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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1887)
WORSHIP OF GAB. A Clam of LcRlglntort Wlio Dmerrn f gno mlnlui'M anil SiM-prlr ltrtlrrment. Ill this day of progress there is no' error more general and more tieieiori ous to our material ami intellectual prosperity than our senseless worship of gab. It is not a worthy apprecia tion of tin' bounties of true, ami pure eloquence. Hut those who are gifted with a eopiotis How of impracticable ami useless words have educated the people to the idea that no man is (it for a legislator unless he is endowed with a constant ehullition of gas. And al though every man of exierieiieo and thought will at once acknowledge that not one in a hundred of those who ari a's tireless in their tall; as llio winds on the prairies are lit for any tiling practi cal in the world, as legislators they are totally ineapahlc of originating a prac tical law, or of successfully remodeling a bill offered by any one else. In this matter we have some readers who have had experience in legislative folly, ami they know how little reliance can be placed in an inveterate talker in ar ranging practical legislation. It is the calm, cool, thinking men, who have gathered up the great lessons of lift in a severe and oloo cotillicl. with the world. Colleges may make scholars, but it takes something additional to make men. Those who have done most in forming and perpetuating the institutions of our countrv were not orators, but men of thought, experience and of mature judg ment. Croat principle?, arc evolved ami important questions settled by deep and close investigation in the private ollice, and in the closer contlict of minds in the committee-rooms. Speeches in ho public halls of legislation have nothing to do with the seftlcinont of great ques tions. They are made for the gaping crowd. Our halls of legislation are crowded with lawyers, to the exclusion of the various branches of industry. This would not be so objectionable if a better ol.ts of lawyers were selected. It is well known in this learned profession, to be successful a law linn should always have as one of the partners a good "ollice lawyer." This means a man of practical sor.se enough to get up the papers ami picas in the right form. A man who can put himself down to the preparation of business. The other partner should he a good "Jurj lawyer." This is one who 'can spread the eagle a)id tell thodirty anec ilotes. In I he. profession there is too large a proportion of the latter -class And our readers will bear witness that if any one of the lirm be comes a candidate for the Legislature or Congress, it is invariably the one who has the "gift of gab," instead of the one who has by study ami a well balanced mind brought success to the law lirm. In this way our legislative and congressional halls are filled with Impractical men. What better evidence, slo we want of ihis fact than the fre quent and constant passage of laws which arc unconstitutional, and that, too, after going thro:i.;h the scrutiny of the judiciary committee, composed of lawyers, for the express purpose of vhecklng unconstitutional legislation. This would not be the case if the ollice instead of the jury lawyer was elected. And this brings us back to the question our great error of gab worship. We want more thinking and fewer talking men in higher places. A gassy mem ber of Congress is an expensive animal. Every set fcpeecit he makes to empty benches cost sc cral thousand dollar, ami does no good. And a large por tion of our extravagant expenditures and our protracted and useless sessions of ('ougnss grow out of the practice of taking fqr a. Congressman the wrong member of the linn, or the wrong mem ber of the cpmpiunity. (Jas instead of case, imprudence Instead of modest merit, is too often the man of the popu lar crowd. If there, be a man in any community who has never done any thing in the world except to study graceful gestures, and ornament his language with stolen quotations from the literature of the past, ho is selected to be the man to frame grave laws for the government of the divers! lied inter ests of a continent. The past history of every Statcin this Union, anil of the United States, .shows that thcrellable practical men are those who have matured and disciplined their minds in the great Industrial interests, agriculture, manufacture, mechanics or merchandise. These are the Interests of the world, and from these we want more men of practical experience and moral llnnness. If the people would cease running after mere gab, and seek after plain, practical ipcu, who know and who sympathize with those who labor, our rights would be better re ' spected and our Institutions be longer perpetuated. lloston Hiulqct. An Expensive Luxury. A (lernian, now visiting in this coun try, writes to his home paper as follows concerning our colleges: "In America, in this laud of the free, it Is the sad fact that university culture is a prize, which is only accessible to the sons of rich men." Ills inquiries, were very exact. "Among the 1 10 students who had com pleted their studies at Vale college this year (1Ku3) 1 obtained answer fitrin "lO'.i. According to their reports the average cost for the four years' course mummied to $!I!K. There were great differences in Individual cases; one had nuccccdcd In getting through' at the cost of IM) a year; another needed no less Ihuu Jta.OOO annually. 1 know a (ierinau porter in the States whose eldest sou passed a brilliant examina tion at Princeton; but father ami sou agreed that it was Impossible to pursue his studies there on account of the. frlgrtful costliness. Study at an Amer ican university is a most expensive luxury." t'rty0 'lima. ., SEA PEARL FISHING. The iJircrnt rend Mont Troclnrtlvo Fishery Mutton of thft World. The sea pearl fisheries are principally confined to the Persian gulf, coasts of Ceylon, the Eastern archipelago. Aus tralia, the lagoons of many islands in the Pacific and to Central America. l;resh water pearls have, as a rule, but little luster, and are consequently of no great value, Enr a while the Scotch pearls enjoyed a great reputation. l)uring the .summer months the Arabs carry on a sort of pearl fishery on the coast of the Ucd Sea. They catch the molliisks and lay them in the sun so that they may open quickly. The pearl !iheiie.s in the Persian gulf, especially on the coasts of the island of Hahrein, are also in the hands of the Arab's. The Ceylon pearl fisheries are carried hi on the west coast of Ceylon, in the gulf of Manaar. south of the island of the same name, ami also on the west coast of India, near Tuticorn. Ex perience lias shown that few pearls, and these of little value, conic from mussels which are not older than live years. During the fifth and sixth year tin value doubles, and in tiie seventh it becomes fourfold. The pearls are not fully matured if they are taken out too soon, and, on the other hand, the animal dies if the, pearl remain too long in the shells. For these reasons, at the Ceylon fisheries pearl fishing is prohibited at certain periods. In sorting the pearls they are lirsl passed through a row of baskets, ten or twelve in number. The eighth basket in the row has twenty holes, and the pearls which do not pass through these holes are said to have the "twen tieth measure." The other baskets have :to, no, so. loo. too. too. coo, 1,000 holes, etc., and each basket has its special name. After the pearls have been sorted in Ibis measure they are weighed and their value is noted. CJiina has pearl fisheries near Pakhol. The Phillipplne Islands produce large quantities ot mother-of-pearl. The en tire region from '.lie island of lawi Tawi and Lulu to Haselan is one con tinuous bed of pearl oysters. Here the Malays ami Chinese lilt iu common. The Lulu fisheries, near Tawi-Tawi, are, according to the statement of an En glishman, Mr. Moore, the largest and most productive of all the pearl fish eries in the East Asiatic seas. The pearls which are caught here have al ways been famous, anil the inothcr-of-p.'arl is distinguished by its yellow lus ter, which makes it suitable for many purposes. Tho most, important pearl fisheries iu Queensland are iu the bunds of Sydney capitalists. The fisheries are carried on by Malays, who dive to a ?epth of six fathoms. Tho pour! fish eries on the northwest coast of Austra lia employ a large number, of Malays and natives as divers. Recently the English papers have reported 'he di ecry of pearls and mother-of-pearl near New Zealand. Diving is one of the principal employ ments for the natives of the Pacific Ocean. Here, likewise, mother-of-pearl i I ho principal object of the fisheries. The oysters live iu large colonies, close together, and are firmly attached to j ch other; they are attached to the w itom by a ligament or baud, starting from their body and running through ihe licll. In the live animal this baud !s of a dark green, and sometimes gold hron.c color, ami fishermen can tell from its color whether the shells con tain pearls or not. Tho shells reach their full size when they are seven years old. When the animal has reached maturity, It tears itself loose from the stones, opens its shell anil dies. The shells are then covered with corals and parasites. They become worthless and the pearls are lost. Occasionally pearls are found loose in the shells. These are always of a very line quality, per fectly round and often very large. Hut there is hardly one in a thousand oysters which contain such pearls. The natives often lose them, owing to the careless way in widely hoy open thosholls. Vine and calm weather Is most favorable for pearl fishing. The divers wear no special suit, but simply rub their body with oil, -o the sun may not blister their skin. They remain under the water one or two ininutes, and bring up oysters from a depth of twenty fathoms. They rare ly go to such a depth, but the finest oysters are found there. Thus In many fishing grounds, which were supposed to be exhausted, a great many pearl oysters are found iu deep water. Hesides the pearl oyster there is often found iu the lagoons of the Pacific Ocean a kind of Venus shell, which often contains pearls of great value. The fishermen do not -look for these pearls at all, hut it is presumed that it would pay to examine these shells more systematically. In the Pacific there is found another pearl-producing mollusk, whose shells greatly resemble those of the common oyster. They are always found attached to rocks, invariably one by itself; and they are quite rare. Their pearls are always perfectly sound, w ith a line luster and a gold color, of about the size of a pea. A'. I". Star. Henry Goorgo's Wife. Though lleury (icorgo has acquired inch large wlobrlty, his wife's name has hardly been mentioned iu the pa pers that speak of him so often and so much. She Is a thorough home body, devoted to her husband and their four children. She is one of the small, plump, cheery bodies that never get down-hearted, and people who have known them a long time say that but for her unflagging devotion and enthu siastic belief in hint Mr. (Icorgo would never have been able to come triumph antly through the long period of strait ened means and hard work which pre ceded Id sudden success. Chicago Tribune. WISE MONKEYS. How They Arc Tniight to Art ni HklllfuJ Workmen, Ieterllve or Hail Monry unci (iooil Wuter, In tho island of Sumatra tho com mon monkey is th hruh, or pig-failed monkey, and ho becomes a docile and Intelligent servant. What he has to do is to gather eoeoaiiuts. 0 course nothing is easier for a four-hando I fel low than to climb tall trees and throw down nuts, but the bruh does better than that; lie selects the nuts, gather ing none bat the ripo ones, and, what is more, he picks only as many as his muster wishes. So useful is this animal that gather ing nuts has become, one inav say. his trade iu that part of the world. A man having captured and trained a gang of them, marches them around the coun try to get iu the harvest, hiring them out on difi'crout plantations. Then, when the nuts are all picked, or the laborers too numerous, gangs of them are taken to the English colonies at Cape Town, and hired out like any workmen, or coolies, as they are called. A Siamese ape lias reached a step higher, it is said. Tho story is told by an Austrian who lived in Siani that this ape is able to tell by the taste whether coin is goo I or bad. and mer chants employ him for the purpo e of detecting counterfeits. Within a few months a gentleman of India has tried his hand at training monkeys, ami he reports to tho Asiatic. Society of Hmgal his success in teach ing them to pull punkahs. A punkah perhaps you know is an immense fan, liui'r from the ceiling and moved hack and forth by means of a rope out side the room. It keep a whole room cool, and iu that climate is necessary for a white man to eat or sleep with any comfort. A monkey who can pull one, then, is as useful as a man, and is a true worker. Another valuable inonkev is the chacma of Africa. When young this baboon i very teachable, and is often kept by the Kaffirs as a domestic ani mal. He takes the place of a dog, growling when a stranger conies near, and if it becomes necessary to defend his master's property, he is much stronger than any dog. The chacma easily learns to blow the bellows of a smith, and to drive horses or oxen; but his greatest use iu that, countrv is to find water. Iu the hot season, when the earth is parched and springs and streams are drv, tho owner of a lame chacma takes him out to hunt for tho water they all must have. Tho intelligent monkey seems to know what is wanted, or perhaps hn knows by his own feelings what to look for. and he goes carefully over the ground, looking earnestlv at everv tuft of grass, and eagerly snilllmg the hroc.c on everv sale. Vh"tlicr lie scents it or not is not" known, but if there is water iu the neighborhood lie is sure to find it. It may bit a dec) spring, in which ea-e he sets to work digging down to it: and it -may be a certain very juicy root, which often servos instead of water. H" gets that out aNo; and let us hope he has his full share of it, to pay for his .vork. St. Au7oo.s. FILTH IN JAIL. Siinitiiry Condition ol u I.iircn Ntimlitir of Hufni-iimtory Institution. As civilization advances, the treat ment of the unfortunate and criminal classes is said to become more humane, and as a Nation we love to boast of our prison and asvluni reforms; hut now and then huinanitv receives a rude shock from revelations coming out of these very signs of our advancement. With one or two exceptions the prison pens of war limes, for whose condition there was, at least, the partial ex cuse of necessity and the bitter ness engendered by tho strife we say with one or two exceptions those places are to-day surpassed by prison in both tho South and the North, while city jails and work-houses am notori ously bad and often criminally man aged. The plumbing inspector of Min neapolis recently made an Inspection of tho county jail, wherein lie found a reeking abomination of filth, for the long continued existence of which no excuse can be tillered, for the olllcials have been notified more than ouco of its bad sanitary condition. Filth alone. It is well known, will breed crime, anil it certainly is a fit environment for other extremely bad and easily avoided conditions which maintain iu almost all jails, viz,, the commingling of the hardened criminal and the novice iu the milder forms of law-breaking; but it is the sanitary condition of these places to which our readers' attention is called. In the Minneapolis jail Mr. lla.en found a veritable cess-pool iu the basement, caused by the wash water running from Ihe jail apartments above. The plumber hail used the con venient and inexpensive putty to make his joints, a material quite largely in use in this, as, no doubt, iu many an other city, and the oM and cheapest forms of closets .poorly set, had also boon used, and they were sadly out of joint. An enlightened public sentiment will correct those abuses, but the correction is always specific. One job at a time, ami that after infinite harm has been done, seems to be all that the public can handle. Tho ounce of pre vention has never been weighed by this public, and it still seems a pound to the men whom wo all love to honor with our franchises. To employ an architect to build a jail would be the helghth of folly and tho aemeof extrav agance, but soon the voice of tho arch itect will be heard, not crying out against old abuses, bat as a warning to avoid all such calamities, and the soon er that video is hoard tliu hotter. XorthwcJtcrn Arohittet. THROUGH WEST IRELAND. A Country I'mtirpasneil for Ornnil nnd Sur Iirlnlnjly Beautiful Kce-nrry. Some two and a half miles from lt terfrack is a picturesque bridgo cross ing the Uiver D.uiross. which Hows be low through bending branches of tree-. Here the country opens out somewhat, and from the bridge is caught the first view of the Pass 0f Kyiemore. so sur prisingly beautiful that its beauty must be seen and felt it can not be describ ed. A valley, wide and level, and Hooded with sunshine, to the lefta tall mountain rises sheer out of a calm lake at its base; the sides of this mountain are thickly .wooded half way up, the other half bar.' and glistening with a hundred streamlets that How from their source above. Standing out of the road, contrasting sharply witli the dark green of the pijies, is a castlo built of white stone, and a little further down tho banks of the lake rises tho spire of a beautiful memorial chapel, built by the owner of tho place in memory of his wife. On the right of the road, in crescent-shaped sweep, the Diamond mountain and others of the Twelve Pins lift their heads, their bare, craggy sides beautified bv an ethereal blue mist, like a soft vail thrown over, yet iu no way hiding them. And so does the valley wind ami twist that all these mountains seem to nrivo and shift, now in, now out; tho one that a few minutes ago was in front, now peeps over the necks of two others. Then tho contrasts of color, light and shade, bafile descrip tion. Tho blue heights, the dark wood (from which Call-mor-Klcymore. or big wooil the place take. its name), the white castle anil church, the lake, black with shadow in parts sparkling I ke diamonds where it catclu s the light; above and around, and pene trating every thing, the vivid gold of the sunshine all made an entrancing world, that once seen and felt w ill he loved forever. Here, too, are the love ly gardens of Kyiemore Castle, and through the woods, wild flowers and heath tho white Mcililerrauea i heath among them and ferns to delight all who are happy enough to have time to linger. Hut I think few who come here will care much to look at. tics artificial gardens and hot-houses they are almost oul of keeping with such grand nature, and the people of the country never tire of repeating: "Piarrin' the castles and gardens, every casthly thing hero is as Cod made it it's all nature; nothing artificial in our country." Of all the woods that once shaded and made part of the wealth of Con naught, this of Kyloinnre is the only one left in this part of the countrv. It is one of the peculiarities of th ' scenery throughout the western Irish highlands that the absence of trees is not felt as if it were a lo-s. or as if it marred tho perfection of the land scape. It is with surprise oil" sudden ly remembers that, with the exception of a fuchsia hedge, or a few straggling shrubs, or bushes along the roadside, no trees have been seen for miles and miles, but they were not ini-s'd. Cr. Providence Journal THE ERIE CANAL. .Iuir I'ouro's UecollcctloiK or tltp Open Inir or tlin tirriit W titer-Wtiy. I have a faint recollection, for I wa a small boy then, of the grand celebra tion at New York of the opening of the canal from Lake Erie to tho Hudson river. On tho 'Jot It of October. 18iY, eight years and four months from the time the work commenced, the Erie canal was completed, and on that day the Seneca Chief, with De Witt Clin ton, then Governor of the State of New York, Lieutenant-Governor Tallniadge and various committees on board, left HulValo for the Hudson river. Along the entire line of the canal, within hearing distance of each other, heavy artillery were placed, an 1 the startitig of the Seneca Ciiief front HulValo was carried to the citv of New York as fast as sound could travel, and by the same means it was announced iu Hufl'alo that this great event was known in New York. This was before the pres ent mode of communicating informa tion by telegraph had been known; but the nlan was so well executed that in ono hour and thirty minutes from the firing of tho first gun in HulValo. the echo was heard in New York and re turned to HulValo. It was a day of great rejoicing throughout the State, and tho arrival of the "Chief" at the various places along the line was sig nalized with great pomp and splendor. Every city ami village had prepared its festival, and throughout the whole line, from the lake to the ocean, it was a voyage of triumph. On the -M of No vember the Seneca Chief reached the city of Albany, eight days from Huf falo, and on the 1th alio arrived in the city of New York. When the tleet, which was composed of the Sonera Chief and several steam and other craft from Albany, New York and other places on the river, readied Sandy Hook. Governor Do Witt Clinton proceeded to perforin the ceremony of commingling tlto wateri bf the lake with the ocean by pouring a keg of L ike Erie water into the At lantic when he delivered tho following address,; "This solemnity at this place on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie Is intended to indicate and commem orate tiie navigable communication which has been accomplished between our Mediterranean seas and tho Atlan tic ocean in about eight years, and to Ihe extent of more limit -Pi'i miles, by the wisdon, public spirit and energy ol tho people of the State iK Now York; and may the God of tho heavens and the earth smile most propitiously on this irk, and render it subservient to the best Interests of the human race." Uen: 1'tirlcy iwrf, in Uoslon liu:lgct. SAVAGE CEREMONIES. IVoullnr Ciutonn Obtaining Among till N'ntlTr of Now Ilrltiitn. The most peculiar ceremony practiced by the. natives has rarely been witnessed by a white man. I saw one last year, and I will endeavor to describe the in cidents of tin; performance and it.' meanings. The Duk-duk is supposed to be a spirit which makes its appear ance at the day-break of the day on which tho new moon appears. It in variably comes from the sea, and as it is daylight two or three canons, with a platform upon them, are seen coming to the shore. The entire male com munity of the village awaits the com ing on the beach seated in silence. On the platform are two men, leaping and shouting and crying out in shrill tones. They wear a loose robe of leaves woven together and retelling to the knees. On their heads are conical-shaped hats, some six feet high, from the rims of which are hung masks entirely conceal ing tho features. The masks have hor rible looking faces painted upon them. The lower portions of the legs are alone visible. As the dress is supposed to represent a cassowary, or New Guinea ostrich, witli a human head, the figures upon landing execute a series of hop ping steps iu imitation of the bird. Meanwhile the native- appear to be frightened. The Diik-duk is to slay in the village a fortnight, and during that period he is at liberty to do whatever lie pleases. No woman is allowed to look at him. In fact, as soon as the canoe was sighted, the women all ran away to tho bush. After dancing a short time the Ditk-duk goe.s into the jungle, and the natives move off slowly to their homes. In the evening immense quantities of cocoanuts, yams, taro and other- food arc piled iu the center of the village square. As each man brings Ids con tribution tlie Duk-duk dances around him. If satisfied, lie utters a shrill cry: if displeased, the individual receives a tremendous blow with a club. After these food title rings are concluded the ceremonies begin. A largj bundle of canes about six feet long and as thick as one's little finger were brought. Five or six young men jumped up. and, holding their hands high above their heads, received heavy blows from this bundle of canes, which were wielded by the Duk-duk. The canes curled round tho bodies and at each stroke drew blood. Other young men took their places. Sometime the Duk-duk would vary the performance by striking with his club. The ceremonies were repeated for ten davs ami then the Duk-duks took their departure. I believe the origio and moaning of these peculiar cere monies are that the. old natives hold power over the young men. The Duk duk is always said to belong to -iiw.i-whl man who summons it out of the se t. No one knows who is actually dancing in disguise, but they do know that if the old men have ordered the Duk-duk to kill any individual tho command will I;.' obeyed without interference front any tine. Again, the old men, having be come decrepit, can not work in their gardens, and the piles of food offered to the spirit conies into their possession. Although cannibalism is reported by missionaries to have died out among the islands iu the South seas, it is far more common than generally imagined. In New Ireland I saw a big fight be tween two villages, and after the battle the bodies of those who had fallen were oaten. The hodies, after being scalded iu hot water, are scraped with a bamboo knife by old women. An old man cuts up the botlies, taking care to keep the thigh and shin bones, which are Used for spearheads. After being wrapped in leaves, the dismembered cadavers are placed iu ovens dug in the ground, and in four days are ready for eating. The natives made no concealment of their disgusting meal, ami during tho feast they held wild dancing and orgies. The preparation of sago, eoeoanut and human brains is called saksak, and is in great demand among the women. The females seemed to be more brutal and savage than the men during the canni bal banquet. With regard to the adaptability of these islands to white colonization, then is no reason why such a scheme should not succeed. There is rich soil, fine climate anil plenty of water. Although the natives are savage and suspicious, they can bo easily managed by firmness anil consideration. None of tho men aie over five and a half feet in stature, w hile the women are much shorter. They make good servants, hut must be held in cheek and never allowed any familiaritv.isdH Frnncinco Chronicle. Reading for the Blind. It not to be expected that Paris, which is so well provided with libraries, would neglect the blind. Hut tho lending library for the blind recently opened docs not owe Its existence to official zeal, but to private generosity. A gen tleman named M. do la Sizerauite blind himself who consecrates his life to the protection of those afiltctcd with the same infirmity, has got the master piece of French literature specially printed, and lends them out gratuit ously to the blind iu Paris to read. He also publishes a newspaper printed iu Hraille type, and another for the teach ers and friends of the blind. Mo-t ((f the books are in manuscript. They have been copied out iu Hraille--to dictation by the blind themselves, or by copyists. The Hraille system is ex tremely simple, and may be acquired iu a few hours. M de la Sizoranno says that he is nsitfd in Ids work by nu merous grand dames, and receives all the paper required from leading stationer for nothing. Mall dinette. There are more than thirty-two utiles of shelves iu the British Mu'ctuu, Loudon. THE SUPREME COURT. Bit ofMeilln-val Ktlqttrttn Iteurrectcl for tliu llclielU of Thl Hotlf. The assembling of the Supremo Court at Washington on tho second Mouday in October Is nlways tho oc casion of tho beginning of the cere monial courtesies, which arc annually exchanged between the co-ordinaUi powers of tho Government. The Chief Justice and Associates, in their robes of office, take their scats upon tho Su preme bench ami begin their sessions. After preliminary directions as to Uie commencement of business the court adjourns. Having laid aside their robes the Court in a body, attended by its own officers and accompanied by the Attorney-General and the Solicitor General, proceed to tho Executive Mansion and. being formally an nounced, are received by the President in the audience parlor. Tho Chief Justice congratulated the President upon his appearance and gocd health. Alter tho Associates in turn present their compliments, the Court retires. It would then bo custom to leave, a canl at the residence of the Vice-President, that high functionary being ex olllcto chief olliccr of the. upper body of Congress, the second co-ordinate branch of the Government. The Presi dent never returning a call in form, except that of a sovereign, ruler of a countrv or member of a royal family visiting Washington, docs not return the call of the C ourt. During the sea son, however, it is custom for him to "ive a state dinner in its honor. " The Vice-President or President pro teinporo of tho Senate, if in the city, or within a reasonable time after bis return, leaves a return card at the resi dence of the Chief Justice. This in troductory ceremonial occasion is fol lowed bv calls of etiquette among tho members of the court and their ladies in societv. the Associates first calling upon the Chief Justice and then junior upon senior Justices, return calls be ing made in the same order of preced ence. The ladies of tho court are at home on Mondays during the season, at which trine persons in fcjicial rela tions with the court circle or others in polite society may call, tlie dress on these occasions being afternoon or street costume. These Mondays at homo give rise to a general movement in soci7il circles, followed by a round of courtesies in advance of the rush ot "aycty in fashionable life, which comes Tate during tho Congressional and Ad ministration seasons. The eodo of etiquette of the Supremo Court circle was founded on tho early social prac tices of the old school of manners established by the lirst President and Ids wife and incorporated into tho social regime of the court by its first Chief Justice. The pre-eminent public services of John Jay and the high social inheritance anufaeeoinplishinonts of his wife, a daughter of William Liv ingston, of the distinguished colonial family of that name, gave tho first of ficial and social environments of the judicial circle, a degree of dignity and prominence which has been maintained through the seven succeeding eminent jurists who have worn the ermine of tliu Chict Justice. -AT. J'. Home Journal. When keeping eggs turn them at least three times a week. This is to prevent the yolk from adhering to the shell, as it may do if kept'too long iu sue position. While celebrating Ihe Fourth of July in 1S7.". Thomas llannigan, a Sing Sing (N. Y.) boy, was severely in jured by the explosion of a soda-water bottle full ot powder. He lost the sight of his right eye, and was badly cut on the face and neck. Now. after the lapse of over eleven years, he has been re lieved of x piece oi bottle glass from his lost eye. It. is three-quarters of an inch long, and a quarter of an inch wide. It had been ill the while im bedded on the upper side of tho upper lid. A Hrooklyn paper contains an ad vertisement offering a reward of one thousand dollars for information iden tifying the author of certain anony mous letters that have been received by citizens of tho Nineteenth ward iu the last fortnight. The letters have been addressed largely to young women, making scandalous assertions about their acquaintances, and many family secrets have been disclosed as well as false charges made. Engage ments havo been broken otV and much uiihappiucss caused. SIMM0NS LIVER REGULATOR For all Disuses of tlie Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Spleon. ThU jiiirplyvPRtnble pre paration, now to celebrated a a Family Medicine, originated In the South in 1838. It acts Ktmtly on the llowels and Kidneys and correct the action of the Liver, and b, there -fore, the best preparatory medicine, whatever the sick ness may prove to be. In all common diseases it will, un uftaUtt'tl by any othe medi cine, e licet u speedy cure. An Clllcaclott lteuiedy. " I can recom mend as an efficacious remedy for all diseases of tlie Liver, Headache and Dyspepsia, Simmon Liver Regulator." Lewis G. Wckder, Ati'uuut Pttot master, Philadelphia. Nolens of time, no Inter ruption nr stoppage of business while uUng the Regulator. Children complaining of Colic, Ilcuiluclie, or Sick Stoiuncli. a teapoonful or atsre will give relief. If taken occasionally by no. tienu eiposed to MALARIA, w ill ea pet the poison and protect them from attack. A l'IIYRlCRts OIrXIOJf. I have been practicing medicine for twenty yea", and have never been able to put up a vegetable compound that would, like Simmons Liver Regu Uwr, promptly and effecTvely move the liver to action, nj at the same time aid (instead of weak. erng) the diestive and assimilative powers of the system. L.M.UttcTOH,M. I)., Washington, Ark. HEK TUJLT YOU OKT THE UK.NUI.NK. KEPAKED (V J. H. 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