The Oregon Scout.
VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 18SC.
NO, 48.
TEE OREGON SCOUT.
An Independent weekly Journal, issued ovo y
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. .Tones, 1
Editor, f
J II. OiANCEr,
I Foreman.
HATES OF SIMJSCail'TION:
Ono copy, one- year
' ' Bi.x months
" " Threo months
.ft 60
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Invariably cash In advance.
If by any chance subscriptions are not paid
till end ot your, two dollars will bo charged.
Hates of advertising mado known on appli
cation. Correspondence from all parts of tho county
solicited.
Addres all communications to A. K.Jones,
Editor Oregon Scout, Union, Or.
Lodge Directory.
GltAND ItONDK V.VI.I kv I.onoK, No. fit. A. F.
and A. !. Meets on tlio second and four tit
Saturdays of each month.
O. F. llixu W. M.
C. E. Davis. Secretary.
Union Lodoe. No. I. 0. O. 1 Ilejrular
meetings on Frlilay evenings of each week at
their bull in Union. All brethren In wood
standing aro Invited to attend, lly order of
tho lodro. S. W. I,ono, N. Q.
a. A. TiioursoN, Secy.
Church Iltrcetory.
M. E. CitlTnril Divino service evervSundny
ntlln.inanu7p.ii. fluidity school at ;i p.
tn. l'rayer uucting every I'litir.-ilay evening
utfl:S0. lti:v. Watson, l'astor.
I'ltFsnvTEltiAN Ciit'itcii Hegulitf church
service ever)' Snbbatb morning and evening,
l'rayer mooting cell week on Wednesday
evening, bull I mill school every Sabbath at
10 n. m. Jtov. II. ViutNON- lticc, Pastor.
St. John's Kersror-w. Cucitcu Sorvlco
every Sunday ot 11 o'clock a. m.
Hev. V. It. Powixu Hector.
County Ofllccrit.
Judgo A. C. Craig
Sheriff A. L. Saunders
Clerk 11. F. Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Ilonson
School Superintendent J. L. Ulndman
Survejor E. Plmonls
Coroner E. II. Lewis
COMMISSIONERS.
Geo. Acklcs Jno. Stanley
Stato Senator L. 11. ltinclmrt
ItKPilESENTATIVES.
F.T.Dick E. E.Taylor
City OUIccrx.
Mayor D. It. Hces
COONCU.MEW.
S. A. Pursol W. D. lieMlemnn
J. S. Elliott J. II. Thoiimson
Jno. Kennedy A. Levy
Hccorder M. F. Davis
Marshal E. E. ates
Treasuror J. D. Carroll
Street Commissioner L. Eaton
Departure of Train w.
Regular east bound trains leavo at 9:30 a.
m. Westbound trains leavo at 4:-"0 p. m.
IKOFi:SSIOAI.
J. It. CUITES,
ATTOHIVI2Y AT IAW.
Collecting and probato practice specialties
Olllco, two doors south of Postofllco, Union,
Oregon.
R. EAKIN,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
Offlco, ono door south of J. I). Eaton's storo
Union, Oregon.
I. N. CROMWELL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Odlce, ono door south ot J. D. Eaton's store,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOTT, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AIVB SiJICi.MOIV,
lias permanently located nt North Powdor,
where no will answer all ealls.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
ATTOItlVKY AT liAIV,
Union, .... Oregon.
M. Baker.
J. F. Baker.
BAKER & BAKER,
Attorneys ani Counsellors at Law,
AND
REAL ESTA'lE AGENTS.
La Grande, - - Oregon.
D. B. REES,
Notary Public
AND
Conveyancer.
OFFICE-Stato Land Offico building,
Union, Union County, Oregon.
II. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney at I.nw, Itvul Kt,tntn
uud Collecting; Akciu.
Land Office Business a Specialty.
Office at Alder, Union Co., Oregon.
SSB HAHDESTV, J. W. 6I1KI.T0.V
SHELTON & HARDEST!,
ATTOICNEYM AT I.. AW.
Will practice in Union, Baker, Grant,
Umatilla and Morrow Counties, also in the
Supreme Court ot Oregon, the Distriot,
Circuit and Supreme Courts ot the United
States.
Mining and Corporation business a spe
cialty. Ofllce in Union, Orejon,
J. W. STRANGE,
OFFICE-Corncr Main and A Streets.
Union, Oregon.
All work strictly first-class. Charges
reasonable.
A. L. COBB, IYI. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
TTnvSni. .n'ti n mill 1 1 tr lnpntiMt III Aldnr.
............ .j ...... ... - .
Union county, Oregon, will bo lound ready
to attend to calls in nil the various towns
and settlements ot the Wallowa valley.
Chronic IHm-hsi's n Specialty.
pB'My motto is- "Live and lot live."
DEPOT HOTEL
A. C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor.
(Union Depot, Oregon.)
Splendid ucconiiiiodations fur coinmer
eial men. Table always supplied with the
best tlie market iiuokIh.
jtit' HOT AND (Ol.l MlMlt.U. DATIIS'fl-5
KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORE
AIVI SOIA S-'ACI'OSSY.
Cor, Main nnd I Sta.. - Union, Oregon
SIIiac.lIAN A ltil.KV, Props.
Manufacturers and dealers in Soda
Wnter, Siirsnparilhi, flinger Ale, Lieain
Soda and Cliampnuno Cider, Syrups, etc.
Orders promptly lilled.
Daily Stage Line
From Union to lha Cove.
.1. S. El.MOTT,
PuOPIUKTOIt
Leaves Union at 1 0:150 a. in., and re
tuniH at 2::i() p.m. every day except Sunday
I'a re from depot to Cove J
I'round trip 1
UassenuoiM will be tiikon trom tlio depot
tht'ougii to Cove via Union.
W. R. JOHNSON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Plans and Specifications tor Dwellings.
Haras and llriilges furnished FKHU OF
CIIAIKii:.
Bridge Building a Specialty-
All kinds of Cabinet Work neatly execu
ted. Kepniring done on short notice.
None but the best workmen employed,
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Call and interview me.
FRUIT AND SHADE
A PPL 13, PKAlt, PLUM, PRUNE, PKACII,
AP1UC0T. CltAIiAPPLE, C'HEKUY.
SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES
Of well known vnii -lies, suilnhlu for this
climate. Can also furnish foreign sorts at
oiic-third the pi ice nuked by eastern can
vassers. I desire to sell trees at prices
that people can afford to buy.
L. .1. KOUSK,
Cove, Oregon.
132-134 HirJ fctel, Portland, Orep
IS a regular graduate in medicine; has
been longer engaged in the special treat
ment of all Venereal, Sexual and Chronic
Diseases than any other physician in the
West, nB city papeis show, and old resi
dents know; 1,000 reward for any case
which ho fails to euro, coining under his
treatment, by following his directions.
DK. VAN is tho most successful Catarrh,
Lung nnd Throat Doctor in Amorica. lie
will tell you your trouble without asking
you a single question, nnd WAHHANTd
PHUM ANKNTCl'ltK in the followiugcafies:
NKItVOUri DUH1LITY, Spermatorrhea,
Seminal Losses, Sexual Decay, Failing
Memory. Weak Eyes, Stuntod Develop
ment, Lack of Energy, Impoverished
Wood. Pimples, Impediment to Marriage;
also Wood and SUiu Diseases, Syphilis,
Eruptions. Hair F.illing. liono Pains, Swell
ing, Sore Throat, Ulcer. Effects of Mer
cury, Kidner and Illadder Troubles, Weak
Hack, llurning Urino, Incontinence, Conor
hum, Gleet, Stricture, reculves oearching
treatment, prompt relief and curator life.
NEKVOUS Diseases (with tr without
dreams), DUoHBeddiseliHrgcn cured prompt
ly without hindrance to buniiie.
IJOTII SEXES consult confidentially. If
in trouble call or write. Delays are dang
erous. Disenres of the Eyo or Ear, Ulceration or
Catarrh, internal or external. Deafness or
Paralysis. Singing or Uoaring Noises,
Thickened Drum, etc., iiermnneiitly cured.
LOST MANHOOD p. t feet l.v restored.
CANCEKS AND TI'MuUS permanently
removeil without the knife or caustic
Medicine compounded and furnished to
nil patients at ollice striit'y pureand vege
table. Guarantee of I'tiiiMANKNT cures in
all cases undertaken. Cons illation free
u i -I.., 1 .. ni.,a.Iafilliil All rnt-tn4liflll-
deuce promptly nttended to; ineilicino sent
by express to any addres tree from expos
ure. Call or address Private Dispensary,
Non. 132-134 Third St.. Portland, Oregon.
Terms strictly caeh. Oilice hours 8 a. in.
to 8 p. m.
Br. Van Monciscar
CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.
Not .lotit-tinls or the Celestial I'.mplro,
but of t'alirornln.
Tho inajoritj- of tlio Chinese- mer
oliants and btisinis men in this city, as
well as their clerks and book keepers,
can read and write tho Hnglih lan
guage, and quite a number of thorn arc
subscribers to the daily papers.
That those, however, who aro not so
gifted may have an opportunity of
knowing what is transpiring in the busy
world, there are at tho present time
four nowspapors printed in Chinese
characters regularly published in
Francisco. They are all issued weekly
anil have an average circulation of -'.SOD
copies. Tlio majority of these papers
are cent into the interior of this state,
to Washington territory, Hritish Colum
bia, and tin- Sandwich islands. Only
about one-lil'Ih of the whole number is
taken in this city. Tlio subscription
pvito of each is tfi'.oO per annum, deliv
ered by carriers in the city, and $.r a
year if sent, through the mails to tlio
country or abroad.
The oidi'.t paper of the quartet is The
J-rrunlcr, published by Mun Keo it Co.
It ha been in existence eighteen years,
and lias a .subscription list of ooO. tif
which eighty are delivered in tho oily
and the remainder mailed to the iu'.o
rior. Mini ICee. its lirst editor and pro
prietor, mai.e a fortune out of The Uc
ronlcr. Selling out three years ago.
he returned to China to spend his de
clining years. The Oriental is pub-lL-hcd
by Wall K.-e & Co. It lias been
in existence live year.-., ami has a circu
lation of about 100. The Weekly Orei
tleiitnl is now in its fourth year, and
Horn Hong & Co., its proprietors,
t laim that it is the "live" paper and
lias the largest circulation. It has L'OO
city subscribers and .Hint in the country.
Cum Shoo, its translator and reporter,
is well educated in English and Chi
nese, and nothing of interest occurs in
the Chinese quarter that he does not
report for the paper which ho repre
sents. Tho stall' of a Chinese newspaper
consists usually of four persons -vic. :
;.n editor, a sub-editor, a translator,
and a printer or pressman. Tho ed
itor and .sub-editor aro generally the
proprietors, and each usually edits one
half the paper. The translator is a
most important per.ou. His duties are
to pick up new.s around the Chinese
quarters, anil read carefully tho Ameri
can daily papers. From these ho culls
the market r -ports, accounts of out
rages on Chinese, tho passage of any
laws or ordinances particularly all'eel
iug the Chiiioo. and any other item
v, hich he thinks will interest his coun
trymen. These he translates into Chi
nese character., and hands them to the
editor for insertion.
The editors copy the characters so
supplied them with tho ordinary Chi
nese pen and .specially prepared ink on
what is called transfer paper. Tho
sheet of transfer paper is (lie same sio
as tlio paper to Iw printed. When tho
editor lias his sheet of transfer paper
filled with characters his labor is done,
and he hands tho paper over to the
printer.
This functionary has a lithographic
stone already prepared, and toil he
tramlVrs tin- haraeters on the paper.
After "selling" tho ink on tho stone J
with nitric aeul and gum ho is ready for 1
printing. After passing a wet sponge
over the stone he rolls over it an ink
roller, tlio ink from which only adheres
to iho written characters, lie then lays
the sheet of paper to bo printed on tho
stone, placing on top of it a inotal
cover. An iron bar is now placed
across this cover and tightened down by
a lever worked by tho foot of tlio oper
ator. Tlio frame on which tho stone is
set is then, by moans of a strap and pul
ley worked by tho printer, made to
slido under the bar its whole longth.
The pressure of tho bar on tlio cover
cans -s tho impression of 111 s inked char
acters to bo transferred from the kIoho
to the paper. Tho process is repeated
until the required number of copies ia
printed. Then the stone in cleaned oil
and smoothed down, and tho characters
fur tho other side of the paper are trans
ferred to It, and tho printing of the
other side of tho printed shoots com
mences. Ono side only of a paper can
bo printed at a time. A smart printer
can print one wide of four hundred
shoots in an ordinary working day.
Five working days are required to get
out an edition of one thousand.
The American ami Chinese Commer
cial Sews, tho latent aspirant for jour
nalistic honors among the Chinese, was
started by Sttoy Koe it Co. a little over
threo years ago. lU proprietors in
tended to revolutionize tho Chiucfco
nuwupupor busiuods in this city, and en
gaged a large stall' of reporters, etc.
Their purse, however, was no? as largo
us tlioir ideas, and a yoar ago they
gracefully retired bankrupt. Tho
present proprietors, now have tho papor
on a paying basis, and have a circula
tion of 70. The title of the paper if
printed in -ld Human text, and above il
is a representation of a llaming dragon.
The papers are printed with black
ink on single sheets of thin white pa
per, except at Chinese new year, when
cither red paper i used or the char
acters are printed in red ink on tlio or
dinary paper, red being considered tli
lucky color among the Chinese.
The charge for advertisements is reg
ulated by the number of characters
employed. The price would average
about .') cents a word in English, or $S
for one inch square for one insertion,
willi a reduction for "ads" running fot
over six months. The advertisements
generally consist of notices of sailing
das of .steamers, notices issued by the
Chinoso Six companies, and prices ol
sewing machines, lamps, firearms, and
other commodities which find a read
sale among tho Chinese. Theso are in
serted by whito merchants. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Marriage-Made Mon.
"Let him many, then," was tho crus
ty reply of an old bachelor, on being
told that a friend had gone blind: "let
him marry, and if that doesn't open
his cvos, then his case is indeed hope
less' The sueet has been confuted by the
experience of scores of blind scholars,
whoio wives have been eyes to them,
lluber, tho great authority on bees,
was blind from his seventeenth year,
and conducted the observations which
gave him the facts for his studies
through tho ees of his wife, llo de
clared that lie should be miserable were
he to regain his eeight, adding, "1
should not know to what extent a per
son in my situation could be beloved:
besides nt wife is always young, fresh
and pretty, which is no light, matter."
lilind Henry Fawcett, became profess
or of political economy at Cambridge,
an effective debater in Parliament, and
a most successful postmaster-general,
by using the eyes of his cultured wife.
The crusty old bachelor's sneer falls
Hat, when it encounters such wives as
these -and they are but two out of the
many who have made thoir husbands
men of good repute.
Sir Samuel Koinily, the leading law
yer and law-reformer of his day, illus
trated tho experience of successful men
when ho said that nothing had more
prolited him in his public life than the
observations and opinions of his wife.
Tlio biographer of Sir William Hamil
ton, commenting upon tho helpfulness
of Lady Hamilton, says: The nunibei
of pages in her handwriting still pre
served is perfectly marvellous."
When he was elected professor ol
logic and metaphysics in tlio University
of Edinburgh, ho had no lectures in
stock. He began at oneo to write
them, but though he worked rapidly,
and far into tlio night, ho was often
only a few hours in advance of his
class.
Lady Hamilton sat up night aflor
night to write out a fair copy of the
lectures from tlio roughly written paes
he had scrawled in the adjoining room,
Ho would take her legible sheets, and
road them that morning to the student's
who knew not that their profo s(r'e
success was duo to his being a marriage
mado man. When paralysis, brought
on my mental overwork, had stricken
him, slio became even more helpful,
and by her assistance ho was enabled
to perform his professional duties un
til death removed him from his chair. -youth's
Companion.
A Foo of Freedom and Manhood.
The right to refuse labor; tho right to
accept labor; tho right to employ labor,
and tho right to refuse to employ labor,
aro inherent and inalienable rights ol
every Am"r!"an citizen, and no organi
zation can attain respect or ondurin"
powor that attempts, in any degree, to
put arbitrary restraints upon any of tiie
sacred rights which our free institutions
solemnly guarantee to all. Every man
and every organization that attempts tc
hinder a citizen in his right to labor
when, whore, for whom and for x hut
price ho shall labor, is tho foo of the
freedom and manhood which distinguish
American labor from tho dependout
labor of the Old World. This le.son is
one that organized industry must loam
if it would protoot itself from the most
dangerous insido foes of labor. Mon
may strike at will; with or without rea
son; with or without complaint, and the
law will prolcot thorn; but other mon
mav take thoir places and work at will:
with or w.thout reason; with or with
out just compensation, and tho law will
protect thorn. All tho logitlmato pow
or of organization and persuasion may
bo lawfully employed to indrico moil
not to work; but there tho ellbrt nrusl
end. Beyond that point hindrance is
despotic and lawless. Philadelphia
Tim.
"J . i are plunty of openings for poets ol
real dm," says a writer. That la true.
Tli1- , for lntutnce, has four window au)
tn Burlington Fret J'rttt,
LOVE-LORN MR. JONES.
ItetnnrlwiMo Antic at Detroit of the
Quixotic Senator trom l'lorbln -Previous.
l'.xploltM.
A Detroit correspondent of The Phila
delphia Press writes: Senator Jones, it is
generally believed by the people of this
city, is insane. Xo one speaks to him;
lie is completely ostracised by society of
all kinds, avoided and deprived of all
human sunpaty. Kven tho Catholic
church and its priests have deserted
him. although ho is a member of that
sect. His slate repudiates him. Tho
United States senate lias eliminated li is
nanio from all committees, and has
practically closed its doors against him.
He is a man without a country, without
a home, without a friend, and his ease
is the most despicable in some respects
and the saddest la others in all history.
Senator .Jones' rooms are on tho par
lor tloor of the Hiissell house, tlio best,
suite in the hotel. Here he enters,
(brows open the blinds and windows,
stations himself in front of a largo mir
ror, which lie imagines to be the senate
chamber, and makes long, vigorous
and lusty speeches, while people gather
on tin- walk below to witness tho
strange spectacle. Ilia self-vanity is
boundless; he siruts up and down be
fore the gla.-s in a pompous manner,
making sweeping gestures and oratori
cal nourishes. He dresses like a dandy,
walks a half-dozen limes per day up nnd
down Jcll'erson avenue in front of tlio
Palms mansion, maintaining tho form
of silent persecution with unvarying
regularity.
Ho does not know Miss Palms by
sight. He has passed her twenty times
on the street without recognizing her.
Often on such occasions ho has glanced
at her squarely without showing tlio
least vis'blo symptoms of recognition.
This conclusively demonstrates the fact
which lias been presented to him by the
friends of tho lady, without sparing
whatever profanity there exists in tlio
language, that ho has only a besotted
ideal in his mind which Miss Palms no
more resembles than the man in tlio
moon. This is the painting of Char
lotteConlay in the Corcoran art gallery.
Miss Palms is a charming young lady,
probably superior in personal charac
teristics to such an ideal, but possessing
hut little of the facial beauty depicted
in the painting.
In order to show why tho senator
does not. know Miss Palms by sight it.
is necessary to relate correctly some
facts which have heretofore been put
before the public in a garbled, hearsay
form. Senatir .Jones and the Palms
family aro Catholics. In the winter of
18S:, Miss Palms was visiting at the
house of Mrs. Sands, in Washington,
who formerly lived in Detroit. Mrs.
Sands is a Catholic, and at her residence
it was customary for leading society
ncople of that sect to congregate. At
one of these gatherings Senator Jones
casually met Miss Palms. Ho was
merely presented to the young lady and
no conversation ensued. During tiro
following summer Senator Jones stop
ped at the Devon house in Newport.
At the same hotel ex-Mayor W. CI.
Thompson, of Detroit, was also a guest,
l'ho gentlemen wore introduced, and in
iho course of .-oni" desultory conversa
tion Mr. Thompson, who naturally
presumed that a United Slides senator
was deserving of the courtesy, invited
tlio Kvorglado representative to call
upon him if ho should chance to pass
through Detroit. Mrs. Thompson, nee
Miss Compair, is a double cousin of
Miss Palms by a double marriage in tlio
Palms and Caiupau families.
In tho fall of the same yoar Senator
Joircs passed through Detroit ami was
invited to a dinner parly at the Thomp
sons, where ho again was presented to
Miss Palms, but no particular conver
sation was carried on between them.
The next day ho called on the young
lady, proposed marriage, and was i'l
dignantly rejected. All of this occurul
so long ago that tho facial features of
tho Inily have completely escaped from
tho senator's mental imagery, if lie over
had any.
Up to last Juno the senator mado
several visits to this oily. Ho was in
vited by the Sister Superior to deliver
an address for tho benefit of tlio Char
ity Orphan asylum, and on his way
homo after tlio Chicago convention
made tho address. Ho stopped here
on Eoveral occasions, continuing a se
vere persecution of tho young lady at
all times. Ho wrote to her daily after
his rejection the most endearing letters,
which were placed in an envelope ami
romallcd to him. When in Washing
ton ho sent to her roams of his speeches
and all newspaper articles about lilm
good, bad, and inditl'mont, all of which
wore returned to him by express. When
in Detroit ho sent llowors to hor da ly,
which wore returned to him by the
mussonger. Lost Juno he arrived here
and registered at tho Kuso'l house,
where he has lxiuu the hotel's best cus
tourer ever nirreu so good a customer
that naturally the proprietors oppose
any move to have him taken away.
From the moment of his last arrival
his presents of llowors, deluge of let
ters, and walks in front of tho Palms
mansion were kept up with wonderful
perseverance. Filially tho friends of
the lady devised a scheme to suppress
some ot the persecution. At thoir ad
vice Miss Palms drew her pen through
her 11:11110 on tho letters and packages,
inserted his own and sent thorn to tlio
hotel. After several doses of such
treatment, and cowed by tho merciless
ridicule at the ltusell house, ho ceased
.sending missives and llowors, and ever
since has contented himself with walks
past her door.
Tlio reason why Senator Jones sud
denly ceased his calls at the lady's door
is worthy of note. After his rejection
ho was denied admission to tlio Palms
residence. For several days he would
call at the door, however, and tlio fol
lowing conversation would ensue:
Senator Is Miss in?
Servant Yos, sir. Who is it that
would like to see her?
Senator Senator Jonei.
Servant- Senator Jones, eh? Well,
Miss is in, but not to Senator Join s.
Clood day, Senator Jones!
Tlion the door wouldslain in his face.
Il is needless to say that Senator Joins
soon wearied ol such receptions.
Ono of the strongest cfibrts made hero
to d. sludge the senator from the city
lias been by tho Catholic priests of De
troit and other parts of the country.
Ho wrote to llisnop llorgess, of this dio
cese, begging the prolate to assist him
in his love a Hair. Tho bishop wrote to
him an indignant reply, reprimanding
him for daring to address such a com
munication on such a subject. Tho
senator then denounced tho wholo
Catholic church as in a vast conspiracy
to prevent Ids marrying au heiress
whoso fortune it was trying to secure.
Since then lie and the priests have sepa
rated, and ho is violent against tho
church.
His iddesi son spent two months here,
trjing by every arlilieo to lure him
away. His friends have e.onio horo all
Iho way from Florida; prominent demo
crats from nil over Michigan ami United
States senators havo expended in vain
their energies nt dislodging him.
When tho Irish meeting was hold horo
not long ago to raise funds for Mr. Par
ncll, Senator .lories was invited to ad
dress the assemblage. When called
upon to speak, ho aroo and hogan a
stump democratic speech having no
reference to the Parnell matter arrd
greatly disgusting tlio Irish republicans
present. Finally the presiding ollieor
called him to order and compelled him
to sit tlown.
Why She "Wore Her Dress Low.
What radically dilleient notions of
good conduct aro held by girls living in
separated classes of the same city. To
go to a theatre with a lover and no
chaperon, oven irr bright light, would
scandalize a Fifth avenue belle; liutsho
would qu'lo innocently expose herself
in a bodice so scant that an F.ighth
nvonuo maiden's self-respect would dio
of chill if so bared. Hut 1 am not going
into discussion of a social topic already
worn out. I simply desire to toll of a
fair and fasltionablo croaturo who sat
next to her male cousin at a dinner par
ty. I for corsage was stylishly low.
Tho relative had last seen hor at the
opera, in a bevy of decollete compan
ions, with herself covered to tho neck,
and on that occasion sho had declared
to him that sho did not rogard their
garb as modest.
'Why, how's this, MariaP" ho ex
claimed at the dinner. ' I thought you
didn't approve of tlris sort of costume,
and had resolved never to wear it."
"So I did," was the reply. "This is
the lirst timo in my life that I over ap
peared irr a low waist. 1 don't like it
now, but J had to put it on in self-defense,
a story got around that tho
reason for my invariably high-necked
dresses was that I had a brown patch
as big as a jdalo on my shoulder. Of
course I hud to refute such a cal
umny." "And you havo eorlsdnly mado tho
ovidonco very broad arrd comprehen
sive," reinarkod tho cruel cousin. -New
York Letter.
An Application of Scripture.
Winnie's mother had boon combing
tlio little girl's long and handsome, but
wlrrd-taiiglod.romp-sirarled hair, When
the operation was finished 11ml it was
riot unaccompanied with sovoral sovoro,
pulls- Winnie askod, "Did you get ouk
many hairs, mamma?"
"Yes, dear," was tiro answer, "qultu
a good many."
Then Ho'll havo to number thorn nil
over agairr, won't Ho?"- Harper's JJtt
zar, Pen, ink nnd paper anil bruins aro the only
tiling mpiUIUi to literary success; unit al
most auylKxly euu et tho peu, Ink und papor,
SumtrvXt woMffwf,