The Oregon Scout:
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VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 21, 1SS5.
NO, 21.
THE OREGON SCOUT.
An Independent weekly journnl, issued evo y
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
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Editor, f
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( lorumiui.
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Lodno Directory.
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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,
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