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OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers union, okk;ox. UNSENTIMENTAL VALENTINE. If I mot you fnco to fncc, Maiden fnlr and full of grnco. I thould bow nnd doff my hat. Say "your servant," and all that. Vhilo I watched your pretty ways, . I could only smllo nnd pnilso; And you'd never dream your lover Could a flaw In you discover. Hut I'm bolder, lady mine. Hid behind St. Vnlentlne; And I'll count vou one, two, threo Faults that I can plainly see. Onco I saw a tempest riso, Clouding o'er your pretty eyes, When a guest ramo to tho door, Who was old and sad, nnd poor. Once I saw you turn away, With n cold and frcotful nay. When your llttlo brother camo IK'ft'lnK for soma childish gamo. Once I saw you sit at case, With a book upon your knows. While your mother patient saint Did your work without complaint. Ah ! my protty Valentine. K'ro I ask you to bo mine, I must know that lovely fnco Shines with moro than surfaco graco; That your captivating art Docs not hide a careless heart. Lest when tresses brown grow whlto, ' Kycs get dim which now nro bright, Ago and trouble romo apace. Stealing beauty from your fuco, I should bitterly repine Choosing you my Valentine. Kllzalitth. '. Allfn, In X. Y. Inilfptntlenl. the "gSlb 'oFwjiist. Playod for 150 Yonrs "According to Edmond Hoylo." Originally CiiIIimI "U'IiIhU." It vim rinyoil . by Helioluin Until lln.vl .Modlllod It unit .Mucin It !o Among tliu Purple. To bo nt onco tho least known nnd tho most fiiinoiis person in thu'wholo world; to louvo it liiiniu which forever nmiiins n synoiryin for aui'iiraoy and antliority, nnd which is dairy on tho tongues of thousands of people; to have written a work which is ranked anion;; English classics and considered indisponsabio to uvery well-furnished library, is tho unique position accorded to Edmond Hoylc, Gent Ionian. There are probably no readers of tho Herald who have not ofton referred to him as antliority, for to say that a tiling is "according to Hoylc," moans that it is exactly right or correct, and js applied to many things besides games of cards. And yet there aro probably but few persons $v1iq 'uso this phraso who liavo any knowledge whatever of tho man tlioy quote. It is moro than two centuries now fiinco tills distinguished individual first saw tho light of day. Ho was born in England in 1072, and was educated as n lawyer. In his earlier years the game of whist as yet was not known, hut there was a game named whisk, a very inferior unil plebeian sort of game, which also Vent by the name of swab liers. It contained the possibilities of tho royal game, but ij had not yet reached tho purple. It was played by four persons, to whom twelve cards oncli were dealt, so that tho beauties of tho "old trick" wereliot involved, and tho points were nine. Certain cards at some period of tiio game wore entitled to sweep tho board, honco the name of whisk, a small broom or sweep. Most people think wo call tho gamo whist because it is a silent game, and most' of tho dictionaries tell us tho name is so derived, but this is an error. It is merely a corruption of the original name of tho game, thus modiiied when it was first introduced into polite society. Kdiuond Hoylc, lawyer and gentleman, had a greater genius for games than for law. Ho was probably of tho same mind as the lawyer mentioned by llulwor in "Cax toniana." "I can,", said tho latter, "make JWOO a yearat my profession with much pain and dilllculty. I can make tho same amount at whist without great lalMir ami .with much pleasure. 1, therefore, prefer whlsi." Hoylo abandoned tho law, took up whist, and beoamo immortal, and moro thnn fifty years after his death Hyron wrote Troy owes to Ilouiur what whist owes to Hoylo, Ho seems to have tudiodthogamoof whist for many years, and thus learned its great capabilities. Ho enlarged its scope by playing with tho entire pack, fixing the gamo at ten points, lie was a man of good education, moved in good society, and ho soon made tho game fashionable. Ho gave it a permanent, logical, and scientitioform, called it whist, drew it from its ob scurity, and gave it an uiithontio station in tho polite world. This was about the year 17:10.' He became so skillful a player that people sought 1dm as a teacher, and in tho course of his teach ing ho wrote out notes containing rules and directions for playing, which ho sold to his pupils. In .JoluiMin's "Ram bler," published in 17.'0, a tlno lady is mado to say: "Papa mado mo drndgo t wliKt until I was tired of it; and, far from wanting a head,. Mr. Hoylo, when ho had not given me above forty lessons, said I was one of his best scholars." In tho (if ntloiiuin's Magazine for February, 17,'i.V in an autobiography, tho writer says: Hoylo tutored mo in several games of cards." The novelty and grunt value of tlmu muuiiceript rules wvvtt moii discovered, and MiiTuptittous ixipitM bejfun to got into elriMilatlon, whn Mi. Hoylo, to so. uiiiv Ids copyright, had thorn published in 171.1. ami In that wa the famous wlirk o 1,'u.atiMl. it was entitled "A stiort trentiso on tho gamo of whist. Containing tho laws of tho gamo and also some rules whoroby a beginner may, with duo attention to them, at tain to the playing 'it well. Calcula tions for those who will bet tho odds on any point of tho scoro of tho game then playing and defending. Cases stated to show what may bo effected by a very good player in critical parte of the game.' Calculations directing with moral certainty how to play well any hand or jramo, with variety of cases added in tho appendix. 15y a gentle man." Tho book had a great and rapid suc cess. Edition after edition was sold, and Hoylo received one thousand pounds tho first j'ar. Ho states in this "Short Treatise" that lie has framed an artificial memory for whist players, which ho will coinmunicato upojt payment of a guinea, and that ho will explain any case in tho book upon payment of ono guinea more. Later editions contain his system of mem ories, but good players say it is of no great value. Jt consists of a mode of arranging tho suits in your hand that a koon-oyoA opponent may often detect. J he elleet of Hovlo s promulgation of the game in its improved form ex cited a good deal of satire. In tho same year, 1h'j, there was published a witty and amusing piny on "J lie Humors of Whist; a Dramatic Satire, as Acted hvery J Jay at V Into s and Other Colleo Houses.1' It is a short comedy, tho prin cipal characters being Prof. Whiston (Hoylc), who gives lessons in the game; Sir Calculation l'uzzle, an enthusiastic player, who muddles his head witli Hoyle's calculations and always loes; pupils, sharpers and their dupes. The object is chiefly to ridicule tho preten sions of Hoylc and tho enthusiasm of his followers, and to show that skill and calculations art! of no avail against bad luck or fraud. Hoylo had given out that lie had spent forty years in its study, and the prologue says: Who would bcliove that man could o'er exist, Who spent near half an ago In studying whist? Grow gray with calculation, labor hard, As if life s business centered In a card? That such there Is. lot me to those appeal, Who with such liberal hands reward his zeal, So! whist he iniiUcs a science, and our peers Deign to turn schoolboys In their riper years. Sir Calculation Puz.lo gives some amusing explanations of his loses. He says : "J hut certainly was tho most out-of- tho-way bito over heard of. Upon tho pinch of tho game, when ho must in fallibly have lost it, tho dog ate the los ing card, bv which moans we dealt again, and faith lie won tho game.' Another passage is: "I find, Professor, your hook does not teach now to beat four by honors. In my opinion tjiere is still something wanting to complete tho svslem of whist, and that is a dis sertation on tho luck1 chair." In i d tlitiou to whist Hoylo also wrote treatises on quadrille, piquet, chess, backgammon and brag. Hoylc now became tho celebrity ho lias continued to bo down to our own day. His book, not himself, is fro- oiionuy mentioned in tno literature oi the eigteenth century. In "Tom Jones" Lord Follinnr says; -! happened to come homo several hours before my usual time, when I find four gen tlemen or the cloth (servants) at whist by my lire; and my Hoylc, sir, ntv best Hoylc, which cost me a guinea, iying open on the table, with a quanti ty of porter spilt on one of tho most material leaves of the whole book.' An epic poem on whist by Alexander Thompson appeared in 1791, which contains an apostrophe to this spirit of Hoylc. Hut why thus vainly hesitates the Muo, In Idle doubt what guardian power to cliuse? What power so well can aid her daring toll, As the blight spirit of Immortal Hoylo? lly whoso enlightened eltorts Whist became A sober, serious, siionlllli! gamo. Tho poet thus goes on to supposo that tho shadowy ghost of Hoylo still hovers around tho tempting boards arrayed in green. Still with delight its favorite gamo regards, ,Aud, though It plays no more, o'orlooks tho curds, Tho laws of the game, as propounded by Hoylo in 17-lii. remained the only recognized authority until 18lil, when a committee oi tne irreat wnist duos oi London revised tho old code and added oine new laws. Hovle's laws arc, howover, tho basis. Whether the gamo of whist, if well followed, promotos longevity, may bo ,a question, but it is certain Mr. Hoylo is an examplu that it does. Ho died in London on t ho 21) th of August, 17GD, at tho ago of ninety seven. The papers of the day notice his death, and state that ho was well known in the polite world, and that ho lived to sec his troutifo on whist paw through no less than thirteen editions. And thus, full of years and honors, and secure of immortal fame, passed away the father of whist, Edmond Hoylo. Chicago Jlcrald. -Snitliu (In his own estimation tho rising poet) All, do you know, Miss Hracing, that my fancies always como to me in mv dreams? Miss llraclng- Yes, that is, perhaps, why they make other people so sleepy. Suillln, after a moment s hesitation, concluded that it would bo well to rotiro for a while. A". Y, Telegram. A boy can walk four miles to rro skating, and drag tumo other fellow's sister all tho way on a sled, but when nts mother wants him to bring up a bug of crackers from tho grocery his kidneys aro so weak that ho darson't. Hurlingan Fret Press, In a pistol light at Tin Cup. Col., a bpeiit bullet struck Tom Connors in the mouth and knocked out ono tooth. Thu tooth Ml to the floor, but Tom swallowed the bullet before ho know .h.tt h id bit him. PITh AND POINT. An engraver recently mado this m'stako: "Mr. and Mrs. respect fully request your nrcsonts at tho mar riage of thoir daughter." Tho world now makes uso of 08. WO miles of submarine cables, mostly for tho purpose of advertising travel ing actresses and announcing tho deaths of people nobody overheard of. Lowell Citizen. Jenks: "Do you think Miss Ljibclio is protty?" Minks: "No, she is not pretty?" "I must confess 1 think hor beautiful?" "Well, 1 did. too. but I asked my wife and she sa d I was mis taken." Philadelphia Call Employer to Clerk. "I don't ob ject to your going to a funeral once in n wn 10; out l tuinic vou might bring mo homo a lish or two."" Sunblush on tho end of tho clerk's noso extends rapidly to ins cars. uoxuury Advocate. A gentleman camo homo in tho wco sma' hours avnnt tho twnl." at tho South End, recently, and was sur prised to find his wlfo clad in black. "Why aro vou wearing those mourning garments?" ho said, somewhat un steadily. "For my late husband." was the significant reply, lie has been m tho house at ton ever since. Boston Budget. -Woman is rapidly trenching upon tho domain of man, and tho time will no doubt soon como when sho will havo monopolized all tho trades, pro fessions and occupations. When that happy day comes, man will occupy tho proud position of tho Indian bravo, nnd hare nothing to do but look hand some and keep tho women at work. Tho lot of tho coming man will bo a happy one. Chicago Inter-Ocean. -It was at a ball, and tho subicct under discussion was vanity, a lady maintained that men wore also given somewhat to vanity. "The men aro ten times moro vain than the ladies," she remarked. "I hat's impossible." sa d several gentlemen. Tho subicct changed, and a lew minutes later tho ladv remarked: "J'lie handsomest man in tho room has a spot on his white vest," whereupon ovorv gentleman within neariiig-gianceii down with a scared expression of countenanco at Viis vest. Texan Sif'tints. Man's troubles: Man that Ik married to a woman Is of days anil lull of trouble. In the morning ho draws his salary, and in the uvunlng, lioliold, It Is gone! It Is a tulo that Is told ; It Is vanished, and uo man knows whlthor It goeth. lie lisetli up clothed In tho chilly garments Of thu nlulit nil Hi'eketli tho somnolent paregoric. Whuio to soothe his Inliint posterity. Ho coiiieth us n horso or ox, nd driiweth tho chariot of his offspring. (le snoiideth the shekels in thu purchase of lino linen To cover tho bosom of his family; Vet himself Is seen at the gates of tho city With one suspender. Yea, ho is altogether wretched. Arcanum Journal. many A correspondent says ho never loolu at an asphalt pavoinont or rolls along over its smooth surface in a carriage without thinking of tho cur ous islan 1 and tho still moie singular . place from winch tho material is prodr-d. In about tho center of tho island of Trini dad, a dot in tho Caribbean Sea, just oil' t lie coast of Venezuela, thcio is an asphalt lake. It, is said to cover about I(K) acres, and is apparently inexliatist. ihlc. it is a Hack, sandy substance, and is believed to ho crude rotten pe r doiiin. A s ngular feature of tho substance is that, although about, o0. )oi ions aro taen out ot tli s lake an nually, it constantly tills up. so that the c is no lessening of tho supplv. I'his .singular lake of paving nia.cr J s owned I y tho Venezuelan (iovern iicni, Lut is leased to a company it: tishiugton. They huvu a licet id .schooners running to Trinidad, and. 1 1 'iv ng a monopoly of thu business, tlioy import vast quantit'w of tho ma terial. tJiicuqo Herald SUDDEN RICHES. How a Clothes Peddlor Brought Wealth to a Cap tnlist. BAMBOO CULTURE. " Burmese and Siamese Cities Literally Itulit on .Stilts. The Chincso have developed bamboo culture into quite an art, and can pro duce it black as well as yellow. Tho Emperor of tho Chinese, has an officer whose business it is to look after his bamboo gardens. This grass tree is found in all tropical and sub-tropical regions, both in tho eastern and western hemispheres.. An attempt has been made in England, and with some success, to raise a dwarf spe cies found at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the Himalaya mountains. The now world furnishes bamboo of the greatest diameter. The stems are usually very slender, but in tho northwestern part of South America is found one species with a diameter of sixteen inches. The Chincso put this plant to a greater va riety of loses than any other people. So wo w;ill see something of what they do with tins remarkable production. Some kinds of it when it first shoots upfront the groiyid arc used as a vege table as wo use asparagus, or it can bo pickled in vinegar or made into delicious sweetmeats. The plant has to bo thirty years oui to oiossom, then it Dears a great profusion of seeds and dyes, These seeds can bo used like rice, and s kind of beer is also made from them. In 1812 severe famine in portions of China was prevented by tho sudden blossomingof a great number of bamboo trees. Tho stems of all tho varieties aro remarkably siliciou. One kind found in Java is so hard, that it strikes fire when the hatchet is applied to it. This has only a very slender stem, which is polished and ued as stems- for tobacco pipes. This protean tree furnishes ma terial for. houses, boats, cordage, sails of vessels, telescopes, aqueduct pipes, waterproof thajchiug, clothing, water wheels, fences, chairs, tables, book cases, boxes, hats, umbrellas, shields, -pears and paper. Tho pith is used for lamp wicks, so there is no part of it that can not be used for something. From sonic of it exquisite carvings, in laid with gold and silver, are cut, that exceed in beauty the ivory carvings, for which tho Chinese aro so famed. Heeently it lias been put to another use. Mr.Ediso;i lias found that the carbonized libers of the bamboo furnish the best material for the incandescent electric lamp, and lias made use of it in his system of lighting. In llurnittli and Siain, whole cities aro built from bamboo. These houses arc made in pieces, lashed together, and invariably raised on posts .several feet high. Think of a city on stilts! Cor. Cleveland Leader. NOT A DBUG. Compound Oxygen is not a time. It does not Introduce an enemy into the sys tem, but a kind and gracious healer. It does not assault or depress nature, as is always the case when crude drugs are taken, but conies to her assistance nnd ro nton b her weakened vital forces. All of Its effect are gentle, pervading and vital izing. If you are suffering from any di sease which your physician has fai ed to cure, send to Drs. bTAUKKY & Palkn. 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, for their pamphlet, and learn an about this won- Ui-riul treatment. Orders for the Compound Oxygen Home treatment will be tinea ny II. A. Alatliews, Ulo i'owell street, ban t ranclsco. BUPTUBE PERMANENTLY CURED. We will pay your fare from any part of United States to Portland and hotel expenses while hero if wo do not produce indisputablo evidence from well-known bankers, doctors, lawyere, merchants and farmers as to our re liability In the cure of rcdueeable rupture or hernia, without knife, needlo or sharp instru ment. You are secure against accident from tho Srst day until cured, and the cure guaran teed permanent or money refunded. 1 ou can work every day, no matter whnt your occupa tion, without, danger or inconvenience. Con sultations free. Ulllce hours from 10 to I dally. Correspondents will enclose stamp for reply and address Drs. Forden & Luther, rooms 8 and 9. First National bank, Portland, Oiegon. Mention this paper. In the Catholic church of the United CnAn ',. . ...... ...Jln.l 1 .J n . bishops, 01 bishops, 7,uV)S priests, l.ottO y WM gaV! , ecclesiastical stuucnis, u,tuu cnuicnes, '.281 chtels. liO tt-eolocical seminaries. 88 colleges, fl)3 academics, 4&. charitable institutions. 2,097 parcchinl schools and 5'.!') 72T) pupils in attendance at these schools. When she was a Child, she crlod for Castorla, When sho became Miss, Bho clung to Castorio, When shehad Children, she gavo them Caatoria. M.V A SUGGESTION TGvTHE TRAVELING PUBLIC. Tourists, cinitrntnts nnd mariners flr.d that Hobtetter's btomuch Hitters Is a medicinal safeguard ngaiiibt unhenlthful inlluences, up on which tney can implicitly rely, feince it pre vents the etleele of vitiated atmosnherc. unac customed or unw holesome diet, bud water, or otner conditions uniuvorauiu to Health, un long voyages, or journeys in latitudes adjacent to tho collator, it is especially useful as u tireven- live of the febrile complaints und disorders of I the stomach, liver and bowels, which ate apt to aiuicK natives oi tne temperate zone so journing or traveling in such regions, und it is an excellent protection ngnmsl the inlluence of extreme com, Bunnell changes or temperature. exposure to damp or extreme fatigue. It not only prevents intermittent nnd remittent fever. and other discuses of a malurial tvue. but eradicates them, a fact which has been notor ious for years past in Jsoith nnd South Amer ica, Mexico, the West Indies, .Vusttalia and otner countries. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to use. It is not a liould or a snuir. 50c. iry oreaining iumes ot turpentine or carbolic acid to relieve whooping cough. THE NATIONAL DISEASE D0YTNED. Hundreds of so-called diseases under various names are the result of indiges tion, and when this one trouble is removed the others vanish. The best known remedy for indigestion, according to thousands of testimonials, is one that has been used in the United States for moru than fifty years liKANintinii's Pills. These Pills will cure the worst form of indigestion or djspepsiu. and by their use tne national disease ib easily conquerea. Tin-out lietises commence with a Cough. Cold, or Sore Throat. "Brown's Bronchial uroches" give immediate re lief, bold only in boxes. Price 2n cts. Go to Towne & Moore when In Portland for best Photographic and Cravon work. Tnv Germea foi-breaktast. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL- MARKED CARDS. Gabriel Karsky rang tho bell. His business was that of a second-hand clothes-dealer and tho bell was that of No. 20 Liberty street, whero David Cohen, a capitalist, resided. Karsky kept a littlo stully shop at !!'15 Sixth street and ofton in tho pursuit of bis calling ho took a turn in tho fresh air and gathorcd up old garments to be furnished up as now. Gabriel had ofton rang tho bell at No. 20 Liborty street and when ho did so this rainy afternoon, about a month ago and Mrs. Cohen ciune to the tloor sho said, plcasantlv, "Nothing to sell to-dav Gabriol." 'I have though" said Karsky, draw ing a crumbled paper from his pocket, "I've got a Louisiana lottery ticket hero and that is a coupon of ticket 7:i,'.)S7, and I want to sell it." Mrs. Cohen, however, would have nothing to 'do with tho coupon, Kartky in sisted and tho argument went on un til Mr. Cohon impatiently shouted from tho sittingTooni to take tho cou pon, give tho man a dollar and lot him go. Tho ticket and Mrs. Cohen's dol lar changed places and Gabriel pocket ing tho pieco wont on his way in the quiet contentment of small profits. On tho Kith of robrunry tho list of prizes was published in tho Chronicle, and Mrs, Cohon looking over it with mild curiosity, saw with amazement that ticket No. 7:1,1)87 had drawn the first capital prize, ami that her coupon was worth iflfi.OOO. Sho collected the money through Wells, Fargo it Cp's bank, and remembering tho circum stances of he purchase, sent Karsky $100. This was not. tho only sudden for tune that came to San Francisco from Now Orleans last month. Another, tenth of tho first capital prixo was j drawn horo; if'J.uou came in a lump to an old woman who held a connon of ticket No. 1 1,105, and two young men witii Murphy, Giut k Co., have bo como $5,000 richer by holding a cou pon of ticket 15,151, which drew tho second canital nriao. fSan Vrunuisco . an' th , burnt A Druggist Iteveulu Some or the Secrets of the (iiimlillng-Sliitrper. "A man to be a successful card player must have extraordinary sharp eyes," remarked a druggist of this citv. "Why so?" " 1 have had an opportunity to oh serve a thing or two." "Do you ever play?" "Never. Hut card-sharps have go' mo to make blue and red ink of tip saino hue as that ou die backs of tin cards generally used in pokor. Tho can make a line blue lino on the had of a blue deck that I couldnn't possibh see, and yet they can distinguish it across this counter. They can do tin same with a red mark on a red deck I take ti cork, hollow it out and fill i with ti prepared ink that is, when dry. hard as the cork itself. Tho corks, ou filled with 1)1 no ink anil the other with red, aro kept in tho vest pocket of tin player. hen lie desires to mark a card he has but to moisten ono of hi fingers by putting it in his mouth and then touch tho ink in one of his corks. The card to be marked is touched in the desired spot while tiio card is being handled in the ordinary progress of the game." "Vou say that you have mado many such inks for patrons?" "Lots of them for professional poker players. 1 made a set for a man once who went lvist and played poker at the watering places. He came back witlt a big bundle of money and went into legitimate business hero, but failed. He lost all ho had made playing marked cards." "How comes it that a man who would want inks prepared for tho pur pose of cheating at cards would tell you his object?" "Those who told me knew jno well, and 1 had their conlidence. They knew that I would not divulge their names for any tiling in tho world. There aro firms that make a business to furnish short-card .sharks with prepared inks, and they advertise them through tho medium of circulars. Their charge is five dollars a bottle for a small vial half as big as your linger. They got the names of poker-players in all of tho cities that they can, 'and mail them the circulars, setting forth tho advantage of playing with the use of the inks ad vertised. And they get many a cus tomer, too." Cincinnati Enquirer. (Gal.) Chronicle, Mnroh , Mostly a Native. "Vou aro a native of this parish?" asked a Scotch shoritVof a witness who was summoned to testify in a caso of illicit distilling. "Maistly, yor honor," was tho reply. "I mean, were you born in this parish?" "Na, yr Honor; I wasna born in this parish, but I'm maist a native, for a' that." Vou camo here when you were a child, I supposo you mean?" said the sherilV. "No, sir; I'm just hero about sa year noe." "Then how do you oome to Im iic-wly a titttivcof the pariahP" "Wwl, yo W, whan I cam' haiv, sax year sin I jut wolghl eight stane. an'' I'm fully soveu ten stain's no, .o c s,.,. tlt.tt about uin' stain- me lu-l.oigs t' this parish itii.'t- eight , fi.n- i.m Monl''tl U'ttihss. The in nutcsof tho last Presbyterian General Assemblv show that 115 of their churches last vear received addi tions of 50 and over each. Two or three clergymen in Brook lyn introduced tho practice of giving brief talks to tho children betoro begin ning tho morning sermon. Brooklyn union. Rome papers report that tho Pope m tonus to establish a groat university in tho Latoran Palace. Tho head of tho Universitias Leonina is to bo tho Jesuit Cardinal Mazzclhu Tho Chinaman in America is being moro and moro cared for. According to the Now York Tribune "twontv-two Chinese missions liavo been established in Now York and Brooklyn since 1878, and are in a flourishinjrcond tion. What is more, a largo proportion of tho con vert 'stick'" In an articlo published in tho Nou- velle Jlevue, a French traveler declares that there is scarcely a villajro in Syria w tliout a l rotcstant church: moro than ono may bo found even in tho gorges of Mount llormon. At Isovrout there is a German hosp tal and American univer sity, where tiio most practical sciences aro taught, especially that of medicine. "A Century of Protestant Missions," is tho title of a book published in Fug- land by tho Kev. James Johnston. It makes tho startling estimate that while 3,000,000 converts have been added to tho churches, thero aro now 200,000,000 moro heathen in tho world than there were when Protestant missions began a hunilrcil years ago. a. J. Witness. Tho Illustrated Christian Wecklu fol lows up tho remarks of President Eliot, of Harvard, in denunciation of tho ten dency to extravagance that seems to bo increasinr among vollegians with some appropriate remarks of his own. Owing to this extravagance, tho scale of ex penditure is raised to all, and it will cost tho frugal student of to-dav from 50 to 100 per cent, moro than it did their equally frugal fathers to tako a college course in similar comfort. In Brazil aro found tho best schools In South Aiucrca. Tlioy aro divided m o three grades the primary, the secondary, and the technical schools. Tho first two correspond to tho various grade- of our public schools. There is but ono institution in tho country cor rcsnond mr to nnr eollei'O. munch. "College Don Pedro 11." in Hio do Janc'ro. Tho lower schools at e 'free, and the law even demands compulsory attendance. Tho Bishop of Rochester dooj not approve of tho popular clamor for brief sermons. "Do not," he advises his ecclesiastical subordinates, "readily give in to what is ofton only a worldly cry forsh rt sermons. ou need a groat deal moro exporionco than you can claim now for making a fiftcon minutes' sermon that shall bo roally useful. Hither so much will bo com pressed into it that it will become load ed and obsouro, or what is perhaps moro likely, so littlo will g- into it that it will bo impossible to enduro it." Tho figures laid before tho Metho dist conference show the steady growth ot uio.Mciiiouist t hurch in C anada. Ilio membership is placed at 11)7,479. Thoro are 1,010 mmisters and proba tioners, lho tfiureh has property to tho value of $0,975,013. Tho number of SundHy-schoals is 2,G75, with an at tendance ot lyl, ISA. Sabbath-school papers have a cireulat on oP22lJ,6S9. Tho work of temperance, according to mo rop 'i t oi tho statistics yomm ne i, has boon carried on onorgoticiallv. as is witnessed bv the faet that -IG.iiSO .Sun- day-sohool scholars havo taken the total abstinence plgjlgo. 4t m & LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S lEGETABLE ft V e COMPOUND OFFEEB TIIE SUREST REMEDY FOR THE PAINFUL ILLS AND DISORDERS SUF FERED BY WOMEN EVERYWHERE. It relieves pain, promotes a regular and healthy recurrence of periods and Is a great help to young girls and to women past maturity. It strengthens the back and tho pelvic organc, bringing relief nnd comfort to tired women who etaudall day iu homo, shop and factory. , l.cucorrhcea, Inflammation, Ulceration nnd Dis placements of the Uterus havo been cured by it, as women everywhere gratefully testify, lingular physicians often prcscribo It Sold by all Druggists. rrlco$1.00. Mrs. Pinkham's "Guide to Health" mailed tonny lady sending stamp to tho Laboratory, Lynn, llass. 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