OREGON SCOUT.
J0NE3 & CHANCEY, Publishers.
IJXIOX. KWiOX.
THE SONG THE SlHENS SANG.
In son caves 1nrl; nnd rocks whom lildrs
Tho restless wind thutlisiunts the M'li,
"Where wurmiiriiiK w at rf. nnd moaning tldci
Chant their uncciiclnR melody:
, In meadow k bright with fiuldem sprint?,
, Where dead metii's bonus the llphl ilotlleR
, "What were tlio hours they used to Mug
Tho sirens ol Ihls isur.tiy Islo?
Solt breathed and tender, sweet nnd low,
Across the wnters dark and wilfl,
Tho wanderer heard thulr numbers How,
And all his soul their charni beguiled;
Swift throuRh tho brenkers' snowy fonm
lie drove his bark with punting breath,
ForncttlnK wlfo and child and homo,
Whllo htrens sans him to his death.
"Vc Itixiw their f onps the v had tint one
Odywrns heard tho fateful thliifj;
And "madnem si-l'-ed I.nortes' son,
Who heard "Tho Flowers that Hloora Id
Sprint;;-'
And still unchanged In air or word,
Tli ci sirens slnjr, with tireless breath,
Tho same old Mint? Dysses heard,
And with It stilt sIiik men to death.
Ilobict .. llurdttlt, in JlrooUin l'.wjtt.
PNEUMATIC GUxXS.
An English Journal on tho Grout
American Invention.
It Admits Tluit Aiurrlrn Has Atriiln Itevolcc
tlonlied the Selenefi ul War Kllcet
l or Ciliuit njimiiilli! Shi lK l'l'"
, JiMinellilc" Ironclads.
The nroblcm of lii-iiif,r or, rather, pro
pulling shells Idled wit It high explosives
may bo sulci tci have been jiti-fjic-tnrily
wilvecl hy tho American. Tentative
e.vjtcrinients in tliatdirection have Imm-ii
cm-ried on for the last two years with
powder ymih liy ofl'icers of tint United
states army, hail.v in JHH. trials were
made witli dynamite shells at l'oit Lo
hos. Oil.. underlheMiiieivision officii
end Kcllon, itsMMcd by Lieutenant
Qiiinan, of tint Fourth United States
Artillery. Tim piece of ordnance used
was a condemned three-inch rilled
wrouglit-iron tfun. Mr. Qtiinan in pcr
nmi loaded the shells, each shell an
elongated three-incli rille iirojectile -bcinjj
charged with seven ounces of
dynamite!. The lirst projectiii"; charge
was a Uiiitcr-pound of ordinary powder
k used in the United States artillery,
KiiliHeciiicntly increased to half a pound
unci one pound. In the lirst and sec
ond discharges, the shells did just what
wits expected of them: they did not ex
plode until they struck the target,
rock one hundred yards from the gun.
When the third charge was tired, how
ever, tho explosion of tins charge, the
Imrstiug of the shell and the shattering
of tlio gun, appeared to he simultane
ous, the piece of ordnance being torn
into fragments. This may bo said to
Jiuve been just. what, was expected and
intended, the object being lo eloinnn
ptrato how far a shell loaded w ith a
high explosive may bo fired from ertli
iiaryguiiHif tho propelling charge is
properly regulated.
Subsequently, trials wore made o;
tho Potomac, near Washington, by the
United States Dynamite l'rojectilet'om
pany with Snider dynamite projectiles.
I'our nix-inch shells, carrying eleven
pound bursting charges of nitro-gola-lino,
were tired against a ledge of rock
one thousand yards distant. The ex
periments were regarded as a success
Jn every respect, and as a conclusive
proof of tho destructive power of six
inch shells, tho latter exploding on
striking the target, and doing good
execution on the rock. Hut so far, all
nt tempts to throw larger charges of
high explosives out of powder guns
have failed. At least four guns have been
iurst at Sandy Hook; one recently.
Having failed in the attempts to throw
vneamphorated explosive gelatine, tlie
Tery much less sensitive camphorated
rxploslve gelatine was resorted to.
This is also less powerful than tho un
ostnplinratcd, and requires very strong
4ultlttl detonation by fulminate of mer
cury and dynamite or gun-cotton to
tit tain its fullest development of
Mrungth, In no case have the requisite
detonators of fulminate of mercury
itcon thrown, as these are very sensi
tive to explosion, by the shock which
Ihey receive in the powder gun. All
the experiments made were Instructive,
Jmt they were also destructive of the
guns.
The problem of propelling shells
filled with high explosives, with safely
to the gnus and to those discharging
them, was not sat sfaetorily settled
-until Lieutenant .at: iski, of 'the Fifth
United States Art 111 y, brought for
ward his pneumatic mii, oh the inven
tion and improvcuieii' of which he had
heen engaged for soti.e time. This gun
is In reality a tube sixty feet
Jong, made of half-inch iron lined with
one-sixteenth of an inch of brass, and
lmiug a bore of e'yltt incite. The
barrel is suppoited and stiffened by v
light but strong iron 'nunc, t the cen
ter of which Is a pivot, about which
tlie gun may be revolved, tho breech
oiid being provided with wheels, which
Ttm uiHin a circular track. The gun Is
Novated and depressed by means of a
piston, tho cylinder of which receives
idr from eight reservoirs each of
which is twenty feet long, Ivu-ho
inches outside diameter, and made of
iron half an Inch thick placed upon
the frame beneath tho barrel, tho air
being supplied by a compressor. This
piston presses upon the gun just for
ward of the trunnions to elevate tint
laurel. Upon the air being allowed to
escape Mowly, the barrel lb lowered by
jjrwvlty. To the pistons of two cylin
der placed at the pivot are secured
h endti of wire ropes, one of which h
'Ttoeured to the rear part of the frame,
ike other to the mmoslte bide. The
gun may be rapidly turned in eitbci
direction by admitting air to either oi
the cylinder. An arm at. tho center of
one of tlie trunnion, through which
tlie eompreecl air paes to tlie gun.
operates an auxiliary valve, which in
turn moves tin- main valve, opening
tlie passage to an air-chamber behind
the projectile;. From the instant, of
opening tin.' valve, the full press tiro 'of
the air in tlie reservoirs is exerted upon
tlie projectile until it readies the muz
zle, when tin; valves are automatically
elocd. The eight reservoirs contain
enough air at one thousand pounds
pruure to discharge the gun
&ix titiie; but as they can bo continu
ously reapplied with air hy the com
pressor, there need be no delay in
tiring.
All the movements of the gun are
controlled from the, platform at the
breech. Tlie cartridge launched forth
front the lube consists of two parts
a wooden tailpiece lifty-one inches long,
which guides tlie projectile in its
lliglit; and a head. The forward por
tion or head is a bra-s cylinder forty
inches long, Inning a conical cap
forty inches long, In tlie tube are
placed one hundred pounds of explodvc
gelatine, through 'the center of width
extends a core of dynamite; and in tlie
center of the dynamite, again, is an
exploder of fulminate of mercury,
from which a rod leads to the point o
till! cap. As soon as the latter strikes
an object, tlie charge explodes. In
order that, the charge may be exploded,
in ea-e of failure of the above arrange
ment, a dry battery, ,laeed in a little
recess in the tailpiece of iSie cartridge,
is connected with the fulminate ex
ploder. The battery begins to work
upon being broiighi into contact with
water, and the gelatine is then ex
ploded. For it is for navi.l warfare, in tlie
first place, that the pneumatic gun of
Lieutenant Zalinki is intended. And
it must, lie admitted that, while the
United Slates are -till without the i.it;..li
needed ships, forlilications anil heavy
guns, which would place tlie country
on a level with other naval powers
these pneumatic guns will form
very ellleient. defensive weapons.
Besides mounting them on points
along the coast liable to at
tack by a hostile licet, they are to
.be employed in a more decisive way.
It is admitted that 'he range of pneu
matic guns is limiti'i! .is compared with
powder guns. An enemy's Heel might
lie bevonil the rang f pneumatic gnus,
and bombard American ports and cities
with impunity. Hut it is suggested,
and appears perfectly feasible, to mount
pneumatic guns on fast sea-going tor-
nc o-boals. With such boats, aggres
sive action of a very decided and do
cislve character would he possible.
Hoats have been designed two hundred
and ten feel long by twenty-six feet
Imam, earrvimr from one to three of
these guns, of ealtbet's of from leu and
a half to twelve aim a lialf inches. The
speeds of torpedo-boats so armed are lo
be from tweutv to twontv-hvo miles an
hour. The shells are to be thrown at
least one mile, and to contain from two
hundred to live hundred pounds of e
plosive gelatine, Ihe rapidity of liring
tlicni being from one lo two shells every
two minutes.
I lie ellect of such shells upon even
Jlie strongest ironclads would bo i irre
sistible. If dropped upon the deck of
an enemy's ironclad, thev would cer
tainly crush it. for their action would
not be coiiliued to a simple local per
foration, but tlie crushing in would en
sue over a considerable breadth. He
sides the direct hivikiug action at the
ooint of impact, thee would bo a very
'rent transmitted shock, which would
seek out and break up the ship at all
weak points m the vicinit v. I lie deck
even of the inost. heavily armored ves
sel have less than six inches of armor,
ami thev present by far the greater
portion of the tarret lircd at. .More
over, tlie most heavily armored shij
leaving out 01 uccuiini.iiioiriicci.
havi
but a small proportion of the entire
surface covered with heavy armor,
Should the shell strike tho portions of
tho armoring too thick for perforation
tlie tremendous blow, as stated above,
would seek out tho neighboring weak
points by the transmitted shock. It
might he assumed as Almost certain
that the ellect of exploding a large
epiautltv of elynamiteor.exploslve gela
tine upon the turret or the casemate of
a ship would be such as to render the
crew Inside incapable for further ac
tion, even if tlie armor w ere not pene
trated. Supposing, also, that the shell
.should fail to hit thn vessel, if it ex
ploded near enough, even if its explo
sion wire not sitlli lent to ili-rupt the
hull, It would certainly ailed the mo
tlve power and the steering appaiiitii'
and thus practically paralyze the ship
Whilst twelve and n half inches is at
present the limit o caliber, there i
nothing to hinder il " construction of a
run of sixteen ami .1 half Inch caliber.
and such a gun ce Id throw a charge
of one thousand mis of e-ploit
gelatine. Tlie ellect -if ueh a fearful
missile exploding hoard a .ship hue
'better be left to the agination; but it
is well to bear lu i nil that throwing
licit charges long Stances has he
come perfectly practicable by tlie intro
duction of the pnoiuu'itio gun. - ilium
turn' Journal.
There is something half humorous
in the paragraph " ich occasionally
impetus In one of eir contemporaries
that "owing to tlie dines of 'Mr.
we 11111 unable to present his Hints on
Health' in this hu." $u J.ukc Vr'cr-
- m mi
The HYcAty OccMenUil is a . San
Francisco nowMtniM'r printed wholly lu
the C'htiuse Ihi uigo. - fVnrtMieji
A MASTERLY STYLE.
The Inileserltmlile Charm Which l.lteratiiro
Iteeelves from Kiprcssloii.
Gatiticr is one of the writers who
prove how largely the form of expres
sion gives literature it.schnri.i and ideas
their interest. When the Tieni-h say
that the style is all important, they
como very much nearer the truth than
a class of English writers who regard
it as nniniiiortant. tiatitier was a
critic of much delicacy and justness of
fcelinir. but he had no new ideas to
'bring into the realm of art or thought.
No man had less claim to be regarded
as a philo-opher or a sage. His views
of life were often intended to be ninu-
inir. and when not so intended they
usually furnish ainu-einent for their
nitintc and their simplicity. They
please ns by the ignorance of life which
they display. Gatiticr looked at life
with the irlance of a child, who find
in it much that is pretty and is wholly
unconcerned as to whether there is
aught to existence but picking llowers
ami chasing biittcrllics. Hut the style
made every page that he wrote full of
charm. He said of liinielf that his was
a style of adjectives. He thought that
the complications of modern life de
manded a supple and complex mode of
expre ion, that should seek words in
all directions, colors from all palettes,
harmonies from all Ivrcti; his should
be like the light of tlie setting
sun, that reflects through burning
clouds it varied hues. Few men knew
or used so many w-ord. He had the
content of the dictionaries from
A to Z. With an eve that saw all things
mil a command of word. that fewcoiild
equal, he excelled in a gorgeous rich
ness of description. I he things which
(lie eye could i"', he saw more clearly,
he described more vividly, than any-
other w filer of this day. Of tlie things
not visible to the eye, the whole world
. t ii ...
could .-how no one else so ooin ton.
His power of perception was the more
intense, because lie liael no conception
of the things which were beyond his
diservation. He never dealt with the
tliciughlsof men, their inner life, their
mental or moral development, w ith the
mysteries of life or tlie problem of the
future, l or him such questions had no
existence. Hut all things in life, of which
the impie-siou could strike the optic
nerve, were to him tilings of joy. Span
ish muleteers singing over the passes ot
tlie Pyrenees, lusian Princes wrapped
in sable amid the snows Ihatenveloped
f ir rolliur steppes, the minarets ot fst.
Sophia, the sun setting over tlie lagoons
of the Adriatic, where the cry ot the
"rondollcr breaks upon tlie travelei
landing in the shadow of St. Mark's
neb things he could describe with vivid
ness and richness which no one else
could cejo.nl. Jle possessed also tlie two
'(iialitics which are toiiuil in alino-t all
iiteraliMe lhat can hope to .-Mrvive Us
author, imagination and humor. Ilis
iuiagi nation was a pictorial imagination.
one that was excited liv sltDtle re-elll-
Idanees of form more than of feeling:
but it gate lite lo every line he wrote,
from a poem on love to a government
-cport. Men like to lie amused, and
vil, more than thought', keeps books
.live, flautier's writings have not the
vit of the great work, which are read
forever becaii-e they forever entertain,
but lie had tlie humor which delights in
tlie delicate eongruities and incongrui
ties of words ami things--the humor
'hat always plea-es and never pierces.
Atlmitif Montlil.
Built by Washington.
,rheiuill that Washington built stands
in a ravine about half a mile east of
l'crryojMdis, Fayette County. It isstill
in operation anil propelled, as he de
signed, by a stream (lowing clown a
rugged run called after the founder ot
the mill. The latter is, as might be
expected, a rude structure. Originally
it consisted of but one story, and the
lines where Washington left oil" and
the improvements, such a- they were,
begun are plainly discernible. The
name of the present proprietor is Sam
uel Smith, who takes pride out of the
fact 1 1 1:1 1 it has been kept in llie Smith
family since it pas-ccl from the po.es
sion of the illustrious founder. To the
east of this is to he- een two of the
block house in which Wa-hingtuii's
slaves were liou-ed--the only ones re
maining through tho year since t lit ii
occupant. Still further eat on the
'elevation -taud the lioue of Mr, Hor
sey, one of the original owners of that
portion of the grant to Washington
upon which Perryopolis was built.
I'HLiburyh l.nuhr.
I
Capabilities of Wells.
Various at tempts are in progress te
get from arteiau well? not only water,
but power and heat as well. Machin
ery is already driven by the pressure,
in France, and experience shows that
the heat may he increased by adding
to the depth of Oie well. At (ireuelle a
well ISO:! toot deep, and yielding daily
,"i(Hi,tHMi gallons, has a prcsiir of ity
pounds to the square1 inch, acel the
water is o hot that It is employed lot
heating hospitals in the tlcinity. The
deepest well ill tlie world is being sunk
at Pesth, Hungary, to supply hot water
for public baths. It now yields daily
170.1KX) gallon heated to 1.18 degrees,
ami the boring is to he continued until
the temperature is raised to 170 de
grees. Jrku (.( 'J'nnxUr.
Not a Fair Show.
Magistrate ( prisoner) -You are
charged with being drunk ami disor
derly and assaulting a Dutchman.
What have y mi to say for yourself?
Prisoner The policeman arrested
me too soon, your Honor. If he hud
given nte tlniu for two more drinks
1 would have thrown my arms around
that Dtitchiiwu.'s neck an' 1 ailed hire
'brother.'' .V y. Suu.
RENOVATING CLOTHES.
Hon to Clrnn Mterk unci I'iiiibcb SHU.
Srtt!ll, l.-C,loiH'rrn, Utc.
Hhiek silk may bo sponged with a de!
coction of soap bark ami water, if very
dirty, and hung out to dry, or, if only
creased and needing to be freshened,
weak borax water er alcohol, and,
where possible, it is better pressed by
laving pieces smoothly and passing
them" through the clothes-wringer,
screwed very tight. If you must iron,
do it after the silk is dry, betweeii two
damp pieces of muslin; the upper one
may better be. Swiss, that you may see
what ott are doing through it. This is
a littfe more trouble tlian ironing tlie
wrong side of silk, but you will be re-:
paid; the hot iron gives the silk a paper-like-
feeling; above all, never iron
silk wet, or even very damp.
Satin may bo cleaned by sponging
Iciirtliwiitv never across the width,
with benzine, if greay. or alcohol or
borax water; this will not bo injured
by direct contact with iron; press on
the wrong side. HI ack cloth may bet
sponged with ammonia and water, an
ounce of rock ammonia to a wine bottle
of water; or liquid household am
monia, diluted very much, may be
ued. Hlaok cashmeres may be washed,
in borax water, and as indeed may
navy blue. It should ho rubbed only
between the hands, not. on a board,
and tho water only pressed, not twisted,
out. Each width folded in four as
smoothly as possible, and run through
the wringer, then opened and hung
iij)
to dry, is the nest way. caso-
meres so treated, if it is
oualilv. will look like new.
of good
Pongee
silk is 'supposed by many never to look
so well after wahing; but if properly
treated, it may he made up again with
new added, and tho difference can ntit
be seen. Hut as usually wash eel, it is
several shade darker, and sometimes
has a stiffness to it. although it. may
not have, been starched; this change of
color and stiffness is due to its being
ironed wet. Again, a pongee dress
will come from the laundress covered
with dark spots; this i.: where it has
been allowed to dry and then been
'sprinkled down;" I he sprinkling
show. Thcri'tncdy i simply to put it
again in water, dry it, and iron it when
quite dry. Pongee requires no
morn care 111 washing than a
white garment; it. will bear hard
rubhinir if necessary, hut it must not
bo boiled or scalded. Treat it about
as you would tlannel ; let it get quite
dry, and if you use a eiiiite hot iron,
not hot enough to singe, of course, all
the creases will come out and the silk
will look like new. The reason it
darkens it to iron it weit i this: If it
were put into boiling water the silk
would darken as llannel would. If
you put a hot iron on the damp silk
you convert what water remains in it
into boiling water ; it i thus scalded.
A silk which has changed color in the
wash may be partly restored by wash
ing again. Parenthetically. I may re
mark that Ibis ironing them wet is tlie
reason gentlemen's white silk handker
chief become yellow with washing.
Catherine Owen, in (ionl HoiitckccpiiM.
AFTER DECAPITATION.
Action r tin. timed of nn Anlmul After
Its Separation rromtho l.nil.v.
At a recent meeting of the Academy
of Sciences. M. Hayeni, of the medical
school, read a paper on the phenomena
noticed in the head of an animal after
decapitation, with or without transfu
sion of fresh blood. As soon as the
head is separated from the body the
eyes move convulsively and a look of
wonder and anxiety is noticeable em
the face. The jaws separate with force,
and tlie tongue seems to bo in a tetanic
state. There appears to be some con
sciousness of what is going on, but this
does not last more th.in three or four
seconds. The eyes then shrink into the
head, and .some spasmodic effort s at
breathing are made; the nostrils ex
pand, the mouth opens, tho tongue is
retracted toward the fauces. This re-siiiratot-v
cfl'ort i repeated three or
four times, but the sense seam to be
' inactive, and the will is lost. Theso
1 phenomena last one, or at most two
j minutes, and the head then be
! conies utterly inert. It prepara-
lion have previously been made
, so that the head after separation
continues t receive a fresh upply
, of bloo.l, the voluntary manifesta
t tion persist as long as the blood sup
, ply is siillleieiil that is, for half an
! hour or mote. When a blood supply
is furnished after the head has become
entirely motionless, the phenomena are
a follows: Some contractions, very
1 weak and feeble, take place, especially
in the muscles of the lips; then sonio
respiratory efforts; redox actions of
tlie eye, first weak, then well marked,
but the eyelids remain drooping; tlie
senses are quite aleep, and
110 will is manifested. (.' course
the longer the period between
deeapttation and tho restoration of
blood supply, the longer the time be
fore these phenomena are apparent.
In conclusion, it may b assumed that
de capitation docs not produce instant
aneous death. 0 luscious life and
feeding continue for a few seconds.
Whether or n it pain is-felt during this
1 brief period can not bo ascertained,
J most likely not, owing to tho rapid
j death of nervous elements, with which
! alone sensation is coucerned. Paris
tor, Science
The quantity of sugar beets worked
In (e'ltnany and Franco lu I8S0-O was
10.nl 1,000 tons. Thirteen yours ago
the amount was 10.1119,000 tons. Hut
during that time thetiormau consumi
thin of sugar beeUs more than doubled
Uttelef tho. inlluenee of the export re
bate, while the Fr.Mteh consumption
was reduced more than one-half. X.
( i' Examiner.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION.
The- A.lvlvchillty or romli'n.liip Sontrnrrn
into ClmisCs, unci CIiiimch Into Word..
At its best, language is inadequate
to express thought. Thought is of tho
spiriL ami language ; of tlie body;
thought is inlinjte. language. Jiuite.
A far-reaching truth is rendered in tlie
beautiful lines of tli" Laureate:
Ilreak, break, break
On thy cold pmy stonr. O srn!
A net I would that : teniKne could "iter
Tho tlior.Rlits Unit ilrtse hi inc.
O.t account of this incapacity of lan
guage our thoughts must bo elelinitc,
before we can express them in words.
Language can only be a Delphic oracle
for vagueness. In an ideal sentence,
there is an exact balance between tho
thought and the expression, so that
thcre'are just enough words to express
the thought. Writers who-o vocabu
lary i ample and whose ideas are
comprehensive, strive' to keep this bal
ance of thought and language. Those
whoso ideas are vague are apt to be
lavih of words. The English nis'ie
relatively makes a greater draft upon
hi;, little stock of words to express his
dim notion than did either Shakes
peare or Milton to utter their grand
ideas. The word s of the wie are few
and well chosen; every utterance shows
thai they would rather meditate than
speak. Hence their sayings are often
oracular, and if they err it is on the
sale of speaking loo little rather than
too much.
'flu sentence of Goethe. 'Thought
widens, but lant-s; activity narrows,
but quickens," will bear pages of ex
pansion. When the cask i full, the
linid mils in jets from tlie spigot: when
it i nearly empty. I lie liqti'd comes
freely. Ye: to use too few words is a
greater error than to iis; loo many.
Superlluotis word mav bA removed,
but inising words can not always he
.supplied.
KtU its few :ti" wise enough to ! too
concise, and as thousands err in being
ton diiVitse. we must notice the error of
verbosity, or that of using too many
words. In the discourse of a colored
Drencher occurred the following sen
tence: "After much consideration and
serious relleetioii I have) arrived at the
deliberate conclusion, that in thos
cities where the population is large
there is a greiK u- number of men
j women and children, man 111 11101
cities where the population i less.
Here a fact so apparent that it needs
no statement is amplified so that on
the minds of the hearer its nothing
ness would not be impreeil. Tlii
needle, aumlificatio'.i i too often tin
fault of the clerirt: and many a bubble
of conceited utterance might be blown
into a drop by a breath of common
senses.
A erviceablc rule for such write
would be: Scan every eui-nco; then
condense your sentences into clauses
your clauses into phrases; your phrases
into words; and if you do not really
need the word blot, tbeni out. A ver
bose writer, above all others, needs the
unsparing hand of kindly criticism.
Circumlocution or indirectness is not
always a fault. Sonietinvs it is better
to suggest an idea than it is to expres
it. Chaucer did not wish to tell id
readers that the sea captain drowned
his captive, so lie saiel he sent them
home by water. In act lirst. scene
fourth of "Iving Lear," G uieril lakes
folH tcen lines to utter what tlie Fool
couches in two Hues. When the grave
digger said to the inier, who h sital"d
about paying for the burial of his de
ceased wife, Down with y o.u-dust, or
! I 11 . ..t. l
tiji she comes! 11 auonteo a iuiii-kcu
instant1.) 01 too oesii aonn 01 ru i-iini-loeutioii.
In cases where il i not needed, it is
a grave fiult of style. In Dickens'
sketch, "The Steam Excursion," he
thus describe. one of the characters:
"Mr. Hardy wa observed, some hour
afterward, in an attitmh which in
duced his friends to suppose that he
was busily engaged in contemplating
tlie beauties of the deep; they only re
gretted that his taste, for the pict
uresque; should lead him to remain so
long in a position, very injurious at all
times, but especially so to an indi
vidual laboring under a tendency of
blood to the head." The fact, was,
Mr. ll.tr ly wils sca-siek; but when the
author lakes sixty .oven words to tell
what can be told in three, it. i a ques
tion whether lie is not carrying the
joke too far.--Vo: T. IP. liancroj't,
in Cltuut'iw(iian.
Don't Wake in a Horry.
Never spring out of lied the moment
you awake if it is possible to avoid it,
and never disturb a sleeping child by
lifting it suddenly tint of bed before it
is fully roused. Fifteen minutes spent
in gradually waking up, after the
eyes are partly op mi, turning
over and strele!iing the limb,
set tiie blood in motion by
degrees and equalize tlie circulation
which during sleep becomes somewhat
stagnant, and bouncing up a child
when aslcop scuels the blood in an
overwhelming quantity to tlie bean.
Of course, sotnot professions, such as
ilu soldiers', tho doctors' or t lio
nurses', require rising at once; but un
less it is necessary, take your beauty
sleep," as the French eaill the gradual
waking up of a morning. Detroit Tri
bune. A Drawing Feature.
"It lias got to hw quite the tiling for
shows to have lightning crayon artist
among their attraction," remarked
one variety managor to another.
"Yes. and I am inclined to think that
mod thing."
lu what particular respect?"
Why, these artists are pretty sure
to draw well." Merchant Traveler.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
- The colleges of this country con
tain eighteen thousand female students.
- The trustees of Harvard will estab
lish an astronomical station in the
Southern Hemisphere.
-Tlie play-roont of the children.'
play-house shortly to bo built in San
Francisco, and for wImcIi Senator
Sharon left $.10,000. will be thirtecra
1.. .1 r. ...
multireel icei niirc.
Dr. Matthew H. Kiddie, of Hart
ford Congregational Seminary, lias ac
cepted the chair of New Testament
Literature and hxogoi made vacant
at Allegheny by Prof. Warlield's call
to Princeton.
- Methodists in England propose
raising the suin of $ P.M. 000 as a royal
jubilee o fieri ng. the same tube devoted
to the education and sheltering ot des
titute children in connection with Dr.
Stevenson's homes.
Thirteen member of a Haptist
Juvenile Missionary Society in Halifax.
Knglaiiil, whose, subscription is liin'ted
to a halfpenny, must have been iiuiu
triotts lat year, as they col ee ed
X-'-M. lid., equal H ),(!)-' halfpennies.
Unitvil I'ris'ntt riun.
The -capital of tlie New York
branch of the MethodiM Hook Concern
now amounts to $1,Vj0.00(. and its
sales last year were over $1,000,000.
Tin- Western branch ha a capital of
$.100,000. and its sales last year were
870,001. X. J. ICramincr.
Senator Stanford has decided upon
his plans for his California tiniver-ity.
Trie buildings will be grouped in a
quadrangle, will be constructed of Cal
ifornia sandstone, and w ill be Moorish
in design. Work upon 'Veil of the
buildings will be begun this summer.
All the training school for 111110
in Philadelphia are free. This i one
profession for women that i not over
crowded, and where woinMi can earn
good wages. Tho chief qualifications
are good health, good temper, general
intelligence and a fair common ohool
education.
Princess Sarah Winnenn;ce:a is still
successfully running her school at
Lovelock, Xev. Tho Piute children arc
saiel to be apt scholar. The school
house is on the ranch of Chief Naelies.
and the little boys arc to be taught how
to cultivate tlie soil. The moving
spirit in these educational projects is
the princes. She has long been stead
ily striving for the advancement of her
people.
The stories of clergymen who go
through the service for one auditor call
to mind a ease in Eastern Connecticut.
Tlie one auditor in this cae was -.1
young lady, a member of t ie clergy
man's family. He not only went
through the entire service for her sole
benefit, but read to her a notice of a
change in the time for meeting of the
young women's guild which she had
herself handed lo him. ISoMon Ulo'jt.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Persistent industry is the best a-'-
for teutptatior. Louisville .-
na .
The cockroach i always wrnvg
when it attempts to argue witli a
chicken. - Unrlfonl Sun ui .lourn ii
--Many a man who thinks ho is going
to set the world afnv. linds, to his .or
low, that somebody has turned the Iioh.
on him.- - .V. J'. I.alyir.
Degree in excellence are oftet:--r
marked by degrees in effort than by de
gree in talent, and the recognition of
this truth is' the basi'of much 'that is
best. -I'ni'itl I'trsbiti riar..
-The fad that a man has not had
his hair cut for ten or twelve year
need not neei s-arily imply that he is
eccentric. Ho may be bald. York
(I'i'nn.) '.-' ulr.h.
"Don't see so much oj you lately
as wo ued to, Dick." "No, no: fact
is. I reckon y 011 don't see quite so much
of me: you see I've been a little short
1 1 1 i s 1; v ) 11 1 1 1 . " Jlnol;liii En jlc.
Fond Mother- -Well, Hessio, n-.w
that you have seen your cousin Walte r,
what do you think of hint? Did h
leave a pleasant iinpreinii? Hossio
Oh, yes, mamma! he ki-ed me
Lowell Citizen.
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