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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1887)
WHAT OF THAT? Tired I well, nnd what of that? Wdat fnncy llfo was sjxmt on Ix"ds of case. Fluttering tbo roso leaves scattered by tlio brecrc! Como, rouse theo! work whllo It Is called to-day. Coward, arise, go forth tliy wayl Ijnely ! and what of that? Somo must lie lonely; 'Us not plvcn to all To feci n In-art responslvo rise and fall To blend another llfo Into Its own. Work limy bo dono In loneliness; work onl Dnrk! well, and what of that? Didst fondly dream tho sun would never sctj Dost fear to lose thy way? Take coiirago yet. I;arn thou to walk by faith and not by Bight, Thy steiw will guided be, and guided right. Hard I well, and what of thatf Dldrt fanej ll'e cna cummer holiday, With lossons, nono to learn, and naught but play 1 Qo, get thee to thy task. Conquer or die I It must t learned. Learn It, then, iiatlcntly. No help! nay, 'tis not so; Though human help lxs far, thy God nigh, Who fwwU tho ravens, hears his children cry. He's near theo wheresoo'er thy footsteps roam, And ho will guldo theo, light theo, help theo homo. Every Other Saturday. I'linim from HhakcHiionre. Shakesix-aro's 'influence over tho public is shown by tho extent (o whiclt bis phrasea huvo lx."cotiio incorporated into our language. Among tbeso aro "bag and linggage," "dead aau doornail," "bit or miss," "love is blind," "selling for n song," "wide world," "fast nnd loose," "unconsidered trifles," "westward ho," 'familiarity breeds contempt," "patch ing up excuses," "misery makes Btrango lxjd fellows," "tolxx)t"(in trade), "short nnd long of it," "comb your head with n throo legged stool," "dancing attend ance," "getting oven" (rovenge), "birds of a feather," "that's flat," "Creek to mo" (unintelligible), "packing a jury," "mother wit," "killed with kindness," "mum" (forsilonco), "ill wind that blows no good, ' "wild gooso chase," "scare crow," "luggage," "row of pins" (nan mark of value), "viva voce," "give nnd take," "sold" (in tho way of njoko), "your cake is dough." Tho girl who playfully calls somo youth a "milksop" is also unconsciously quoting Shakespeare, and oven "loggerhead" is of tho samo origin. "ExteniKro" is llrst found in Shakosiearo, and so nro "almanacs!" Shakesjiearo is tho llrst author that speaks of "the man in tbo moon," or mentions tho jxitato or uses tho term "eyesore" for nnnoyunce." Chicago Times. (, AVIint Pour Sparrow Can Do. Two pairs of sparrows were watched by an olisorvnnt naturalist feeding their young in their nests in only one half hour with the larvm of the bluebottle fly from u dead cat. Thuy fetched these Li all 101 timeH, and one of the birds idso caught M lliea on tho wing. Now, tho common houso lly is computed to produce in ono season, so prolific is tho progeny after pro geny, no leas than 20,1)00,000, say, in round numliers, 21,000,000, mil thus weru prevented by these two pairs of birds no fower than 280,000,001) bv the capture of I I flies and 2,800.000,000 by tho destruction of tho 10 1 lnryiu. Again, there figured in the parish accounts of ono parish inflloucestershire a charge for 17 dozen of (so called) tomtits' heads; in another parish, Melbourne, in Derbyshire, ti sparrow club destroyed iti ono year 4,577 snudl birds, and in yet another !!, T)00. Take tho smaller of these two last nunilxirs, and multiply it by tho numlier of Hies just calculated as prevented by tbo two jrnirs of sparrows, and it gives what we may very well call a grand total of 7,280,000,000,000. lndon Times. Tlio Orlutllnur f tlm Ire. "Tho submarine forest oH our port," paid a man from Kenosha, Wis., "is lx?ing broken up by the grinding of tho ice. This forest extends ulxmt a mile and n half into tho lake. The grain and bark of the trees are entirely dissimilar from anything found in the forests of tho present day, thus showing almost con clusively that tlio buried forest was swal lowed up by t'to sea ages and ages ago. Fishermen w'm cast their netH neiir these lealless anil etrilled trees often bring tip whole bir.iches and twigs, and once in a great while a heavy sea washes a gnarled trunk ashore. Thoro are scien tific men who bold that tho sunken forest proves that tho earth has Ix-on pay ing tribute to tho lake ever sinco the birth of time. Tho vast, amount of ico in tho lako this winter has had tho effect of demolishing many of tho trees, ior tions of which havo lxxn cast upon tho anchor ice during tho bovcro easterly gales. "Chicago Herald. lieu, Mini'ldaii'it Plan. (Jen. Sheridan has projmsed n striking and ingenious plan of Imrlior defense, kisod iih)U his exterienee in fighting In dians jeant ago. lie found sunken pits held by rilleinen lictter than forts, which formed a clearly visible mark for the enemy. lit therefore prooss a serioaof submergeil pits in the sia, with guns that can lo rainl or lowered at pleasure, never ri. ing nlxivo the surface of the water w far as to afford a gixxl mark for an advancing fleet. Such works would lx Ix'ttor defended against hostile lire by tho surrounding water itself than any visible fort can lx by steel or other casing. Tho idea is worth consideration, as it np jiears to oiler a niaxinnun of defensive l'oreo with a minimum of cost. Now York Tribune Aro tlio Time Dc Kcucrnttr When ono reads of defaulting treasure cm and cashiers, he is likely to refer to tho degeneracy of tho times in morals, in honesty anil trustworthiness. Hut nro they degenerate? Am the moral instincts lens It eon than they were of old? It will lx Biifo to deny it. You ttthnot tell what tho morals of u man am liufil he is tempted. In tho olden time -iiitluhtrieri , wero so poorly dovolojxxl that it was luvivsary to rojxo trusts in others only in a very lim ited degree, and henco tho defaulters worn fow. The jx-oplo of tho priont day endure tho tost of temptation, no doubt, mom creditably than tho ancestors of jwst ccnturicrt would havo done Good Housekeeping. fjreen Chalk for Cur. lltoy nro trying to introduce green chalk in Minio of tho billiard rooms of Chicago, It is claimed that tho chalk lost nono of its tidhesivemK by mason of ita nrtiflclal color, and tlmt it ixaKOewea tho niont of piwrvlng tho color of cloth. Chalk, as it ia used ut ptwont, boon faded tlio heaviest emerald cloth, mid-makes, tlio tnblia apjxtiir unsightly uml worn. New York Hun. THE SATURDAY NIGHT MARKtT. A Procession of ISuynrs, Who Aro on the Lookout for HnrgnliK. On Saturday nights tho pressuro is ter rible. About 8 o'clock tho procession of buyers commences, competed entirely of IxjojiIo who must bnvo things cheap and .vhowill not Imy.milcm allured bycheap nesi. On such occasions tho objects on tho tiidewalk are largely re-enforced. Tho shoemakers spread before their eyes largo assortments of arctic overshoes nnd of those caoutchouc conijiounds which tho Boston girls musically term gums. These nro at divers rates, come 35 cents, somo 55, somo 00. Tlio dealer knows the fas cination which tho largo Ialx?l "00 cents" baa upon his customers. It secm3 to say that the living price, the lx?d rock rate, is $1, but, Ix.-causo times nro hard, ho will throw off n cent nnd Bacriflco him self rather than not mako n sale. This convinces them, this piteous spcctaclo of Abraham offering up his shoes at a sac rificial rato, and ho lias twenty customers at 09 cents, whereas ho might only havo had two at $1. Great is thy jiowcr, O Hurnbug! Side by sido with the shoo tables aro other merchants, who mako appeal to tho name piission for cheapness. At ono end will Ixs nn old white lx?arded man, who, sweeping his hand over a collection of tin whistles nnd imitation jet brooches and hair combs, repeats incessantly in a monotonous voice, "Any toy or any jowcl on this table, 5 cents." At nn other will bo an orangeman crying out with tho voico of a stentor, "Ten for 0 cents." Further on will boa huckster of bananas, shrieking "Kipo banannies, tho whole bunch for a quarter." Then there will lxj magnificent displays by a fishmonger, who by opening his window establishes communication lK'tween tho fish within and tho fish without. Clams appear to lx) tho favorite dainty, and these tiro displayed on plates and sold by tho plateful, and ono can see feminino customers counting to see which plate has lxjcn favored by fortune. Beside tho clams there aro piles of lobsters, just boiled and steaming, surrounded by a perfect cloud of savoriness. Then thero aro small crabs, not very inviting, and baskets of oysters. Tho groceries aro in full blast, giving away n chromo and a package of sugar to every ono who buys tea nnd coffee, which is already for tho buyer in paper packages. In front of every grocery store is a small stand where a young girl is grating horso radish and selling it by tho teacup. I watched ono whoso hands wero blue with cold, but business was brisk and sho seemed happy, nnd continued rubbing away upon tho grater which must have lx?en alxwt the temperature of n block of ico, for metals havo the happy Iower of distributing Ixith heat nnd cold. Then thero were truck wagons from Flat bush or Hushwick selling heads of cab bage, and potatoes and onions. Tho va rious dry goods stores on tho "avenoo" were crowded with customers nnd blaz ing with gas lights, and oven electricity lent its potent aid to charm tho senses of tho customers. It was a sort of carnival, tho provident thought being, "you work ing jiooplo havo your wngos in your xwket; co-mo in and Bpond the last cent." Brooklyn Eagle. A Gltt'iip Tulingcnu Slide. The. Macon Telegraph wants a toboggan slide, nnd tells how to mako ono that tho heat won't hurt. It selects a certain hill in tlio city, and then says; "Buy enough twelve inch plank planed on ono sido to make, when sttxxl on edge, smooth side in, a double lino from the hilltop to tlio bottom. The width of tho space botween these two linen of plank should bo nlxiut ten foot, and tho ground smoothed with a hoo. Over it spread pino straw six inches deep. The straw can Iki hauled from tho wixxls in wagons. Nail two barrel staves under n plank of equal length, greaso tho .staves and then get on. The rider will find himself tolxigganing at a terrific rato of snood, and accidents will lxj almost im possible. New York Sun. Dcciiy nf Itiillillng Stones. The rapid decay and destruction of building stones is a matter of common experience. Mr. T. Eggleston has do scrilxl somewhat tho causes lending to them, lie finds that many limestones that aro most linblo to disintegrate, either in tho finished monument or yet in the ledge, aro mixtures of truo lime stone and dolomitic limestone, and tho crumbling is duo to the more soluble nature of the limestone, which is re moved by the jHucolating carbonated waters, thus undermining the dolomitio grains. Chicago Tribune. Ail African Drum. "This," said Capt. Storms, taking up it monstrous native drum of unshax'ly girth, "produces a curious effect when you hear tho muffled lumging of it re echoing from village to village as tho signal for war. I have com" across chiefs in the interior whoto hobby it is to have 'fancy' drummers. But their way of prix'tiring them is essentially Afri can. They chop off the hands of their slaves, and oblige the lattur to lxnt the drums with their mutilated stumps in lieu of drumsticks." Chicago Tribune. Impurities In Iron. It is Haiti that tho mom rapid deterio ration of much of the iron of a lato mako arises from the fact that it contains mora impurities than formerly. The common iron of to-day is filled with slag, mid looks coarse nnd llbrous when rusted or worn. Fifty yoty.i ago tho iron mado in the United States was largely charcoal iron, and was much purer and hotter thnu the same grades made tit tho present day. Boston Budget. NotlihiK was Good Knougli. "Been north. I understand," Kitd.Tonoa to Brown, who had gone to New Hamp shire to sponge on Amw of his rich kin. "Yes, 1 was up among mv relatives." "How did they treat you?" "Oh, immense! Nothing wns good enough for mo, nnd" dropping his voico "tiitit's jtut what thoy gave me." Washington Critic, Tho young nuin who has his ovonings to hiuiholf generally goc nnd gives thorn to tome ouu uIhu Now Orleans l'ica yuno, Mlmw cflji now bo lighted by electricity ut on half (ic cot of lighting thorn by oil uud oaniiluu. Saving Tears In Persia. Tcnre nro considered bo precious In Persia that they IxMtlo them up. When there is a funeral some one goes round among the mourners nnd presents each with a sponge to weep in, and the niwngo is nfterwnrds nqit'H'zcd into a lottle. If tho deceased was a iwnurious relative a tight old spongo that it was difficult to squeeze any money out of when alive it is likewiso difficult to squeeze any tears out of tho family singes nt his funeral. It must lx? touching to sec the master of ceremonies at a funeral, moving nlong in front of the mourners' Ixsnch, nnd asking each one in a whisper: "Have you shod?" Bottled tears aro supposed by tho Persians to have great healing lowers, henco their collection. Exchange. Tretty Lively Traveling. "The question ij often asked me," paid an electrician, "if it lxs really truo that tho electric current travels fast enough to go around the world in aeinglo Becond. Thero seems to le a good deal of curiosity on that More. Tlio best reply that can bo mado to ouch nn inquiry ia that every thing depends on tho conditions. Take a perfect land lino 35.000 miles long, or equal to tlio circumference of tho earth, and a tap on the wire would bo felt from ono end to the other in nlxnit one second. Under tho best possiblo conditions as many, perhaps, as eight or ten seconds would bo required if the current wore to be transmitted through cables under tho two oceans." Chicago Herald. What Our Schools e1. Thousands of young pcoplo aro turned out of them j-early wi'h just knowledgo enough to mako them yeasty nnd un settled, but without enough to awaken a tendency in their minds toward any productivo vocation, in which tho most of them must inovitably sooner or later engage. Our schools hitherto havo been trying to work out tho overshadowing university conception of education, Avhcreas they can continue to do ade quate work only as they assist in launch ing young men nnd women right side up on the heady current of practical life. Boston Globe. Tho Sultan's 'Wives.- Tlio sultan of Turkey lives in a palaco somewhat out of tho city of Constanti nople and fitted up in ordinary European style. It is built of. stone, but tho rooms nro small and tho ceilings low. though very gaudily painted. He has Ix?cn mar ried only some half a dozen times, which is quite n reasonable number for a polyga mous sultan. Indeed, Abdul llamid must bo considered a very tcnierato man as regards wive., when it is borno in mind that ono of his lato predecessors was pleased to possess twice as many dozen iis lio has. Constantinople Cor. Chicago Tribune. Washington's Othngrnptiy. George Washington defied orthography with the samo calm cottrago with which ho opposed the troops of England, lie onco wrote to tho congregation of tho Dutch Reformed church at Schenectady: "I sincerely thank you for your congratu lations on my arrival in this place. Whilst I join in adoring that now Suproom Being, to whom alono can lxs nttrcbuted tho signel" successes of our arms, I cannot but express my gratitude to you gentle men," etc. Chicago Tribune. Food Vnlue of Done. Tho exiorinicnta of Dr. Edward Smith with Ixines were cited to instance their possible food value; these exjx'riments were undertaken r.i th? command of the English government, nnd were exhaus tivo enough to prove that three and a half pounds of mixed bones contain as much heat food as one pound of meat, nnd six pounds of lxnes as much flesh food as n pound of meat. Juliet Carbon in Ilnrper'a Bazar. "A rjrntlier of fllrls." When Alxl-el-Kadir wns expected nt Cairo. Uuly Duff Gordon's donkey driver naked her if be wero not Akhu-l-Bonat (a brother of girls). She said she diil not know that ho had any sisters. "The Aralw, O lady," was the reply, "call that man 'a brother of girls' to whom God has given a clean heart to love nil women as his sisters, and strength and courage to light for their protection." Homo Journal. A Duel Between Composers. Andreas Ronilierg, the well known composer of tho "Bell," once received a challenge front the leader of a small or chestra on the ground of some protended insult. He bent tho messenger back with tlieso words: "Tell Ilerr X that I don't know Iimv to use a sword or a pis tol; but wo will each compose n cantata, and the one whoso work is received with hisses shall shoot himself dead." Main zor Nachricbten. Ancient Koine's Nuphln. The mappa was n tablq napkin in uso in nnoiont ttome for wiping tlio hands and mouth it meals. Yulgar jxtsoiis fastened it under their chins to protect their clothes from stains, ns sonic do now. In ordinary castM the host tlid not furnish his guout'with napkins, but each jxTson brought his own napjKi with him, and occasionally carriodaway in it somo of tho delicacies which ho conlil not cou Kiuiio tit table. Home Journal. Needed n t'lvlllved Doctor. The China' government employed Dr. Bnhr ns Euroican doctor of their fleet during tho recent war with Franco. When the war was ended the doctor was dis charged tui a moans of economy. Tho recent riot at Nagasaki, in whiclt a nuni lx?r of ChtnobO man-of-war's men wero lvully injured, led tho Viceroy Li to en gage a civilized doctor to attend tho fleet in peace as well ns in war. lhiblio Opinion. Something to lteuieinber. A mother had reproved her littlo girl for IxMng so clumsy as to drop a dish, and tho littlo girl, after a thoughtful silence, said; "Mamma, can you writo with vour left hand?" "I could if I wero loft handed, but I'm not." "Well," tmldtho littlo girl. "I gueaa littlo children nro loft handed nil over." Tho Uck gloi cost $50,000. A liquor glass is oftontimoti mom oxixuulw. A BOOK CANVASSER'S METHODS. Ilia aieckneM, Humility nnd Impertur babilityScouring an Order. "Well," said tho canvasser, putting lus portfolio on nn adjacent desk, while he presented his autograph album to tho re jiortcr, and produced pen and ink from a secret recess in his vest "Well, I must first thank you for your kindness, and now let mo tell you that gall is not such a pre-eminent ingredient in a book can vasser's mako up ns you and a great many other persons Bocm to imagine. Our first lessons nro taken from tho Bible, which teaches meekness and humility. A real book canvasser never loses his tem per; ho never gets angry; ho never ar gues; but ho grdually leads tho conver sation into pleasant channels, and makes life as agrceablo and cnjoyablo to all around him as ho possibly can. Tho only resistance a truo canvasser will mako to nnybody is when his calling is impeached. Ho is early taught to stand up for tho honor of his calling, in spite of all that may be told him of tho misdeeds of others who have disgraced it. Thero aro black sheep in ovcry flock, nnd all men should not bo held responsiblo for tho sins of a few. "The best way, though, to illustrate our teachings is to tell you how we work and all wo do comes out of our course of study, as you call it or our book of instructions, as wo call it. Wo depend on ourselves to tho largest j)os siblo extent. Sometimes wo havo a helper, that is, a gentleman or lady of a certain neighborhood who, in considera tion of a free copy of tho book, intro duces us to certain people, but tho great troublo alxitit helpers is that they insist on talking and recommending your work after introducing you, thereby display ing their interest and injuring your pros pects. It is harder to keep 'helpers' quiet than to get along without them, so I choose not to havo them. Tho ixnver of influcnco we, of course, fully recog nize but it is tlio influcnco or example by leaders either in swicty or business. For this reason wo are always glad to havo good names to show somo names in tho building, in tho block or in tho immediate neigliborhood. On approach ing a gentleman whoso sulwcription wo desire to securo wo havo soveral things to consider, and I shall mention them in their order. Wo generally ascertain the gentleman's namo nnd we mako it a point nover to forget a namo onco ac quired. It is pleasantcr and mom effective to call a man by bis name when you meet him the first time, 1x3 causo it makes him feel that his hn jiortanco is appreciated and that his famo is not confined to his family and imme diate friends. After meeting him, we look him squarely in tho eye, and, with out staring him, hold him ns tbo ancient mariner held his friend with his glitter ing orb. Thero is great power in the human oye, and, losidos, it hhows that you nro not doing anything you aro ashamed of. If tho person is engaged or 'too busy,' we try to make an apixjint ment for somo other time. If we aro canvassing in families nnd there aro chil dren present, we notice them and say nico tilings about their looks, or com ment on their resemblanco to tho head of the house. "Tho next thing after securing atten tion is to create a desiro on tho part of tlio person to seo what you'vo got, for desiro must precedo demand. That is another of our axioms. Wo nover show our books until wo havo created tho necessary desiro. You may havo ob served that I tried to keep my portfolio hidden by tho flap of my overcoat. When wo do show or.r lwok wo do not let it go out of our hands, but Ixginning nt the' cover, wo explain all its gcxxl points, put ting our descriptions into tho lx?st words wo can master. Wo keep cool, do not hurry; aro concise nnd direct in our lan guage, and try nover to weary or worry pur customer. Then wo securo the order. As soon as the customer shows signs of yielding, wo havo pen and ink ready wo always carry ink and obtain his signa ture "while his mood is favorable. After getting tho signature wo keep away from tho 8ulscribor until wo aro ready to do liver tlio lxxik, and tho delivery is mado at n time when wo know tho sulscriber has money when ho gets his salary if a working man, and after crop timo ho lives in tho country. "Objections? Oh, gracious ye3, woliear plenty of objections. Wo aro taught to expect them, and we train ourselves to meet and answer them. In doing this wo niin to lx? pleasant and happy, with out lx?ing offensively smart, and wo avoid, ns far as possiblo, direct answers or lalxired arguments. Agents who aro afraid to depend on their own facilities in such emergencies havo n manual from which they may study and meniorizo answers to tho ordinary objections which are offered. I havo such a manual one published here, in which you will find objections witli ready mado answers." GlolxwDonioerat. Delight or Ceylon Lire. But hero wo aro in tho midst of British luxury, fivo minutes alxive a largo town, with tennis courts nnd dashing drives. Often tho ceiling cloth follows tho rafters to the ridgo jxile, ns in my sleeping room, which thus has a lofty dome. But tho sound of creatures that movo without feet is ns rovelrous and gloomy and frightful and startling in that cmvico, that Ixig liko reptile room, ns it is when they havo tho sjuice of a regular garret to knock nnd throw themselves around. "Them" means wildcats, civet cats, scorpions, muskrats, common rats and serjKnts. There is no yowling liko that of tho unhappy cats of cities in America; no noise except tho locomotion and tho delicate squeak of tho musky mico nt piny, nnd tho louder protest of tho rats when they aro being swallowed alivo by tho biiako. Ceylon Cor. Chicago News. Ileiiutlful Ilermuda. Everything is bright, ovcry outlino is 6harp, ovcry houso liko a houso mado of snow, roof nnd nil, scarlet and yellow flowers in masses, trees so full of birds that it seems as if overy leaf woro a bird, yet not a bird to lxs seen thoy aro only heard; tho wholo Ix'autiful island res onant liko a bell. Such is Bermuda. Bermuda Letter. Where. Tliey Hnvo Gone. A grant scarcity of tho very small coins is roportetl. We aro nfmld tho lumthuu lv got ell tho very small coins by this time. Burlington. rurulnR th' if" :My Dollar., The pursuit of . dlar is rcajKinsible for the wreck of 't less lives. It makes young men ok .ad adds physical de bility to tho sorr ..s of old age. In the unceasing effort to obtain riches, tho best objects of human existenco arc driven out of sight. Families aro neglected, and the pleasures of homo left untasted. In Eng land, tho princo merchant is content witli what is gained by a few hours at tho desk. Tho Tv t of his time U given to such enjoyments as his means may per mit. Ho i3 cnihusiustically devoted to his family, and in old age is aa jolly as a sandboy; sleeps well, cats almost too weli, and is comparatively free from pains and nches. It ia a fact that thousands of our wealthiest merchants, in their prosperity, work as hard as they did when com mencing life. Custom has grown into habit, and things without interest from tho business jwint of view havo no flavor. So long as good health remains, such slavery has its compensations; but, when tho phvsical and mental condition will stand tlio strain do longer, the way totho end is gloomy and wretched, ' tho pains nnd aches arising from ix?rsistcnt o-er-work embittering every moment to th1 last. Herald of Health. Interviewing n Womnn. "Women who figuro in public usually liko to be interviewed. They are less cautious than men about expressing their convictions, but thoy aro moro particular about having their exact language printed. Unlike most men, tho women want to sec tho reporter's noto book when they talk for publication. "What is tho use of my telling yn ihe& things' if you aro" not going to put them down!" Anna Dickinson once said to tho writer. That energetic lady was not satisfied with the assuranco that her in terviewer's memory was a3 good as a noto lxxik, sho wanted to havo tho inter view which was about her plans as an actress written out then and thero so that sho might read it over and rcviso it. Of courso sho had her own way. Sho fixed up tho interview to her own liking and tho interviewer turned it in to tho man with tho bluo pencil who sits at the city editor's desk. That critical person cut out about four-fifths of Anna's talk and quito naturally tho next day sho had Bomething to say about tho total deprav ity of newspaper rejiorters. New York Times. Tlio Hull ncc Mood. Tlio law of correspondences lx?tween spiritual and material things is wondei fully exact in its working. Pcoplo ruled by the mood of gloom attract to them gloomy things. People always discour aged nnd despondent do not succeed in anything, and live only by burdening sonio one else. Tho hopeful, confident, and cheerful attract tho elements of suc cess. A man's front or back yard will ndvertiso tho man's ruling mood, in the way it is kept. A woman at homo shows her state of mind in her dress. A slat tern advertises the ruling mood of hojx? lessness, carelessness, and lack of system. Hags, tatters and dirt nro always in the mind Ixforo being on the body. The thought that is most put out brings its corresponding visiblo element to crystal lizo nbout you, ns surely nnd literally ns tho visiblo bit of copper in solution .at tracts to it tho invisiblo copior in that solution. A mind always hojeful, confi dent, and courageous, and determined on its set purpose, and keeping itself to that purpose, attracts to itself out of tho ele ments things and powers favorable to that purpose. Prontico Mulford. Von Dulotv'n Lend Pencils. Hans Yon Bulow. on his first appoint ment to tho leadership of the orchestra nt a German court theatre, introduced himself to his musicians carrying a small parcel under his arm. This ho proceeded to unfold with great solemnity, produc ing therefrom twenty-two pencils, which ho distributed among tho members of his orchestra, requesting them, in a lengthy speech, to make uso of them for the puqwso of inserting his remarks nnd nl tcrations in their several parts. After Hans Yon Bulow had resigned his post, his successor appeared, at tho desk, where ho solemnly opened a littlo parcel, say ing: "I have l)cen told that my predeces sor, II. Yon Bulow, on his accession to ofiice, handed each of you a pencil, ask ing you to insert sundry notes nnd nltern tions. I too, gentlemen, havo brought you a small present, with the request that you will make uso of it to effaco the annotations of 1113 highly esteemed pre decessor." Whereupon the new con ductor, with great ceremony, delivered to each of tbo musicians n pieco of india rublxjr. Argonaut. Tlio Celebinted "Wilov'n Mite." Tlio most notnblo coin in tbo mint col lection, nnd perhaps tho most celebrated coin irt tho world, is tho "Widow's Mite." It name simply tells its com mercial significance, though visitors gen erally ask to seo tho "Widow's Mito" first, giving s'ccial Scriptural significance to it. It is'nn interesting and confirnia torv fact that this piece was found among tho rubbish of tho Temple grounds bv Dr. Barclav, long resident in Jeru salem, and author of "The City of tho Great King." It was presented ly him to tho mint. It is of tho kind of mites oflcred bv tho widow, but that it is one of tlio identical mites boa nover lx?cn established. "Observer" in Philadelphia Call. Presidents Who Were College Graduate. This is tho list of prcsuh?113 who havo lieen collego graduates: Adams (John), Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams (J. Q.), Harrison, Polk, Pierce, Bu chanan, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur twelve in all. Tho other list, not counting President Cleveland, contained these names: Washington, Jackson, Yan Buren, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln. John son, Grant ten in nil. The presidential oflico before 1885 had been administered by graduates fifty-two years, by non graduates, forty-four years. And, strange to say, thirty-two of tho fifty-two college years fell beforo 1837, nnd onlr twenty In tho equal period sinco 1837. Detroit Freo Press. The Prophet nnd tho Cat. Mohammedans entertain n kindly re gard for cats. Ix.'oauie of a tradition that llio prophet on a certain ocoReion, lx?ing called to quell a riot, cut off tho bleovo of his ixjfco rather tln dinturbncar sleeping u;xn it. Cosmopolitan. IN JOAQUIN MILLER'S CABIN. Tlio Toct nt Work Clad In tlio Picturesque Ourli of 11 I'orty.nlncr. Ono day I walked out to Joaquin Mil ler's cabin on tho hills just outside tlio city. Everything nlxnit tho place looked deserted and desolate, very different from what it looked a year ago when I first visited it. Then overything, both insido and out, was neat and clean, a horso was tethered just outsido tho door and tho owner was insido hard at work, turning out almost unreadable manuscript. Look ing in at tho door, lx?foro knocking. I saw a strange sight for fashionable Washing ton. Seated on a plain, unvarnished chair, drawn up to a rough pino tablo that cost probably $1, sat a man in the picrdrcsque garb of tho gold miners of California. Ho waa writing rapidly with a 6tecl pen, nnd tho fioor around him wns scattered with finished pages. On tho plank wall above tho papers was a single picture and around it, tacked to tho wall with pins, wero scrajis of paper covered with hyeroglyphics that I afterwards found wero notes. Over in the comer of tho room was a bunk such ns may bo seen in the steerago of ocean steamships. It was covered with a profusion of tho richest skins and furs, some of which wero also hung about the walls. Tlio wild haired poet of tho Sierras received me pleasantly, and in tui ewcr to a question about his method of composition ho said: "I have no method; I writo when I feel inclined, nnd do not give any thought to tho subject beforo commencing. But I must bo alone, not oven an animal must 1x3 in tlio room with me, and I even turn my cat out of doors." After a pleasant ordinary chat I left tho picturesque littlo cottago an tho hill and its queer occupant. I must confess I felt a little disipjKiintcd with my visit, for in everything but dress I had found my host an average man. The next day, however, I saw another phase of biscuri ous character. Walking in the Smith sonian grounds I heard U'liind 1110 the clatter of galloping hoofs, and turning I saw approaching, riding wildly, tho poet. Ho had his sombrero in bis hand, and his long hair was floating in the breeze. Ho seemed to bo unconscious cf everything around him, completely lost in tho pleas ure of his gallop. This is tbo last timo I ever saw him in Washington. Ho left soon after and for a year has been travel ing in Mexico and the southern states. He is now in San Francisco where ho edits a magazine, but ho is a creature of moods, and may bob up in Washington any day. He has lived longer heio than anywhere else. Washington Cor. De troit Free Press. Tho AIiishiui'H Intoxlcnnt. During a course of years, commencing with the Russian occupation of tho coun try, lx?fore the ccsbion of the province to tho United States, and subsequent to that time, men of our country found a lucra tive business in tlio sale of molasses and sugar to the Alaska Indians. From these two substances they make a drink which they call hoochenoo, and it is just a lit tlo worse than the lowest grade of Hes ter street whisky. In fact it is almost pure alcohol, slightly discolored. Tho Indians manufacture it for their own conbiimption, and for the use of their friends, but it is rarely sold by them to ono another. They mako a sort of a m.'ish from molasses and dirty brown sugar. This they put into' a largo cal dron over a slow fire. Somo of them have considerable me chanical ingenuity, and they mako a crude sort of a still out of tin. Tho pieces aro cut out for tbo worm, ono In dian holds them in place while another, with a bar of solder and a hot iron fast ens them together. They patch on pieco after piece, until thoy havo completed a rude sort of a worm, nnd then their still is ready. They understand the process of condensation of the vajior in tho worm and know bow to get tho distilla tion out of it. Then they double and triplo distill this product, and in tho end havo a liquor that you or I would not dare to drink, unless wo wanted at onco to experience all the horrors of delirium tremens. Tho stuff is simply terrific, in its power. When the process of manu facture is completed they store it away in bottles for use. Tlio hoochenoo is distilled only in tlio most inaccessible parts of Alaska, as tho sale of large quantities of sugar or molasses in the moro thickly settled jiortions of tho coun try is prohibited and Indians who aro known to possess quantities of either com modity aro closely watched. Lieut. II. T. Monahan in Brooklyn Eagle. Animal I.oro Aiiioiir Savage.. Tho natural history of savago races cor rosjionds exactly with this natural history of European folk lore. Tho Zulu will tell you that the reason tho hyrax has no tail wherewith to drive away tho flies is, that on tho day when tails wero distributed tbo hyrax, fearing it wns going to rain, begged the other animals to bring him his tail to Bnvo himself tho trouble of going. So that tho proverb to this day addressed to a Zulu who from laziness asks another to do or fetch something for him is: "Tho hyrax went without a tail lxxiuso ho sent for it." Tho Bushman will tell you that the jackal's back is black Ixx'auso ho onco carried the sun on his back when ho found that great luminary, then n mortal on earth, sitting weary by tho wayside. And tho Aht will tell you, in explanation of tho melancholy noto of tho loon, of n fisherman roblied by a companion of his fish and at the sanio timo of his tongue, unable to respond to questions about his sport, savo by a noiso liko tho loon's, whohO plaintive crv is still tho voico of .that hapless fisherman, trying in vain to mako himself understood. Ami just so tho Greek would havo told you that tho nightingale wns in reality Philomela, tlio unhappy sister of Proeno, bewailing in the form of a bird tho wrong dono to her by Tereus, her brother-in-law, who, in order to prevent her from informing her sister, deprived her of her tongue. Gen tleman's Magazine. Tift Climate of Alaikn. "The climate of Sitka, Alaska, is milder than that of Brooklyn, tho mean torn ixrature for the summer months being about (10 dogs., and the average tempera ture for the winter months about -10 dogs. It is a mistake prevalent throughout tlio United States that Alaska iannArctw climate. Tho iwpulntio of Alaska " 18S5 was 8,U00wh!tonni S0.8S0i" Liout. II. T. Monahan In BrooUjn Esgle. 1