmen. They spoke of tLem to the Attakapas, and I overheard their conversation. By chance. 1 had pre served in a box my t onim ssion a offi cer. I made a pen of a crow's quill, and with ink which I manufactured from soot. 1 wute the follow ng words on the reverse of the commission: 1 am "M. de Belle-Isle, who was aban doned at the Bay of St. Bernard. My companions died, in my presence, of gr ef and hunger. I am a captive among the Attakapas.' handed th's paper to one of the envoys,, assuring him that it was a talking-paper,' and that if he would take it to one of the French chiefs he would be well received and rewarded. The Ind an star ed off. His compan ions tried to take the paper from him. but he eseaped them by swimming a river, holding the letter aloft out of the water so as not to wet it. After a jour ney of ISO leagues he reached the near est French post and delivered the pa p :r to the officer in command, who re co ved him very kindly. After the" perusal of the message, the Fieneh who heard t lead began to cry a id la ment af er the manner of the Indians. The Indians present asked them what troubled them; the French replied that thev were grieving for their brother, who had been for two 3 ears a prisoner among the Attakapas. The Indians offered to come in search of me, and the one who had brought ray letter promised to gu'de them. They left at onee to the number of ten, mounted on good ho: s s and armed with muskets. On their arrival at our village they made the r presence known by d s charging their muskets several times. The Attakapas mistook the reports of the guns for thunder. They gave me a letter, in which 1 was told to fear noth ing from the Indians who had brought it.'r.nd to surrender myself to their gu'danee with all confidence. The At takapas. terrified by ihe reports of the gnus, did not dare to oppose my ab duct on. and I mounted a hor.e with out any resistance on their part. "The woman who had adopted me urst into tears and it was w.th the gr atest difficulty that I could tear my elf away trom her arms. The In dians who brought mo back to my peo ple were rewarded. The Attakapas received a present from M. de Bien ville, who was then the Governor of Louisiana, and they sent to him a peace deputation, among whom I was as charmed as surprised to find mv old adopted mother. They came to thank the Governor and to form an alliance with the French. The chief of the em bassy addre.-sed M. de Bienville, polnt ng to me as he .spoke: 'The white man whom you see here, mv father, is your flesh and blood. He had been joined to us by adoption. His brothers died of hunger, but had they been met by my nat on they would be still alive and in the enjoyment of the same privileges.' "Since that period these people have always treated us with human. t;, and we have induced them to abandon the barbarous custom of eat ng human flesh. When they come to New Or leans they are well received, in recog nition of the good treatment which I rece ved at their hands while in their couu ry; for, but for them. I should have suffered, perhaps, the unforuin.tte fate that befell my companions. " Mag uine of American History. ABOUT BOOKS. The Literature of 1884 and Deduction Therefrom. We find in the PublMiers' Weekly the following very interesting tabu lated statement of the publications of 1834, as compared with the books is sued in 1.S33: , IS!. 1SS4. Fiction 670 1U5 Law 397 4.Vi Theoiogy ami Religion 375 3M Juvenile Hooka 311 35fl Education. Language 137 ti l'oetry and DmniA 1st Medical Science, Hyxlrne 211 -0 Lltr rj History autl Miscellany.. 15S ls. Biography, Memoir lt'l 17s Social and 1'oiitlcul Science lx; Iris Useful Arts 1H 15 Description. Travel 155 13; Physical an 1 Mathemat'l Science W) VM HNtory ll'. 115 Fine Arts nnl Illustrated Books.. 75 si Sports and Amusements T2 51 Domestic and Rural 43 Humor and Satire 47 "- Mental and Moral Philosophy 15 U Total 3,41 4.0SS It is very remarkable that in a year so bad for trade generally as the hist was. there should have been an in crease of nearly twenty jer cent, in the number of new books published, as compared with the year immediately previous, which was one of much more prosperity in other departments of in dustry. But it must not be inferred that because more books were pub lished, was a more profitable year for the book trade. " It was instead a very unsatisfactory year, and, although no publishing houses of importance came to grief, it showed decreased profits. The number of new books published may be great er, and yet the total of books sold may be less. Beside, the trade was suffer ing from a cause that has for several years past tended to impair its pros perity, which was before injuriously fleeted by a custom of givingdiscounts to retail dealers so great as to enable them to sell books much below their adverti.-ed prices. The great cause of the trouble is the publication of reprints and translations of past and contemporary English, French and German fict 0:1 at ten and twenty cents each. Formerly such books brought fifty cents and a dollar, and the proiit on them was large, for they supplied a large part of the de mand for reading, three-fourths of which is for novels. Now the profits are intrgnificant at the prevalent prices unless the editions sold are immense; and houses which make a spec alty of issuing such h'ap literature draw oft business from the general trade. The native novelists also suffer, for, as a rule, publishers are afraid to touch their work, no matter how good it may be. when copyright stories must come in competition with reprints selling for a few cents each. The works of fiction published were, of course, chiefly foreign; and, proba bly, of the native novels not a few were issued at the expense and risk of their authors, who could not get their books before the public in any other way. Those who knew most about the subject as, for instance, the experts of our great publishing houses, say that never bofore was the number of manuscr.pt novels of exceptional merit in their hands so large as it is now But the slate of the book market is such as to de'er publishers from venturing to risk money on them They find that the public have grown so accustomed to cheap literature that they hesitate about glv ng more than twenty-five cents for a novel, unless it comes from some native author of extraord nary popularity. It is a bad, a very bad time, for the American novelist who has not already won his spurs; and were it not for the magazines and the fore gn market, even the men of great reputation would fare pretty poorly. At the best, the aver age yearly gains of even the most suc cessful native novelist are much less than they are commonly supposed to be. The table shows that works 'devoted to specialties are publ shed with espec ial confidence. If they are well select ed, their sale is sure, though it may be limited, and the prices can be made re munerative. For instance, next to fic t on the largest number of publications in a single branch of literature were those devoted to the law. Then fol lowed theology and rel gion, books in regard to which are issued in great numbers by societies supported by churches. Many Mich works are also published at the expense of their au thors, w'ao th nk that the world needs to know what they have to teach con cerning the duty and destiny of man. These authors' books, as they are called in the trade, are very numerous, and doubtless the totals in the table above are much increased because of them. As it is now, neriod'cals excepted, the most profitable and the surest bus ness investments of the publisher are those he malces in works of the more serious and more expensive kind. Novels and miscellaneous books are do.ibtful things to touch. Ar. '. Sun. FACE POWDER AND ROUGE. llnw tv0 Ladles Enhance Their Natural Charm Preparing for the Opera or 1UH A BeHe's Toilet Set Dudes Vuiag Bandoline and Powder. "There is scarcely one woman in a hundred," said a well-known druggist to a reporter's inquiry, "but uses face powder. Some use it only on rare oc casions, and very little of it; others are powdered up every day as regularly as they are dressed. It would be very hard to find a woman who has never applied the beautifying dust to her face. "Of course young women use more than the older?" "1 can not ruako any rule on that subject. We have customers for face povder old enough to be grandmothers. It is not at all uncommon to site on the streets highly powd ?red women who at a distance seem to lie about thirty years old. but, coming nearer, the wrinkles of the three-score years are plainly visible. Most of our business in this commodity is done with the middle aged women. The young generally do not need anything to improve the com plexion. Bi t when a woman gets to be thirty years of age, if she hasj not taken good care of herself, her charms begin to fade, and powder and other devices for enhancing their beauty are resorted to." "Are there many kinds of powder in use among the ladies?" "Hundreds. I would say. Generally a woman does not care for uy powder In particular and a druggist can sell just what he recommends, home of course have their preferences among powders and will purchase no other. The man ufacture of face powders is a large busi ness and many firms have become wealthy in it. It used to be profitable for the retailer to handle these goods, but now the large dry goods stores are dealing in them and the trade ot the drug stores is much reduced. But therp are masy ladies who would not pur chase powder in any other rlace than a drug store because they think they are more liable to get a better and purer article there." "What are face powders made of?" "There are various components from which they can be. made. Magnesia, chalk and lead are the principal. Some powders are almost entirely composed of chalk, and are of the cheaper kind. Quite a number of women, instead of purchasing powder, use plain drop chalk or pyramid cakes of magnesia These come much cheaper than the manufactured powders." "Do you regard powders as inj uriou to the face?" "Many powders are chemically pure, that Is, contain no ingredients that are poisonous, while others contain lead, which is harmful. Now if a lady comes in to purchase powder and asks me if I have any which is not injurious I. give her a pure powder with very little- or no lead in it. But all powders are injur ious, whether they be chemically pure or not. They close up the pores "of the face and destroy the natural funct'ons of the skin. After a woman has used Eowder for any length of time, her face ecomes hard and the skin scaly. Then cream 'or glycerine must be applied every night to soften the skin ami open the pores. Thus the skin, which has its functions just the same as any other part of the bodv is made to do treble work and finally becomes sore and scabby. I've seen lots of such cases from the use of large quantities of face powder." "Women use much else besides face powder for the adornment of their charms, do they not?" "Well. I should say so. You'd be surprised to set all the articles many a belle uses to get herself up for a special occasion, a ball or the opera for in stance. She often starts the night be fore to begin the preparations. She has been in the habit of using powder and her face, as I told you before, becomes rough and scaly. The first thing to do, then, is to apply something, to soften the skin. Generally a woman uses cream or glycerine and "many have a sort of mask which they wear over night on the inside of which the cream or whatever it may be is rubbed. In the morning the face is soft and smooth. Then as the evening approaches the hare's foot is used to put on the powder. And how do you suppose she gets such nice red lips! She uses rouge, of course. And at the ball she looks perfectly charming fair but false." "Do they use anything else besides powder and rougf?" "Certainly. We have a large sale for face washes, vaseline,' toilet water, washes for the scalp, bandoline, cam phor ice, eye brow pencils and a dark liquid for the eye brow and lashes, not to speak of the quant ty of cologne that is d sposed of. Many la lies keep all these articles in stock." Then the list of toilet articles includes, of course, a comb, a tooth brush, a set of manicure instruments, a Turk sh towel, a llesh brush, tooth paste, a hand glass and other things too numerous to men tion. O, yes. the ladies are often the best and most profitable class of trade that a druggist can have." "Are not the ladies ashamed to come to your store for these articles, especi ally, the powder and rouge?" "Most of them are not. They have got used to it and think it no disgrace or no one's business if they use powder or rouge. But some of them, when they come to purchase, always give the clerk to understand that they want the arti cles for some friend. "They never use such things. (), no! And yet you can often seethe powder on the face. and the rouge on the lips while they are trying to give you this taffy. Many hdies send a messenger boy for all such articles, and thus keep the fact that they use powder somewhat secret. But a man can't see well if he can't tell the difference between a powdered face and one without powder." "Do men ever use face powder?" "Men? No. certainly not. But 1 have sold both powder and rouge to two or three young dudes. And-they weren't a bit ashamed of buying them, and acknowledged that they used them 'egularly. Some dudes also use bando line for their hair in front, just as ladies lo. Bangs seem to be going out of fashion with the lad es. I don't wonder it it. since the dude has caught on to the style. Albany Argus. HENS ON THE FARM. They Do Their Itent When They Are Most Contented. I 1 All kinds of gra'n may be fed to fowls with benefit, variety seems to be an advantage, and probably from hab t. It is tni'i, a s ngle grain with the necessary an'mal and vegetable ac companiments will secure proiit, par t cularly if that grain be wheat, least so, probably, if co-n; but the almost universal testimony is in favor of a va riety of feed. j It is in the nature of the hen. as of the milch cow, to be best j when its treatment and surroundings contribute most to its contentment, making the proverbial s'nging hen thatl w.lT lay. To afford t comfortable quarters atid a sufficient range, with a jarety ol food and pure water, sat sfy it. and dispose it to propagat on, which, iiml r such circumstances. m a is the gr-atcd amount of eggs. The ben is a donu-stii fowl aed has domestic attachments and unless made to feel at h m ) and unmolested, it w 11 be loth 6 respond to the demands of matern tyj. A hen that is d sturbed, or frightehded. will not lay any more than if al lowed to suffer from neglect or a sulllc'cncv of food, even among the best lay ng breeds. Treatment is of such importance that the pld. unim pro. t d fowl - a poor layer can. with proper care, be made to realize profit on the cost, and in such case surpass the-most noted egg-produc ng breeds when neglected. Among farm-rs, it is doubtful wheth er much, if anv, profit on the whole is obtained from eggs; rather t is a loss from the damage done by the fowls where a free mn s allowed. las is more or less the case. All kinds of breed have been tr ed here w.th pretty much the same re-ult. They are ja damage to the grain, to the garden, and are not a benefit to the grass, to sayj nothing of the'r foul ng the walks, the r uncertain hatch ng. and bringing out broods in the fall, when not wanted. In the except onal cases where farm ers keep up the r fowls and have them properly attended to. it is quite differ ent; and it is on the farm where they can be better taken care iof usually than elsewhere, on account of their food. whTch, in its variety, is raised on the farm, and the abidance of space for a range which thi farm affords; be s'des, there are usually members enough of the fam ly to see to the fowls, which lessens the cost of attenda,!c Not a few farmers take advantage of this wh ch more ought to do. since they are bound to have the convenience of eggs (fresh eggs at that), and fowls for the table ami with their better means for keep'ng hens, somet mes secure a large income and larger profit than is realized by the professional poultry keeper. It is their superior advantages that enable them to ! do this, anl if they k -ep he-is at all let them keep them well in undisturbed posses sion of clean, comfortable quarters, w.th a variety of food, wh'ch the farm affords, and sufficient ground and grass n summer for green feed and exerc se and it s a plan that has proved to be excellent as well as mor easy, to allow the hens access to thc'ir grain feed a', all times, so as to avoid oVer-feeding, keeping it where they can not waste or foul it, and let wheat or wheat screeu ngs be not the leat port on of the gra n. The exchange of grass and in sects, which form part of I the food of fowls during the summer, is more con veniently made on the farm to vegeta ble and animal food for jw nter. In tlrs way poultry can be made a profita ble annex to the farm. Cor. Country (icntlcnaji. ENGLAND'S ARMED FORCES. Some Figures Likely to Prove Interest lug At the Prenent .1 uiic'tur. Fortresses are of little use indeed, of no use. unless there are troops of sufficient numerical strength to hold them. Unfortunately, the Britsh Arm), although much improved of late years, and although it now possesses a reserve wh ch formerly wits non-existent, is not numercally strong enough for the duties re julred of U especially when, as at the present I' mo. over 0, 00) men are locked up in the Valley of the Nde and 24,000 in Ireland. The army in England and Scotland at the present time cons sts of about .VJ.000 regular troops not under orders for for eign serv ce; of 24,0 m regular troops in Ireland, who can hardly be removed irora that island; of 21.1KX) m foreign stations (eclns ve of Egypt, the Soudan and India); of 22,O0 in Egypt and the Soudan, or under order (of th se lo.O'H) are al ready there a id 7.000 on the way); HO. -000 in Ind a. aud two West Tnd an regiments of negroes, numb ring about l.00 of all ranks. There are also about 34.500 in the lirt-class reserve, 7.000 in other reserv es, .and a mil it a reserve of 26,000. In case of a compli cation, no troops coul I be called out except those m England and boot land and the reserve - a total of 126, 500. From this to al. however, must bo deducted all sick men and recruits about 25,000 leaving only 101,500 available for the greatest emergency. With regard to the militia, its estab lishment is 142,000. but the actual strength is about 107,000. Of these, 26,000 belong to the m litia reserve, al ready counted in the regular army; ab sentees and deserters number 11,000; recru ts. lx.OOti; so th tj only 52,000 is the total force of m l.tra that can be depended upon in case of war. Thus only 153,5 men can bt brought to gether. Of these, garr 'sons, abroad will require 40,000 to fill them up; the ar-enals and m 1 tary poits, 18,000 regulars, even suppos ng that volun teers form the ch.ef part of their de fense, in add tion to 2S.OO0 pensioners and 30,000 militia; the commerc al ports would require, in add.t on to the volunteers. 4,000 regulars and 8,000 m 1 fa. These, taken together, num ber 128.000. Taking that number from 153,500. there rema ns ouly 25.500 for the movable arm-, a force totally In adequate to take the field w th any prospect of success against an invading force- wh ch would not certa nly bo less than 120,000 men or with which to conduct any offensive expedi tion into an encmys countrv Vor nightlv lieriem. j HE TRIED HIS LUCK ONCE MORE, And Won Fifteen Thousand Dollars In the Louisiana Lottery. "Great Scott! is that so?" The speaker, who was a clerk in a Mont gomery street wine-house, leaned over the counter and stared at the visitor, his eyes bulging out so far that they might easily have been knocked off with a cane. "Perhaps it is so and perhaps it is not so. That is what I have come here to ascertain, " was the reply. " Where is Mr. Eckenrcth?" " He'll be in in a moment, and hell tell you if it's true ; but I think there must be some mistake ; here he comes now," added the clerk as a handsome young man with dark side-wiskers, a cheerful face and and a beaming eye entered the office. " Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. Eckenroth," was the visitor's greeting. " Dropped in to Bee if it was true, as I hear it whispered that you've won the big prize in the! Louisiana State Lot tery." I; j " Sh-h-h, I've been trying to keep it quiet," said the lucky man with a smile. " Have hardly breathed a word about it. It is'nt the whole of the big prize, you know, I only held one fifth. That's $15,000." j " Fifteen thousand dollars I sheuld say that was enough for one haul." " Yes, it's a good deal for a ioor man to come ito possession of all of a sud den. I tell you it paralyzed me when I saw the report of the drawing. But there it was No. j 8,990. Then I thought it must be a misprint or error of some kind. Ilad'nt any faith in my luck, you know, but I telegraphed to to New Orleans, without saying a word to any one in the j office or on the street, and when I received the reply that the money was at my disposal, I sent on word to have it collected through the bank, jit arrived Satur day, and if you'll take the trouble to look at this, 'you'll see I am not giving you any game." ! A brand-new deposit book of the First National Bank, with the single entry "14,947," was handed to the visitor. "Fifty dollars charges and $3 for telegrams a reasonable discount," was the remark of the happy owner of the bank book as he placed it in his pocket. Mr. Eckenroth is head bookkeeper for Bach, Meese & Co., at 321 Moat gomery street, in the Odd Fellows' building. He takes his good fortune very coolly. When asked if he did not intend to resign his position as book keeper, he replied : t "Not at all. It's a good situation and the money is all right where it is. In -th-course ol. time 1 may make some change and go into 'a different business, but my present plan is to remain here, if I am retained." "By the way," he added, " the way I came to buy that ticket was rather pe culiar. I had boughtseveral times be fore, without winning a dollar. It was merely for amusement, because I look at lotteries in a different light from that in which the majority of people view them. I never lay awake nights think ing how much I was going to win and how I was going to collect my money, and what I would do with it after I won it, and all that sort of nonsense. I thought at first if I kept on buying tickets I would win in time. But at length I became rather disgusted and liegan to think there was nothing in it. I heard a great deal of talk about per sons winning big prizes and had read newspaper reports of men drawing thousands of dollars on a single ticket; but I began to take such statements com grano salis. So when it came to buying a ticket last month I thought I wouldn't invest, j For several days I refused to take a chance, and it was just by a mere freak that I at last paid over my dollar and took No. 8,999. I regretted afterward that I had altered my resolution, but now I thank my lucky stars that I didn't let the chance go by." . i Mr. Eckenroth is a man of family and has the reputation among his ac quaintance of being sober, steady and industrious, j With all the prizes which Fortune has showered down up on the lucky lottery players of this city it is doubtful i if any have fallen into better hands than that won by the fortunate holder of ticket No. 8,999. San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle, August 4. "Touring" Abroad. The St. James' Gazette says: "The habit of "touring"; abroad seems to be growing in favor among English sportsmen as well as among those of other countries.. Although the coming cricket season at home is not to be s'gnal zed by the advent of any fore'gn eleven, it appears that a couple of British teams are intend ng to travel in search of w'nter cricket. I5o?h will visit America. Th's is probably due to the extreme courtesy and 'good form wh ch was so consistently shown by the Philadelphra gentlemen who visit ed us last year. Every club, we bc 1 eve. wh;ch ' met the I'hiladelphians thoroughly enjoyed the friendly con test; and in fact the latter fully justified the r title to the r I name. A team of south of England ! gentlemen will sa I for America at the end of August, and will include R. T. and K. J. Thornton, Hine-Havcock, the old Dark Blue, T. W. Welman. and W. Fowler, the old Cambridge fast bowler- The other team will be composed of Scotch gen tlemen, who will also sail in August Doubtless both elevens will have thor oughly enjoyable trips among a people so hospitable as the Americans." - We are glad to learn from a valued contemporary that "pickled walnuts are now introduced at dinner." If there is anything we dislike it is to sit opposite a pickled walnut at dinner and not be on speaking terms with if I'hiladelphia, iYejf. Mr. Sweeney's Cat In yijr Time. Bill Nye. But I was going to speak more In particu lar about Mr. Sweeney's cat. Ifr. Sweeney had a largo cat named Dr. Mary Walker, of which he vas very fond. ' Dr. Mary Walker remained at the drag store all the time, and was known all over St. Paul as a quiet and reserved cat. If Dr. Mary Walker took In the town after ofilce hours nobody seemed to know anything about it. She would bo around bright and cheerful the next morn ing and attend to her duties at the store Just as though nothing whatever had ever happened. ' One day last summer Mr. Sweeney left a large plate of fly-paper with water on it in the window, hoping to gather in a few quarts of flies in a deceased state. Dr. Mary W alter used to go to this window during the afternoon and look out on the busy street wlule she called up pleasant memories of ber past life. That afternoon she thought she would call up some more memories, so fiha went over on the counter and from there jumped down on the window sill, landing with all four feet in the plate of fly-paper. AC nrst she regarded it as a joke and treated the matter very lightly, but later on she observed that the fly-paper stuck to her feet with great tenacity of purpose. Sho controlled herself and acted in the coolest manner, though you could have seen that mentally she suffered intensely. She eat oown a moment to more fully outline a plan for the future. In doing so she made a great mistake. The gesture resulted in gluing tho fly-paper to her person in such a way that the edge turned up behind in the most abrupt manner and caused ber great inconvenience. The look of pain that Dr. Mary Walker gate him. Some one at that time laughed in a coarse and heartless way, and I wish you could have seen the look of pain that Dr. Mary Walker gave him. Then she went away. She did not go around the prescription case as the rest of us did, but strolled through the middle of it and so on out through the glass door at the rear of the store. We did not see her go through the glass door, but we found pieces of fly. pa per and fur on the ragged edges of a Jorge aperture in the glass, and we kind of Jumped at the conclusion that Dr. Mary Walker had taken that direction in retiring from the room. Dr. Mary Walker never returned to St. Paul, and her exact wbereaboata arcv not known, though every effort waa fbade to find her. Fragments of fly paper and brindle hair were fouud as far west as the x ellowBtona National park and as for north as the British line, but the doctor herself was not found. My own theory is that if she turned ber bow to the west so aa to catch the strong easterly gale on her quarter, with the sail she had sot and her tail pointing toward the zenith, the chances for Dr. Mary Walker's immediate return are extremely slim. Her Umbrella Was Left Behind. Engraved from Harper's Weekly. r tr v .0 . JL 1 ' 8. 11 t I r f J "No, mum, yer didn't leave no umbrella here. Yer must have drapped it some where." Practical and Theoretical Chemistry. Chicago Herald. "Young gentlemen," said the lecturer in chemistry, "coal exposed to the elements loses 10 per cent of its weight and power. This is due to the action of the alkali con stituents of w "But what if there is a dog sleeping near the coal, professor V "None of your levity, young man, this is a serious matter." "That's what dad thought when 72 per cent, of his coal pile disappeared during three nights of exposure. Then he asked my ad vice as a student in chemistry, and I told him to buy a dog. He bought a dog with bay window teeth, and the spring halt in bis up per lip, and now we don't lose one per cent c f our coal a month. That's the kind of prac tical chemist I am. Now go on with your theory." We Knew It Would Come to Tills. I The roller craze is breaking out in muslc-al circles. Why Ills Other Papa was Thankful. Philadelphia Call Bub "Are you going to be my new papaf" Accepted Suitor "Yes, my dear child." "Have you got your wig yetf" "Wig! Why, no; I need no wig. Why do you a&kr "My other papa always said he was so thankful hh hair wasnt fast to him." Fall River Advance: The most concii-u. tlous man in the world may have a plugwl quarter in his pocket when ho goes to church, but he never brings it away with him if then has been a collection. 4 i