The Oregon scout., April 09, 1887, Image 2

THE GRUMBLER.
Ho at at tho dlnncr-tnblo
With 5 discontented frown
"Tho potatoes and Btcnk wore underdone,
And tho bread was baked too brown.
Tho plo too our, tho pudding too swoot,
And tho roast wns much too fat;
Tlio soup no KrcaV, too, and salt,
Sure 'twas hardly tit for thoc.it."
'I wish you could Cat the bread and plos
IVo seen ray roothor mako i
Thty nro BomcthlnitnUo.nndHwoulddoyouffooa
Just to loot at a loaf of her cako."
Bald tho smiling wife: "1 11 Improve with ago,
Just now I'm out a bOfrlnncr,
But your mother has come to visit us,
And to-day tliecoold tliedlnntr."
lizzie M. ltadlev. n Good iroutflttplnj.
A CUP OF TEA.
Tho Bovorago That Ohoora but
Not Inobrlatos.
ntrrnturo r llio I'lnnt Tlint 11ns ."Undo IU
it. AVny TliroiiRli th Wide World OliI
Ideas ns to Its IliirnilcHsnrss.
It is curious tlint while the Clilncso
claim a remote antiquity for nearly all
the products of their long-arrested civ
ilization, they give what to them is a
comparatively modern date for tho in
troduction of tea into the Celestial Em
pire. And even then they trace tho origin
of tho article to a myth. They tell us
that about tho beginning of tho sixth
century in our present reckoning, ono
Darma, a prince of high principle and
great piety, landed among them and
gave up his life wholly to devotion, llo
entered no temple, but, living in tho
opou air, gave day and night to prayer
and tho study of God's work in nature,
his aim being to so purify his life that in
tho end ho would become absorbed into
tho Divine Presence. lie had an idea
that if ho could only conquer sleep so
his mind might bo forever alivo to tho
impressions and scenes around him, and
in constant meditation on the ubsccu,
the sublime purposo ho had boforo him
would surely bo attained. Tho weak
ness of the llesh, however was too much
for tins enthusiast. Worn out by his pro
tracted vigil, ho at length fell into a
profound slumber; but instead of wak
ing up with a sense of comfort and re
freshment, it was in shame andhuinilia
tion that lie opened his oyes, and in an
agony of grief over his failure to keep
awake ho took aknifoand cut oil' tho of
fendingeyelids. Returning aftera time
to tho spot whore this extraordinary
penancowas performed, ho was amazed
to find that tho eyelids had taken root and
developed into fragrant and beautiful
shrubs, lie plucked somo of tho leaves
and eating thorn felt like a man trans
formed. A now joy possessed his
mind, a now courage animated his
body; ho had found an elixir that con
quered sleep and made persistent watch
fulness a certainty. It was in this
fashion, say the Chinese, that tho tea
plant came into existence. The story is
not so meaningless as it appears on tho
surface. Apart from its spiritual signifi
cance, wo see iu tho legend that from
an earl)' period tea was regarded as a
preventive of drowsiness; and this, in
deed, is the recommendation given to
it by those Jesuit 1'uthors who are sup
posed to have been the llrst Europeans
in China to make use of the plant.
Wo do not find , mention of tea in
literaturo earlier than the sixteenth
century. Certain Italian writers who
nourished then speak df it, and ono of
them, anticipating Cowper, describes it
ns "a delicate juice which takes tho
place of wine, and is good for health
and sobriety." Tea must then have
found its way into Europe, and tho
Portuguese were probably the llrst to
'Import it. It was not, however, until
about a century later that it was
brought into England. It was so
much of a rarity that a gift of a
few pounds of it to t ho sov
ereign in 1GCI was considered
ti magnificent present. In 1G07 a con
siderable importation of the article was
jnado into this country, tho amount bo
iug nearly live thousand pounds, but it
found by no means a ready sale. This
was owing, perhaps, less to tho price
than to tho prejudice with which En
glish penplo in tho llrst instance re
garded the boverage. AVhou it was llrst
offered in our markets from 6 to 10
a pound was asked; a little later 2 10s.
was accepted, (larraway, of coffeo
house fame, was retailing it in" 10.57 at
from sixteen to llfty shillings a pound.
In Ids advertisement ho states that 'in
respect of its former scarceness and doar
nessit hath been only used as a regalia
in high treatment and ontertaininont
and presents made thereof to princes
and grandees;" but a better era had
now dawned and Garraway tells us ho
"llrst publicly sold the said tea bi leaf
and drink according to the directions
of tho most knowing merchants and
travelers in those Eastern countries.and
upon knowledge and experience of tho
said Gnrraway's continued care and in
dustry iu obtaining tho best tea and
making drink thereof, very many
noblemen, physicians and merchants
and gentlemen of quality have
over r-inco sent to him for tho
Said leaf and daily resort to this houso
to drink tho drink thereof." Evon
Garra way's reduced scale of prices
and accomplished browing failed to
create any great demand for tho now
beverage and most of tho wrltors and
wits of tho time are found satirizing it.
Shadwcll talks of it as something "for
women ami men that llvo like women;"
but Shadwcll, on Drydon's slio.wlng,
being "round as a tub and liquored
every chink," could hardly be expected
to be partial to any such mild form of
dissipation. Steolo was no doubt less
prejudiced, but even ho speaks bitterly
of tho now custom of tea drinking.
"Don't you seo," ho makes ono of his
character say of womon, "how thoy
swallow gallons of tho juice of tea,
while their own dock loavos aro trod
den underfootP" This, however, was
but echoing tho views of economists of
tho times, who had said that if such a
decoction wore to become a necessity it
was ridiculous to pay heavily for what
I .could just as easily bo made out of sago
and bramble leaves. Another com
nlaiiit of tho period against this
new fashion of tea drinking was.
that it gave riso to gossip and
backbiting. Tlicro is n letter in tho
Gentleman's Magazine for 1735 finding
fault with ladies "who mako their tea-
table the mart to dispense scandal and
attack reputations," and later wo havo
a writer in the Connoisseur bewailing
tho loss of time arid tho profanation of
the Sabbath consequent upon Sunday
ovoning tea drinking. Tho bovcrago
had by this time become pretty much a
lavonto at social gatherings through
out tho country and neither tho ccono
mists , nor tho wits could counteract
what was quickly becoming a popular
demand, Beside, tea had its champions
as well as its detractors. Dr. Johnson
camo to tho rcscuo among others and
boldly confessed himself "a hardened
and shameless tea-drinker, who ha3 for
many years diluted his meals witli tho
infusion of this fascinating plant, whoso
kettle has scarcely time to cool; who
with tea amuses tho evening, with tca
solaces tho midnight and witli tea wel
comes tho morning." When wo get to
Colloy Cibbcr, we find tho bovcrago
apostrophized in this fashion "lea,
thou soft, thou sober, safo and vcncrablo
liquid; thou feinalo tongue-running,
smile-smothing, heart-opening anil
wink-tipping cordial, to whoso glorious
insipidity I owe tho happiest moments
of my life." Waller has the lines:
Thn Mime's friend, tea does our funcv aid.
Knpross thoso vapors which tho head lnvado,
Ana uoops mo pniaco or i'u soui snruno,
Fit on hor birthday to saluto tho Quoou.
Nor should Gowpor's delightful homo
picturo be forgotten :n this connection,
if only to givo tho original form of the
modified words chosen as tho titlo of
this sketch:
Now stir tho llro nnd closo tho shutters f.ist,
Lot fall tho curtains, wheel tho sofa round:
And whilo tho bubbllnjr nnd loud-hlsslng urn
Throws up a steamy column, una tlio oups
Tlint cheer but not Inobrlato, wait on each,
To lot us wolcomo peaceful ovcnlnff in.
Tlio question seems to havo arisen
very early in the uso of tea as to the
amount of tho infusion which ono might
safely take. Several medical men had
pronounced it not only safo itself, but
as conducive to health; anil a hoyden
phy&ieian, writing in 1671, commends it
as a panacea for almost every ailment
and docs not think that 200 cups daily
would bo too much even for a modcrato
drinker! This, howover, was interested
testimony, tho physician in question
having, it is said, boon brought over
for tho purposo by tho Dutch East
India Company. At tho same tune,
thcro haVo been ton drinkers whoso ap
petite for tho bovcrago was virtually
insatiable. It was nob unusual for
Robert Hall, the divine, to swallow
twenty cups at a sitting. To Johnson,
as already indicated, the beverage
never came amiss. There is a story in
which Sir Joshua Reynolds is credited
with reminding him that ho had just
drunk eleven cups. "Sir," said John
son, "I did not count your glasses of
wine, why should you number my cups
of toaP" Then ho playfully added, "If
it, had not been for your remark, I
should have released tho lady from any
further trouble; but'you havo reminded
mo that I want one of tho dozen and I
must ask tho lady to round up the
number." The story docs not end
here, for we aro assured that as John
son was sipping his twelfth cup ho told
how, on one occasion, being invited to
a party to be made a lion of, lie had his
revenge by swallowing twenty-live cups
of tea and not treating his hostess to as
many words. Tho right method of
preparing tea for drinking was not
at first easily understood, i ho Chinese
say wo have not mastered the secret
yet; but wo have undoubtedly improved
upon tho instructions left by an
authority in tho last century, whoso ml
vice was either to boil and drink tho
liquid when tho loaves settle to tho hot
torn, or steep the tea overnight in cold
water and boil in tho morning before
drinking. Crude as this system was.it
was preferabloto boiling tho leaves and
then eating thoin with butter, pepper
and salt, as was dona in somo country
places iu ignorancoof tlio proper uso of
tho plant. Thero is rofero;ico also to a
custom last century of first serving tho
leaves between thin slices of bread and
butter and eating thorn as a delicacy
The distinguishing namos for tea aro
not expressive, as is generally supposed,
of particular varieties of tho plant.
They relate chlelly to tho conditions
under which tho leaves aro picked. Tho
principal black teas aro llohoa, Congou,
Souchong and Pekoe; whilo green teas
aro known iu Hyson, Twaukay and
Gunpowder. Of tho black variolic.?
Pekoo stands first, and of tho given
Gunpowder has the preference. Tho
I'ekoo consist!) of tlio buds and very
young loaves and is gathored early in
spring. Tho Souchong is tlio result of
tho second picking, which is made about
tho beginning of May. Congou is tlio
name given to tlio third gathering, and
llohoa is u late leaf. Of the green teas,
Hyson is a gatliorlng of tender leaflets
and Gunpowder is a selection of Hyson.
Tlio Twaukay is tho last crop of
tho season. China continues tlio prin
cipal source of tho English supply of
tea, though wo now Import largoly also
from Assam and India. In tlio United
States tho Japaneso varloty is at least
as extensively used as tho Clilncso. Tho
fact that other places than tho Celestial
Empire now cultivate the tea plant is a
benefit trt tho consumer, not only in
a larger supply of tho article, but as a
protection against adulteration. Tho
best quality of ton never loaves China;
it is too precious n commodity thero.
Ilcsldos, to enjoy tea in Us choicest
flavor it must bo usod when perfectly
fresh and this freshness is impaired by
the drying processes to which tho leave
must necessarily bo subjected for ox
port. Tlio iillbct of competition, how
ever, upon tho Chinese merchant hai
had the effect of making him more
careful in tho "sorting" of tlio article
and wo havo tho satisfaction of know
ing that, whilo tea is now cheaper than
ever in England, it has not fallen off in
quality. Leeds Mercury.
VOUDOO WORSHIP.
Ilevciltlng- Superstitions Prevailing Anion
the Nejjroo of llnytl.
bir bpencer ist. John gives a vorj
spirited description of Voudoo worhii
m Hayti. "According to tho true
secretaries of tlio voudoos," ho sa's
"who maintain its principles and obey
its rules, 'voudoo1 signifies an all-power
ful and supernatural being, on whom
depends all tho events which take place
iu tho world, ibis being is tho non
venomous serpent one so common in
Haytl and it is under its auspicc3 that
ail thoso assemble who profcs3 this
doctrine, Acquaintance with tho past,
knowledge of tho present, prescience ol
the future, all appertain to this serpent
that only consents, however, to com
municato his power and prcscribo his
will through tho organ of a grand
prisst, whom tlio secretaries elect, and
still more by that of tlio negress, whom
the love of the latter had raised to the
rank of high priestess. Thoso two dele
gates, who declare themselves inspired
by their god, or in whom the gift of m
spiration is really manifested iu the
opinion of their followers, bear the
pompous names of 'King' and 'Queen,
or tlio despotic ones ot 'Master or
'Mistress,' or the touching titles of
'Papa' and 'Maniina.' Thoy aro during
their whole lives the chiefs of tho great
family of the voudoos, and they have
a right to the unlimited respect of tlioso
who compose it. It is they who decide
if the serpent agrees to admit a candi
date into tho society, who prcscribo the
obligations and tho duties ho is to ful
till; it is they who receive the gifts and
presents which the god expects as a just
homage to mm.
" Lo disohey them, to resist them, is
to disobey God himself and to expose
ono s self to tlio greatest misfortunes
"This system of domination on the
ono hand and of blind obedience on tho
other being well established, they at
fixed dates meet together, and the king
and queen of tho voudoos preside, follow
ing tho forms which were probably
brought from Africa and to which
Creole customs have added many varia
tions and somo traits which betray
European ideas, as, for instance, tho
scarf or rich belt which tlio queen wears
at these assemblies, and which she oee.-v
sionally varies."
As for tho practice of voudoo worship,
it is well to say tliat ot tuo votaries in
Hayti there seems to bo two classes
tlioso who worship tho serpent and oiler
animal sacrifices to nppeaso his wrath
or court his favor, and thoso who kill
human beings and not only offer them
as sacrifices, but cat their llesh. The
temples of tho voudoo aro generally
small, unpretentious wooden buildings
called by the natives Ilumforto and
aro scattered generally throughout the
interior ot iiuyli. boino ot tiiein are
most incongruous in their interior
decorations, and ono situated a little
distance back of Hoaux du Cap, was
profusely decorated with illustrations
from colored weekly pamphlets, inter
spersed with gaudy chromoio pictures of
various saints. N. J. World.
AN ALGERIAN WEDDING.
Its Celebration an Interesting Itello
of
Very Ancient Custom.
A marriage celebration in Algeria is
an interesting relio of ancient custom.
Tlio bridegroom goes to bring the bride,
and tho guests asscmblo outside tho
houso will wait for his return. Soon
tlio sound of pipes is hoard coming from
tho summit of some neighboring lull,
and the marriage procession approaches
tho bridegroom s houso. The pipers
always come first in tlio procession,
then tho brido muflled up in a veil, rid
ing a mule led by her lover. Then
comes a bovy of gorgeously dressed
damsels, sparkling with silver orna
ments, after which tlio friends of tho
brido follow. Tho procession stops in
in front of tho bridegroom's house, and
tho girl's frionds lino botli sides of tlio
pathway. Tho pipers march off on ono
side, whilo tho bridegroom lifts tlio girl
from tho mulo and holds hor in his arms.
riio girl's friends thereupon throw
earth at tho bridegroom whon ho hurrios
forward and carries hor ovor tlio thres
hold of his house. Thoso about tiio
door boat him with olive-branches amid
much laughter.
In tho evening, on such occasions, tho
pipers and drununors are called in, nnd
tlio women dance, two at a time, facing
each othor; nor does a eouplo desist un
til, panting and exhausted, thoy step
aside to make room for another. Tho
ueo has great onorgy of movomont,
though tho stops aro small and changes
of position slight, tho dancers only
circling round occasionally. Hut thoy
swing thoir bodies about witli astonish-
ng energy and suppleness. As leaves
flutter boforo tho gale, so do thoy vibrato
to tlio music; they shako; thoy shiver
and tremble; thoy extend quivering
arms, wavo veils, and thoir minds seem
lost in tho abandon and frenzy of the
dance, while tlio other womon, looking
11 ! till
on, encouraged uy uieirmgn, piercing,
trilling cries, which add to tho noiso of
tho pipes and drums. Brooklyn Mag
azmc.
Tho most prominontly pieturesquo
old building iu Albany, X. Y., is to
succumb to tlio march of modern im
provements. Tho Slants House, south
east corner of State and Pearl, with its
date, "1G07," is to givo way to a lino
banking-house. Albany Express.
Pll 1 iwwf tt 1JWt tl 114 ct fl Ilk 1W 1t It Ik
Government, covering every thing, In
cluding dalivory, is $0.99 per thousand.
ABUSING VASHINGTON.
Some Scandalous Clmrgcs Mndo Against
tlio rattier of Ills Country.
General Washington was probably
tis much abused as any President who
has ever actml as tho Chief Exccutivo
of tho United States. At ono time ho
said that ho had been abused worse
than a common pickpocket, and ho was
charged with all sorts of crimes during
his administration. Tlio Philadelphia
Aurora was, perhaps, tho most bitter.
When Washington loft the Presidency
it had a jtibilant'article over tho closo
of his term, in which it said
"If ever thero was a period of re
ioieinir this is the moment. Every
heart in unison with the freedom and
happiness of tho peoplo ought to boat
high with exultation that the name of
Washington this day ceased to givo a
currency to political iniquity and to
legalized corruption. A new era is
now opening upon us an era which
promises mucli to tlio people; lor pun
lie measures must now stand upon
their own merits, and nefarious pro
jects can no longer bo supported by a
name. It is a subject of tho greatest
i.tiiitttlitiinnf flt'it ft eltwrln Illtlivwltlill
should Lave carried his (Feigns against
the public liberty so far as to have put
in iconardy its verv existence, hiicli,
'jowovor, aro the fact", and with these
staring u in the face this day ought lo
bo a uiuilco in tlio united state?.
During a part of his Presidency
Washington was called tho step-father
of his country, and among tlio para
graphs written about him was ono
which said: "that lo talk of the wis
dntti nf tint ftri'fil. inm ninndcr ff!lsh.
ington) ancF tlio great philosopher
(Franklin) was to talk nonsense, for
Washington was a foul from nature
and Franklin was a fool from age.
In 179.1 "A Calm Observer" in tho
New York Journal accused Washing
ton of being a thief. He stated that ho
had overdrawn his accounts and that
he owed tlio treasury St, 0.17. Another
writer accused Washington of hypoc
risy and declared that ho wanted to
bo a King. A third criticised his carrl
ago and his suistocraey, and, in fact,
all tho opposition newspapers de
nounced In til in unmeasured terms.
Congress went against him during his
second term and refused to celebrate
his birthday, though they had been ac
customed to do so, and when he rc
fused to run for a third term tlicy
charged that ho did so becauso ho
feared that he could not bo elected
It will be surprising to tho peoplo
to-day to know that n ashington was
onco charged with murder. It was
during one of his Presidential cam
paigns. The Philadelphia .dMror't made
the charge. It statetl that Washing
ton had, during ono of tho battles of
Ins early life, shot an olliecr who was
bearing a flag of truce, and that in tho
papers relating to tho affair ho had ac
knowledged tlio act ot assassination.
Peter Porcupine takes up tho charge in
his letters and proves it to bo lalso.
The fact, however, stands that tho
nhargo was made.
Speaking of Washington, I seo that
somo of the goody-good newspapers
of tho country are very indignant at
tho statement in liuaekenboa' history
that Washington at one timo ato peas
with a knife. I do not doubt but tho
statement is true. Tho wholo literary
United Mates at tlio tnno ot ashing
ton, however, scorned to bo a mutual
admiration society, and there is littlo
unfavorable gossip about the Whito
House dinners. 1 found tlio otherday,
however, Maclay's diary, giving his
experiences during Ins term as a ben
ator ot tho United states when Wash
ington was first President. Maclay
dined with ashington a num
ber of times, and scattered
through his diary aro little bits
of gossip about these dinners. At two
of them lie describes Washington as
amusing himself during all tho dinner
by playing tho devil's tattoo upon tho
table with his fork. Ho says, speaking
ot ono ol these dinners: "llio I'rosi
dent kept a fork in his hand when tho
cloth was taken away, i thought lor
tho purpose ot picking nuts, lie ato no
nuts, but played with the fork, striking
on tho edgo ot tlio table with it
Cor. Cleveland Leader.
SUPERSTITIOUS SIGNS.
npuliir l'ulliicles Which l'rolmbly Orlg
liiuteil Hundreds of Years At;".
If, on going out of tlio houso, 3011
forget something, you must under no
circumstances turn back if you can
possibly avoid it; it you do, you must,
at any rate, sit down a moment before
going out again.
it the lirst person you moot is an old
woman, it is a sign 01 coming mis
loriuno; wniic, on 1110 contrary, a
funeral procession denotes good fort
line.
Pigs to your left bring good luck, to
your right the opposite; to avert
which, grasp something made of steel
and tho spell will bo broken.
Jt, on setting out on a journey, you
moot a sow with pigs your enterprise
will bo sure to be successful.
To meet two magpies portends mar
riage; three, a successful journey:
four, unexpected good news.
1 o see ono magpie and then moro is
unlucky; to kill one of these birds is
irretrievable misfortune. It is also un
lucky to kill a swallow.
It your loft hand itches vou w
t:ko 111 monoy; if tho right, you will
pay 11 out.
A ringing in the right ear means
that some one is speaking well of you;
in tlio left, you may be sure that evil
tongues are busy with you.
ji your right ovo itches, vou will seo
somo beautiful sight; if the left, you
win uavo cause 10 sued tears.
If your nose itches, you will hoar
somo news or will fall into tho mire.
Cincin nati En qu irer.
A Monkey's Mathematics.
T tell you, Hradlov. that's tho
smartest dog In the world."
"No smarter than a monkoy I saw
on Walnut street yosterday. Ho be
longed to an Italian organ-grinder.
Ho could count."
"The ItalUn?"
"No, the monkoy."
"Oil. notittouse, Hradley!"
"Anyhow, I saw him run up a col
umn. I'h ladihtua Call.
CLIMATIC CHANGES.
Hie Mnt I'rollllo Konreo at l'nemnonla
nnd Other Itrplratory DNcme.
If a blizzard of unusual severity wcro
coining from the Northwest that would
send tho thermometer down 50 or 70
degrees in three hours, wo shotld
expect a great increaso of pneumo
nia ami othor respiratory diseases, re
sulting in many deaths. Now, instead
of threo hours, Suppose the mercury
were to drop threescore degrees in
threo m'.n u tea or take another step in
fancy, and suppose this great change
to take place in three seconds what
would likely be the effect on health?
And vet wc bring about, artificially.
changes to ourselves quite as sudden
and as severe as this.
Wo make an artificial climate in our
houses. Wo live in-doors 111 an atmos
phero heated by stoves, furnaces or
steam-pipes to 70 or 80 degrees; and
we pass from our parlor or hall so
heated into tho open air. At a step
literally in a breath, tho tempera
tnre of tho air lias, for us, dropped
CO or 70 degrees. Wo vmav put on
an extra coat or shawl and shield tho
outside of tho body and chest, but wo
can not shield tho delicate linings and
membranes of the air-passages, the
bronchial tubes, tho lung-cells. Naked
thev receive the full force of tho
change tho last breath at 70 degrees
the next at freezing or zero and all
unprepared. Wo havo been sitting,
perhaps for hours, in a tropical atmos
phero; nay, worse, in nn atmosphere
deprived by hot iron surfaces of its
ozone and natural refreshing ami
bracing qualities. Our lungs aro all
relaxed, deb.litated, unstrung; and in
this condition the cold air strikes them
perhaps GO degrees below what thoy
i'i'e graduated to and prepared lor. is
it strange if pneumonia and bronchitis
are at handr
If wo aro in tlio West Indies, or
even in Tlorida, and wi-di to come
North in winter, wo try lo mako tho
make the change gradual, tsut 111 our
houses we keep up a tropical climate,
or worse, for vou have not tho fresh
ness of air that prevails in an open
tropical atmosphere, and wo step at
onco into an atmosphere as much
colder as -10 degrees difference of
latitudo will make it. It is in .effect
going from Cuba to Iceland or at
least lo New York at a step, and wo
mako tho iotirncy perhaps a dozen
times a day. And often, whilo wo are
still shut up in our domiciliary Cuban
climate, Iceland comes down upon
us from an open window. Especially
is this likely to occur in school-houses
where children will instinctively seel
to get a breath of fresh air that has not
had all its natural refreshing qualities
mute cooked out ol it bv hot stoves
furnaces or steam-pipes. And all thoso
sudden changes and shocks ot cold
come iiiion us while tho wholo system
has its vitality and powers of resist
ance gauged down to tho low necessi
ties ot a tropical climate. Iu. i. Hob-
bins, in I'opular bcicnca iVonliuij.
CASHED THE CHECK.
How
.Mine Host l'oiirul Ills Match Iu n
Cliircyinuii In 11 Worldly Wuy.
In a Western town dwells Elder
It , a clergyman very well known
throughout the Stato for ability and
shrewdness. It is pretty generally be
Moved, on account of his evident
knowledge of the ways of tlio world,
that ho was rather "rapid" in his
youth. Among his skeptical noigh
bors is a hotel-keeper of jovial disposi
tion and liberal heart. Whenever the
elder has a specially convincing and
swcepingdi.scoursoprepared.it is his
wont to givo special invitations to his
doubting mends to bo present, and
these are sometimes accepted with the
proviso that tho donnnio and his lady
shall meet tho party at the hotel at din
ner on an appointed day during tho
week, so they may have an opportuni
ty to defend themselves. On these oc
casions dinner olteu fasts tho whole
afternoon, and tho elder is obliged to
parry tho combined blows of the oppo
sition.
On ono occasion mino host found his
match in tho clergyman in a worldly
way, and it was this circumstance that
1 set out to relate, llio landlord re
turned on a certain Saturday evening
irom a trip to tho lar west, and next
morning found Inm, with his wife.
seated iu a front pew. When tho plate
was passed, ho lelt m all Ms pockets.
but could nnd only a comb, jack-knifo
and a circular piece of ivory marked
"3," which is supnosed by poker play
ers to represent value, lias fatter was
dropped in tho plate under the vigilant
eye ol tho pastor, but unnoticed by tho
sexton, whoso eyes had been dimmed
by age. On receiving tlio collection, the
pastor missed tho "chip," and asked
tho sox ton for it. Tho latter had
thrown it away, supposing it to bo a
mark of disrespect from somo scofi'er.
Elder R knew his man, and caused
tho representative value to bo recov
ered. Next morning, as tho landlord
was dilating upon his trip to a crowd
of friends in his office, Elder R ap
peared, and advancing to tho counter,
placed tho chip down with tho click so
familiar to connoiseurs. and asked:
'Can you 'redeem' that this morning.
Brother S F"
Of course S. could not do less than
hand out a fivo-dollar bill, and tho
elder dopartcd, after expressing the
hope that ho might always bo as lucky.
Mino host says no shall not "sit down"
with a preacher again. Vet Ji.
Oyl.cum, tn Harper's Magazine.
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A Cure for Laziness.
Tho following singular treatment
was formerly applied in Dutch work
houses to indolent and apathetic indi
viduals: Tho patiout was placed in a
sort of liirrrn tnh infrt wlilnli t,il.
' ' . . . 1 , 1 v, 1 1 11 uit,l
was kept constantly ilowing through a
iijiv, oi 111,1b 111 UlUUl iu KUU) JIIIUSCU
from drOWllinp- lm linil tn turn n
crank which pumped tho water out
iignui. aim iuur suppiv ami 1110
hours of working wore nicely adjusted,
tO his StmiK'Hl Mm! mtilllfiur.,. nil, I tlin
amount gradually increased everyday.
In ono report it says: "Thoinactivo
limbs aro soon brought to tho required
degree of suppleness, and tho mon
vory soon begin to ask for some loss
irksOUlO blbnr. wlliitlt tlinv nflni-v:irilu
perform in a most satisfactory mau-l
nil' iwsforuammcr.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho m notes of the last Presbyterian
General Assembly show that 115 of
their churches last year received addi
tions of 50 and over each.
Two or three clergymen in Brook
lyn introduced the practice of giving
brief talks to the children before begin
ning tlio morning sermon. Brooklyn
Union. '
Romo papers report that tho Pope
intends to establish a great university in
tho Lateral! Palace. Tho head of tho
Unlversitias Lconina is to bo tho Jesuit
Cardinal Mazzclla.
Tho Chinaman in America is being
moro and mora cared for. According
to tho Now York Tribune "twenty-two
Chinese missions have been established
in Now York and Brooklyn sinco 1878,
and arc in a nourishing condition. What
is more, a largo proportion of tho con
vert -stick"'
Tn an nrticlo published in tho Kou
velle Jlcvuc, a French traveler declares
that thcro is scarcely a villago in Syria
with6ut a Protestant church; moro than
ono may bo found even in tho gorges of
Mount llcrmon. At Boyrout thero is a
German hospital and American univer
sity, where tho most practical sciences
aro taught, especially that of medicine.
"A Century of Protestant Missions,"
is tho title of a book published in Eng
land by tho Rov. James Johnston. It
makes the startling estimate that whilo
3,000,000 converts havo been added to
tho churches, there aro now 200,000,000
moro heathen in tho world than thcro
were when Protestant missions began a
hundred years ago. N. Y. Witness.
The Illustrated Christian Kcekhi fol
lows up tho remarks of President Eliot,
of Harvard, in denunciation of tho ten
dency to extravagance that seems to bo
increasing among lollcgians with somo
appropriate remarks of Tiis own. Owing
to this extravagance, tlio scale of ex
penditure is raised to all, and it will
cost the frugal student of to-day from
50 to 100 percent, moro than it did thoir
equally frugal fathers to take a collego
course in similar comfort.
In Brazil aro found tho best schools
'in South Amerca. They aro divided
into three grades the primary, tho
secondary, anil tho technical schools.
The lirst Jwo correspond to tlio various
grades of our public schools. There is
but ono institution in tlio country cor
responding to our college, namely,
"Collego Don Pedro II." in Rio do
Janeiro. Tlio lower schools are free,
and tho law even demands compulsory
attendance.
The Bishop of Rochester doci not
approve of tho popular clamor for brief
sermons. "Do not," ho advises his
ecclesiastical subordinates, "readily
givp in to what is often only a worldly
cry" forsh. i t sermons. ou need a
great deal moro experience than you
can claim now for making a fifteen
minutes' sermon that shall bo really
useful. Either so much will bo com
pressed into it that it will become load
ed and obscure, or what is perhaps
more likely, so little will g into it that
it will bo impossible to endure it."
The figures laid before the Metho
dist conforenceshow the steady growth
of tho Methodist Church in Canada.
The membership is placed at 197,479.
There aro 1,010 m mstcr' and proba
tioners. The church has property to
tho value of S9.975.0-ia. Tlio number
of Sunday-schools is 2.G75, with an at
tendance of 191,185. Sabbath-school
papers have a eirculat on of 229,039.
Tho work of temperance, according to
tho rep rt of tho statistics committee,
lias been carried on energetically, as is
witnessed by tho fact that -1C,20 Sunday-school
scholars havo taken tho total
abstinence pledge.
School-teacher -- Come, Bobby,
surely you can spell Kentucky K-e-u-c
Now think what comes after t? Bobby
(in deep thought) Well, I don't know
which you mean. There's Ueorgo for
sister Belle, Tommy Brown for me, and
the man pop always tells he will sottlo
with in the morning. The Judge.
A crier in a Massachusetts town,
whoso duty it was to announce auctions,
lectures, etc., was needed ono day, and
those who went to find him wero greeted
by the following rather equivocal sio-n
nailed upon his door: "No crying for
three weeks on account of tho death of
wife."
Wo must learn to acconimodato
ourselves to tho discovery that somo of
those cunninglv-fashioned 'instruments
called human souls have only a very lim
ited range ot music, and will not vibrato
in the least under a touch that nils
others w th tr. mulous rapturo or quiv
ering agony. Ar. Y. Examiner.
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