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The Oregon Scout: rl""M VOL. II. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 21, 1SS5. NO, 21. THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly journnl, issued evo y Saturday by JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers nnd Proprietors A. K. Jones, ) Editor, f j 11. CltANCF.V, ( lorumiui. HaTES OF SUnSCMPTION: Onocopy, one year $1 f,0 " " Six inonths 1 00 'lliree months Invariably cash In ndvanco. Hates of advertising mado known on applt cation. Correspondence from all parts of the county solicited. Address all communications to A. K.Jones, ivunor urcpon scout, rnlon, ur. Lodno Directory. GnAKn Honiik Valley I.odoe. No. r0. A. T, and A. M. Moots on tlio second and fourth batLrdays of each month. O. F. Hell, W. M. C. E. Davis, Secretary. Union Loikik, No. Si. I. O. O. F. itetrular meetings on Friday ovenlnjrs of each week at their hall In Union. All brethren In (rood Maiullni? aru invited to attend, lly order of the lodjre. S. V. I.o.nci, N. O. G. A. Thompson, Secy. Cliureli IMrectorr. M. E. Cnuncil Dlvino sorvico every Sunday nt 11 n. m nnd" p. in. Sunday school nt II p. m. Prayer nieetlnir overy Thursday ovcnli s aituau. hbv. amimisok, rasior. Piifsiiyteiu an Ciirncii HcRular church servlco3 everv Sabbath niornhnr and evenitnr l'ravnr mpottnir o.icli wcok on Wednesday cvonlnir. Sabbath school every Sabbath at 10 a. m. llov. II. Vkunon Hice, Pastor. St. John's Episcopal Chukch Scrvlco every Sunday at 11 o clock a. in. Hi:v. V. 11. I'owkll, Hector, Count' Olllccrif. Judge A. C. CrnlB SherilT A. Ii. Saunders Clerk 11. F. Wilson Trensurcr A. 1 Ilonson School Superintendent J. L. Illndman Surveyor E. Slmonis Coroner E. II. Lewis COMMISSIONERS. Geo. Acklos Jno. Stnnloy Stato Sonator L. 1J. Hlnohart ItEPHESENTATIVES. F.T.Dick E. E. Taylor City OIHcers. Mayor D. n. Hoes COU.NCILMKN. S. A.Pursol W. D. HrMtemnn J. S. Elliott. .Willis MtiU J. It. Eaton ltecordor Jlarshal Treasurer Street Commissioner.... , ,.G. A. Thompson J. H. Thomson J. A.Denne; J. I). Carrol Ii. Eatou Departure of Trains. Heirular east bound trains leave nt 0:30a. m. West bound trains lenvo at 4:20 p. m. IMlOFKSSIONAIi. J. R. ClllTES, ATTOKrVUY AT J-.AVT. Collecting and nrobato nrnctieo sneclaltles Oilice, two doors south of Postoflice, Union, uretjou. R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law aofl Notary Pale. Ofllco, ono door south of J. II. Eaton's storo Union, Orogon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Ofllco, ono door south ot J. IJ. Eaton's store, Union, Orogon. A. E. SCOTT, M. D. piiysiciaiv ais si;i:r., Has permanently located nt North Powdor, wheroho will answer all calls. T, II. CRAWFORD, ATTOKIVUY AT I ..AW. Union, Oregon. D. Y. K. DEEKLNG, IMiyHicItiii mid Siirgi'un, Union, Oregon. Office, Main street, next door to Jones Bros. va rietv storo. Hesldenco. Main street, second house south Chronic diseases a spoclalty. O. I NEJIJI,, Attorney and Counsellor at Union, Oitr.aoN. Law, Heal Estate. Law and Probata Practice will recolvo special attention. Ollieo on A street, rwir of Stato Land Oilice. II. F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at l.mr, BSi-al IjNfutu and Olleelln;;' AkiiI, Land Ollieo Business a Spoclalty. O III co at Aider, Union Co., Oregon. JKSHK IUIl)liTV, J. W. SIIM.TOX SHELTON & HARDE3TY, AT'l'OKMiVN AT I.UV. Will pntotiM In UiiIuh. lULr, Urmit, I'ihuUIih uimI Murrtnv Cugulie- in tiw Huirwnu I'tjMrt ul Orni. Ik District. (1 limit Mini ritiiireinu UwiUul ttw I'hiUm) 8U4t. Muihuj uiul firMjrwtlu li4im Cilll. , Ulflitt III Ulll'ill, l)JUII THE HUIiGAIilAN Pit OBLE11. Gravity of Iho Crisis nnd Its Many Uncer tainties The Part of Austria In tho East Kitssla and the Mm Mefano Tuaiy. "No news from Constantinople," sums the situation exactly, writes a Londou coi respondent to The Ntw York 'lxmcu Until tho sultan gives some sign we are nl! in an Egpytian night ot uncertainty. Tho lirst basin bazouk who crossed the Maritza would clear up the whole mystery. The world would then know swiftly en ough whether Alexander of Batten bcrg was playing his own game or someone else's; whether Russia plan ned the moioniont, or was really sur prised anil provoked by it. Out of all tho nn story it seems possiblo to ex tract sonio few safe mlcrenuos. Notio of the uionarchs of tho potty states carved out of tho old Ottoman empiro save Alexander himself know what was going on, for thoy aro all scurry ing southward to their capitals liko goeso caught in an early snow-storm King George from Gmunden, King Milan from Vienna, King Charles from north Germany. Tho oilicials at Ber lin and Vienna seemed equally taken by surprise, for tho papers which ordi narily speak by this book in tho two cities" wore dumb oven as late as Mon day out of sheer ignoianco as to what to suv. That Russia was surprised is not so clear. Lo be sure, tho St. re tersburg papers all insist on it, but that counts for absolutely nothing. Of slightly more weight is tho fact, on which as much stress is laid, that l'rinco Alexander's relations with tho Russian court have seemed to bo strained of late. Against this may bo set tho curious readiness with which celebrations wore gotten up at Odessa and many other Russian cities the very day on "which- tho tidings wore re ceived in a country whero news usu ally travels at snail's pace, and public enthusiasm is slower still to manifest itself. Then, too, there is tho great fact that what has beon done is pre cisely what Russia tried to do by tho San Stelano treaty. It was Russia's most strenuous demand then, that tho Bulgarians should bo united, ami that the "Balkans should bo in Slavic, not 'J urkisli possession. In this sho was foiled at tho time, but sho gained tho points of naming tho prince of Bul garia and furnishing him all the o Ulc ers for his now army. Now this princo and those ollicors have accomplished what Ignatiell' strovo to oilbct at San Stefano nothing more, nothing loss and in a manner far more closely resembling tho woll-oiled palace rovo lul. on of the Russian than the turbu lent outbreak ot tho Slav. It may still be that the czar and M. do Giers wore unsuspecting, but it is hard to bcliovo that tho Ignatiell' party, tiie Pan-Slavic propaganda of Russia, were not in tho scheme. And hav ng played tho game thus tar, not the czar himself can pro vent Russian inlluence, or even Rus sian arms, being thrown into tho scale to preserve what lias been gainod. If tho Turk tries to overthrow by force the union l'rinco Alexander and his fr.einis have formed Russia will conio to the aid of Bulgaria. On this point there seems to bo no doubt. uut oven it tho i urk does not pre cipitate a war by enter. ng Roumelia there aro still many ugly possibilities of trouble loft. If tho least important section of tho Slavs can thus tear up and defy tho treaty of Berlin why should Soi via longer lies tato to soizo the territory for which sho asked at Berlin? And if thoro is a Slavic in vasion of or uprising in Macedonia, then the Greeks and Albanians all over tho pouiusula must got up and light for thoir lives. A war of races would follow as certainly as night succeeds day. King Milan'is said to havo de clared very' freely and excitedly, when the news reached nun at Vienna, tnat if there was an uprising in Macedonia ho must either march Servia troops in and seize tho country or bo deposed by his own pooplo. Tho Servians would tolorato no other rule thoro but Turkish or thoir own, so ho doolarod over anil over again. But tho Greeks aro just as determined, on tho other side, that Macedonia shall never bo Servian or Bulgarian, anil thoy havo claims of tho sympathy and aid of central Europe which tlio Slavs do not possess. It is in the likelihood of a Macedon ian outbreak, oven nioro than in tho ehaneo of Turkish intervention in Roiiinolia, that anxious minds find tho danger of a European war. It is possi ble nun mo western powers niav eon- soul to recogn zo tho accomplished fact of Bulgarian unity, to warn tho sultan into noqulo?ceiiso, and to allow l'rinco Alexander to blossom into a k.ng bestriding tho Balkans trusting to Ins own prido ami ambit. on to pre vent his being too pliant a tool in Russia's hands. But any further Slav encroachments they can not, for very Biifotv, countenance. Tho terror of tho Slavonic bugbear is too great at lieil n, at Vienna, at Borne, at Athens. It is a huge race question which looms hero, tho greatest since Attila's day. The Europe of Teutonic civilizaton dreads the Slavic invasion, jut as the Europe of l.iitiu civilization dreaded the submerging Gothic wave. '1 ho ex uberant liiuiHt that this century is "the evening of ihu Latins, the afternoon of I he 'teutons, the morning of the Slav," has a sinister moaning and forohodluir for every fltatonuuu west of Ihu Carpathians and the VUtulii. It iii (lie one live, great thing in European oolitic. Aiutriu him ruon piuiiud southward and mutwnrd by Buiiiurok noluly lo mrvu an a break wiiloragHliut IliU viut iiicoiiiiiiif t do. nnd. nrimilfd and Jul ,...,..,M M m ,MU III WfIIUII, IliU j Jlu)ubur5 huiu stoitijiiud (i.n doiiiuy. IiiilmliHl un riilur of ( iurumiiK, Ihu , Tho task is a prodigious ono in ono sense, a simple ono in another. Al most half of tho wholo number of Austr.au subjects (II per cent.) aro Slavs, but tho Germans and Hun garians, by superior intellect and en ergy, aro able not only to dominate j them, but to keep them quarreling I among themselves. Tho Bohemians, the Croats, tlio Galioians, and tlio rest spend their strength for tho most part in hating each other; at least thoy do not unite in a common eauo against tho non Slavic elements. To rule over such a wild conglomeration of races seems dillicult; in fact, that very, lack of homogeno.ty renders it easy by comparison with Germany, France, or Russia. But it is Austria's now mis sion, as viewed from Varzin, not only to overshadow and m sonio way gov ern tho seventeen million Slavs under tho Hag, but to stand guard on tho uanubo against Russian aggress. on and Slavonic consolidation alike. It is in this capacity that her action in the crisis so abruptly developed bo conies of almost as groat a vital sig niticanco as that of Tiirkey. All that Austria does sho will do with Germany at her back. The two emp roj havo no interest, looking eastward, which is not in common. Long beforo this letter reaches tho other side oTcnts may have shown that tho second of the acts in tho modern drama or is it tragedy? of tho Slovonic conquest has begun; or, on the other hand, tho sultan may have submitted, the sheop stealers of Macedonia may havo kopt quiescent, and tho wholo crisis may be smoothed ovor again. But just now not Bismarck himself can toll what a day may not bring forth. The Art of Good Dining. Let tho table, when no ono is pres ent but the homo circle, bo tiio model' of what it should bo whon s.trroundod by guests. Lay a pieco of thick Can ton llannol under your tablo cloth. Even course napory will look a much better quality with a sub-cover than if spread directly ovor the baro table top. Avoid tho cheap trick of hotels and restaurants in the arrangement of napkins and tablo utensils. Simplic ity is never ridiculous, while preten sion usually is. L'iaco tho napkin on tho loft side of tho plato with a piaoo of bread in its folds, tho fork on tho right hand, next to that the knifo with tho sharp edgo turned from tho ono who is to uso it, boyoud this tho soup spoon. At tho point of these sot tho tumb ler and individual butter plato. Mats, tablespoons salt cellars and popper cruets may bo arranged lo suit one s taste. Banish the heavy castor from the center of tho tablo and put thoro in stead a vase of (lowers, if'it bo nothing more ambitious than sumo bits of ivy or evergreen brightened by a spray ot bittersweet. At the carver's place sproad a while napkin, tho point toward tho middle of the tablo, to protect tho cloth from plashes of gravy. Let tho i-oitp bo sorved by tho mis tress and eaton with no accompani ment except a pieco of dry bread in the hand. Buttering is only less vulgar than thickening tho c. intents of tho plato with crumbs. When this course has been removed tho moat and vege tables may bo placed on tho table. If thoro is salad, it should bo served separately, in a course by itself. Tlio hoavy part of the dinner eaton, the maul should bo summoned ami should commence the clearing of the tablo by carrying out lirst tho meat, then tlio dishes of vegetables, anil after that plates and butter plates, placing ono on top of tho other anil using a tray to transfer everything except tho largo platters. Do not permit her to go through tho operation of scraping tho contents of ono plato into another, with a clatter of kuives and forks, and then hearing off the wholo ut ouco. Two plates at a time aro enough for one load. Next after tho soiled dishes, havo taken oil' mats, salt collars and other tablo furniture but tumblers water bottlo or pitcher, napkin rings and ico bowl, and then have the crumbs brushed and tray used. Tho desert is then served, and ex copt at a coremouious dinner the lea or colleo, which should never appear jurlior in tho action, and the work of waiting is done. When ono realizos tho exceeding simplicity of this much dreaded branch of domestic service it seems incompre hensible that in so many families dainty waiting should bo unknown. I am well aware that tho question of serving is gonerally tho sticking point. It is very hard sometimes impossible- for the mistress with but ono maid of-all-work to demand that that one shall bo a practical waitress. It is much easier to have the food jumb led on the table in a helter-skelter fashion than to run the risk of making trouble by insisting that it filial! be served in courses. But the matter is not so iniiicuK, inter all, it (he ser vant understands from the beglnniu that lb s will be required of her 6.W Cheer. "I was never ow lly burled alive," mid an o'i e'ciU, rtn untiling hli eiKHlemt', "but I unco u (irked a wettk hi a loru Hut did not mlvvrtUe. When 1 emne out li heud na al limit at white a you uow tu IU kolltur) IMJUllllKIIIUIlt did It," A rritiltint of I'llUuundi, I'd,, ui glfir fU.ouu toward Npiliilnif a kIkmi) fur ner MaUiuuri, Mailot. 'flu bi( I nihil wm (ouiidnl lijr Quaker. Mill lave alrimli iu ojril on at MaWuiurat umiaui ici ou IH UJH- forir, A ItAlThK-SCAItKKIl VKTKKAN. Hie lrrlble Kxprrlonre of a Union Soldier on the l!i'tisburi; HaUle Kleld. Wliiloa few veterans of the (ato war have been removed from thoir places, there aro a number left. Ono who is still employed in the treasury, writes a Washington correspondent to The fieri Imul 1. cutter, is C. 11. Smith, bet tor known among his irieuds as ' Charlie" Smith. Ho has just been granted a leave of absence. He has the distinc tion of having been ono of iho worst wounded iiiou in the late war. So badly was ho injured that no one who saw "him when lirst shot down ovor thought he would survive, and his case is recorded in tho "Medical and Surgical History of tho War" as ono of tho most remarkable of any thoro described. Early on tho morning of the lirst day at Gettysburg hu entered the light with his regiment, tho 7(ith New Vork, and was one of the first shot down, a minio ball passing clean through his thigh close lo tho body. Ho tell where the battle raged fiercest, and hardly was ho down before anoth er bullet struck him in Iho left groin and came out behind tho right hip joint, passing in its course very near to sovcral important blood vessels and nerves, and going directly through tho bladder; tho third m ssilo passed right through tho abdominal cavity from front to Hiack, and emerged near tlio lower part of tho spine, tho bones of which were partially shattered. All these wounds wore received within a spa' o of lifteen minutes. Then, as Iho wounded man lay prune on his face, a shell burst directly ovor him anil very close to his body, tho explosion raising nun violently Irom tho ground while the ragged iron tore away masses of llesh Irom tho lower part of tho body. Ho was rendered senseless, and during the four days ami nights ho lay upon the liold without food, drink, or shel ter, exposed to tho glaring sun and chilling down. Ho ' had vory little idea of time. Dozons of dead bodies were lying all about him while prowlers" and thieves of tho battle-ground robbed tho wounded and tho dead. Ho was for a groat part of the time within tho lines of the enemy by reason of tho advance of the rcbol.s, and as ho lay upon his I'aco ho louiid it necessity to call out whenever ho heard anyone approaching, for fear it might bo sonio marauder who was pluiidoring tho slain. In such casus tho visitor stuck his bayonet into lite Doily ol tho dead man lo turn linn over, and bmith called out lor tho pur- ioku of indicating that ho was alive. no was not anxious for a rebel bayonet in addition to the injury he had al ready received; therefore, when some ono would ask, "Yank, aro you alive?" ho invariably answered without delay. Thoy robbed him of his canteen of water and all tho clothing thoy could remove from him except that which was clotted and stained with blood from his wounds. Ho lay in a corn liold, and ho found that ho had strrength enough to burrow a little in tho earth so is to bury his face in the dainpor soil, and this somewhat re vived him, and enabled him to keep alive. On tho lifth day a relief party picked him up, rolled him in a blank et, and laid him in a cow-shcul, the only shelter near, whore for two days ho was almost immersed in cow-ooze. Thou ho was removed to an old houso, whore for seventeen days ho lay upon his back on a hard board plank. As tho surgeons never expected him to got well his wounds wore never probed or dressed, nor was anything in Iho shape of medicine given him. Tlio urine passed out byway of tho wound in tho groin, while the contents of tho bowels made thoir exit through the gstulous wound through the spine. I'll if condition of things lasted for mouths. The wound near the spine has never honied. Whenever thoro aro any signs of it tho sufferer becomes sick, it is necessary to make throe or four dressings each day. "Charlie" is is to-day one of the healthiest-looking niou in tho treasury, notwithstand ing tho terrible experience ho under went, and the suffering ho undergoes daily, and though not above medium height ho weighs 17.1 pounds. Hieiioiiiena of Autumn Tints. Besides bo ng unusnally rich and brilliant in autumn tints this season, writes a llonesdalo, I'a., correspondent to The Ncio York Stm, many of tho trees iu this vicinity exhibit numerous odd markings and "fantastic freaks of color. Those aro particularly notice able on maples and elms. One large maple in a liold on the Delunoy farm in an adjoining township is as green as it was in June, except on the south side. There patches of light red and u semicircular splash of yellow have appeared. The red patches aro so (lis triuutcd as to form tho eyes, nose, and mouth of a human faco, nnd so life like aro tlio lines, curves, and shadings of the features that ut a distance the elfoot is startling. '1 ho sprays of yel low curl around the faco, above tho eyes, and give a striking resemblance to n headdress of blonde hair, adding to the startling effect. Not far from tho tree is another maple. A band of scarlet three feet wide encircles it at the lower branches, Above tills belt tho leaves are green all around the Iroo fur about (lie sumo width us the scarlet. Above Iho green Is u similar oirole, of bright yellow, and the rounded top ot the tree Is a solid body of scarlet, rest ing on the bunded bounty of tho wholo like a dome of lire, A lilglt lilll Iu Tenia towmdilp in cleared of timber from bottom to (up with llio iijoopllon of four Urge tretis thai iluiul ulomi together oil (lie tim mlt. Two of luu (ruon Hie iimples, Thu olbur two uru elm. Euoh tjuu It tho corner of a square. I hoy stand about a rod apart. Ou of tlio maples has a large circular spot of hriglit red leaves on tho side fach g ono of the elms. All tho rest of the tree is still unchanged, from the summer green The loaves of tho elm this maple faces havo turned to a rich golden hue. witli tho exception of a circular spot of live ly green, almost the exact size of the red spot on tho maple, and immediate ly opposite it. Diagonally across the second maple from bottom to top, ex tends a wide and regular strip of leaves of solid green. All but this vor dant streak is a (laming red. Tlioeln opposite this maple has a strip run ning in the same direction across it It corresponds in width with the strip on thu maple, nut is ot a soil golden color, r.very other leaf on tho tree is still green. A water birch on tho border ot Mid dle creek displays, among its other wise uniform array of yellow loaves. lines of green leaves that form a lingo and prcrfcet human hand. A particularly striking olfoet caused hy autumn foliage is given by two tali hemlock trees that grow on nsido inn along tho iiawloy turnpike near this village. A wild ivv vino has wound its way up one of tho trees and has crept among Iho branches iu all directions. The leaves of this vino have changed to a most intense crim son, and gleam hero and there in the midst of tho dark and never-changing green of the homluck-liko vail in lit llowors. A wild grapevine bus on iwmcd Use it about llio trunk nnd up around tuo nraucnes oi tno oilier hem lock. Iho leaves of this vino have be come a rich and wuxv vullow. nnd stand out against tho cold color of tho tree like lantastio fashionings of gold. Tho trees in this region began to tako on autumn tints in August." Tlio loaves of an apple Iroo in an orchard on tho outskirts of this village turned in July and fell to tho ground, leaving tuo iroo as oaro as it was in tlio win ter. Soon after tho loaves fell the tree budded, and was in a short lime covered with a now crop of loavos. These aro now turning with thoso of the other trees. Thoro was no frost hereabout until long after the maples ami other trees wore tar advanced m the transition from tho green of sum nior to tno varied hues Hint conies with fall, which would seem lo dis prove tho long-fondled theory that tho turi.nig ot the lent is duo to tlio frost. How lltistiid Used tho (iitvol. biirttcusc (N. l.) hlandurd: "I make no soorot of acknowledging just where I ioarnod to uso tho gavel, ' Gon llustod wont on to say. "It was iu i no .Masonic lougo. 1 divulge no un- revealed my story of the order when 1 say that tho gavel is nowhere so su promo as in tno uranii lodge, it is supremacy itself. To it the delegates bund as quickly as privates in a groat army, as the members oi every p ir liainentary or deliberative " body should. 1 remember an incident in my career ut Albany which is timely hero, it is customary when thb exigencies of business as iu the case of the election of regents of Iho uni voisity of the stato of Now York or United States senators oall the senate and assembly into joint session, for Ihu lower to receive tho upper house in its chamber. The courtesies mid customs of thoso sessions deiuaml that on thu entrance of the senate the as senibly shall rise. On several occas ions beforo I first became speaker of the assembly, 1 had witnessed those ceremonies'. 1 recalled the fact that In each caso the speaker, when the senate was at the door, requested tho assembly to rise. 'To my notion this was exceedingly undlgniliod and re llectod on the deportment of the assembly, who ought to know lf duty as well us its presiding olllcor. Think how n gentleman would fuel walking into a drawing-room to bo told that ho must spit on the lloor. 1 resolved that if oyer 1 became speaker, and I am free to confess 1 had no doubt of It, things would bo dilferuntly done. During my lirst torin a joint session became necessary. The looked-for opportunity was at hand. On the day fixed and at tho hour the sergeant al arms announced thu arrival of tho senate in the usual form. During the pause which tollowed I raised my gavel, and looking calmly at thu house brought it down three times iu suc cession. The next moment sovoutv- livo men woro on their feet, ami natur ally llioso who did not respond atonco nro-o by inspiration. A single blow lator on, when Iho somite was receiv ed, brought the whole assembly lo a sitting posture. Alter adjournment an ox-speaker came to me to find out how it happened that the assembly a rose without the usual request. 4 asked the members to rise,' I said. 'No.' in v imiiiisitivu nredecessor said. 'you didn't, tor not a word was said.' 'lint.' i added, 'I made the usual re quest with my gavel. You honrd tlio three blows?' 'Is that a Masoniosign?' ho asked curiously. 'I did no say so,' wus my response! The gavel at any rate had done the talking." ilo rttoppi I tin i) i it "I Joyo billiards," exolaimod an af fectionate little miss to her juvenile sweetheart, as each one picked up u cue from the rack In the "game" room of the family residence, "it is almost us good ns playing 'post oilice.' " Now 1 know why you aro partial to it." replied the young man. "No joii don't " "it's hooauko there Iu ho much kiss lug 111 It," replied lie, "And it llulo hugging by Ihu cush Ion, too," said she, "And very often a iiiUi cuo," mid tlio father, who hud Interfered Jul tu ft "klua-ahot" wan about to hu luudu, I'diyriuf Vd7y, I'KIU'KIUAIj JIOTIO.V. A fionjr Mfc Spent In S ckliiR It IiicklnR Or.s Wlieol or JIovIiik Hi" World. In almost any villago of tho country can bo found at least ono person who may bo designated as a "character;' which rather uncertain title usually describes ono who is distinguished Iiom Irs neighbors by some striking peculiarity of disposition, manner or occupation in fact, one who is '"a little odd!" Irwin is no exception to the rule. Upon a steep bin If, -MR) feet above tho rod water of Brush Creek, and commanding a most extensive and charming view, stands a small two story frame stable, i'art of this was unco used by its owner as a harness room and oilice, and is lighted by a small window. Iu this, through the courtesy of tho proprietor, has res ded for several years an aged man who has spent tho greater part of his life iu a vain olfort to demonstrate an idea, which has before received the attontiou of many anothor, and, unfortunately, ofton wrecked both moans and mind. An idea that always mocks its fol lowers with a sooining promise of suc cess, only to Hit and leave thoin iu the condition referred to by tho poet, IU- by a irlar's Inutuni null This man began lo work upon his pot idea whon a more boy. and seems to havo followed it up closely at inter vals until a number of years ago, since which time his entire altont on has been given to it. Ho cats and sloops in his rude work room, and a curtain across the window shuts oil" ho interior from the gnzo of the curi oub. Yot ho is willing to show his model to most porsons, and tho visitot is kindly received and entertained, in tho half" light of the room, as ono looks at the too s, and wheels and balls, and sees llio stooping liguro and tho faco almost hidden by a beard, which is un shorn and hangs ovor his bosom in a mass of gray, whilo tho eyes gleam with a now light as tho certainty of success is told, "as soon as ono mora wheel is added." ono can almost fancy himself in tho presence of an alchem ist of old, and that ho is treading tho threshold of untold mystery. But that one wheel has boon laoking thoso many years. Often do wo seo tho old man hovering about fouudurios and shops, or walking up tho steep street to his room with wheels and rods iu his hands, but hu "has not quite iiuisli o,l." Five yoars ago ho was so corta!n that ho had attained his object that lie sought out a young man who had but a whilo before returned from an European tour, and desired him to go ovor again in tho interest of his in vention. Ho said hu had no money to pay any oxpoiifcos, but the invention would bring countless millions of dollars to both, it is needless to say that although the young man would do much for "sweet charity's sake." yot ho declined this request, and tho old man went away wondering why any one would throw away such an opportunity. i'liiis hu works away in his retreat through winter's snows and siiiuiner'.s stinsh no, appurrontly regardless of the beautiful things which Nature iu hor onward march is .scattering so lavishly about him, knowing but the daytime for work and tho night for rest; rarely mooting Ills follow man, and seeking but few, and then only when ho sullies forth to purchase material for Irs nrichiue or food for his body; taking no recreation now, but ever looking forward to that ti mo when in thu completion of his wonder ful work Tuu nlclit shall to lllk'd with music, Ami thu ores that In font tin; duy Slixh find up t lielr tents 1 1 Ico thu Arabs, And bIIch ly eteal away. Tho writer saw him a few ovouings since returning from his purchase of food. Thu air was cool, the sky was lilled with groat masses of gray olouda, and duikucHS was gathering fast. Un der tho shadow of a long lino of arch ing maples ho came witii stoalthy. catlike slops, and disappeared in the gloom. Thoughts came of the lonely life, tho nil-engrossing idea, and the resulting separation which rose liko a wad between him and other men: and it was wondorod whether, after all, there wore not some who atiptrod to the position of leaders among men who allowed loVo of wealth and honor nod power to shut thorn out of the hearts of their follows, as well as tho old man who has devoted his life lo unraveling the mystery of porpotual motion. I'ittibitt h Telcyravi. The -MatriiiKiiiliil CJiusiioii. Man was not wholly uusullish a him- hrod years ago, nor wholly pure; marriages wore not always tho result of honest alfeetion; courtly bearing and coremouious politeness did not always cover a kindly man or a sensi ble and earnest woman, a loving wife or a dovotod husband. Tho rakes, Iho dandles, the monev-gottora, or tho ploasuro-sookora vdo not dominate the life o( a people; and boyoud tliom to-day, as in life last century, only more powerfully felt now, Is a groat and lofty love for the homo h-o, a linn belief in its ennobling tendencies, and a longing desire to keep- tho hearth-sldo snored. Providence1 Jobr uttl. L'oov lay. Thoso who havo applied for oftie, ami not got any, will appreciate (ha following ilUlo story; A Texas school. toitchor, out of curi osity, put the question to the soho!nrn, "What is nothing?" A mui mhshi! until an urchin, whose prolIvlt for earning a dime were wull known among his achool-fsllowa, gat up hh1 rplldi "It's whH h whh ink ywt to kld his Isorae, stud ay i'k Htk vuh.m' 'lm tUfliHjit, "1