9
OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
VXtOX. OKKUOX.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
1
Gordon dimming likened an Afrl
can Jungle to a forest of fish-hooks re
lieved by an
fcnlvcs.
occasional patch of pen
Mr. Lincoln, who was seldom too
Inisv to listen to a trootl story, used to
admit that but for tlio relaxation gainec
in this way ho could not have stood the
great strain to which lie was subjected
Harper s Bazar.
Ex-Chief Justice. Greene, of Wash
ington Territory, throughout his sev
enteen j'onrs' service on the bench,
always refused to accept a Irco pass
irom any transportation company,
llo is said to be the only ofileial in the
Territory who has had such scruple..
Mary Stowart, a negro woman oi
Taliaferro County, Ga., has invented a
car coupler that is said to bo simple
and about perfect, oho says that the
idea came to her like a dream and she
made a model, according to her vision
out of old "oj'ster cups." Mrs. Stew
art was tho first slave born to Alex
ander II. Stevens. jV. Y. Sun.
Miss Mary Tillinghast is 0110 qf the
most successful among the women who
liavo mado a business of decorative art
"Vaadorbilt once paid her $:$0,000 for
Inventing a now kind of tapestry hang
ings for his houses. She supplied the
designs for tho stained-glass window
just erected in Grace Church, New
York, representing Jacob's Dream.
As Thaekaray's wonion characters
have been dilhcult to understand among
axast number of readers and critics,
tho following opinion of women from
tlm author may be read with interest:
"I am afraid 1 don't respect your sex
enough, though," ho writes to a friend
"Yes I do, when they aro occupied with
lovlntr and sentiment rather than with
other business of life." Chicago Times.
Sister Mariania Fiynn has been ap
pointed Superioress of fat. Mary s Col
lege, Kniniiltsburg, Md., and Mother
Superior of tho Sisters of Charity ol
the United States, in place- of tho late
Mother Kuphoiiiia. Sister Manama
l'lynn's place as treasurer of the order
lias been tilled by tho appointment of
Sister Angolino Davis. Tho new
mother Superior is a native of St. Louis.
lljalinar Iljorth Uoycson, says the
Now York Sun, picks up a great deal
of material for literary work during
tho season, and resorts unblusingly to
flirtation in order to got it. At the
close of a vacation on the Islo of Shoals
lio bado good-byo to a young lady with
"whom ho had carried on a flirtation,
-with the words: "I am very glad 1
jnot you; you have been worth at least
$500 to me."
Among tho works which have been
recently translated into Japanese if
John Hunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress."
It is hardlv to bo wondered at that this
-wonderful book should have taken hold
of tho Japanese mind at once. From
certain recent reports, mado by local
missionaries and others, it is gathered
that Uunyan's Immortal allegory is thej
most popular book in Japan. Indian
apolis Journal.
HUMOROUS.
J Lvory cat has Its night-key. II
Tccops it in its voice. Burlington Free
I'rcss.
j.no latest cntcn is, "nm you evor
seo a font and a quarter?" Don't
answer too impulsively. Philadelphia
CalL
lo say that a man s movements
aro circular instead of rectilinear U
lmt another way of calling him u
crank.
A married man remarks that the
principal dill'eroneo between a man's
hat and a woman's bonnet is about
twelve dollars Minneapolis Journal.
It is a ringular fact, but novortho.
loss true, that when two young nion
moot they address each other: "How
nroyou, old nianP" and that when old
follows meet thoy say: "My boy."
Why Need Wo Die!
It is it very chilly day
When advertisement full to vaunt
8oniu euro, to drive sharp iulu uway,
Anil "1111 u long foit wuut."
A wiso man has Just rushed Into
print to declare that Jonah was swal
lowed by an earthquake. Oh yes; that's
reasonable enough; instead of a tlsh,
it was a Assure. Indianapolis Journal.
"Lend 1110 live dollars; I need
them very iniieli." "What for?" "1
want to pawn my watoh." "Hut you
don't need any money for that." "In
deed I tlo. I must get It from the
watchmaker's llrst." Jewelers' Week
hj. ' Mrs. Hendricks," said Dumley
to tho landlady at breakfast, " will
you allow 1110 to criticise your collco?"
"Certainly, Mr. Dumley." " It's too
strong and hot." Then Mrs. Hen
dricks beamed upon her boarders, and
later, when Dumley said ho was sorry
to disappoint her. she told him pleas
antly that any time before the lirt of
tJio month would do. .V. Y, Sun. .
Pirst Omaha Damo "Aro you
eUll boarding?" Second ' Omaha
Paine "Yes, but it is a great trial.
3dy room is never half attended to."
"Itisn'tP" "No, and tho halls are
dirty nnd tho parlor always coated
with dust, and you can hardly see
through tho windows." "Indeed!"
"And nothing Is over cooked right;
ludf tho things aro burnt ami tho
other half nearly raw." " Well I de
clare! Why you aro almost as badly
off as Jf you kotit house and had a,
Klrl."
RUINS OF CARTHAGE.
A YUU to n Spot Covered Wltli the I)nt
of Three Kinplre.
From tho Bab Kadra, a gate of Tunis
it is a drive of about nine miles to tho
site of Carthage, and it is a good day's
work to see tho ruins scattered over
territory three or four miles square.
Above ground hardly one stono is
left upon another. Hero and thcro,at
wide intervals explorers have dug
ditches and uncovered somo pieces of
tosselatcd pavement, or tho floor and
walls and marble basins of some bath
Near the sea at the Hyrsn, tho ancient
citadel lull of the Punie town, and also
a mile or two inland at the Arab vil
lage J-i iMitiKa, aro vast cisterns 01
subterranean reservoirs, series of
vaulted tanks of masonry which once
held tho city's water supply. An
amphitlieater, tho outlines of which
may bo traced with difficulty, a theater
that is a formless heap of half-buried
rums, great masses of fallen masonry,
fragments of walu still 111 position,
hillocks of rubbish, and everywhere the
dust of three empires, and tho debris
of three Cartilages destroyed in succes
sion the whole is still a nuzzle to
arclueologists and confusion to the
mind of tlio traveler who goes thither
prepared to expend sentiment over the
remains of Dido s own town.
The church of Homo holds a position
of advantage with reference to the
ruins of the city where so many early
Cliristianssufl'ored martyrdom. A range
of high hills stands between the sea and
tho wide plain which stretches away to
ward Tunis. Tho earliest Cartilage was
on these hills, close to the port; the city
as it grew reached out upon the plain.
Among the most conspicuous objects
on tiie crest of the coast hills, either
from the interior or from the sea as you
approach Goletta, is the great white
palace occupied by Cardinal Lavigerie.
Near by is tho vast cathedral which
tills nmP.ious and energetic prclfito is
carrying toward completion on historic
ground, lhe ancient citadel of Car
thage, as has been said, is crowned by
Hid Chapel of St. Louis, erected by
Louis Philippe In memory of his sainted
but unlucky ancestor, who died here of
the plague six hundred years ago, dur
ing the eighth crusade, while retreating
from before the walls of Tunis. Here,
loo, is tho Col I ego of St. Louts. In the
rich lowlands beneath the hills, on the
side away from the sea, are the palaces
and villas ot HI Marsa, the Hoy's home,
and the houses of many of his high
officers of state or army.
Still higher than tiio Unman Catholic.
settlement, however, dominating it
from the side of tho hill that is stopped
1)3 tho Capo Carthage lighthouse, stand
the whitest of Moslem villages, the
holy town of Sidi ISou Said. It is one
of the most picturesque places in tho
world, and is in cither respects interest
ing. Curiously enough, many of the
Arabs believe that St. Louis died a con
vert to the Mohammedan faith, and
that his remains aro buried at Sidi Hon
Said. The saeredness of tho village,
from whatever cause it may be derived,
is continued by the residence there of
the Sheik el Islam of Tunis. Cor. Bos
ton Globe.
A PEDDLER'S TRICK.
Irlltienee of iRiioruut. Twudilln Upon
the
Aiiirugn lliinuin llelng.
It is to bo feared that tho commercial
morality of tho country hawker is not
yet above suspicion These men aro
determined by hook or by crook to dis
pose of their wares, and they aro mas
ters of the arts of cajolery and finesse.
Scores of entertaining and authentic
anecdotes might bo given to bear out
this statement. Wo subjoin a few: A
vendor of cheap spectacles called on an
ancient maiden lady and displayed his
glittering stock. The lady remarked
that sho had recently purchased a pair
in a neighboring town. "Do they suit
you, ma'am?" "Yes, I think so."
"It's a serious thing to have spectacles
that don't suit; very harmful, very.
1 vo traveled for years
glasses of all descriptions,
I've known a lot of mischief
by glasses bought penniseus like,
don't mind a bit what they sell
with
and
done
Thoy
over
counters, not thoy; they never look to
seo the customer again, likely. Now,
I'm on this round regular, an' it stands
to reason as I have to bo wonderful
careful. Might 1 have a glance at these
spectacles, ina'amP" Impressed by the
tone of respectful sympathy, the lady
fetched them, and the hawker, with an
assumption of much knowledge, turned
them round and round and tested both
glasses and frames. His verdict soon
came: "I'm sorry, real sorry for ye,
ma'am; ye'vo been deceived. These
spectacles aro really dangerous; blue
steel frames o' this pattern and temper
'11 bo sure to injure tho temples." He
began to gather up his pack. "Then
what do you recommend?" "Well,
ma'am, 'tis a sacrifice; but, to oblige
ye, I'll exchange a pair for the-e, if ye
plea.-e; you'll bo safe thou." With a
little more persuasion the bargain was
olloetod. A week later the lady re
appeared at tho shop from whence had
conio tho discarded pair of glasses.
The new ones had proved utterly use
less. Sho had to return, considerably
poorerlu pocket, if richer in experience,
to those certain, in tho hawker's words,
"to injure her temples." CasselVs
Family Magazine,
"Mother, why do they call a girl a
bride' when she gets married?" "Me
causo that's tho right name for hor then,
1 suppose?" "I'll but I know." "Well,
why?" "'Cause 'bride' Is took from
bridle' and thoy call her that 'cause
then is when sho begins to put tint bri
dle 011 her himband or 'halter,' 1 diiniio
which. Mebby she ought to ho called
a halt,' cause lic put a halter oil him.
Was it a lu iiil or halter iou put uup.tr"
"That U do ir."
CHRISTIAN GETTING.
Tim Ornvc Krror of IMvldlng tho TVorld
Into Two CliMscsTho 'Ulvcrs" and the
'Hotter."
Ono of Jean Ingelow s later poems
tells the story of a faithful and cat nest
young minister who became thoroiigl
ly discouraged because of the seeming
failure of his work among the very
poor. In spite of all he could do, ho
appeared to mako little impression up
011 squalor, drunkenness, sin and
death. At length, in real experience
and in dreamland vision, ho was made
to sec that he had seemed to fail be
cause he had come to think that tho
whole world was sharply divided into
two classes: those who helped, and
those who received help; and that
these two classes never exchanged
members. He felt hini-elf a doer
and giver, entirely responsible for
tho welfare of those ho aided
and, in fact, belonging to a different
religious ca-.te. The idea that ho could
learn, and receive benolit from, poor
outcast children or starving men, never
entered his head; nor did lie stop to
think that God, and not he, was re
sponsible for things when man had
done his best. Not until suffering and
despondency had cleared his mind, did
he learn that this is a world of mutual
helpfulness and instruction, in which
wc learn as well as teaeli ami receivo
benefit from others as truly as we give
it.
This young curate, with his half
acknowledged ideas that he was re
sponsible for the moral universe, and
had 110 lessons of courage and trust to
learn from his inferiors, was not alone
in possessing those notion. A good
main' excellent people talk about re
ligious work, and charitable organiza
tion, and beneficences of all kinds, jus
as Hie curate did. Jlioy are so ac
customed to give out, that the idea of
taking in hardly occurs to them.
Hence a good part of their well-doing
fails of its proper result, and thev come
dangerously near the sin of giving for
some other sake than Christ's. Un
consciously tho idea of mastery, of
proprietorship, of dispensing ono
own 111 one s own way, steals 111 upon
the sweet and loving charity we are
bidden to strive for. lho Lord wants
all our lives, strength, money and in
terest in our fellows; but when wo have
given all, he, and not we, must be re
sponsible for tho result. With tho vast
md noblo increase of religious and
piiiiauiuropie won: wiucii lias so
brightly characterized the nineteenth
entury now closing, there has grown
all the whilo this idea of corporate
beneficence, of "asto helpfulness, of
the division of the world into great
elans of givers and takers. No belit
tling 01 uie vast results achieved since
this conttirv began is included in one
elleetion upon this thought, but rather
the farther uplifting of powers that, al-
eady have done so much good. How
an wo give all we now give, and
more, and vet eliminato every trace ol
unconscious Pharisaism? S.--S. Times,
WORD TWISTINGS.
I'lilllnjr to Which Muny Nervous Public
Spriiki-rs Arn Subject.
"My (tear boy," once asked a head
master of a Philistine member of his
sixth form, "do you mean to say that
"you havo never heard of that magnifi
cent statuo of Michael Angolo, by
Moses?" Clergymen seoin especially
addicted to this habit, perhaps bo-
causo their excessivo anxiety to bo
correct renders thoni nervous, and to
those of their congregation who are
gifted, fortunntoly or unfortunately,
with a keen sense of tho ridiculous.
such slips aro excessively, trying from
tho impropriety of openly testifying
appreciation. "Sorrow may endure tor
a joy." so an Irish clergyman is re
ported to havo read with the utmoct
feeling; "but night eoineth in the
morning!" With a transposition of
initial letters a now field of solecism
is opened tip, in which a living cleric,
in other respects intelligent and ac
complisliod, works with an involun
tary assiduity tint is most upsetting to
his hearers. "My brethren," so ran
ono of his most startling ann-iuuce-ments,
"wo all know whaf it is to
havo a half-warmed fish i. o half
formed wish in our hearts." With
him, howover, tho mischief g es fur
ther, extending to n mutual entangle
ment of words which is terrible to con
template. Ho has been known to
speak of "kinquering congs," and on
one occasion, over memorable to
his interlocutor, addressing himself
to a gentleman who had intruded
upon his seat in church, he
politely remarked: "Pardon 1110, sir,
but 1 think you aro accopowing my
pie." Hero wo aro next door tithe
carrying out of tho portmanteau prin
ciple, a proximity illustrated by the
feats of two other clergymen, one of
whom gave out his text from "the
Cnlostlo to tho Kpissians" while the
other read "kneo of an idol," for "eye
of a noodle." Tho rooter of an Irish
country parish, whoso church the
writer has frequently attended, was
liable, out of nervousness, to contort
and entangle his words in strange
fashion. Thus we havo heard him
speak of tho "linporfuritios" of man,
when it was quite obvious that he
could not make up his mind between
"Imperfections" and impurities."
and ended by amalgamating the two
words into one. Tho Spectator,
Profusion, a now substance con
tained in nearly all pit and bituminous
.coals, discovered ami brought forward
by Prof. P.tulus V. Kolneoli, of Krlaug
eu, Havana, stums, without doubt, to
he one of the most powerful. oifrotlYH
aiti-ptu-, tiiat is proven it on of fcr
incutniioi, of which wo have know -
CHEAP CRAYON ATISTS.
How Portrait Aro Unshed OPT and the
Methods Adopted to .Make .Money.
"What becomes of tho many nrtists
who fail eh?" repeated a rising young
nrtist to tho query of a reporter. " ell,
many of them hang on and do hack
work all their lives. They dengen
erato into tho cheap crayon artist, and
many often clear as much as fifty dol
lars a week. Hut tho genuine art in
stinct is dead and can never bo rovived
by any process known to science. Do
thoymako good crayon portraits? Yes,
some of their portraits are excclent,
but there is no characteristic art
nothing above mediocro mechanical
cxcclcncc. New York has an army of
pastel and crayon artists, Tho artist
on the daily paper who can sketch and
originate positions has far more talent
and art instinct than the most success
ful crayon-portrait maker. Hut the
most successful artist fakir if I may
bo allowed such a term is ho who
does life-sizo portraits from photo
graphs by means of solar printing.
Tho solar printing enlarges tho photo
graph, and tho mechanical artist
dashes oir the crayon, thus saving him
tho labor of drawing tho features. It
is a quick method, and enables the
busy artist to do more work. Many
photographer's havo their pictures
made life-sizo by crayon artists for
$8 apiece. I suppose, though, that the
photographer gets moro than $8 from
his customers. Some of tiieso artists
do a large amount of work, and do it
more rapidly than the scenic artist.
I clivipod into tho studio of a success
ful crayon artist not long ago and
found him rushing oil portraits at a
great rate. He said he was in a big
hurry to do several portrait13 and asked
mo to help him. I told him I did not
do that kind of work. 'Oh, I don't
want you to do the face, just jab in a
lot of clouds in the background, old
boy, to givo mo a starter.'
"I went to work and 'jabbed' in
clouds whilo my friend wa making a
face 011 another canvas. II t is a su
perior crayon artist and receives tiie
magnificent sum of $25 for each por
trait. Hy hiring men to do back
grounds and all but the faces he turns
thoni out by wholesale. I known Ger-.
man crayon artist who does a wo id'ir
f til I v clover portrait, life size, for Slo.
lie doesn't use the solar printing plan.
Of course there are som s artists o 1 tho
Howory who turn out life-size bust por
traits at St and $3; but thoso aro bad,
even from a crayon artist's point
of view. The best artists rarely go
under $15. unless they aro doing work
wholesale for photographers. Tho
Art League frequently graduates lirst
class crayon artists by simply lotting
thoni know that they have no art in
stinct above the mechanical. This in
formation saves tho student years of
useless study. Tho crayon artist de
serves credit for his true mechanical
methods, and his cheap prices do not
interfere with other artists who aro not
mechanical. Solar printing has
brought life-size crayon and pastel por
traits within the purview of very
limited purses." AT. Y Mail a n. I fix-
press.
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
urlumU for Ocnrml Cirsint'M Tomb I'our-
hifr In from Many Sources.
Seoing so many beautiful flowers
heaped upon the tomb of General Grant
which 1 visited the other day 1113'
curiosity was excited by the question:
Where do they all come from? and do
they serve no other purpose than to
deck tho great soldier's resting-place
until thev die? A few dav later, in
onversation with Colonel I Grant,
I learned tho sources of the garlands,
and also that their usefulness outlives
thoir beauty. He said: "Once every
week mv mother takes out a largo de
ign made of cut flowers. These re
main there until she orders the guard
to remove them and replace them with
the frosh ones she may send. So that
all the time her selection of flowers is
there."
'Tho other flowers aro from friends,
then?''
Somo are, but tho majority aro
from strung -rs. I can say that, daily,
without an exception, floral remem
brances mm rooive.d from all parts, ol
the United Suites. Wo order thoni
placed in tho vault, whero they remain
until faded and wither d."
'Who generally sends tlnni?"
'Well, they come in all wavs; from
Grand Army posts, clubs, societies,
school and mission children. Then
private people, both of this and other
cities, send beautiful rem mi bran cos in
floral work.
Thoy never go to waste. Solicita
tions arrive in numbers daily from
oplo of all classes and stations in
life, begging for some memento from
llenoral Grant's tomb. Thoy ask
unothing, if it be no moro than a
itheivil leave or bud. The guards
are oonuiiuuiiv promising tno laden
owers to visitors, always providing
.Mrs. Grant gives permission or has
not promised thorn elsewhere." A. Y.
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Robuking a Belle.
A celebrated Washington hello,
whose attractions invited such marked
attentions from scores of men that the
prefix of "Mrs." seemed a dead letter,
was "receiving" with another fashion
able woman. Whilo chatting she in
advertently drew out hor handkerchief.
and observing a knot in tho corner of
, stopped, hesitated, and said: Ml'vo
knotln tiie comer of my hnnukrr-
ehlef; I iiiiut Imvo put It thcVu to re
mind me of something." Said tho
isles-: "P.obablv to remind you
inn ou are married." JJarp,r' Maj'
limn.
FOURTH-OF-JULY ADVICE.
Timely Suci;cstlon tor tho Smart Young
Men or the Period.
The annual celebration of the Dec
laration of Independence occurring
soon, a few suggestions may not bo in
appropriate at this tune.
Therefore, my son, let mo wnrn you
against being too inquisitive. To peer
into tho inuzzlo of a gun while your
companion is experimenting upon the
mechanism at the opposite end of the
weapon may bo quite praiseworthy in
a strictly scientific point of view, but
tho practice is likely to be attended by
painful results. That is to say, tho re
sults aro sometimes painful; in many
cases the effect is altogether painless,
but thev arc lasting.
Do not blow into the smoking end of
a fire-cracker. Tho lire-cracker is lit
tie, but it can blow very much harder
than you.
If you aro firing a cannon, and wish
to extract tho greatest possible amount
of amusement out of the exercise, 111
duce the person who thumbs tho vent
to uncover tho holo at the proper mo
ment, and the effect will bo startling.
It 111:13- remove some of your members,
or even yourself; but then, there is the
ofl'set that you will save a great deal
of monoi' that would otherwise be ex
pended upon gloves, and there is the
added possibility that your board and
clothes will cost you nothing hence
forth. Tho spirit of 177G, which you have
heard so much about, is not of that
brand obtainable iit tho saloon. A
Erreat many persons are not aware of
this fact, or at all events thoy get lho
two varieties so confounded that they
make a confoundedly bad appearance
and feel confoundedly bail tho da'
after.
Do not think, because a young lady
acquaintance smiles upon you on this
day of clays, that she is desperately in
love with you. Ice-cream and soda
are extremely palatable to the female
taste, and a smile is neither exhaust
ing to tho purse (iTie purse of tho
smiler) nor detrimental to the physical
system (unless the smiler assimilate
too much of the i. c. and s).
Of course, you will not go upon the
water in a saii-boat, unless you aro
wholly unacquainted with the art of
navigation. If j-ou know nothing
about sailing a boat, you will have a
lino time, besides getting a nice bath
without the trouble of undressing.
I should also advise yon to cat all
the cakes, peanuts and such other con
diments as are dispensed by peripatetic,
dealers. The proper study of mankind
is man, and it is, therefore, well to
know how much one's stomach will
bear.
You will not forget to buy a whip.'
by you should bin one, or what
earthly connection there can be be
tween a ten-cent whip and the Dec
laration of Independence I am unable
to say; but as it seems to be the proper
tliinir to do. don't forget to sunnlv
yourself with a whip.
In order to obtain the greatest possi
ble results from a lire-cracker, do not
throw it in the street (unless a restive
horse happens to bo passing); but pro
ject it into some houso in process of
construction, wliero shavings are
plentiful. You will be surprised at
tho success which will reward vour
care and forethought.
Heforo entering a crowd, take tho
precaution to unbutton your coat.
Remember that while you are enjoying
a holiday, there aro people who have
to work; and by adopting the advice
offered you can save tho light-fingered
gentry no end of trouble.
Drink all the ice-water possible. The
moro you drink tho moro you will
crave it, and every body knows that
there is no greater pleasure in life than
satisfying one's cravings. Of course it
may kill you; but what of that? There
will bo plenty of 'folks left to carry
on this world's business after you havo
left it.
Mako all tho noiso you possibly can.
People might forget you if you didn't.
You will bo much thought of if you
make your environment hideous.
Boston Transcript.
Pungent Brevities.
Net
profits.
proceeds Tho fisherman's
A bowled
alley.
A wordy
striko Ono on a ton-pin
warfare "Tho Hattlo of
the Hooks."
A milk-punch A prod administered
to a refractory cow.
Saluto of the conductor "How
fares it with you?"
Pupils at tho iiat.itoriuni are now
getting along swimmingly.
Soldier-s are great sufferers from
cold. Thev have been known to sleep,
undor cover, in a hot lire. Detroit
Free Press.
Won't Injure His
' Whv don't you stir
Prospects,
around and got
something to do?" was asked of a lazy
fellow.
I don't know," was the reply, "un
less I'm too superstitious."
Superstitious! what has supersti
tion got to do with it?
"Well, I road soniowhoro onco that
every thing comes to mm who waits,"
and 1 don't want to do any thing that
will bo liable to injure my prospects."
Tid-liits.
Tho Bajtfist Missionary Magazine
states that, whorons twonty-livo years
ago there was not a professing Chris
tian in the province of Shantung,
China, now there an 300 places where
Protestant Christians meet regularly
on the Sabbath. This is the glorious
beginning.
m
It is a woul and Mow with the
mull wb Mic.us because he ha a takj
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HOW MALT IS MADE.
Somo IntcrrUtnc facts About mi Import"
ant IlulTalo Industry.
Buffalo manufactures every year
nearly seven million bushels of mnlt,
almost wholly the product of Canadian
barley, which, it appears, makes n bet
ter gr-dc of malt than its congener on
this side of the border. This is about
two million bushels in excess of tho
combined manufacture of any two
other American cities, and, indeed, it
is not unlikely that wo lead the world
in this industry. Our malsters make
within two million bushels of tho
amount used annually in London, Eng
land, b- brewing-houses, and a great
proportion of tho malt used there
comes from provincial towns. Tho
greater number of the breweries in
Hit ft alt make their own malt as the'
want it. while the product of the regu
lar inalt-houes is almost wholly
shipped Last, where it finds a reach
market in New England, Philadelphia,
Newark, New York, Alb inj and other
cities largely interested in brewing.
Tho manufacture of malt, briefly
stated, consists in the conversion of
the starch in tho barley kernel into
sugar, from which by fomentation the
potent principle in ale and beer is pro
duced. Tho process in all essential
particulars is as ancient as "tho bul
rushes round little Moses, on tho old
banks of the Nile." Indeed, it is quite
certain that the most ancient of all
Egyptians drank an intoxicating liquor
made from barley. That barley was
one of tho cereals cir.tivated by tho
Egyptians is stated authoritatively by
Harou Hunsen and Wilkinson, the
famous Egyptologists. The word
.'corn," which appears so frequently
in the Hible, is a general term app ied
to all eeresls and really means grain of
all kinds. While it is not really known
what the means were that the ancient
used for extracting the alcoholic pi 1 11
ciple from the grain, !t is recorded that
malt liquors were much indulged in by
the Greeks and later by tho Romans,
by whom the secret of their manu
facture was introduced into Gaul and
Britain.
As to tiie details of tho process, thoy
aro almost identical in all establish
ments. Tho barley first undergoes what
is termed steeping." This is done in
largo cisteriH holding any where front
one hundred bushels to three hundred
md more, depending upon the extent
of floor in the malt-house. A ater is
poured in on tho barley until it is cov
ered to a depth of six inches. From
fifty to sixty hours is tho time allowed
for steeping. After tho grain has im
bibed sufficient moisture the water is
run oft', and tho barley is turned out in
a heap on tho malt floor, and turned
with wooden shovels every few hours
until "sweating" sets in and tho grain
begins to germinate. It is at this point
that the chemical change takes place-
and the starch in the barley is convert
ed into sugar. The process is allowed
to continue to a stage readily recog
nized by the expert malster, when it is
brought to a finish by placing tho
malt in. the drving-kiln, wliero it
is kept for a longer or shorter
timo according as tho liquor is to bo
lie or stout. For stout or porter the
malt is scorced to a brownish color,
while for the amber ales or beer it is
permitted to take but little color. Hy
its conversion from barley to malt tho
grain increases two or three per cent. (
in buk, whilo it loses something iu
weight When dr.ed it is ready for tho
brewer or market.
The value of this city's annual out
put of malt for shipment is 'not less
than ,000.000, and the value of that
mado and consumed by Buffalo brew
ers may be safely estimated at l,o00,
000. This immense industry has grown
up almost entirely during tho last
twenty years. Before the war thcro
was little or no malting done here.
Buffalo Courier.
'ioni Green County, Texas, Is
named after a famous 'pioneer from
North Carolina, who did his sharo of
fighting against Santa Anna and was
honored when Texas- secured hor inde
pendence. Tom Green County has an
area of 12.S00 square miles, and is
largor than tho states of Massachusetts,
Khiule Island and Debiwaro combined.
SNESS
Is an affection of the Liver, and can
bo thoroughly cured by that Gnmd
Regrulator of the XJvor and
(Biliary Organs,
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
MANl'FACTCnED BY
J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
I was afflicted for several years with
disordered liver, which resulted In a
severe attack of Jaundice. I had as
Rood medical attendance as our sec
tion atnmls, who failed utterly to ro-.
store mo to the enjoyment of niv
former-good health, I then tried tlto
favorite prescription of one of tho
most renowned physicians of Louis
ville, Ky., but to no purpose ; where
upon I was induced to try Minimon
l.tver Ileirnliitor. I found Imme
diate beuellt from Its use, and It ulti
mately res-tored mo to tho full CDjoy
ment of health.
A. II. SHIRLEY,
Richmond, Ky.
HEADACHE
Proceed from a Torpid Liver and Iui.
purlllrx of tint Stomach, It ran bo
invariably cured by taking
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l el all who suffer remember that
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