THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES Ac CHANCIJV, IMllillnhcr.
UNION,
OREGON.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
John 1$. uouch has lectured 01
temperance mora than seven thousniu
times.
Mil. JjI.ovi, who has just noon rem
auguratcd governor of Maryland, is lul
!13 years old.
Sixtv-skvkn members of the Londoi
Reform club wlio were in (he List par
liament are not in the new one.
In Berlin there is a house wind
contains 232 compartments unit
inhnbited by nenrly 1.000 x;rsons.
M. Wii.ua st I. Mohan, the regis
trarofthe navy, called at the white
house on business .a few days ago, foi.
the first time in foily years.
IN regard to tho nuke ol Hamburgh's
appearance at St. .Tames hall recently
as a violinist Labouehere says: "Criti
eism would Ijc superfluous, especially i
the duke really acts up to his alleged
resolution not to lo it again."
Mil Jamus Kussi;i.i Lowr.i.r. declines
the invitation to bu orator at Lowell's
semi-centennial celebration, as he has
made arrangements for a three or font
months1 visit to Europe and will bo on
his way before the date of the celebra
tion.
Mil W. 1). Howi;i.i.s' daughter is
about to try her hand at lietion; William
Mack's son writes children's stories,
and a boy of Justin McCarthy is going
to publish a novel; which is adduced as
evidenoo of heredity from literary pro
genitors.
At Bucharest the ladies adopted r.
curious mode of sliowingthcir appreoia
turn of Mine. I'atti's singing. Sudden
ly during tlw performance" they stood
tip and throw white pigeons with ril
hons around their necks, on the stage.
It was literally covered with them.
II. A. Ki:vsi:u, who lectured heforr
tho Boston Scion ti Ho socioty a few
nights ago, stated that a diamond worth
$300,000 is being cut in Amsterdam the
chief city in the world for such work
and that the gem is to bo given to
Queen Victoria on tho fiftieth anniver
sary of her ascension to tho throne.
"Twkntv years ago," says Henry
Bergh, speaking of the changed alti
tude of the public toward tho society
with which his name is identified.
"twenty years ago I had trouble ito get
s?.r, but only a few nights ago my door
bell rang and .1 was handed u cheek for
$25,000 from II. 11. Clallin's estate."
Qukkn Victouia's birthday present
to the crown princess of Germany win?
a "full-dress" carriage. The inferior
is lined with blue-silk damask, with
good fringe and tasols. The outside h
of claret color, with lines of crimson,
and all the mountings -are of brass. On
tho doors and panels the English and
Prussian arms are emblazoned in relief.
An unusual spectacle was presented
at a wedding in llirminghain, England,
tho other day. The bridegroom war
so drunk that the bride had to lead him
to tho altar, and the otUciatiug clergy
man was so disgusted with tho man's
appearance that he refused to perform
tho ceremony, despite the entreaties of
the brfde, who swooned into one of the
bridesmaid's, anus when the clergyman
ordurd the party out of the church.
M. Paul Ginii:it, who has continued
his study of hydrophobia in tho lnlMira
tory of Koch, writes to the French
Academy of Medicine that ho has been
absolutely unable to obtain a rabid dog
in Berlin, and that the physicians in tho
imperial veterinary school in that city
statu that they have not seen a rabid
dog for nioi-o than three years. M.
Giblcr attributes this condition of affairs
to the fact that in UerliiVult dogs ara
muzzled.
A vi:uv realistic nprcsei)tation of
M. Sardou's "Theodora" recently took
place at Valparaiso. The actor who
plays tho part of the executioner was.
hopelessly in lovowlth the heroine, and,
mad with jealousy, took the opportu
nity of putting the cord around tho cm
press' neck to try and strangle her In.
right earnest. Tho unlucky Theodora's
strugglos and contortions wure looked
upon as lino acting Ijy the public, who
applauded frantically, and it was only
through a fellow actor that the real statu
of the case was perceived. Theodora
was then rescued, well nigh dead.
A HKStAitKAUi.i. escape from an alli
gator is narrated by Tho Sijh'ania
(dtt.) Telephone, A Mr. Oliver and a
negro servant were out searching foi
hogs, and at tho edgo of a pond dis
covered a peculiar looking pile of leaves,
which thoy poked luU with a pole,
when out leaped an alligator and gave
chase. Mr. Oliver took to his heels
across tho pond on the Ice, hut slipped
mid fell, and tho dreaded reptllo over
took him. ' lfo thought his time had
certainly wnw,but lit hit- desperation
mh1 kU-o'u by tho upper and lower
jaws and held its mouth open until the
negro caino up ami put a stick in it,
thus propping its jaws apart and ren
dering II li(lpUws. Thoy then killed
the saurian, which measured feoiactfolng
ttver six fet iu length. r
FARM AND GARDEN.
Fncts for 1'nrincrn nnd Those Inter
ested in tlio 1'roiluetn of tho Soil.
It is claimed that keeping sheep as
quiet as possible will tend to fatten
them.
Corn stalks should never be fed un
cut; cvc;i for manure making it is far
better to cut tho stalks,
It is claimed that wherever wheat
nnd com thrive, apples and small fruit
can bo grown profitably.
While a good plow will do better
work than a poor one, it also enables a
team to do more of it.
Hay should be carefully inspected be
fore being fed to cows, as tho bitter fla
vor of weeds is sure to bo communica
ted to tho butter.
Ten counties of New York yielded a
total of npples for shipping estimated
nt 5,000,000 barrels. Tho fruit was un
usually largo and fine.
Tlie Ohio Farmer says six or eight
weeks for sheep and ten or twelve for
cattlo is enough time to crowd their
condition for the butcher.
Both corn and oats in tho last crop
show a greater acreage than ever be
fore in the history of the country. Tho
average yield was also larger than in
the last six years before.
A correspondent of tho Gardeners'
Movthly, says ho cut 1,200 pears from a
Scckel tree in his garden to lighten I ho
crop, but found 1,750 pears upon it
when ho came to gather tho fruit in Au
gust. Never bo tempted to put coarso ma
nure close around young trees in tho
supposition that such material might be
used as a mulch and for winter protec
tion. Mice will congregato there and
certainly girdle the trees.
Mr. L. II. Blossom, of Maine, says
he has greatly reduced tho ravages of
the apple maggot in his orchard, so
that this year his winter fruit was free
from the insect, by gathering tho Infec
ted fruit and feeding it to swino, come
very near tho surface; it is therefore
necessary to protect thein against cold
or heat by careful mulching. Tho trees
also require pruning like any other
fruit trees, though this operation is very
generally neglected.
S. Dili, of Phillips, Mc, writes to the
American Cultivator that ho prevents
scab oji potatoes by tho free use of
wood ashes. J. P. Wyman, of Arling
ton, Mass., says ho used wood ashes
In the same manuuer, and his po
tatoes were the most scabby ho ever
grow.
Mr. Keith, member of the Maino
Penological Society, evaporated 900
bushels of apples in 1881, and ill ids the
Baldwin tho best; a bushel of second
quality Baldwin will produco live
pounds of dried fruit. Tho Roxbury
Russet will produco more pounds to tho
bushel.
Botton corn-cobs are said to bo a val
uablo fertilizer on any soil that is defi
cient in potash, and their value is much
enhanced by bi.'ing rotted with other
manure. In cleaning up hog-pens,
therefore, care should be taken to col
lect all the cobs, and mix them with the
other refuse.
Onion seed may bo sown very early.in
tho spring, in fact as soon as the ground
can be made ready lo receive it. Tho
soil should bu well plowed, then har
rowed, rolled and harrowed again,
until thoroughly pulverized. It should
then bu raked clean of sticks, stones and
clods.
It Is claimed that there are double the
number of Jersey cows hi-tho United
States that thero are in their native
ionic, the Island of Jersey. Wo have
n tho dill'erent States and Territories
20,000 head; in Jersey there are but
10,000. Tho United States is a Lotter
place to select from than tho Island of
Jersey.
It is tho farmer s business to ralso
young colts, and develop thorn Into fuily
mature horses. The cost of Its produc
tion and keep me comparatively so
ellght that the farmer who raises a first-
:lass colt is more certain of profit on
lis work than the producer of any other
kind of young stock.--National Stock
man.
Tho Wisconsin Experimental Station
has been conducting a sorles of experi
ments to determine tho relative value of
bran resulting from tho roller process
of flour Making, compared with that by
tho old process, with a rathor.unoxpect
cd result, tho advantago being quite de
cidedly in favor of that by tho roller
process. ;
A correspondent of tho Jlural Xcw
Yorker tulvlsos tho laying out of the
garden in oblong shape, with perma
nent fences at tho ends and movable
onus at tho sldo, so that when tho gar
den is to bo cultivated tho side panels
can bo removed, tho land tilled by
horse, turning on tho outside of tho
garden, and tho feneo restored.
Tho Country Gentleman says: It
jhould always bo borne in mind in es
timating tho value of any fertilizer,
that its market price does not show
what it may bo worth when applied to
land, as thcro are so many controlling
influences In cultivation and In tho
growth of plants. Tho only practical
test Is tho applying it to tho growing
crops.
Tho
benefits of progressive, wido
awako farmers' debating clubs is shown
by tho town of Fairfield, X. i.., which
itauds at the head in tho census reports
In tho production of farm crops per
aero or per capita, ami this in attributed
to the influence of a debating club for
mutual improvement, & number, of
years ago, in which nearly every farm
in town was represented.
Tho Western Plowman thinks that
one hundred years from now "farmers
will live in villages where their families
will have the best social and education
al ndvantagis. These villages will bo
liko tho hub of a wheel, from which
will go out in all directions electric
railways, which will lake the farmer
and his laborers to the farm and bring
back the products to market."
Let the laying hens run at will in the
barnyard. . They find gras3 seeds, par
tially digested grain, etc., and so require
less feeding. If you expect eggs this
cold weather, don't forget to give them
a hot msish In the morning. Keep a
big Iron pot hidden under tho kitchen
table, and into it throw parings of all
kinds, all sorts of tablo refuse and fill
up with small potatoes. Cook until
very soft and keep it on the back of the
range all night, in order to have it
warm in the morning. Before feeding
mash all well, and stir in tho bran,
meal or middlings." Poultry World.
During tho winter season it will bo
found a very good plan, twice or thrice
a week, to drop an even teaspoonful of
cayenne pepper into, say two gallons of
water, given to the fowls for their
daily drink. This is a grand tonic, and
it works very kindly toward warming
tho blood on chilly days. Another ex
cellent provision is to place at tho bot
tom of tho pail or vessel containing
their drink a bit of asafctida. This im
pregnates tho fluid with its tonic quali-
tics, and it is very wholesomo for fowls
in the wintry days
'Says the London (England) Stock
Journal: "In regard to overfeeding of
stallions wo aro glad to notico that
Prof. Williams, of Edinburgh, strongly
recommends that draft stallions should
bo worked a littlo later in winter. This
is not only with a view of preserving
tho horso's procreative powers, but his
health. As now, when attacked, his or
gans are being in a very healthy condi
tion, ho is unable to withstand tho usu
al veterinary remedies when in trouble,
and succumbs suddenly. Tho lato Dr.
Drew was of the same opinion, and ev
ery springtime ho gave his famous stud
horse Princo of Wales good sweating
in the chain harrow."
Had Cheek and Money.
The type-setting contest at ono of tho
museums has brought a world-known
character to tho front. It is "Jim"
Davis, or "Jumbo," as thoy call him.
Davis is Barnum's old traveler a
soarcher for curios. There is no placo
on the planet that Davis has not been.
It was ho who went to Burmah to buy,
beg, steal or fako a whlto elephant.
Now that it is all over, people am sco
in Davis's oyo that the- elephant was
faked, though ho is too royal to givo it
away. Ho was in Egypt; whon Alex
andria was bombarded, and was pres
ent at Cairo when Arabi Pasha was
brought in froniTel-ol-Kober a prisoner.
Tho genius of Davis conceived a mighty
schciiio then. It was no other than to
bring tho great Egyptian rebel to Amer
ica to lecture in Barnum's circus. Da
vid secured an interview with Arabi,
and got him to accept $15,000 in gold
for ono year's work in America. His
oxponses wero to bo paid, and those of
his retinuo. Then Davi3 went to Admi
ral Seymour for permission to take tho
robol out of tho country. It was, of
course, refifscd indignantly. Davis
went at onco to Malta, there took tho
steamer for Marseilles, and sped across
Franco to England. Ho hunted up
Minister Lowell, and the very cheek of
tho man socured an audience. Davis
wanted Lowell to go to Lord Derby and
get him to go to Gladstone and havo
l'asha's expatriation changod from Cey
lon to tho United States. Lowell re
ceived him good-naturedly, but laughed,
and seemed to enjoy tho joko. IIo did
aftorward tell tho story to Gladstone,
and both laughed at tho marvelous as
suranco of tho ever-present Yankco,
with money at his back. Chicago Iler
rld. '
Tho Facetious Boston Barber.
Ono night Hob full in with a fellow
who was "English, you know." Tho
latter was borating tho Yankees for do
ing all manner of business In their
shops and not following tho bettor En
glish plan of sticking to ono branch.
Tho next da' ho swnggercd in Bob's
shop to bo shaved. Bob gavo his faco
ar extra good soaping and loft him, at
tho oamo tinio seating himsolf to road.
Tho Englishman kept quiet for a fow
minutes, when, seeing Bob reading, ho
blurted out: "Why don't you shavo
mo, sir?" "You will havo to go up
strcot for your shavo," qulotly replied
tho barbor; "wo only lather hox-o." Tho
answer took tho vim out of thococknoy.
lioslon 'JYa nscrijU.
Bob Toombs and Ran Tucker.
There is a good story told about Gen
eral Tootns, illustrating tho brilliancy
of his wit. Ono day a press tolegram
announced tho death of Randolph
Tuoker of Virginia, and tho noxt day a
correction was sent out by tho Virginia
statesman. Colonel John Stephens dur
ing tho day fell into tho company of
General Toombs, and in tho courso of
conversation romarked:
"Well, Gonoral, I see thatttau Tuoker
donles that ho is dead."
"Yes," said tho Gonoral, quickly, "I
saw that, but lie's suoh a d 1 liar I don't
know whether to bullovo it or not I"
-Mlanti (fy!Hui9H. s
LINCOLN'S SARCASM.
How Old Abo Toole Off n Gnllant
Ofllccr Ills X,lttlo Speech.
Abraham Lincoln, when a represent
ative from Illinois in 1847-48, says Ben.
Pcrlcy Poorc, used to pass an hour or
more every morning in the house post
office telling stories, of which ho pos
sessed an illimitable fund. While re
lating a story his face usually wore an
expression of tho deepest gravity, but
when he came to the close he would in
dulge in a hearty laugh in fact, laugh
all over from head to foot and if his
listener enjoyed the narrative and mani
fested his appreciation of it in a similar
manner, Mr, Lincoln would only laugh
the more, until his eyes overflowed with
tears in tho excess of his enjoyment.
Mr. Lincoln made but one long speech,
which was listened to with intense in
terest by the occupants of the floor and
of the galleries of tho house of repre
sentatives. This speech was delivered
during tho session of congress immedi
ately preceding the presidential election,
and was in reply to one niado a few
days previous by Mr. Iverson. a re pro
1 HCntativc from the state of Georgia. Tho
seats in the old hall of representatives
at that time were arranged in a soiui
l circle and divided by. narrow aisles,
, which radiated like t ho spokes of a wheel
from tho area, which was partly occupied
, by the clerk's desk and the speaker's
'chair. A broad aisle, extending from
the center door to tho clerk's desk, di
. vided tho hall Into two equal parts. Tho
beats on one side of this aisle were oecu-
J p;e,i by the members of the democratic
party, while on the opposition side sat
the "whig" and "free soil" representa
tives. Mr. Lincoln's seat was on the
outer range and near tho western cn
t ranee of the hall. Ilisspccch watfhasti
ly written on sheets of foolscap paper,
and lay on the desk before him.
After speaking a few minutes ho
abandoned his notes and trusted to his
memory or tho inspiration of tho theme.
Becoming excited, ho commenced
walking up and down the aisle, his
right arm being extended, and his long,
bony forefinger pointing toward the op
position side oi tho hail to tho occu
pants of which his remarks wero espe
cially addressed, and by whom he was
listened to with the deepest attention,
when ho was not interrupted by loud
laughter. His left arm was thrown be
hind him and partially covered by tho
skirts of a black swallow-tail coat,
slightly threadbare, which hung loosely
from his shoulders. IIo seemed hardly
conscious of his movements until ho had
crossed the area, and stood faco to faco
with his auditors on tho democratic sido
of tho hall, when he would suddenly
turn and, rapidly walking back to his
desk, glance at his manuscript, and
then resume his walk. He thus occu
pied his allotted hour. "Military Coat
tails" was tho subject of his speech.
Few speeches comparable to it in witty
sarcasm havo ever been delivered in the
halls of congress.
Tho presidential candidate of tho
whig party at this time was Gen. Zaeh
ary Tailor, the hero of tiio Mexican
war, while that of tho democratic party
was Gen. Lewis Case, a senator from
Michigan, who was in the military ser
vice of tho United States iutho war of
11112, and distinguished himself at the
battle of the Thames. In the speech of
tho member from Georgia, tho whig
party wero said to havo deserted all
their principles and taken shelter under
tho military coat-tails of Gen. Taylor,
in other words, their chief relianco for
success was upon tho military reputa
tion of their candidate. In tho courso
of his speech, Mr. Lincoln undertook to
show that tho democratic party wero
open to a similar charge, having for
nearly a quarter of a century made po
litical capital out of the military reputa
tion of Gen. Jackson, or "Old Ilicory,"
as ho was popularly called, and not only
making him president out of
it tor oijjlit years, but having
enough of it loft to mako
presidents of several comparatively
small men afterward, and still replying
upon it to make another. "Tho cam
paign papers of tho party, with rudo
likenesses of Gen. Jackson upon them,"
ho said, "proclaimed that Cass nndllut
ler were of the 'true hickory stripe,
while hickory poles and hickory brooms
were there never-ending emblems."
Toward tho close of his speech Mr. Lin
coln made a humorous and sarcastic
commentary upon tho military record of
Gon. Cass, quoting at somo length from
tho stories then in circulation concern
ing his valor at tho battle of theTliomas
where, it is said, ho broke his sword
in a "lit of desperation," and winding
up with tho following narrative of his
own exploits as a soldier:
"lly tho way, Mr. Speaker, did you
know I am a military hero? Yes, sir,
In tho days of tho Mack Hawk war I
fought, bled, and came away. Speak
ing of Gon. Cass' career reminds mo of
my own. 1 was not at Stillnian's de
feat, but about as near it as Cass was to
Hull's surrender, and, like him, I saw
the place very soon aftorward. It is
quite certain that I did not break my
HWord, for 1 had none to break; but I
bent a musket pretty badly on ono occa
sion. If Cass broke his sword, tho idea
is ho broke it in desperation. I bout tho
musket by accident. If lie saw any real
lighting Indians, it was more than I did;
but I had a good many bloody struggles
with .the mosquitoss, and, although I
never fainted from the loss of blood, I
cau truly sy 1 win often very PnPgrr.
Mr. Speaker, if I should ever conclude
to doll' whatever our democratic friends
may suppose there is of black cockado
federalism about mc, and thereupon
they shall take mo up as their candidato
for the presidency, I protest that they
shall not mako fun of mc, as they havo
of Gen. Cass, by attempting to write me
into a military hero."
Here the speaker's hammer fell, and
Mr. Lincoln returned to his scat amid
peals of laughter and demonstrations of
applause from the occupants of tho
floor and the galleries, and "some min
utes elapsed before order was restored
and the regular business of the house
resumed.
Queer Oil "Wells.
An Olean, N. Y., correspondent
writes: There aro two oil fields in tho
middle petroleum district that arc never
heard of in tho annals of the trade, but
thero is none more curious. One yield?
a product which is called tho "Oil of
Joy," after T. C. Joy, who discovered
the territory. The other field is called
tho Grasshopper field, because of the re
semblance of the light and primitive
walking-beams that pump the oil from
the sand (o a lot of huge grasshoppers.
The Grasshopper field is between
Plcasantvillc and Titusville. Before tho
Bradford field was discovered some oper
ators drilled a niilo or two in this pecu
liar territory for illuminating oil. Tho
drill struck a bed of still clay, as blue as
indigo, about twenty feet below the sur
face. This was drilled through, and a
showing of heavy oil found. Tho well
was soon abandoned. Somo years after
wards tho owner of the property dug a
well with pick and shovel down through
the bed of blue clay. In under that clay
was found a rich lubrieatihg oil sand.
The oil taken from the sand at onco
commanded $15 a barrel. Tho wells
are curbed with hemlock planks, and the
oil is pumped by the simplest kind of a
sucker-rod. As soon as tho oil was
found to be so valuable wells were dug
in this district in great numbers. Tho
deepest ono is only fifty feet in depth.
The oil now commands $10 a barrel at
the wells, and is all taken by an oil com
pany at Rochester. The yield is about
one barrel a day per well. This oil will
not congeal in tho lowest temperature,
and is a natural lubricator, needing no
treatment before using.
The oil of Joy territory is near the
Grand valley. The oil is found in par
allel belts a mile long, and nowhere
more than five hundred feet wide.
There is a strip of dry territory an eighth
of a niilo wide between these belts, of
which there are three. The oil lies at
a depth of from 40 to 150 feel. The sand
is 75 feet in thickness. The wells aro
pumped every hour in the day and every
day in the week, because of tho unusual
accumulation of water. A peculiarity
of tho water is that while in all the re
gion oft" the oil bolts the water is very
hard, tho water from tho wells is ex
tremely soft and cold. Three barrels of
water are pumped with every barrel of
oil that is obtained.
Sich Folks.
Mrs. Gauleton, who lives on the east
fork of Hominy Onnk, has returned
from Washington City whither she went
a few days ago. Having seen it stated
that any ono could call on the wife of a
cabinet ofllccr, Mrs. Gauleton called on
one. The old lady took out her knit
ting and settled horself back for a sea
son of enjoyable conversation. Tho
Mrs. Cabinet was astounded.
"I would'vo brought you a fewaigs,"
said Mrs. Gauloton, "but the fact is
wo have had such pore luck witii the
chickens that aigs air scarce. Tho gaps
was awful this last spring and it did
scorn that all the chickens would die.
Let mo know when tho time comes and
I'll go out and help you git dinner.
Now don't say a word, for I know how
you'ro bothered. If you don't mind
I'll light my pipe. I havo smoked so
long that I kain't very well git along
without it now. Now do sit still and
not bother yourself on my account."
Mrs. Gauleton remained all day and
might havo remained all night but for a
very suggestive remark niado by Mrs.
Cabinet. The old lady when asked
how bIio liked Washington said: "Oh
tho town is all right but my lands, sich
folks. They don't know how to enter
tain a body." Arkansaw Traveler.
Prevalence of Physical Deformity
Artists tell newspaper reporters that
it is difficult to find either men or wo
mon of sutlieieiitly good figure to poso
for portrait models, hnpuro air. smok
ing, drinking and other dissipations
unlit the men for models, and seden
tary habits and bad customs in dress
unlit tho women for the artists' purpose.
Still tho girls are superior physically to
tho men; the best molded forms, it is
said, coming from "the roughest and
vilest parts of tho city." Whilo this
fact is in a measure duo to tho impress
ion that it is not quite respectable to
poso for tho artist, it is quite possible
that the models from tho purlieus have
been both conceived nnd reared under
less restraint than is found to exist in
better society. In tho higher walks of
life marriages aro contracted more with
a view of social considerations than af
fection and attraction; and then in tho
homo of competency and wealth life is
too artificial to promoto phybical health
and beauty. It has boon frequently
said that a little learning is a dangerous
thing; it is very certain that a littlo
civilization is a ilangerous thing. Dr.
Foote's Health Monthly.
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Tho Australian Chemist and Drug
gist says that essence of peppermint
painted on a burn causes tho pain Jo
cease at once.
Paper rails are made in Russia. They
are longer than ordinary rails, and said
to have greater adhesiveness in contact
with locomotive wheels.
The fa niters in tho neighborhood of
New London arc excited ovor tho sup
posed discovery of petroleum fountains,
which, if-it prove true, will interest ge
ologists amazingly, as that whole' region
is underlaid with primitive granite!
The Medical World says that an easy
method of removing foreign bodies from
the cyo is to placo a grain of llaxsccd
under the lower lid and close tho lids.
Tho seed becomes quickly surrounded
by a thick adherent mucilago which en
traps the foreign body and soon carries
it out from the angle of the oyo.
Dr. Joseph Leidy lately had submitted
to him spongy ice from tho vicinity of
Morristown, X. J., which contained
great quantities of living worms, sonic
an inch in 1-sngth. They provodto b3 a
new species Of liunbricus' to which tho
common earth worm belongs. No liv
ing organisms have over been found
within clear dense ice, suoh as is usual
ly served for drinking purposes.
The value of the general triangulation
of the country conducted by tho Coast
Survey, in order to afford accurate
linos, may bo estimated by tho fact that
when the best maps of Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri aro plot
ted together the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers become a series of irregular
lakes, without any connection, tho local
outlines being too inaccurate lo coin
cide. Dr. C. C. Abbott's collection of .stone
implements of the American Indians,
now on exhibition in the Pcabody Muse
um of Archajolog', at Cambridge,.
Mass., is considered ono of the most im
portant of tho kind over brought to
gether, one which archaeologists will
consult for all timo lo come. It con
tains more thanSO.OOOstono implements
and several hundred objects niado of
bone, clay and copper, and was gath
ered almost wholly in the neighborhood
of Trenton, N. J.
How the Speaker Makes His
List.
Is it not a wonder to any ono who
thinks about it how tho Speaker is able
iu a week or ten days to assign 335 men
to fifty committees without giving one
man too much or omitting to employ
somebody? The work is dono so sys
tematically, however, that it is only by
a gross blunder that anybody is alto
gether omitted in the distribution of
places. Tho Speaker begins by sotting
up a chart ruled ono way for fifty places,
and at right angles to those lines are
335 others corresponding to tho number
of members and delegates. As a man
is assigned a check is made in tho spaeo
over tho name and a committee lino in
serted. As the work progresses tho
Speaker can see at a glanco who has
been chosen and who is to be provided
for. Whon a change is made, the checks
aro rubbed out and the transfer nnvle by
more checks in other places. While
members are not supposed to ask for
places, the' do it. and the expression of
preference, though not quite proper, in
a strict sense, i.s helpful to tho Speaker
in furnishing members with congenial
occupation. A certain degree of caution
is observed in refusing to put men on
committees when they aro too seemingly
concerned about pet schemes to como
before them.
Not His Handwrite.
Old man Davidson, in Lcako County,
Miss., has a son in Texas. A short timo
ago young Davidson got into trouble
and was arrested and fined. IIo had
no money, ami it was go to jail or raise
it by somo means. Ho told tho Sheriff
that if ho would wait until ho could
writo homo to' his father tho money
would be forthcoming as soon as his
family were made acquainted with his
troubles, and tho mails could bring it.
Tho ShorilV suggested that ho telegraph
to his father to send him the money by
telograpio money order. Ho acted upon
this suggestion. When tho telegram
reached tho Mississippi olllco tho opera
tor had to sond it sovoral miles into tho
country to the old man. When Mr.
Davidson road it ho was confused and
could not understand it, and appealed
to his wife to assist him. Sho looked nt
tho telegram, and handing it back Baid:
"John, that ain't William's handwrite,
it's a trick of somo of them town folks
to beat you out of $50." Tho old man
thought his wife was right William
laid in tho Texas jail until ho got a re
ply from a letter. Detroit Free Press.
Gambling Among ."Women.
Ono would hardly credit a statement
of tho extent lo which New York ladies
gamble, and tho largo bets which somo
of them make would stagger amateurs
in any other part of tho country. To
ker is tho chosen gani3 and is played at
a high limit. "Saturday Night Poker
Parties" wero started hist winter and
havo been continued this year, with
many new names added to tho list of
players. Theso aro facts which none
will fail to deplore. Tho effects of
gambling, especially among women,
cannot bo other than demoralizing upon
society at largo, especially when tho
eirclo which is looked upon as reprosen
tavo of our best peoplo seta an example;
wjilch, is eagerly! followed by their imi
tators. Town Topics.
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