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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1887)
L PltACTIGAL SYSTEM. THE BON MARCH ES PLAN OF PRO FIT SHARING WITH EMPLOYES. Co-Operatlon as Practiced In Pari' Great Millinery nnil Dry Goods Paradise A Home fur tlio Homeless Division of I the Profit. Few Americans leave Paris without visiting tho Mognsin Bon Mnrclio. It tbey nro not themselves addicted to tlio pleasures of shop ping tney aro burdened with commissions from friends nt home, and it is moro than likely that they will snatch at least a half day from the attractions of galleries and churches to dovoto to that great paradise of millinery and dry goods. The Bon Murcbo is one of tho most distinguished of tho fifty French firms which share their profit! with all who aro employed in tho business. Its founder, M. lloucicant, made it his highest aim to associate In his financial success all tho work MHplo who had united with him to ob tain it, "especially thoso whoso capacities wero not adequate for tho attainment of lucrative jxst." Binco bis death in 1877 his widow has developed with wisdom and gener osity all l:is plans. All who nro ink-rested in such efforts, anil a grout many who aio prompted on'y by an idle curiosity, Join tho party of visitors, who, nt !1 o'clock each afternoon, aro led through tho great buildings of tho Maison lloucicant. Following their courteous guldo they enter tho packing department, a business in Itself, from which goods nro dispatched to every part of tho civilized world: they oxumlno the heavy curtains and tho illuminating appar atus of tho room, where, by electric light, shades and colora.cuu lxi exactly harmonl7.ed, and they visit tlio' stables, shining w ith neat ness, where bcores of magnificent horses are lodged liko princes. A HOME KOll TIIK IIOMKLKSH. Far moro distinctly interesting is tho home for tho homeless girls among tlio employes, which occupies a part of tho privato bui. dings of Mine, lloucicant. Walking through the largo halls ono catches glimpses of pleasant, airy rooms, each with polished lloor, cur tained window und pretty furniture, livery room is arranged for ono occupant, nud lx.'iirs thoimpress of her crsoiml tastes in photo graphs, ornaments or (lowers. An attractive parlor is provided with n piano, well filled lxioi: cases and games. Hero tlieso young women receive their friends and meet together for social evenings. Bpecia! consideration for working women is Indicated again by tho arrangement of the dining rooms, which occupy almost un entire floor of tho main building. In providing lunch and dinner for Its employes tho Hon Marcho follows a Parisian custom, moro or less general, in raforoneo to which wages aro ud justed; but It can safely bo said that no other establishment provides such delicate und nourishing rood, wlillo wages are, at least, as high as in similar business houses. There aro five dining rooms, large, sunny and airy. Ono of these is set apart to tho uso of tho working girls, and Is moro tasteful In its furnishing. They are all comfortable and scrupulously neat und entirely free from any odor of cooking. Tlio appointments of the kitchen aro on an immense scale; Gallons ot soup aro simmering in brightly polished kettles on tho enormous stoves, which dally roast 2,000 pounds of meat. Do.cns of bas kets aro already filled with bread, which an Ingenious llttlo machine Is slicing thin for tho potage. Tho refrigerators aro well filled provision stores in themselves. Lunch con sists ot meat with vegetables, followed by a dessert w 1th n half liter of wlno. At dinner, In addition to tlieso con rscs, soup and salad aro offered. There is always a choice of meats; on tho day of my visit tho menu in cluded roast beef anil stowed hare. Tho Mulsou lloucicant makes provision to satisfy mental cravings nswell as physical needs. A largo loom is selapart to tho usoof iha evening classes. Here, on dlll'erent even ings of tho week, are courses In bookkeei ing, tho modern languages, orchestral music anil chorus singing. Concerts nro given by tlieso iiiubIo classes, with tho assistance of well known artists. kxugutivi: ami mcoiblativk. 1 Clow to thu class i c Him is tlio center of ex ecutive and leglslat i o power, thootllcn whew Mine. lloucicant meets tho heads of depart ments and superii i employes whom she has associated with herself In ao(uul partnership. Kach ono of them owns n $10,000 share of the capital, No ono bis umtrihutcd moro than $20,000, and In som instances a single shure belongs to several jxtsoiis, though entered under one name, so that the benefits of part ncrship aro extended to more than 100. These working pjirtneni in the meetings, at which Mme, llouelcaiit presides, present their w ports and consult together for tho advantage of tho great business which they direct. About 1,000 oniyloyos, nil those who hate served llvo years, U'long to tho provident society, through which profit sharing is prac ticed. Tlio exact eivcntugo of tlio profit allotted annually to this society Is undetermin ed and eligible of variation from year to year At tjio end of tho commercial year of 18S5-80 about $21,000 was paid Into its treas ury Tho share of each pnrtlciivint, nearly proportionate to the amount of bU wages, is not paid over nuuutiUy, but capitalized to liis account, an I draws yearly interest at tho rato of -I H'r cent. Cash payment is niado of tho 8iim thus accumulated when tho owners attain tho UUlli year of their ago or tho twentieth of their work for tho house. In tho caso of women, the limits aw 50 years of ago or fifteen of work, Tho interpretation of these conditions is very generous, llluessand authorized absence of three months aw not considered us In terruption of work. In exceptional cases of long sickness or disabling accident, an im mediate Hiymont is often made, and when a partieiMiut dies tho amount to his credit is given at onco to tho surviving relatives. A shvIm1 rulo pro v Mm that a woman who marries mid loaves the business shall re celve tho whole amount duo to her, howover long sho may have Uvn employed. Tho entire capital of tho pivvldent society amount at prewnt to mow than 1,000,000 francs nearly $:00,I00. During tho Inst year, however, Mine, lloucicant, dissatisfied with tho Incoiue which It yields to workmen who hnvo grown olil in service, has foundiHl, by a ienoiml gift of nlxiut $1,000,000, a society of retreat, whlrli provides for tho same liidlvidu ills, under equivalent conditions, but adds to tho llttlo capital thus secured an minimi ixm. Bion of fi-oin fJlOO to AK), Boston Herald. Young Wuinen In College, A writer In Tho Popular Science Monthly says college work Is by no moans injurious to female btudcnls. Young women in collego ni) in far U-ttor health than young women In socloty.nw healthleriis seniors than they wow as fivfchnion, and nvuragu fewer coses of III new tbuiuiro idiown In men's colleges, while htntistle fchow that Ihoy enjoy bum total of twenty jut cent, better IvmltU than tho aver ago woman. Chlcngo Time. Au Kxrutli'iit I'eed Cutter. A Bucks county funncr, who sent $10 to n Philadelphia address in answer to an ndver. ttwmunt of the fliicst feed cutter in America, received In return tv 2 ct of faUo teeth. LOVE'S DESERTED PALACE. f3 - -j Itegard it well, 'tis yet n lordly place, ' Palace of love, onco warmed with sacred Area, And loud from end to end with Joy of lyres, rragrant with Incense, with great lights ablazo. The tt.-cs aro dead now! dead tho festal rays; No moro tho music marrlfs keen desires, No more tlio Incense of tho slirlao aspires, And of love's godhead there Is now no trace. Yet If ono walked at night through thoso dim halls Might it not chance that ghostly shapes would rise. And ghostly lights glide glimmering down tho vails, That there might bo a stir, a sound or sigtis, And gentle voices answering gentlo cans, u-ntul.rliir umlths of melodies! I Philip Bourko Slainlon. TRAINING HANDS AND HEAD. What Is Helng Accomplished Aiming tlio Youths of Hampton Institute. These negro and Indian youths como with no good background to cxerciso Its uncon scious but most potent inlluciico in shaping their lives rather tho reverse is true. This whole life must Iki reformatory, nn uplifting out of dark and undeslrablo conditions and tendencies. There must lw reform, not for conscious misdoing, but for circunistaneing, of misfortune, and not of fault. (Jen. Arm strong's pupils aro up at 5:30 in tho morning, put in ten solid hours ot work, manual and with books, and go to lx.il at 0:30. liach hour has Its duty, Its occupation, or its responsi bilityand tho vast machlno is distinctly a success. As tho negroes and Indians work side by side on tho farm and in tho shops their natural traits aro conspicuously illustrated. Tlio Indian is tho quicker, tho moro ngileon a spurt; but his black brother has vastly moro staying power. Tim Indian has tho moro able and nimble legs, but tho negro is better dovelojxsl in tho chest and arms all becauso of very obvious reasons. Gen. Armstrong says his best students aro thoso who work all day and have only two hours for study nt night. The same thing made manhood moro robust in the fino typo of men who worked their way through collego and aro to-day rather impatient that all boys are not' put to tho school of adversity which they remember with pride. Work and an atmosphere of moral refine ment nro doing much for these picked repre sentatives of tlio red and black, and it is in teresting to discover that tho day scholars thoio who livo oittsidu the institution do not turn out so well. Ono sldo of their life lets them down too much. Tho home farm employs thirteen students nil day, with a detail of forty-five who aver ago ono and a hulf days a week; its products are ten acres of early peas, ten of Irish pota toes, ninety of sweet potatoes, fifteen of onls, two of cabbage and onions, two of spinach and kale; forty-four acres nro seeded to clover, 100 to corn fodder, forty-six to ryo, and 110 acres aro under cultivation in garden and orchard. Tho Hemenway farm, about five miles distant, has 112 acres In corn, forty three In wheat, 100 in oats, eighty in clover and 200 in pasture. Tho Huntington industrial works saw mill and wood working shop whoro 1.1.000.000 feet of pine, poplar and oak, brought in rafts through tho canal of tho Dismal swamp from tho forests of North Carolina nnd Virginin, have been woi ked up in tho yenr; tho depai t moiitof household work, tho caring for this great family of COO, which oirors a field for training that housowlves will appreciate; tho dressmaking and tailoring department., whew uniforms, dresses ami shirts aro made; tho printing office and bindery, which has created a demand for colored printers that cannot bo supplied ami whoro four years aro required for mastering tho art of bookmakiug; tho knitting room with its I,amb knitters, that afford means of self support, nnd stimulate tho quickness that piece work always begets; tlio engineer's department, mo iiiiuaii i min ing shops, eight in ull, giving Instructions in n uiniiv tmdus wood workiiiLT. carvlmr. carK'iiteriug, harness making, shoeinakiiig, tllismliumg, panning una umcKsiumiiiif;, me irisnmlumsn mill t lin imrdi'ii these all attract and instruct tlio visitor. Cor. Springfield llepuuiican. Anglomania lu 1HO'-. Tho angloinanlao of tho present day can turn to the curious pages of last century's newspapers and learn that tho mania which has seized him is of veiiprnblo origin and flourished in New York several generations ago. "Tommy Clod," in a New York nows paer of lSOJ, contributes n receipt for mak ing young bucks, from which wo give a fow exeerpts: "When you arfatigued with walk ing you may slip into llryden's, or Evan's, and every genteel person you may meet limy accost you with 'damme, sir, tho weather's hot,' etc. 'A gentleman can get no accom modation lu this town. Loudon is the place, sir;' and if you should get over a bottle of wine, you can talk about places which you never sawnud circumstances that never hap pened; and if you toll a few lies it is not of much consequence, ami will only tend to convince tho person that you havo a very fertile Imagination. It will bo necessary, liefoiv you talk nlxmt London, Paris or other populous cities to get acquainted with the principal streets, which you can easily do by going to any of tlio stores and Mrusing for tlvo minutes tho4ieces.sury books. You must learn tho most fashionable oaths, and every now and then, whenever you can find an opKirUmity, blend them with your con versation, for nothing adds so much to iv man ofiMUscquonuousn few of those pronounced with a proper emphasis." The Argonaut. Wilt Hooks Disappear? "Will tho coming man read books!" is tho startling question that Henry Holt, ono ot tlio leading book publishers of tho land, pro ixuiuds in The Writer, lie is led to it by ro llectlonou the fact that there has been a ro nmrkublo falling oil" in the sales of bound volumes in tho last ton yeais. "In novels, IMvins, travels, essays, histories, biogra phies," be says, "tlio publishers find that they can, as a rule, place but about ono third as many copies of a now bound Ixxik as they could ten years ago." The query comes, If the sale diminishes one-third In ton years, how long will it take for extinction I Surely hew Is fixxl for most serious reflection, Was there ever s,uch a sociologle revolution in tho history of the civillml world as this w ill lx if It culminates lu tho disnpicaranco of tho lxik f For tho book has Ixnrn tho chief factor In the history of tho world's mind, the library lias lieen the most (xitont clement for good in the life of tho homo, and tho IhhiU writer tho most wvewd and must lutlueutial of man kind. If, as Mr Holt Imlleves, tho change is largely duo to the givat development of mws ;uiorx and periodicals, then, indeed, H tho revolution essential and complete. "Will the coining man wad lKXjksf" Public Opinion. Teaching u lliirno to Walk Pat. A axy hoie can Iw tmigit to walk fast by driving him alone and continually urging him to move as desired. Any particular word, promptly uttered every time the whip U applied, w ill soon give him to understand what is rtsjuiivd. A sybtomatio course of Uoiiif at short Interval must be given in order to succeed. Chicago limes. Tho fpoclflo germ from whloh whooping cough Uil8Veloxsl U believed to uxl.t In the urnou uxpeotoiuted. EASILY INTERVIEWED. STRATEGY USED BY A REPORTER TO APPROACH CONKLING. lien Itutlor Said to Ho the Most Satis factory Interylowee In tlio Country. Henry Ward IJeoclicr's Kindness to the Itcportcr. Tliero aro nomo men in publlo Hfo who have tho reputation of being non-interviow-ablo. Itoseoo Conkllng used to bo so classi fied when ho was in tho senate. Knowing that to lw tho case, I thought I would try my luck with him. It was on a train going west from Harrisburg, Pa., to tho great Chicago convention of '80, which was to, but did not, nominate Grant for a third term. Conkllng had a special car all to himself. It was guarded at each end by stout colored porters, with orders to let no ono In. Mr. Arthur (afterward president) and Mr. James (after ward postmaster general) were tho only men in tho car with tho great man. To one of tho colored sentlnols on tho car platform I went and said: "Can I seo Mr. Conkllng!" "No, nab," said tho ixirtcr, "ho gave pcticklcr or ders to let nobody in." "Ah," said I, "but he didn't know 1 was on tho train just glvohim tills card, please." This and a quarter no colored car porter can resist a quarter car ried my card to tho great man. On tho card I had written: "Grant dele gate to Chicago" which was n bit of strate gic fiction. It did tho business. I was called in, shaken by tho hand, nnd Invited to cat fruit, while the imperial senator from tho imperial state posted mo all up on tho prospectsof Grant, as 'lio viewed them. When he got through -I 'said: "Our friends in Boston would be de lighted to know how confident you feel, Mr. .Senator havo you any objection to Ve quoted in a nowspaper dispatch?" "Not the loast," ho replied, for by this timo ho was oil his dignity and almost as human as Mr. Cleveland. And so I succeedod in stnnding up the haughty man for an interview, which was sent on to Doston ns fastis a badly jolt ing train would permit mo to scratch it off. In this caso it is certain that tho sight of a nolo book at tho outset, or even nn admission that I desired an interview for a paper, would havo prevented my talking with him nt all. OEN. I1EXJAMIN 1'. IlUTLKr.. Gen. Uenjamin l' Ilutlcr I regnrd ns, on tho whole, tho most satlsfactoiy interviewee in tho country. He, too, has tho reputation of being difficult of access. It is not true in tho sense of bis being lofty or inierious, a la Conkiing. Undo Hen is ono of tho most genial gentleman in tho United Stntes to iiowspnix.T men who "uso him square" nnd don't abuse his confidence. Hut woo betide tho interviewer who undertakes to publish n confidential talk, which ho has agreed not to uso, nnd then go near Undo lien for another favor, lio will not get it, but ho may get n largo pieco of Undo Den's mind. First and last tho general has given mo probably a dozon or mow interviews, nnd thoy were very easily taken. The general does all tho work for you himself. Ho frames tho questions and answers both, does it at an easy pace, so that it ran Ik) taken down without straining your stenographic powers, and never falls to give you a readable, entertaining column or two columns, or whatever length ho may talk to. I havo heard It said that Undo Hen draws tho lino at interviowers connected with papers opposed to him, but I don't believe it. In iny own case I begun reporting on a Dem ocratic paper when ho wns a Republican and passed to tho stair of a Republican paper when ho beennio a Democrat, but always found a warm welcome at bis house or ids olllco, and un interview if ho folt liko giving one. iikniiy WAiin ni:r.ciiKK. Tho only other man who ever conducted nn Intervlow after Uutler's method, in my ox perience, was tlio lato Henry Word Ileeclier At tho time of his controversy over ths doo trino of everlasting punishment, soniowhere about the fall of 1S77, my friend Maj. Pond guvo mo an introduction to Mr. liecclier for tho purposo of trying to get an intervlow out of him in answer to tlio attacks of Dr. Storrs and others. It was at Music hall, one even ing after n lecture. "Como round to the Evans house in tho morning nnd go witli mo toward Dover, N. II., where I lecture to-inor-row night, and I'll talk for you," said tho famous preacher. Depend upon it I was there. Working on a sixth rato dailyata slim salary, a talk witli lieecher that would sell readily for $50, or oven ilOO, was not to bo sneezed at. Well, I wont and met the great man, and together wo hoarded tho train for Dover. As soon as wo started, Mr. Ileeclier said: "Now, sir, if you are ready." I thought ho meant tun to ilro away witli a question. But ho stopixxl mo right oil'. "You write short hand!" "Yes," said I. "All right; then please put this question" and Mr, Ileeclier proceeded, exactly as Gen. Butler does, to put his own questions and answer them, until ho hud reeled off two columns and n half of Tho Now York Herald, to which great pajwr 1 sent tho interview, I i-emiber the flaring hcadlino was "Bcoehcron Hell," but I reiueni lxr with still mow joy the two baudsomo figures in tho left hand corner of Tho Her ald's check. Jnmea W. Clarko in Tho Writer. . Saveil tlio Notes. A doctor named Francois earned n hundred francs tho other day and had a good deal of fun into the Itargain. A lady's jxt dog swal lowed a Iwnk note of tho value of 1,000 francs It was such nn accident as lias happened lx fow in the world's history, and it lias usually resulted, when tlio amount lost was large, in tho immediate deatli of the dog. In this caso tho lady would have sacrificed tho banknote rather than the innocent pup, so slio set out at onco for tho olllco of her family physician, Dr. Francois. Tho doctor was at first amused nud thou piwled. Tho lady was suw tho dog had not chewed tho noto all to pieces, and sho ollVivd the physician 10 per cent, if ho should save It. Ho would bavodoiio his best to pleao a client und so ho tried tho only remedy that seemed to otl'er Iiojxj. Doggy w as placed in a choir and n pan was put in front of him. Then tho physician adiniiiisteml an emetic. Tho dog took a w holo glassful without protest and without ellVct, w hile his mistress stood by anxiously. After that tho dog seemed dis inclined to swallow mow, but a llttlo was forced down his throat nnd then tho smell ot tho doo Ixx-amo so disagreeable that what had lioon taken $ixedily npjieaiwl and, happy to relate, tho thousand finno noto included. It was intact and only needed a patient dry ing. Doggy ivcoverod in half n hour. ParU Cor, Philadelphia Times. Ttin Intelligent Compoltor. "All I what's tliUf exclainuxl tho intelligent compositor. " 'Sermons in stones, tooks in tlio running brooks f That can't Ixi right. I havo it) He ntejins 'Sermons in liooks, stones lu tho running brooks.' That's bouso." And thut is how tho writer found it. And yet ho was not happy. Uostou Transcript. Tlio total number of railroad accidents in fJermmiy Inst year was '.',175. Tho number of io:ons killed or died within twenty-four bourn after tho accident nu 47C THE OLD BOOKS. Deep In tho past I peer and rco A child upon tho nursery floor, Holding a book upon his knee, Who asks, liko Oliver, for more. Tlio number of his years is l , 4nd yet in letters hath ho skill. How deep ho dived In fairy lore! The books I loved, I lore them stllL nnn ..iff o. rnlrlra rave me threo Am. They commonly Ixstowcd of yore The lovo of books, the golden key That opens the enchanted door; lieklnd It Dluebeard lurks, nnd o'er nd o'er doth Jack his giants kill, And there Is all Aladdin's store: Tho books I loved, 1 love them still. Tako all. but leave my books ta mo I Those'heavy creels of old we lovo Wo find not now, nor wander free, Nor wear tho heart that onco wo wore. Not now each river seems to poe Uls water from tho Muse's hill; Though something's gono from stream and shore, Tho books 1 loved, I love them still. Andrew Lang. MILLIONS OF CORKSCREWS. nnmigh Mnilo In 1880 to Span Way Around the Globe Novelties. Thoro is ono firm in Newark that beats tho world nt making nnd selling corkscrews. In round numbers there were 150,000,000 cork screws mndo by this ono firm Inst yenr, or corkscrews enough for nearly every voter on tho globe. If tho corkscrews, which average threo inches In length, that were mndo during tho 3ear 18S0 could havo been laid length to length, they would havo reached from New York to San Francisco, and then spanned tho broad Paelficand touched thoshorcsof Japan. That will givo somo idea of tho number. But this was only one firm, although the largest, itlis true. Could all tho corkscrews made lat; year Ixj known, tliero must have been enough manufactured to supply nearly every man, woman and child on this muiulnro sphere with one. To mnko tho 150,000,000, rcquirod sovonty-flvo men, simply for tho twisting ot tho screws, to ray nothing of tho making of tlio wooden and other stylo of handles. They worked steadily tho year round at it. Ono would hardly think that moro than threo or four vnrieties were rcquirod, but there aro about forty on the market. They include tho ring handle, steel wire screws for demijohns and largo bottles; tho double ring, handily incased pocket screw; tho folding screw nnd tho broad wiro handle screw. Somo timo ago an icepick and a cigar bos opener was mado with a screw concealed in tho steel tulx) handle. Tho tuLo can be slipped ofi" and tho ice pick forms tho handlo of tho screw. Another novelty has n brush In the handle, so that tho colored waiter is not obliged to run Ids fingers around tho in sido of tht. neck of n wino bottle to removo the particles of cork anil dust. For chain pagno bottleii a scrow is mndo with a blado in ono end of tho lmudlo to cut tho twino around tho cork. Another linndlo con tains both tho knifo and brush on tho handle. Tho power corkscrew is nn ingenious nr rangement which saves the knees and arms from a tussle with an obstinate and fractious cork. A cono of steel fits over tho neck of the bottle, and tho screw draws tho cork whllo tho cone presses on the bottle. In addition to his corkserow patents, an inventive man amused himself by twisting up wiro in almcst every conceivable shape, thereby supplying tho Hvo cent counters with novelties nud himself with comfortable in come, in addition to that previously made by his ingenious faculties. Tlio sph-al thumb screw, which can bo pushed into n board and easily removed, after serving as a temporary hat rack, is one of his inventions. It is only a pieco of twisted wire. Spiral paper hooks, wall hooks, hat and coat racks, spiral picture nails, spiral carpet tacks and stair buttons, card suspenders nud holders, Mil files, soap holders, pickle forks, toasting nnd vegetable forks aril shoo button hooks aw his inven tions. Cor. Chicago 'Irilmuo. What n Miiira.lnci Man Says. "What kind of literature is most likely to meet acceptance!'' 'Short stories and poems. AVoiuen are far moro successful in writing these than men. They nro better equipped to meet tho demands of thon;;e. Most stories sent to tho magazines by men embody somo attempt ata plot. Now, almost every conceivable plot bus lx?en in vented, and it is almost a miracle when anything strikingly original comes to us. Women, on tho other hand, aro mow apt to employ situations which admit of n portrayal of subtle shades of feeling. These aro tho successful story writers of tho present day. In jioenis the same holds good. Men write, poems of description and action, women of passion and feeling." "How nw articles and stories paid for by periodicals!" "Well, tho lxst of them havo an established rate, generally $10 per 1 ,000 w ords. Of course this is not an intloxiblo rule. Some especially good articles nro paid special prices. For ex ample, wo have paid as high ns $1,000 for u five p.ifo poem. Stories generally run from $100 to 6',V0. Tho pyNes fluctuate a great deal. Much depends upon tho reputation of tho author, A man liko Biet Harto or a woman liko Constanco Feniiiinoro Woolson Kin make demands which others could not. Gcnorally speaking young writers havo a poor chance to make n living from tho magazines." Now York Letter. Douil Indians' Debts. "Tho debts of dead Indians aro paid by their relatives," said an ex-meivhaiit on Main street tho other day. "When Anderson and Barn hart," ho continued, "killed tho Indian several years ago, ho owed mo f!ll.". Since that rime $W0 of this amount has been paid mo by his relatives. Kentucky died tho other tiny owing mo about f30. Already his relatives Irivo upproaohed mo on tho subject nnd made arrangements to pay the amount. It is a law with them to pay the debts of their dead rel atives, nud they never break it. I mil sure of getting my money if an Indian dies owing me, but when n white man dies leaving no property, no matter how rich his relatives, I never exjx?ct to get a cent. Thoro Is a gwnt deal of good alxiut a dead Indian anyhow," said tho os.-mewbant, as ho closvil his interest ing eonvors-atiou and walked away. ISnst Oregoiiiau. Tho Chicago 5hTx I'ot Oaths. A Chicago girl would never mnko uso of thut maudlin osplotivo "Mercy I" As wo figuw it "mercy" lielongs strictly to the list of Ynnkeo expletives, the sune as "sake alive," "go.h all hemlock," "gewhilhktmu," and "jimmy CUrU'nuu." A Chicago girl would wxiiier think of swenrintc "lie cokis blode," or "Ikj swete Sunct Aim," or "Iw tho sowen divelsof Cologne." When a Chicago girl indulged in eiuputuU (ami this U swldoml he explode i "great Scott," or culls on heaven or earth lowitutu in th name of "the Hind of th Great Sugar Curwl Ham!" Chicago News. It Was u l'uvorlti'. "We will sing tlw lure humlrea and t wetity-ulnth hymn," said tlw mluUtur nt the t'liwe of ii imUwtio funeral wrmau. "It wtu f.ivorilB with tlm remains." tilttux City Call. "Oolwinoiu hes'' is tho namo givea to icam dal lover in UnglumL. THE CITY DIRECTORY. HOW THE WORK OF GATHERING NAMES IS ACCOMPLISHED. Instructions to Canvasncrs Finished In Three Lessons Hard Work and Sinull Pay Somo of tho IJlfflcultlcs Encount eredThe Compilation. "I havo worked for tho Now York City Directory on four canvasses," said a man of middle ago to a reporter, "and have also done similar work in Boston, Philadelphia and Bal timore. About the third week of April of each year you will for several days In succession seo an advertisement in tho different newspapers to tho effect that men aro wantsl to canvass for tho City Directory. Tho requIremenU aro clear round ixmmmsbip, a neat personal ap pearance, and a good reference. This year nearly 800 replies were received to tho adver tisements. Somo years, when moro men nro Idle, tho number runs up as high as 1,200. From tbe-o replies, about 00 of tho best IKinned aro selected, and a postal card h sent to each of their writers, making an appoint ment with tho applicant "Well, of tor tho 800 postal cards havo been sent out about 275 men will respond in person. When they call at the office tbey will learn tho terms nnon which thev will bo employed. In this city tlieso terms are as follows: Nino hours to constitute a day's work, with ono hour for dinner. The minimum amount of work that will bo accepted for n day is 175 nnmc3. A man who cannot bring in that number is not wanted nt any price. Tho pay promised varies from 1.50 to $2 a day, ac cording to tho number of names returned and tho correctness and neatuoss of the work done. Ten per cent, is paid on nil advertise ment orders procured, but this amounts to so little with a common canvasser that it is not to bo taken into account when calculating what amount he will receive at tho ond of tho week. If tho applicant accepts these terms ho siens his name to them, and ho then gets a card upon which u day and hour nro notetl when ho must present himself at the office for Instructions. "These instructions are of tho simplest nothing but writing names just the samo as you see them in tho printed directory and yet you would bo surprised at tlio great num ber of Uunders that nro made by tho men at first. Tha instructions aw finished in threo lessons, when experiments are mado witli tho paraphernalia tlio canvasser lias to carry nun him. These consist of a small hottlo of ink. with n sponge in it, a pen holder and lien, a book of f lips about two mcties aim a nan uy six inches in measurement and 200 in number, a metal badiro with a number on it and a card on which tho information! desired at houses for names for tho directory is printed in Ger man and Italian. In most cities Chinamen's names aro taken tho same as anybody elso's, but in Now York tho Mongolian laundrymen nro utterly ignored by tho directory. "Instructions being concluded, tho men aro told to report for duty on tho first or second dav. accordimr to cn-cumstances, ntter May 1. At 7:110 o'clock on the morning designated a long lino wiil form outsido tho building und tako their turn at tho desk-, where they re ceivo two InooIcs of slips 100 in all liens, ad vertisement blanks, ink nnd shields. These latter must bo worn conspicuously on tho lnpei ol tho coat, under penalty of discharge for non-compliance; una during tlio canvass, as far ns tho office is concerned, tho canvas ser lo-es his identity by namo as completely as a convict, in Sing Sing does, and w known onlv bv tho number borne on his shield. Thin cnuhmsd nud having been assigned to a district, tuo men scatter to all parts of tho city. By this time tho original number, through different causes, has dwindled down to about 225 men. When tho district to bo canvassod is very distant from tho offico car faro is furnished, "Onco on tho ground tho fun begin?, and tho work, too, for I tell you it is tho hardest work-, this directory canvassing, a man ever undertook for tho small pay received. Not 15 per cent, of tho whole uumbor earn tho higher, $2, und to go up and down stairs tor uino hours on a stretch for $1.50 is what 1 call pretty hard lines, nnd n man must be hard pushed when Uo accepts sucii won;, Many fall by tho waysido after tho fii'st day": experience. Why, then, do r try it year after year, do you ask? Well, I'm an old canvasser and I get better terms, not fo- the canvass for names which I am describing to you, but I start in for 'ads' alone two months bel'oro the May canvass, and at this I make f3 and $10 n day; but I havo to promise to slnv by tho directory peoplo turougn tne wholo canvass. I stick at tho work lxcause I liko it, and becauso it pays. When I have done tho Business Directory and tlio City Directory of ono city I go to another ami an other, and so on. In this way I mnko a round or circuit each year, and Keep busy an the time. "Tho Now York city canvass has just been completed this week that Is, nil tho names aro in; so lot's seo what aro dono with tho 210,000 names' which will bo in tho directory of this year. Each namo is on a separate slq of paper. As soon as a man has completed a district, tho names he has brought in aio compared with tho names obtained in tiie samo district lut year. Of course, groat many changes nro noted in tuis comparison, Whero a naiuo Is found on last year's cnuvass that does not npixiar on that of this year, tho ouestion Ls asked, 'wiryf touch names nr written on slips in tho olilco nnd marked I) Each such slip is given ton man, who is sent to tlio address given last year to ascertain why tho namo h not turned in this year. It may Ixj found that the person it belonged to is dead or has moved away, in which case it is dropped; or it may be it was missei through tho neglect of the ennvusser to get i this vear: or thoso at tho address given may for some renson havo refused to furnish it to tlio canvasser. Thcw is a largo flouting ixjpu lation, such as is to Ikj found ou tho east side, in tho Bowery lodging houfes and in hotols, which it is inqxissiblo to keep track of. But such missing names must bo 'hunted out of town.' as tho expression is: in other words, thev must bo accounted for absolutely in somo way. This operation or proeoduro is called 'dimtatching,' and is of iniiKirtuuce "Tho next step is the compilation arrang ing tho names in alphabetical oilier. I nm nt work nt this now. it is tne most leuious work imaginable. It has to bo done with tho utmost caw, lest n nnmo get so fur out of its proper place as to bo missed by ono looking for it, and so WU tho first principle of merit in a dlwctoiy, positive accuracy; and vet it Uu to be done with great rapidity Tliis phut) of tho work ii carried on by relief gang of men, without intermission, night nnd day, till completed. These 2-l0.(X)0 slijis mu then pasted ou stilT imper, and lu sheets of fifteen or twenty num, or slij, go to tho compoaitor. llw work completed, tho book binder puts his art at work, and when ho is done tho boot is ready. .mjw i one hun. No; (tittlng Wtdl I'uld 1 UurdeHt Young Autlior (to editor) Getting a puli lwlier, I navo huanl, u the most dttflcult thin in uutlKrkli. lMltor I don't think so. Author Ah, you oiwourago me. What, then, Utlw matt difficult! Hdlwr Getting readers. A COIN OF LESBOS. think how long sho held It with a smile (Her lealous lyre complaining on her breast). Dust thick on everything, and she, tho while. Forgetting It and I'haon and the rest. With those great eyes, that had not longed o yet To lose their tears In kindred brine, on moi Fixed on its precious glimmer, "It will get What will it get?" sho murmured. me see. Somo jewel that will more become my head Than withering leaves of laurel? har, not bo. At least, I think, somo lovelier robe," she said. Than any woman weareth that I know I" So, years ero that deep glass whprcin sho goacd With ker last look had Hashed It to tho sun. So mused, I fancy, tho most overpraised Of women who nave ever sung on cariu savo one! -Sarah M. B. Ratt. AT THE LIMEKILN CLUB. A 1.1st of Ktilrs ltneoinmended to Mcm- liers A ltcsdliitlon Adopted. In view of tho recent disastrous explosions and conflagrations in different sections of tho country, the committee on personal safety and non-injury havo recommended tho fol lowing rules to members of tlio club: "Boan' scratch n match on yer leg onless prepared to jump ober do Highest fence. "If you know dat a biler um gwino to ex plode, drap down on do ground an' keep yer mouf shut. "Any liusson who smokes a clay pipo in bed should kivtr do bowl wid a pieco of olo boot leg an' hiw somebody to keep him awake. 'There should, bo no smoking in the vicinity of tho club wood lx)x. AVood boxes are liablo to oxnlodo at any moment, an' when dey does do sceno of ruin an' desolashun am 'null to appall do stoutest heart. "Faradiso hall am liablo to take tiro nny eavenin' when a meetin' nr' in progress. In case a fire nr diskivered do outer guard should notify do inner guard. Dis latter gem'hjn should quietly notify do Keeper of do lied Uoah. Dis nusson should softly menshun do fnck to do Keeixjr of do Sacred Helics, an' ho in turn should enter do lodge room air place do matter befo' do president. "Vo recommend dat seben two gniion jugs, each ono full of water, bo plueed in do aunty- room as a precauslmn. "AIo, dat do insurance on de hall Do in creased to sich n ligger dat, in cao it burns up an' Samuel Slim, l'ickles Smith nn' Judgo Chewso nr' consumed wid it, deir loss will bo our gain. "Wo would furder recommend dat do jan itor lio supplied wid somo sort of hand firo extinguisher. Wo doan menu anytliin' costly an' elaborate, wid a picture of Do boto dis kiverin' do Mississippi river painted on do side, but simtliin' combinm' utility and cheapness." On motion of Givcadnm Jones tho sugges tions wero adopted, and ho then offered tho following resolution: Resolved, Dat dis Limo Kiln club, beliovin' dat do present styles of hand firo extinguish ers tir1 too complex nn' hov too much back ackhun, hereby announce its willingness to incourngo the inventive genius of do kentry by oll'erin' do sum of 50 to any pusson who shall invent a portublo extinguisher liovin1 do follerm' merits: 1. Must wake up de folks when a fire breaks out. 2. Must bo self actin' an' hov no cog wheels to git out o' order. o. Must act as a thermometer when deir nr' no fire. 4. Must bo cheap, strong nn' simple, wid nuflln' nbout it to mildew or throw out tho germs of ynller fever. On motion of Col. Pompeii Barker tho res olution was accepted, and tho janitor was or dered to put all tho matches in Farndiso Hall into a pail of water every night before leav ing. Detroit Free Press. A Hoy's Hnrlng K.ifi-iment. Some years ago Professor Mason, of New Haven, Conn., was the lecturer on physiology and toxicology at that college, and it was' his custom to illustrate his lectures with experi ments upon the lower nnimiils. On ono oc casion, while telling tho students tho effects of various poisons, lio remarked that the In dians of South America wero accustomed to use poisoned arrows to kill their gaino with. Tho pokon used was known as woorara, and it could bo taken into tho stomach, ho said, without injury; but if a single drop of tho stuff should bo injected into tlio blood fatal results would at onco follow. To prove his experiment, ho took a small quantity nnil in jected it into tho stomach of a dog, which seemed to cause tho animal no inconvenience. Then ho injected a drop mow into the veins of a pigeon. Tho bird died instantly. The following day ono of the students asked what would bo the effect if ono of them should eat the bird. Mason replied tint lio did not know. Tho boy who was helping him, now tho United States ns!stnnt district attorney, volunteered the informa tion tnt tho pei-son eating tho pigeon would ha'ftVi good meal, nnd Unit tLat was the only result likely to follow. Ho said that ho spolco from experience, as ho had eaten that identi cal bird. The professor wns astounded, his hair fairly stood on ond, as ho remarked: "Well, mv boy, you havo far moro faith in my experiments than I hnvo myself. I would not hnvo eaten that bird under nny consider ation.1' Washington Cor. Indianapolis Jour nal. 1'iilquo Heeoinlng a Tipple. An enterprising American has put tho se ductive pulque whero it can ticklo tho north ern palate and produce tho effects so well advertised by tho American ministers resi dent and envoys extraordinary to tho Jrenser republic. Who will now givo us n jimplo of tho "rarefied air" that should ac ouipany it to throw in the proper tonic re ndu A friend of mine who owns somo of ;ho largest maguey plantations in Mexico rave me the straight tip several years ngo on die pulque business, and until lie takes it back i ho julep of "old Virginny" is good enough for inc. If ho is to Ixj lielieved and ho sells thousands of gallons of tho suff it cannot bo kept long enough to Iks oxportod, and must lx consumed in a low days after it is made. But the head that it puts ou top of tho mot robust constitution when it gets in its fino work cannot be equaled this side of tho here after. Paralysis does not begin t6 iks.cn I hi tho condition of the patient. If the New York article is anything like the native pro duction, it will soon become the fuvorito ti plo of the numerous tanks you and 1 know, but won't mention just now. Now York Star. Talleyrand' llralu In it Sower. The doctors have omltmod the corpse. In onler to do this tliey, ufter the manner of the undent Eg ptiuns, removed tho Ixowels and brains. This done, after having tiiinsformnl IYiueo Talleyrand into a mummy and having iiailed it up in a cotiln, lined with whitositiu, they weut away, leaving on tho table tho brain thut bruin which had thought so much, inspired so many men, coiistnu-ud so many ambitious edifices, managed two revo lutions, deceived twenty kings and held tho world in t-beck. The doctors gone, n servant entered ami saw what they had loft, Not know lug that It w as wanted, and regarding it us a lothamd object, ho gathered it to gether und threw It into the bower in front of tho house. From Hugo's "Choacs Vuos."