Union Milling Co.'s
fuijl roi.ijbu FJLOlIIt
TAKES THE LEAD
Whereyar It has been tried.
For Sale by all the Lending Dealers
Everjrwlirrc.
Geo. Whioht,
President.
W. T. WmmiT.
Cashier,
FIRST RATIONAL BANK
or
UNION,
OREGON.
Docs n General Banking Jinslncfs. lluys
unci ecus exchange, una discounts com
mcrcial paper.
Collections carefully nttended to, nnil
promptly reported.
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Livery aifl M
OlTOSlTK Ct.VTr.VNIAI. HoTKL.
JOHN 8. ELIOTT. - PUOPRIKTOR,
Huvltii: furnished this old and popular
hostelry with ample room, plenty of feed,
rood hostleru ami now buggies is bettor
psepnrcu uinn ever lo accommodate ens
totniw. My ternm nro renuonublu.
GOVE TANNERY,
AlUU CltOSHMAN, PllOPKlEToil.
lino now on hnnd nnd for mtto tho beat ol
HARNESS, LADIGO,
UPPER nnd
LACE LEATHER.
SHEEP SKINS, ETC.
IOKXIi,VIVll VUICV.H
Pnid for Hideo nnd Pelts.
WALLA WALLA
BEER DEPOT.
Corner Mnin nnd A Streets, Union.
E. MILLER, Proprietor.
Keeps nlwuys on bund the finest brands of
WINES,
LIQUOUS,
nnd CIGARS.
Tho very best Lager nnd Dock Ucor in
tho mnrkct, at UG cents u j it 11 r t. Ueer nnd
lunch 12G cents.
A flno billiard table for tin) accommoda
tion of customers. Drop in and bo wocia
bio. RAILROAD
FEED AND LIVERY STABLE
i
Near the Court House
A. V. Rk.s'hoN, Pitoi'itiUTOii.
Union, Oregon,
Fine turnout).- nnd first-class rigs for tho
Accommodation of tho public generally.
Conveyjuieea for commercial men n spo
cinlty. '
5"Tho accommodations for feed cannot
bo excelled in thovulloy. Terms reasouablo.
-HLUE MOUNTA1N-
Maiu Streot, Union, Oregon.
Hknuv Stmkkii, PnoiutiKTon.
58Ordcr8 from nny pnrt of tho valley
will recoivo prompt attention. I have on
hnnd Homo very lino HOCK HEEU. Drop
in nnd sample it.
NORTH POWDER
Restaurant.
PONY STEVENS. PROP.
Tho travollng public will pleaso tnko no
tico that, in addition to my saloon in
North Powder, I havo opened iv lirHt-cliiss
RESTAURANT, and ivspectfully solicit a
hare ol tho public patronage. Tho tables
will always bo supplied with tho
REST THE MARKET AFFORDS,
nnd no pains will ho spared to mako my
patrons comfortable.
Cull on mo, eat, drink nnd bo happy.
Tonsorial Rooms
Two dours south ol Jones Dros.' Btore,
Union, Oregon.
J. M. Johnson, Piioimuktoii.
Hair cutting, shriving nnd hhampooiug
done neatly mid in the best stylo.
CITY -:-
Mnin Street, Union, Oregon.
Roiiins it 11i:nson, Piioi'iiii;toiis.
Keep coiiHtantly on hand
DEEP, PORK, VEAL. MUTTON, SAU
SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC
i
I
Union, Oregon.
Dan. F. Mouuk, Piioi'uiutou.
A well stocked bur in connection with
tho house, nnd none but tho bet brands
ol liquors und cigar kept.
LAJtUE SAMi'LE ROOMS for the c
lommodutlon of commercial travelers.
HOWLAND & LLOYD,
Manufacturers, of
FURNITURE,
Main Street, Union, Ore.
Keep constantly on hnnd a largo supply
of Parlor nnd Red Room sets, Redding,
Desks, Office Furniture, etc.
Upholstering IJono In the Best Styo.
Lounges, Mattresses, nnd all kinds of
Furniture tnnde to order.
PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
A
N
D
J. II. NODINK, l'KOPIUETOIt.
All kinds of Ulucitsmithing and Wngon
work done in a good work
manliko manner.
Tho very best of workmen employed.
110IISE SHOEING AND REPAIRING
BONE ON SllOWI NOTICE.
KSR-Shon opposite A. F. Dcnson's Livery
fcituble, Mnin street, Union, Oregon.
MONEY TO LOAN.
I ara prepared ncgotiato loan
upon well improved farms, for a term
of years. For particulars call on
11. 0. HILLINGS,
Loan Broker.
AC tho office of J. R. Crites, Union,
Oregon.
liny tho lay ward
HAND GRENADE
Fire Extinguisher.
Everybody should havo them. Mon,
womon or children can use thorn. Thou
sands of dollars worth of property saved
ovory duy. They don't frcozo, nro not in
jurious to flesh or fabric, and uro always
ready, lou cannot nllord to uo without
thorn.
G. .1. Uccht. Gen. Agent. 12-t Market St..
San Francisco, Cal. Cook it Dwight, Agts.,
La Grando, Oregon.
D. B. REES,
Notary Public
-AND-
Conveyancer.
OFFICF Stnto LnndOHico buildinsr.
Union, Union County, Oregon.
SMOKE OUR
66
PUNCH
Rest Havana Filled
Five Cent Cigar.
Jones Bros., agents, Union.
K. GOLLINSKY & CO.
SMOKE THE
"ESTRELLA"
KEY WEST Imported Huvuna Cigar.
NONE 1 SETTER.
JONES
Corner of Main and H streets, Union.
-Dealors in-
GROCERIES,
CANNED GOODS,
VARIETY AND FANCY GOODS,
TOBACCO
-AND
CIOAllS
; It NTS' I'UHNlSlIIMi coons.
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
and JEWELRY,
Glassware, Mimical Iustruinouts, Pictuil
Frames und Pioluros, Moulding,
Itlttl Cagoj, Ruby Car
riages, etc.,
Canclies and Nuts,
Stntionnrv, School Hooks, Periodical
Novels, etc., of every description.
ALL KINDS OF FRESH FRUITS
Always on hnnd.
We keep constantly on hand rerythin
usuully kept in a first ehiM variety atom,
&tuOrdeni from any part of the country
will bo promptly attended to.
BROS,
TIffi FARM AXD FIKESIDI5,
Itnimclinlil Notes.
Milk, In hot weather, should be boil
ed beforo it is put away. A good
pinch of salt and a bit of cooking
soda, about the size of a pea, will not
only prevent it from curdling while
boiling, but will give considerable
"life" to it.
Salt is one of the remedies most fre
quently employed for keeping weeds
out of garden walks, nnd the followjng
is said to bo the best way of applying
it: Roil the salt in water, one pound,
to tho gallcui, nnd pour the mixture
boiling hot out of a watering-pot with
spreading rose. This wilT keep weeds
and worms awuy for two or three
years.
Dr. Alice R.Stockton, in tho People's
Health Journal, says that unless a
woman has tried looso clothing sho
cannot conceivo how much sho gains
for health and strength by a dress that
gives perfect freedom to breathe. "Six
teen thicknesses of cloth," sho says,
"is no unusual number to bo found
tightly fastened about a lady's waist."
Concerning this matter she onco heard
a Chincso woman exclaim: "Christian
woman squeeze God's life."
Tho etiquette of hand-shaking is sim
ple. No man should assumo to tako
a lady'g hand until it is offered. A
lady extends her hand and allows the
gcntlemnn to take it. On introduction
in a room a married may generally
shakes hands; young ladies not often.
In tho ball-room, where tho introduc
tion is for dancing, not for friendship,
never shake hands. Tho moro public
tho placo of introduction tholess hand
shaking rakes place.
In tho North Carolina Medical Jour
nal, Dr. J. It. Irwin says that ono of
tho best nnd most pleasant things
that can bo used to relievo tho painful
stato of the dental nerves is chewing
cinnamon-bark. It destroys tho sen
sibility of tho nerves, nndsuspendstho
pain immediately, if tho bark is of
good quality. After repeated trials,
and in ditferent cases, ho is convinced
that it is generally as efficacious as
any of tho other re in edies suggest ed for
odontalgia, and not attended withtlio
unpleasant consequences of creosote,
enrbolie acid, etc., which relievo the
pain, but leave the mouth as sore and
painful as tho tooth was previously;
though these results are usually duo
to carelessness in using.
"Wiitcli tin) Mimiyiiril.
During a recent excursion through a
rural district which we refrain from lo
cating, except to say it was not in the
far-famed Genesee Valley, or any oth
er part of Western New York, wo saw
somo surprising evidences of neglect
about cleaning out barnyards and
utilizing tho elements of fertility they
contained. In one instanco tho ma
nure pile was so large that it. reminded
us of tho old story anent tho farmer
who was obliged to move his barn be
cause access to it was so blockaded by
rich fertilizing materials! And we
thought it might not bo amiss
to ask tho readers of Tho Rural
Homo (or at least such of thein
as borrow tho paper!) if they had any
troublowith like incumbrances in their
barnyards such valuable material as
ought to have been long ago spread In
field, orchard and garden, instead of
bcingallowed to run to waste by evapo
ration or otherwise, thus pulluting tho
air with disagreeable odors and xier
haps engenderingdisease. If any havo
inadvertently overlooked a matter so
important, or from any cause being
prevented from doing their duty in tho
promises, wo would suggest that it may
not bo too Into yet, as somo crops
would bo decidedly benefited by an ap
plication of barnyard or other fer
tilizers. Rut tho barnyard should be looked
to at thisscnsou, oven ifit wnsclonned
out in tho spring or none of its con
tents are needed afield. An oxcerpfc
in our scrnpbook truly avers that tho
barnyard should bo watched at this
timo of tho year to see that tho juices
do not run to wasto. If tho How can
bo turned into a field to soak away
over its surface, themanuro contained
in it will settle into the ground nnd
bo saved. On tho land where this
deposit is mado no other manure will
ho necessary, as tho best materials,
tho chemical salts, are washed out mid
How away with tho water. Whero
thoro is a considerabledistanco for tho
stream to run theso will bo deposited
unless tho flow is too rapid. Whero
tho juice cannot bo mado to llow over
a field it should .bo dammed up in a
barn-yard, and tho eonrso manuro
thrown into tho pool. This is presup
posing that no arrangements wero
made tho year beforo to manage it to
bettor advantage. To utilize this val
uable material thoro should be hauled
into the barnyard in the autumn a
lot of muck or earth which should be
bo placed that it may bo able to ab
sorb t In juioo. Where thoro is a boso
nient it can ho placed therein, and
wheeled out any time when it is re
quired. Without such convenience it
may bo piled up across tho natural
outlet from t ho barnyard, and so as
swor tho purpose of a dam nnd ab
sorbent .Rural Home.
WHiiomum furllio YVIU1111,
Mr. W. A. Rrown writes to the Fruit
Growers' .lournalhat of tho over -1,-000
acres of stra wherries in Berrien
county, Mieh.,"noarlyallaro Wilson,"
which has been thefnvoritofortwonty
fivo years:
"Could you visit some of our best
fields at this timo you niisjht look in
vain for sign of deterioration in this
grand old varioty. Many growers in
tho gulf states bond hero for plants,
and thoy always order Wilsons. Why
tho Wilson fails at Cobden (Southern
Illinois) is a mystery to northern and
southern growers. Perhaps pure WH-.
sons planted on isolated now lauds in
your vicinity would again give old time
results."
Mr. 15. T. Holllster in a letter to tho
game paper about the culture of this
fruit 5n St. Louis county, Mo., says
very few strawberries except Wilson
arc grown there, and "it always yields
a bountiful crop of fine berries which
Imd ready salo at good prices.
AVeod Out the Dairies.
When we say weed out tho dairies
wo mean to say that in nearly every
dairy there aro somo cows that aro
unprofitable, that do not givo enough
milk, or mako enough butter or cheese
(whatever tho object of tho dairy) to
pay cost of keeping and caro, or, if
they barely pay cost, they displaco
others that would pay a good prolit.
A grain growing farmer who should seo
so imiiiv thin or barren spots in his
fields of grain as to reduce tho averago
yield below cost of production would
not be satisfied, even though somo of
tho acres yielded largo enough to pay
a good prolit. He would try, by heavy
manuring, more thorough tillage, or by
draining, to bring up the yield of tho
poorer spots to a prolitablestanrlard.
A dairyman may easily sink tho
profits of his herd by keeping a few
poor cows. Part of tho herd may givo
enough milk, or make enough butter
or cheeso to afford a fair profit over
cost, feed, care, interest and wear,
and yet tho business bo a losing one,
because the other portion of tho herd
do not pay their way. Dairymen
should not bo content with a knowl
edge of what the herd is doing, even
though it may be returning a profit,
but should know just what overy cow
is doing. livery cow's milk should bo
set and tested separately at least
twice 111 the season, when in full milk
and when sho has been in milk six or
eight months. If aro and found
doing less than tho average, they
should bo prepared for tho sham
bles, and tho feed, labor nnd
care bestowed upon them given to those
that would yield above the average.
Ry such means tho average would bo
continually increasing.
Some dairymen havo named 2001bs.
a year as tho minimum yield of butter
that should bo tolerated in a dairy
cow, but that is pretty low, and no
dairymen cm afford to retain a cow
making so small a quantity, if reason
able elfort will creato a herd, every
one of which shall do considerably
better. It is because so many farmers
aro satisfied with doing only tolerably
well, do not determine to do tho best
possible, that so much complaint is
made of tho unprofitableness of farm
ing. American Rural Home.
Sumllor I'urms ISoltor Tllloil-
Mr. Georgo Kerr, in a recent letter to
tho Toronto Globe about cultural and
commercial aspects of farming, makes
nsuggestivcpointfavorablo to smaller
surfaces better fertilized and tilled:
"Tho farm connected with the
House of Industry, at south Boston
contains only thirty acres, but it is so
thoroughly cultivated that it has
yielded an annual product of $170 per
acre. Why should one acre yield $170
of value when another, equally fertile
by nature, will yield only $10. Why
is agarden richer than a field? We ma
nuro our gardens well and our fields
lightly; we dig our gardens twenty inch
es deep, plough our fields five inches;
we cultivate a small patch thoroughly
and scratch over a small spaco super
ficially." Further evidence favoringbettcr hus
bandry instead of "poverty in land" is
a Horded in tho next excerpt:
"I read of an old man (notlongngo)
who had a largo farm and two daugh
ters. When tho one got married ho
gave her as a dowry one-third of his
farm, yet ho discovered that tho re
maining two-thirds netted him as
much as tho whole; when the other
married he gave her a third and found
his profits in thesucceedingyearlargcr
than they had over been. A practical
farmer says, I am confident that fifty
acres, if cultivated in tho very best
stylo of modern improvement, will
yield moro profit than many of your
100 aero farms now yield."
Tho philosophy of tho matter "tho
disadvantage of skiin-oul'uro" obvi
ous upon a little reflection, is illustrat
ed by tho caseof thecorn crop: "Thoro
nro many farmers whoso yearly pro
duct per aero does not exceed an aver
ago ot twenty-fivo bushels. Thoro aro
other farmers who obtain generally not
less than sixty bushels per aero, and
often eighty to ninety-five somo lfjO
bushels. Nowobservo tho difference in
tho profits of each the first 250 bush
els off ten acres. In doing this ho had
to plough, harrow, mark out, find seed,
plant, cultivate, hoe, and cut up ten
acres, besides paying interest on ten
acres, worth from $f00 to $1,500.
The other farmer gets 2")0 bushels from
four acres at tho furthest; and ho only
ploughs, plants, cultivates and hoes,
to obtain thosameamount, four acres,
which, from their lino tilth, and free
dom from grass and weeds, is much
easier done, oven for an equal surface"
Infant's Vooil.
In an inportant article on "Tho
Quanity of Food Required in Infancy,"
in Rabyhood for July, Prof. J. Lewis
Smith writes: Tho iniportanco of
theso tosts and observations is appar
ent, inasmuch they enablo as to do
torniinoapproximatolyhow much food
should bo given at each feeding to in
fants that aro unfortunately deprived
of tho broast-milk. The food thon
used should, of courso, boar tho clos
est possible resemblanco to human
milk in consistencoandnutritivo prop
erties. Although many substitutes
for human milk havo been prepared,
and sold in tho shops with extrava
gant recommoudations, it is tho opin
ion of the most intelligent and ex.
porienced physicians that animal milk,
ami for convenience that of tho cow,
should bo made tho bnsis of tho prep
aration employed. In my opinion the
following is very nearly tho proper scale
for tho dilution of cow's milk, which
should, of course, always bo as fresh
as possible and of good quality. Under
the age of two weeks, one part milk,
two parts water; at throe weeks, two
parts milk and three parts water; at
four to six weeks half-milk and half
water; at three months, three parts
milk, two parts water; after four
months, three parts milk nndoncparfc
water. This scale of dilution does not
give as large a proportion of water as
is recommended by somo authorities
in infant dietetics, but it is sanctioned
by the above obsei various.
Tho quantity of milk, prepared as di
rected abtfve, which infants require at
different nges may be formulated, as
follows from tho statistics which we
havo given. Under the age of three
weeks one to ono-nnd-n-half ounces,
with tho water added after it is meas
ured, should bo given at each of the
twelve daily feedings. The quantity
should bo gradually increased ns the
infant grows older until the ngc of
threo months, when three ounces
should bo given at each of the eight
feedings. Some infants do not seem
to require an increase of tin's amount,
but others who are hearty. need more.
Thus ono infant aged four months
took, in tho average, four ounces of
breastmilk at each of the nine nursings
in twenty-four hours. Tho baby after
tho ago of six months should be fed
every three hours, nnd four ounces ol
milk may begiven a teach feeding, in or
der to assuro a sufficient quantity.
Some requiro less than this, and oc
casionally 0110 needs a little more, say
four-and-n-half ounces.
Putting up Cucumber1! In Tickle.
Pack the cucumbers in a jar or tub,
then pour a weak brine upon them,
and let it remain three days. Pour off
tho brine, and pour on enough hot
boiling vinegar to cover tho pickles,
and let them stand 2-1 hours. Reboil
tho vinegar, and pour on as before.
Do this tjireo times, letting the pickles
stand 24 hours each time. Then throw
tho picklo awny, and add enough fresh
vinegar to cover tho cucumbers. Add
a lump of alum tho size of a maiblo to
a gallon of pickle; half pound of sugar
nnd spices to taste. Uring to a boil,
skim, and then turn upon tho pickles
while hot. Lot them stand well cov
ered for ten days, and they aro ready
foruse. Thisisonekind ofmnrkctablo
pickles. Another kind, and one that is
largely used, is: Soak the cucum
bers in a barrel or tub, in salt.
When needed tako tho cucumbers
out and throw boiling water on
them. When sufficiently freshened
(which you will know by tho water be
coming fresh) put tho cucumbers in a
porcelain kettle, and cover with cold
vinegar. Put in a little pod or part
of a red pepper to each gallon of
pickles; also a piece of alum about tho
size of a pea to each gallon. Then let
them coino to a scald not boil. When
scalding hot take them out and put in
n vessel to be used, pouring tho same
vinegar over them. If to bo kept fora
long time tho vinegar wiU need chang
ing. This gives pickles a natural color,
which aro now most generally in use.
To thoso who prefer green pickles tho
lollowing gives the desired color: JJis
solvo fi vegrains of saffron in one-fourth
ounce of distilled water, and in anoth
er vessel dissolve four grains of indigo
carmine in half an ounco of distilled
water. Shako up and allow to stand
24 hours. Then mix tho two and a
fine solution, not poisonous, is formed.
Grant's Missouri Homes.
St. Louis Republican. Tho 'history
of tho different houses connected with
Grant's stay in St. Louis is soon told.
Some twelvo miles south of tho city is
tho old Dent farm, on which White
haven and Ilardscrabblo stand.
Whitehaven is tho old family homo of
tho Dents. Tho house i3 over a half
century old, and it is yet, despito its
age, a handsome structure It is hero
that Rrevot Second Lieutenant Grant
came courting Miss Julia Dent, tho
sister of his old classmate, riding over
from tho barracks, only four miles
away. It was in Whitehaven that
most of Grant's children wero born,
and tho tenderest associations of his
lifo nro associated with it.
Ilardscrabblo got its peculiar name
from Grant himself. Ho christened it
after ho had built it. Notinany ofour
cities Can show in their environs a log
house built by the president of tho
United States. Old Mr. Dent, after
Grant had left tho army, presented his
son-in-law with sixty acres of land, and
tho futuro General at onco went to
work to build a homo upon it for his
family. Ho was very poor so poor
that Fred Dent had to lend him tho
money to buy tho flooring, window-
Basil and doorways ot 111s nouso. Ac
cording to tho good old custom, when
tho logs wero shaped and ready, tho
neighbors gathered in to help "raise"
ino nouso. l is touai intuition tunc
General Grant, with his own hnnds.did
all tho work upon tho southeast cor
ner of tho house, tho ono to tho left as
ono looks at tho picture Judgo John
F. Long also carried up onoof tho cor
ners. The houso is a comfortnblo ono
well built and commodious. It has
old-fashioned fireplaces whero many a
giant log hns burned to nshes in tho
1 1. -r . .
good out nines ueioro mo war. 11 is a
two-story house, and tho arrange
ment of tho rooms testifies to tho fact
that Grant was a good architect as
well ns a good soldier.
Tho houso on h ifth nnd Corrostreet,
on the southeast corner, was in its
time a fino residence It still bears
traces of tho style and fashion of its
occupants, but it has fallen from its
high estate, nnd it is now a boarding
houso which advertises tho day board
to bo found within.
Tho houso on Seventh nnd Barton
streets was for a timo Grant's prop
erty. When ho moved into St. Louis
to go into the real ostato business, he
traded iiardscranuio tor tno Jturum
street property. There was u flaw in
ino utie, iiowovor, mm tue property
was taken nwny from him. It was
not till after tho war that he recovered
possession of Hard&crahbla. The house
is a frame, full of surprising doorways
nnd unexpected s'.airs. It is a little
hit of a cot tag, Mid in it Grunt prob
ably passed the most unhappy years
ui ins uie.
A Pawnee Scalp Dance.
As I approached the lodge an horn
before sunset, I saw dangling from a
lodge pole, which rose far above the
lodge, the scalp around which the
dnnco was to beheld. The scalp was
that of a woman. Tho hair was fully
eighteen inches long and of a red color.
As I entered tho lodge no one was with
in except the dancers ten or twelve ii
number, who sat in a semi circle nt the
back of the lodge and opposite the en
trance, and two attendants who busi
ed themselves attending tho wants ol
the dancers. All was quiet, not n
word being spoken until near the set
ting sun. Then the drummers beat
with all their power, nnd in came the
spectators (mostly men) pell-mell yell
ing nt tho top of their voices. All
seemed confusion, all were talking at
once; but onco in, all again became
quiet as before. Tho dancers were
painted most fancifully, many being
covered till over with white or clay
paint. Where only the faces was orna
mented tho more rare colors wercused,
such as red, green, blue, yellow, but all
wero painted beyond recognition.
Spotted Horse was the first to dance;
he being the ono who had cut the scalp
from its owner. Ho came forthwith
dignified air, first desc ribed how he had
killed the woman and cut thescalp off
beforo sho was dead, oven describing
how she had screamed and pleaded for
mercy. Hy use of tho tomahawk he
held, ho acted out as near is possible
the dreadful tragedy in which ho had
played so important a part. Then
camo the dance; first the dancer's head
and body aro leaned forward, tho head
reaching very near the ground, next
lifting tho feet high in tho nir, ho
throws himself back into a sitting
posturo with such force as to
seem to jar tho very lodge. A
knife was held in ono hand, a medi
cino gourd in tho other, tho latter of
which was shook accompaniment to
tho music of tho Indian drums. The
dnnco was in exact unison with tho
music. At intervals ho stopped and
reviewed the story ho had already re
lated or somo part of it, then again
danced with more energy than before.
Thus tho dnnco was kept up for an
hour when ho was joined by the rest of
the dancers. Ono by ono they came
forth and related somo act of valor,
after which tho dance was again begun.
This dance was kept up until midnight
when the presents were given. Many
of tho spectators became so excited
they took from their own body their
wearing apparel and threw it to the
dancers. Then camo tho big smoke.
Tho chief's pipes wero filled by the
chief himself with (Now-eo-cow) Indian
tobacco which is kept in a buffalo head
and is thought to possess spiritual
virtue, and sent by the attendant to
one of tho spectators who is known to
havo mado somo present. He smokes
and passes it to such friend as he
wishes. After all who have given pres
ents aro handed tho pipe of sacred-tobacco
the dnnco is either ended or thoy
begin anew, and repeat exactly what
I havo related, dancing around the
same scalp, but after that night that
scalp is never danced around again.
Tho American Antiquarian.
Groy Hair.
Medfeal nnd Surgical Reporter.
Many persons begin to show grey
hairs while they aro yet in their
twenties, and somo while in their teens.
This docs not by nny means nrguo a
premature decay of tho constitution.
It is a purely local phenonienom, nnd
may coexist with unusual bodily vigor.
Tho celebrated author and traveller,
Georgo Borrow, turned quifo groy be
foro ho was .'50, but was an extraordi
nary swimmer and athlete at 0i5.
Many feeblo persons, and others who
have suffered extremely, both men! ally
and physically, do not blanch a hair
until past middle life; while others,
without assign:tblo cause, loso their
capillary coloringmnttcrrnpidly when
about forty years of age.
Race has a marked influence. The
traveller, Dr. Orbigny, says that in the
many years ho spent in South America,
ho never saw a bald Indian, and
scarcely every a grey haired ono. The
negroes turn moro slowly than the
whites. Yet wo know of a negress of
pure blood, about 35 years old, who is
quitogrey. In this country, sex ap
pears to mako littlo difference. Men
nnd women grow grey about the same
period of lifo. In men tho hair and
beard rarely chango equally. Tho one
is usually darker than the other for
several years, but there seems to bo no
general rule as to which whitens first.
Tho spot whoro greyness begins differs
with the individual. The philosopher
Schopenhauer began to turn grey on
tho temples, and complacently framed
a theory that this is an indication of
vigorous mental activity.
Tho correlation of grey hair, as well
as its causes, deserves more attention
nnd study than they havo received.
Such a charge is undoubtedly indica
tive of some deep-seated psychological
process, but what this is wo can only
ascertain by a much wider series of ob
servation than havo yet been submit
ted to scientific analysis.
In 1871, Clarenco A. Portley, who
had lately graduated from Wost Point,
married Miss Maggie Alexander, daugh
ter of Dr. Alexander, a New York mill
ionaire When tho wedding ceremony
was over, Dr. Alexander handed his
sonin-law an onvelopo containing
$100,000 in government bonds.
"Thank you," renlied tho gratified
son-in-law; and then hcaskod, "But as
wo aro going away would it notbobot
tor that you should keep tho money
till woroturn?" "I'lldoso, "answered
tho delighted father-in-law, and hia
half-choked words, "God bles you, my
children," woro lost among the clatter
of tho departing carriage and tho val
edictory shouts. Not long ago Mr.
Aloxandor died without a will, and 110
mention was made of the $100,000,
though his proporty was left to his
daughter. A friendly suit lms now been
instituted to determine tlie ownsrship
of the $1Q0,QQ0, ths wife wjuiting hsr
husband to have tit money