THE OKEGON SCOUT.
JOMiS A: CIIANCKY, I'nlillftlicrn.
UNION,
OREGON.
About Rattlesnakes.
An English scientific journal, not long
since, gave nn account of an attempt
mado by Dr. Arthur btradliiiB, surgeon
on board ft British man-of-war, to test
the bito of a rattlesnake on Ins own per-
son, with tho nntidotcs. Dr. Stradliiig
shut himself up in his cabin after mid
night with ligatures, ammonia, nitric
acid, brandy and tho serpent, Crolalua
horridtiB. Q
Tho snako was n small one, with but
two rattles, but lively, and not at all in
clined to lend himself to tho cause of
science. When tho doctor introduced
his gloved hand into the box, proposing
to bo bitten on the lli'shlesH part of tho
wrist, tho snako sprang out at tho other
arm, and iullicted two punctures, leav-J
lug HK3 iang in cute.
Dr. Stradling shut tho snako up,
pulled out tho fang with forceps, and
sat down to writu out his jjensations
nnd to apply his remedies. Ho had no
sensations, and applied no remedies.
About four hours later ho suddenly
perceived a lump rising on his arm, and
turinSl to tho table to get tlio nitric acid,
when ho becamo dizzy and fell on his
cot insensible. O
There ho was found an hour or two
later, paQlyzed in tho lower extremities,
his breath scarcely perccptiblo, his eyes
iixed and glassy. Frightful convulsions
followed, and it was only after tho most
vigorous treatment with brandy, sul
phuric acid and ammonia for two days
that ho rallied. "Ho was as weak,"
says his attendant physician, "as a
baby, and a mere lay liguro for tho ex
hibition of beef-tea, arrow-root and mis
placed sympathy." No good could pos
sibly result from so fool-hardy an ex
periment. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, tho eminent
American cspecialist in ncrvo diseases,
inado tho poison of tho rattlesnake and
its remedy tho subject of years of study
und experiment. 1 lis monograph on tho
subject was published by tho Smith
sonian Institute.
Tho result of his researches waa that
no known specific against tho bito of
tin's serjent is so certain as Avhisky,
swallowed until tho patient becomes
Ulrunk.
Tho hunters and trappers of tho lower
Alleghanies reached this conclusion long
ago without any scientific research. Wo
havo heard among them of innumcrahlo
instances of bites, but of nono which
proved fatal when whisky was taken in
time and in sufficient quantity, though
in cuSl's whoro tho snako was old, and
its fangs full of venom, tho heulth of tho
victim was injured for life.
1 ,- Irish Bulls.
Thcro aro some good old Irish bulls
which aro too good to die of neglect.
Of this order was tho exclamation of
tho Irish gentleman, who, on getting a
10 prizo iiutho lottery, and, finding
that tho prizuSow less than tho money
which ho hud paid for it, cried out :
" What luck it was I did not got the
20.000 1 I must havo been entirely ru
ined 1"
During tho timo wlton Ireland had a
Parliament of her own, a member of
tho Irish IIouso of Commons was de
scribing tho inordinate lovo of praise
which characterized his opponent.
"Tho honorable member," said be,
"is so foud of being praised that 1
rcnily boliovo that ho would bo confdit
to gi'vo up tho ghost if it were but to
look up and read the stonecutter's puff
on his grave."
" Contempt of nionoy," was tho ex
pression of another. "Tho honorable
memoir professto to play tho philoso
pher. 1 can assure you, Mr. Speaker,
that, if there is uny ono ollleo that glit
ters in tho oyes of tho honorable mem
ber, it is that of purse-bearer ; a pen
sion to him is iv compendium of all the
cardinal virtues. All his stutesinaiidiip
is comprehended in thogtrt of taxing ;
and for good, better and best, in tho
scale of human nature, ho invariably
reads pence, shillings nnd pounds. I
veiily believe," exclaimed tho orator,
rising to tho height of his conception,
" that, if tho honorable gentleman were
an undertaker, it would bo the delight
of his heart to see all mankind seized
with a common mortality, that he might
have the benefit of tho general burial,
and provide scarfs and hatbands for the
survivors."
"Is there uny ford there?" asked an
English tourist, xtQ eiuno suddenly to
a full stop before one of tho little mount
ain torrents in tho West of Ireland.
" Oh, to uo sure, your honor, there was
a ford," said a peasant standing at the
brink, and making a hundred uriiuai'os of
civility. " When was it ?" mud the tour
ist. "Before tho bridge was built,"
said tho peasunt : "but when man uud
horso went over tho bridge the ford got
out of tho habit." "Well, now that
tho bridge ia broken down, 1 suppose
tho ford may have got into tho habit
again. Is it safe?" " To bo sure, your
honor, all but in tho middle, but that is
nothing; and, if you can swim, there is
not a better lord in the country. " But
I cannot swim." "Then, you honor, the
only mifo woy that I know of is, jja koou
as you got beyond your depth, w walk
back ngoiu."
A Nkw Yoiuc firm sends us a double
column " ad." of a new stenographic
pen, for tho insortiou of which in tho
daily for three weeks tho firm agrees to
send us u pen. No, thank you. Wo
had oue autographic pen. Just sold it
to druggist for a soda fountain. If she
lets down soda as fast as she did the ink,
Homo man will be drowned at thut fount
ain before tho middle of Jufje, and
don't you forget it, Jturlinyton Jlawk
A nntural Ico-oavo. no ordlng to Tho
Alta California, exi ts thirty m les oat
of Fall lUvervtillev, Oil., in the Mount
Shasta region. There uro huge col
umns of ice, chambers of lee, and leu
hanging from the eo ling like blades
of polished steel, forming a pleturo of
grandeur, Tho rcs.douts of tho valley
haul their summer's supply of Ico from
tho cavo.
A street railway will bo started In
Koy West,, Fla., as soon as .UiQ Mexican
inulqs which have been Imported from
that country can bo "broken,"
Brown Bread.
Hell by any other, naiuo is just ai
hot.
The devil will never bo chained
while the lightning-rod man is loose.
Train robbing has been crowded to
the wall, but the o.rcits is still among
us.
Train a boy up to want a juHtolllee,
and l)f We ho is old he will mil wires
to got ft:
The Hie nre buzzing nssiin, riarMng,
Tliu oplilcrs are craw Ins nluut,
Hie bujrpg'ri; llippluxiiti Izlpplnn around,
Aim in. inoqimot's win soon lu out.
x lie sevonteon-voir locusts aro
good deal like sovoiitcon-yoar girls in
one particular. A few of theni can
make a most tremendous racket.
The youth in Milwaukee who swal
lowed a cilvor dollar has done much
to joslltOtho solidity of tho proverb
that "a fool and his money aro soon
purled."
PSalvation Army Captain faid ho
was willing to wade through blood
knee jjoop for the good of tho cause,
but a shosver of rotten eggs withered
his zeal, and ho slid without waiting
for gore.
Some people toss up their heads and
moer whenever it. is intimated that
tho world is becoming more bulky in
the brow; but tho fact cannot be
iloilyed that tho small boy of to day
knows a heap nioro than his daddy
according to his own estimate.
Of all the distractions under tho un
that perplex a man to baldness, noth
ing is more rasping then this thin" of
jotting tangled up In a patenrniedlcino
advertisement that starts out with as
much fascination as spearing fish by
moonlight.
W o nave a stalwart impression that
if the angels over turn their backs to
earth and vibrato their wings so rapid
ly as to prevent oven a whisper with
sulphur in it from rising beyond tho
clouds, tho occasion for tho saino hap
pens about tho time a woman with joy
ous raiment gets doused on tho oross
ing with a sprinkling-cart cngineorod
by a soulless man.
Some red-headed pcoplo claim that
one of these days tho Government will
tako charge of the weather and run it
to suit tho crops, as easily as tho aver
age patriot thinks iio could manage a
postollioo. Jt may be, but wo predict
;..... ... !.. . r.... is ti. i
Uli; JIlrtL MIUII HI IIUIL IIUCCIIOII Will 00
to inuko it a penal oll'onso for any man
to shed his llaiinels before midsummer.
It is a well-known meteorological fact
that a change of undershirt at any
time previous to harvest is pretty sure
to bring frost
ViuctKjo JMiijer.
.Mrs. PuriieH's Troubled.
Mr.s.,Purnoll takes tho troubles which
have come upon her in a very philo
sophic spirit, and is, writes a Isoiden
town, N. J., correspondent to Tlic
New York World, troubled more over
the errors in tho statements of those
wlnl often, with the best of intentions,
undertook to explain her misfortunes
than she is in tho loss Itself. She says:
"There has been so much said that is
oithor entirely false or founded on half
facts that it is hardly worth while now
to go into more than a general denial
of the assertion that our troubles como
from speculation in tho ordinary sense
of that word. Tho investments by
which I largely lost wore not duo to
my brokers nor bankers, but to a gen
tleman of whom truly ono can say:
"Do mortuis, nil nisi boiium.' I or
dered some bad purchases through
lack of tnno for consultation. Mv
dealings elsewhere, oven . with , the 1
Rothschilds, teach me tluiL iio bettor
informed, hard-working, nioro Kind
and .louorablo men exist than New
York barkers and brokers."
"What Of tho story that yourfortuiio
was sunk in assisting your sou John?"
"My son .John throve until his rents
.n Ireland began to fall. No man over
breasted adversity more heroically,
patrioliQilly, aud i hope successfully.
Neither ho nor I ever had any peach
orchards in Delawaie. The great In
diistrj ho developed in the sourt is
now attracting attention. Ho helped
his tenants, sisters, and myself in bant
limes."
"How do you find Bordontown?"
"Yes, those who have noted as in
formants as to my condition havo at
tacked On Is place mid Ironsides.
Rordontown society is agreeable, dis
tinguished, and always was remarka
ble. 'Ironsides' is called the Hill of
Health, is choice in every respect arid
dear to me. It owes no debt but tho
mortgage, which is a minimum com
pared to its value. It was tho first
homo my daughter looked on as her
own. I lor health and happiness re
vived thOe, nor would sho ever re
main away from it, howover entreat
ed. Some houses in Philadelphia, tho
first property my father ever owned,
will bo for sale and well advertised."
"As to reports of your being a spec
ulator?" "I havo not speculated for tin aire,
nor did my last dollar thus go. 1 never
lost speculating in my own bohalf,Q.nd
all with or lor whom I havo dealt
profited through mo. But appetites
which grow by feeding, when best
fed, want too much, and cheat tho
broth of time. 1 did not lose and sure
ly did not waste money traveling for
the Irish or tho domoerats, and I
would gladly havu increased thorn
tenfold.
"Someone, by way of putting a good
face on me, says 1 am foolishly good
natured. That is the uukiudestcut of
till til the person himself who said that,
and if Irish, his own people. 1 am
good-natured with the good-natured.
Sweets to the sweet.' I kissed a bit
of tho Blarney stone ere 1 began lec
turing to tho Irish. 1 havo been
blamed, too, for exactly tho reverse of
tho curious notions attributed to mo
by this informant blamed for believ
ing In hard work, not luck, hast,
though not least, my poor daughter's
charity is used agafnst us. Ironsides
was rented for .some years, and after
ward slowly .furnished. She remained
with necessitous friends in Borden
town to help them, while I was much
away working for her country."
Tho old liulv, now on tho board-lino
of 70 years, is yet full of oombatlvo
uess, and Is ready In feeling- for any
amount of hunt work, and In closing
her talk those who hud been spreading
misinformation with these lines:
The woil I lr (nil of fooli who would eeououo
Mutt ilvu'll nionri
Ami Hint 1 too ihotiM av It mutt, tUil
Uicak luuie kind o( looking -mim.
OUR SUOAR INDUSTRY.
A Department of Acrlenltiire Report on the
Production of Mi:rar and Molasses.
The department of agriculture has
issued a bulletin on the sugar industry
of the United tflites. It is ti work of
221 pages and is accompanied by sev
eral maps, charts, and plates. It con
tains an introduction on the produc
tion and consumption of sugar in this
and various foreign countries, and re
ports eg tbo manufacture of cane,
beet, horghum, and maple sugar in the
United States. It is compiled by II.
O W. Wiley, chemist to the department.
It shows from the annual report on
commerce and navigation that the
value of molasses, sugar, candy, and
confectionery imported during the fis
cal year ending Juno !50, 1881, was
810.'), 88 1,7(50. Tlntotal duty collected
on these articles amounted to St!5,J29,-
G(J8.2(i. Tho value of tho domestic
molosscs and sugar made from cano is
given iis$1.8i,80,r..,IO; the maple sugar
and molasses are vaiueii at .,uui,
012.10; the sorghum -it $i).o:SG .'Mo.io;
tho beet at S102.(tf(1.0 and tho iriu-
cose products at SH.OOO.OOO. The
total value of all tho domestic sweets
produceu is estimated at l!5,0.')7,
109.(5:!. The value of the sugar and
molasses made from tropical cano in
other states than Louisiana is estimat
ed, and the yio5jJ of tnaplo sugar and
molasses is taken from the census re
port of 1880. This sugar is estimated
to bo worth 10 cents per pound aiv
"ft
the molasses 711 cents per gallon.
is not claimed that tho figures in re
gard to beet sugar and glucoso aro en
tirely correct.
Tlie report in relation to cano sugar
industry is not fisittoring. Tho fol
lowing are some of tho conclusions in
regard to it: The production of sugar
and molasses in Louisiana lias almost
ceased to be profitable. Damage from
ovor.llow, unfavorable seasons, and de
pression of prices have been the causes
which have rendered tho cultivation
of tho sugar-eauti a precarious under
taking. It would bo useless to discuss
further hero tho causes which have
found tho price of sugar down to less
than the cost of production. Yet in
spite of rapidly increasing consump
tion tho amount of sugar made has
been so enormous that a fair price for
it could not be maintained. In fact
tho progress of agriculture is nioro
rapid than tho increase of population;
and more food por capita is grown
now than over before. Sinco wo can
not hope for any marked decreaso in
the sugar product of the world the
only remaining way to save the indig
enous industry of this country is to
make its processes more economical.
The sum of all the analyses shows that
the percentage of sucrose in sugar-cane
in this country is neither as large as in
tho tropics or as it has generally been
regarded. I had expected to find the
mean percentage of sucrose in the
juices of cano at least I I, and was not
a little surprised to find it greatly less.
One of tho great problems to which
tho sugar-cane grower should serious
ly address himsolf is to secure tho
production ot a cano richer in sugar.
Careful and systematic selection of
seed, and a constant practice of a
most favorable system of fertilizing
and cultivation, will surely result
in such an improvement. No such
sciontijio attempts havo beou attended
with Tuoh signal1 success with tho
sugar beet in Europe. Yet what would
bo the condition of this industry to-day
if the beutgrowArs of (ienniiny" were to
use the same kind of seed they plant
ed fifty yearn, ago? It may bo true
that the sugar-cane would not lend
itself to improvement as rapidly as tho
boot has done, but the natural law of
selection still holds good, and a cer
tain improvement must follow its ap
plication. Tho best way to uceoni
jdisb'Oiis result would bo the estab
lishment by tho state of an experiment
station where a principal object of tho
work would bo tho improvement of
the (piality of the cano. The results
thus obtained in a small way could bo
made of tlnOgroatost possible advan
tage on tho plantation. Having sc
oured the host development of the
cano and established the most favor
able conditions of culture, the process
of manufacture would next receive
attention. As this is now generally
carried on it is neither scientific nor
economical. Tho history ot the de
velopment of the sugar industry shows
that only in central factories, where
the operations can be carried on on a
largo scale, the most economic meth
ods can bo applied. With the excep
tion of tho manufacture of sugar and
molasses for domestic use tho small
mill and open kettle must bo abandon
ed. Tho report states that till the beet
sugar enterprises in lQ- eastern states
havo apparently been abandonod.
The Alvarado, Cal., beet-sugar fae
tory. situa'tud on the east side of tho
bay, twenty-four miles from San
Francisco, is the only one in operation
in tho United States. The climate of
Alvarado Is a peculiar one, and. as
experience has shown, very suitable to
the development of a first-class sugar
beet. Tbo winters aro mild. Plant
ing begins in February anil can bo
continued up to the middlo of May.
Tho early planting matures in tho
Kiuiiuior, and tho factory can bo start
ed by the middle of August. From
this timo until December there is a
consecutive maturity of beets. Tho
summers and falls tiro dry, and there
is little danger of the beets taking a
second growth by reason of early
rains. When harvested the beets do
not require to bo siloed, but aro kept
up in heaps either with no covering
at all or at most a little straw. In tho
middle of December, 18SI, tho com
pany had nearly twenty thousand
tons of beets on hand.
Tho belief Is expressed that thoro
tiro .'i,8:!0 square miles of laud in Cali
fornia, and perhaps as much more in
Oregon and Washington, well adapt
ed to raising sugar beets. Laud near
towns, however, is costly and labor
dear. Tho prospect of making beet
sugar profitable oven in tho most fa
vored regions of the Pacific slope does
not therefore appear to bo very on
con raging.
After mentioning sovoral sorghum
sugar factories that were closed dur
ing tho year, the report ud,o; Tho
men who hav put their money in
these enterprises seem likely to lose It,
uud Intendtug Investors will carefully
consider tho facts herein sot forth bo
fore making final arrangements. Tho
expectations of the earlier advocates
of the industry havo not been met,
and the predictions of enthusiastic
prophets have not been verified. It
vi'ould bo unwise and unjust to conceal
tho fact that the future of tho sorghum-sugar
is somewhat doubtful.
This unsatisfactory condition is due to
many causes. In tho first place, the
difficulties inherent in the plant itself
have been constantly undervalued.
The success of the industry lias been
based on tho belief of the production
of sorghum with high percentages of
sueroso and small amounts of reduc
ing sugar and other impurities. But
the universal experience of practical
manufacturers shows that the average
constitution of tho sorghum cane is
far inferior to that just indicated.
TaknigQho mean of several seasons as
a sure basis of computation, it can
now bo said that the juices of uorghuni
as they como from tho null do not
contain over 10 per cent, of sucrose,
whilo tho percentage of other solids in
solution is at least 1.
It is neeifjess to say to a practical
sugar-maker that tho working of such
a juice is one of extreme difficulty and
tJ,w output of sugar necessarily small.
Another dillietilty with which the
industry Juts had to contend has been
found in the eriideness and inellicien
cy of
the machinery which litis boouA "T, s h.ch iiid.eatcs re hiiemenf
3. Suceessfuftugar-making lc-ani1 symmetry of mtol cot. The com
morn on tl.n nlheienev oF tho ! 1omil "OSO was less finished at
in use
ponds more on the ellieioney of the
machinery used than almost any other
kind of manufacturing. It i3 safe to
say that tfbould the sugar-makers of
F.uropo attempt to make beet sugar
with machinery as imperfect as that
used in the sorghum-sugar manufact
ure the attempt would end in disas
trous failure. The working of sorghum
juices will bo found ns difficult as tlioso
of beets, and true success can not bo
hoped for until the processes used for
the ono aro as complete and scientific
as for tho other. It is not meant by
this that the processes and machinery
are to be identical. Tho chemical as
well as mechanical treatment of the
two kinds of juico will doubtless difi'er
in many respects. And this leads to
tho consideration of the third dillietil
ty viz., the chemical treatment of
sorghum juice. It has taken nearly
three-quarters of a century to develop
the chemistry of the beet-sugar pro
cess, and even now tho process in
this direction is great. The chemis
try of tho sorghum-sugar process is
scarcely yet a science. It is only an
imitation' of what has been done in
other fields of work. Sorghum will
have to develop a chemistry of
Us own. This will not bo the work of
a day or a year, but it will bo accom
plished sooner or later.
Considerable matter of value and
interest to those situated whore they
can evaporate tho sap of tho maple is
contained in the report. Tho observa
tions ot a largo number ot the makers
of maple sugar and molasses are given
in regard to the proper time to tap
trees, the method of doing it, tho rela
tive yield and richness ot sap drawn
from trees growing on high and low
ground, and tho utensils to employ in
gathering and evaporating tho same.
It seems to bo tacitly admitted that
maple sugar and molasses are the only
domestic sweets, aside from glueoso
and honey, that aro certain to yield a.
profit to tho producer, and that tho
manufacture of sugar and molasses
from beets, tropical or northern cane,
could only be carried on at a loss if
tho protective duties wero removed or
considerably reduced. The economy
to tho nation of keeping up these pro
tective duties is not apparent to
most porsons. They do nojl encourage
the maple-sugar industry, as maple
sweets rank among the luxuries which
will command a high pneo even if
other kinds of sugar and sirups are
low. They are in effect simply pre
miums paid by tho consumers of par
ticular articles to tho producers of
them. They aro taxes paid by ono
class of our people for tho benefit of
another class?
Fourteen Million Logs in Jam.
Considerable apprebonsion lias been
lolt by the luiiibernion of Fairfield,
Me., in tho laser tew days that they
would not get their logs tluvt came out
of tho Fast, branch ot the Kennebec.
The logs, when two miles below In
dian Pond dam, began to form a jam
on tho bend of the river, whoro tho
bank is trout fifty to one hundred feet
high. It was some time before7 any
one know that tho logs wero hung up,
and the jam containing 10,0(K),00U logs
was formed, 'ftio drivers in charge
raised the gates in Indian pond tlain,
and, with a head of eight foot of water,
tried to force tho jam through. Tho
current from above tho dam broke tho
boom and lot 2,0i)0,000 more logs
down on the jam. The lock gates
wero then shut and arrangements
mndo to hoist another head ot water
and break the jam. A largo amount
of powder was deposited in the jay
and connected with n battery on the
shore. A full head of water, ten feot,
was obtained at Indian Pond dam,
which made the jam creak and groan,
and at the propor moment tho powder
was exploded. Tho jam with its 11,
000,000 of logs, went out in a body,
crushing and rumbling with a noiso
which was heard a long distance. Tho
logs wore piled twenty feet high, and
many of them wero standing upright
in tho jam. From the place whoro
tho jam formed to tho forks tho cur
rent is at the rate of sixteen miles an
hour. Mew York Tribune.
A Direct Temptation.
It is impossible to doubt that tbo
ease with which a defaulter can evade
arrest by crossing the Canadian lino
lias been a direct encouragement to
financial infidelity. A poor man en
trusted with large sums of money, as
is the case of a bank toller, must bo
subject to a very strong temptation to
theft. There is not much in tho pre
vailing tone of tho world to strength
en the restraints of conscience, but the
certainty of detection would naturally
act as a barrier to crimo. When the
man knows that ho can fill his pockets
with the money of the bank, take an
express train for Montreal, Mid be out
of tho roach of tho polico by tho time
the robbery Is discovered, a direct
temptation is placed before him to
which It is not strange that mnuy
weak men yioM. 1'hilaiUlna Timet.
Nose Notions.
The fool may only see in his noso a
convenient thing to smell with, but
tbo philosopher reads there tho sure
indications of sagacity literally keen
scented, of judgment and force of
character, with many other things not
to bo dispensed with in the mental
furnishing of either civilised or sav
age. An inch on the end of a man's
noso is a good deal, both as regards
the dignity of expression in that ap
pendago and the qualities of mind
which Q signifies. Roman, aquiline,
Grecian or pug, we are all obliged to
wear it, and so it mav no well for us
to inquire what this frontispiece of tho
faco symbolizes, in general and in
particular. Alexander tho Great 0s
a Greek, but at tho upper part of his
nose we see the prominent sign of ag
gression, which marked the Hoinan
noso and character. It was this ex
tremely large faculty which led Alex
ander to depart from the established
policy of Greece, and to carry on ag
gressive wars or foreign conquest, and
to plant colonies and kingdoms iti
other countries. Tho lower end of
his nose indicated, the same artistic
and literary taste which marked tho
(hooks as a nation. In the Apollo,
in Venus, Mercury and other idealiza
tions of Greek art and thought, we see
that delicate and perfect chiseling of
tho nostrils which indicates refinement'
the end; its possessor loved knowledge
lortne sake ot power and conquest,
rather than for its own sake. Ag
gressions and self-detenso were tho
eadiiu
signs which gave character
to tho.Koman nose. Tlioy aro largo in
the face of Julius Cicsar, who curried
tho gonitis of Roman conquest up to
I its meridian splendor. Civilization
has always had to push its way against
' a mass of obstacles. The Roman nose
is a moral battoring rain to boat down
these walls of savagery and igno
j rr.ncc. No person with" a very short
I noso over made a profound fnipres
j sion in tho world. Tho hard Roman
noso, pushing its way despite nil per
' soual suffering, has played a conspic
uous part in tho moral "as well as tho
political advancement of the world.
It dominated tho old Roman race, as
' well as the modern aggressive Briton.
It carried Washington on to triumph,
, stood in the forefront of Lincoln's tin
I yielding strength, as it had sustained
I the shocks of Waterloo in the face of
tho Iron Duke. Against hint was
pitted the Itonian-iioed Napoleon, but
in the septum of Wellington's nose
tbo sign of synthesis, of intellectual
I ombiiiation and perseverance was
I very large, and this caused him to
! hold out on that day, even when the
' apparent tido of war had turned
against him until Bluchor came, and
all was saved. The face of John
Wesley, a cousin of Wellington, shows
tho same aggressive character. In all
tho great founders of religions or of
sect wo see the same aggressive nose.
It stands boldly forth in the face of
Zoroaster, in Mahomet, in Calvin", in
the otherwise gentle faco of the Zaza
! rone, and in tho hosts of other leaders
who have done fierce battle for opin-
ion. Nature never puts a great cause
upon a saddle-backed nose and ex
pects it will rise into power. It was
not Victor Emmanuel, but rather the
high-nosed Garibaldi, who achieved
tho independence of Italy. A low
, bridged nose will do for the helpless
ness of childhood or the servility of
the African, but such a bridge will
never carry a great work safely over.
The aqailino noso of the Jews lias
large signs of aggression, defense and
protection, whilo tho breadth of their
noses indicates their money-making
propensities. This form of the nose
was common among the old Assyrians,
as shown by their sculptures. Tho
projection of tho tip of tho noso indi
cates observations, tho questioning
faculty, and belongs to tho inquisitive
mind of tiio child who has everything
to learn, and how can ho learn except
to ask questions? (This faculty takes
the lead in our intellectual processes,
as its advance guard position in the
faco plainly shows. If wo inquire and
observe, some discovery will tollow.
Uoston Times.
An Irrigating Cuiial Completed.
During the past week the Arizona
canal was under close examination and
final inspection by the president of tho
company, Clark Churchill, to ascer
tain whothor the contract of Mr. Mur
phy had beit fully performed. It
stood the tost and examination mndo,
and was finally accepted by tho com
pany. Water" llo ws gracefully aiuf
evenly through its entire length of
forty-one miles from near tho mouth
of tho Vordo on Salt river to Cavo
creek, a point some seventeen miles
north of tho Gila, into which its waste
water Hows. This canal will carry as
much wator as tho Erie canal, m tho
state ot Now York. It is a grand im
provement, and although of a public
nature, it has been constructed entire
ly by private moans, and its existence
is duo to tbo energy, enterprise, and
great business capacity of a fow men.
It will furnish water to reclaim and
render valuablo a very largo tract of
land which does not belong to tho
canal company, and the only advan
tage the company will reeiovo from it
will bo tho inonoys derived from tho
sales of water anil wator rights. In
fact, tho wator rights will barely briug
back to the company tho money ex
pended in construction, Tho sales of
water at fixed rates will barely cover
the expeuses, so that, lu fact, the land
holders will got a share of this great
irrigating canal, with tho assurance
that it will bo kept in order for their
perpetual use, at about its actual cost.
No improvement in any part of the
country originating in privato enter
prise ami involving so much expendi
ture has, to our knowledge, over boon
brought to so successful a completion.
It will furnish water to supply thou
sands of farms, vineyards, orchards,
and stock-growers' homes upon lands
which havo evorbcon an unproductive
dosort of no value for any purpose.
It will bo of incalculable benefit to
this valley and tho whole territory.
I'Aamx (Arizona) Gazette.
"I hve sixteen ctiltdrun," Mid nn old Ken
tucUInn mournfully; "aud ttlll I do uot sit
wilh mr leu croed watching my cabbage
Crow." Aou-Jr He Courier Journal.
Why the French Dress Well.
Tho French woman is acknowledged
to have learned the secret or dresslnc
well beyond all of other nationalities
says a writer in Tim Cleveland Lender.
Isolated cases, exceptions to the rule,
prove tho statement. Some Americac
women aro these Isolated cases, not all.
Foreigners say that Americans arc
among tho most captivating, and often
the best dressed women they meet, but
tills comes of conglomerate circum
stances for which tho women as a na
tion should tako littlo .credit. Wo are
not vet tho best dressed women in the
world. But we are on tho road to that
distinction. Wo havo learned the se
cret of being "bicn chaise, bicn gnnteS
I hut is onc great point gained. An
other rule wo aro learning slowly, to
preserve tho street costume pla'n, the
carriage or visiting toilet elaborate,
and all effulgence, so to speak, of cos
tume for the ball or toilets of high cere
mony. These rules aro being adher
ed to nioro nnd nioro with us, withal,
we need thut) appearaneo of the "fit
ness" of things that is never absent
from tho toilet of IIP French woman
of fashion. And herein is the secret,
an open ono to all. The Amirt-Jcnn
woman sees a material, is caiignt by
its beauty, its colors, its heavy folds,
its filmy lightness, any of its attributes
that pleaso tho eye, "and she buys it.
Then sho looks up the stylos, hunts for
patterns, consults the modiste and gets
it made often without knowing for
what occasion sho will need it. Tho
French woman is too wise for this.
She has made the subject of dress too
serious a matter of study. She notes
ruml "alyzes the dilleretit kinds of
treatment given by artists to drapery
on the female forms of their canvas.
She studies her own height, shape,
color, carriage, and natural move
ments. She keeps a list o' tho proba
ble and possible times and occasions
which she thinks she will need pre
paration for, and when the time ar
rives for her to have a now costume
made sho has its general appearaneo
and its minor details all familiar to her
mind, even to color and cost. Then,
and not till then, sho goes to the mart
and selects tho material that comes
tho nearest she can find or afford to
reali.o tho conception of the costume
she wants, hi other words tho Ameri
can woman purchases her goods, then
finds her pattern; tho French woman
selects her pattern, then buys her
goods. Let some of our lady readers
who havo never tested this matter see
if our idea is not correct. If this
French plan wore oftenor followed
there would bo fewer magnificent and
beautiful fabrics spoiled in the making,
Oy no fault of tho dressmaker. The
noongriiity in the efi'eet of many of
tho niost magnificent toilets is due to
the fact that tho "fitness of tilings lias
been lost sigfit of."
Curious Show of Bovmo Intelligence.
I owned sixty-five acres of bottom
land where the coarse, blue-joint grass
grew in eajiebrako like r.tnkness. My
Texas cows chose this dense cover in
which to bring forth their young. Ono
spring I knew that there wero over
twenty calves continually hidden m
the grass on this bottom. Every
morning cow after cow would slip out
of the herd and disappear in the tall
grass. After an absence of an hour
or two, they would return to the herd.
In the lato afternoon they would again
disappear, to rejoin tho herd just
about corraling time. When the
calves wero three or four days old.
their mothers would bring thoin out
into the herd, and their places in the
grass would be occupied by younger
calves. Once 1 desiicd to see tho
young calves, and 1 roilp into tho grass
to hunt for them. After an assiduous
search I found ono calf lying prone on
tho earth, with its head and neck ex
tended and pressed into tho thick mat
of old grass that lay on tho grofcmd.
Tho littlo creature lay perfectly quiet
watching my horse. It did not so
much as wink its dark eyes when I
dismounted and extended my hand to
ward it. I leaned over it. It watched
ine?ntently, but did not stir. I drop
ped my hand on its head. Instantly
it is on its feet and calling loudly
for protection, calling that the wolf,
its mother had told of, had come. I
heard twenty mother cows bollGiv in
answer to the calf's call that they wero
coming. Tho dry grass snapped and
cracked in all directions as tho mad
defied cows rushed wildly to their
young. 1 mounted my horso and
quickly rode away from that spot.
Each cow ran in a direct lino to tho
phieo where its calf was hidden. Tho
entiro herd rushed into tho cover to
dobattlo for tho calf. What an up
roar thero was! Cows, steers, bulls,
all calling loudly to ono another in
angrv, excited tones. I had a fool
ish setter dog with me, and ho had
to mix himsolf into the trouble. The
first cow that saw hiui hollowed to tho
otliors that she saw tho wolf. Thoy
all pursued him. and ho, doglike, lied
to mo for protection, and my own
cows gave mo a brisk chaso as"l gal
loped over tho prairie. Tho herd wero
excited and angry for hours. I tlo
not boliovo tho young calf has a par
tielo of scent, and I also boliovo that
the cows know this to bo so. At any
rate, thoy are willing to leave their
offspring out of tho corrals over night
in a wolf-infested country, onco thoy
havo hidden them and bado them bo
still. Frank Wilkcson in Providence
Mar.
"As Koine Docs."
Etiquette in Rome is very strict as to
ono point: It is not considered propor
for a lady to tako the arm of agontle
nian in a Catholic Church. In walk
ing about St. Potor's the guides men
tion this to tho couples who innocently
stroll arm in arm looking at tho stat
ues, pictures, altars and frescoes of
that wonderful interior. Perhaps this
is bcoauso any idea of its being a promo
nado should bo discouraged. A gentle
man remonstrated with the guide on
ono occasion, saying that tho lady with
him was his mother, aud lamo. "Then
put your bund undor her arm," said
tho guide; "but do not lot her tako
vour arm." A young gentloman al
"ways gives his right arm to an older
lady in walking with her. On being
asked why this is done, he answors that
It is a "continuation of the carriage
etiquete," which always puts the gen
tlomau on the lady's left.