The Oregon scout., October 14, 1887, Image 2

LITTLE PLEASURES.
Why Yminir Children Khonld (e Tnuclit
to Appreciate Them.
It has been said so limiiy times, tlmt
it has become hackneyed, Unit it is not
tho great troubles of lifo that wear one
out, but the petty annoyances t hat ton-
tinued day after day, leave their mark
on the temper and. character as drops
of water wear into solid stone. At the
beginning of lifo fill seems well. Most
people start out with good resolutions,
but how many in middle life feel that
they have been successful. This, not
because they have been unable to beat
great trials, but because they have been
unable to meet the little mutters of
every day lifo with cool, dispassionate
judgment. Jt is especially necessary
to tench children to Hud enjoyment in
the little pleasures that form a part of
nil lives, so that they will not be
rendered unhappy by tho sea ol
vexing things that also come. A child
that uses her pencil to draw and loves
it, or the child thai loves music, or a
child that loves her needle-work will
not be likely to bo a prey to petty
jealousy or to envy. Let children go
out into the liehls and learn about tin
birds and flowers, bees and butterflies,
nnd whatever tendency there is In the
boy to coarse companions, to rough
ways, to cruelly to tho bird or insect
will bo likely to bo cheeked. An in
telligent boy, who learns tho noble
Htories of natural history in tho field
witli ids mother, will never forget it
nnd will bo n better man. lly learn
ing thus to notice beauty in little
tilings around liini, lie will lcaru to
pay no heed to little vexations. A girl
who learns tfl notice the beauty of lifi
around her can never degenerate inli
(hat abject person a village gossip,
ehavo found Wordsworth s poetry
of great value In teaching children to
notice little beauties in nature.
Children should never fail in court
esy to eacn other; tins sliouid l;o ex
acted as rigorously as courtesy totheii
ciders. Children should early learn to
have things of their own, and they
Nliould have an exclusive right in thesi
articles and should learn to respect
each cither's rights, and their own
rights should bo respected. It is nee
cssary to watch very closely to liml
out what ideas of life tho child has
gained. Whether they have gained
impressions which are narrow and so'l
fisli or broad and noble. A little sag
gestion, a word now and then, may
pave tho child in after life from be
coming a worldly woman, a burden
and not a helper in life.
" It lh tho llttlo rift w thin tho lute
Tim' tiy unit by will niako tho minlo tauto.
Or WHO jiittcil speck In tho RiimorM fru t,
TUut rotting luward slowly niolilois nil."
A', r. Tribune.
VIOLIN STRINGS.
Valuable SusKxtliiiii fur Incipient
UnnlitU ami lli ltulU.
I'u.
' In selecting violin strings it is safe
to choose thoso of greatest transpar
ency. Dullness of color indicates too
inaiiv threads or indifl'erent material.
The fourth string is covered with silver
or copper wire, or a mixture of metals
of great ductility. Silver is wound on
gut to good advantage, those cov
ered with copper wlro givo more pow
erful effects. Strings bearing cither
of those metals have a tendency to rise
in pitch from warmth of the lingers.
To obviate this annoyance mixed wire
Is used, combining power and soft
ness, which is liable to expansion.
Fourth strings, u found in market,
are apt to be too lu avv. Jtis best to
purchase all size as they me needed,
as they seldom Improve after season
ing. Old instruments do not ordiunri
ly require heavy t rings. Medium
tdzos that develop rich, clear tones art)
better adapted to mood, nullowed by
a century s existence in the violin. Uii-
tltr.y loading tuo lirldgo wttli coarse
strings cheeks the more sensitive vi
bration and tends to dismember thn
Mructtiro. IViees range from one dol
lar per bundle of thirty strings to six
dollars per dozen. I'ourtli strings are
made in single Icugtln; other sizes Usu
ally contain two to four lengths. A
catalogue at hand quoins them In thir
ty-sewn grades. 1'ivvideniM Journal,
Ho Couldn't Do Hired.
Hanker Your references are all that
could be desired. What salary do you
expect?
Coaohma;i Seventy-livo dollars a
month.
H. -That is quite satisfactory to me,
and you can enter upon your duties as
noon as you desire.
C lly tho way, I forgot to in
quire If you hud any
daughters?
marriageable
It. 1 have, but what is the meaning
of such a preposterous question?
C lJeeauso your having such makes
it impossible for mo to engage with
you. Tho fact is, I can not take tho
risk of degenerating Into a horso-car
conductor or hotel waiter. There's no
jnouey in marrying employers'
daughters, nowadays, lloston Jlud'jot.
Tho Virginia (Nov.) Chronicle
pays; Mrs. Lniigtry hits purclutsud a
lot in Corbett's addition, Carson, She
is (pioted as raying to a newspaper
man: "This is a delightful valley and
1 waul a little spot 1 can call my own
near Lake Tahoe.'so that 1 can build
and come up hero niton 1 tun at leis
ure n'nd enjoy tho bracing Nevada air,
and occasionally take a dip in the hot
springs, which seem to me the aunt
wonderful curiosity lit tho State."
The original of a long lost loiter
written by (ioneral Washington in ac
knowledgment of an address from (he
cUl.imit of Nowikm has just Uon
found In that city. It is written on
iHith sides of two quarto pages of loiter
paper ami in null distinct uuu readable.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Qtinrret Thnt Might Have Separated
l.onnlo nnd Hcntte Forever.
These lovers' quarrels are sad, sad
tflairs. resulting, as they so often do
in the separation of young hearts am
making withered leaves out of all the
otid hopes and golden dreams and
ilgli aspirations of young lives, j
listressing easo was made public re
cntly in Newark, the harrowing de
ads being given in tho words o
he estranged ones, who sat in tiie
letvark Opcra-IIotiso eating earniels
ml saying cruel things to each other
luring the play. She began it.
"You did. too," she said, with
Teat sob. It wouldn't have been any
dud of a lovers' quarrel without mi-
noi ous "great sobs" brought into it.
Now, Hoisic," moaned the agon
ized ninety pounds of lover and higl
collar.
"You needn't deny it," said Hossic,
coldly.
'IJessie, 1 never In all "
')ou did. Alamo JSlaniv told mo
that she saw you."
"Saw mo what?"
"Saw you flirting with that horridly
lornd Hat tie Marsh.
"Hattie Mar.-di? Itah. Now, IJessie,
on know perfectly ell that 1 don't
are a snap of my
linger for Hattie
you didn't llirt
time she crosses
Marsh."
"No; it looks as if
:ng witli Her uvery
your path."
"Now, Lessie, you know just as well
is -"
Oh, yes, I know all about it, Mr.
Lonnio Marshall."
"Now, IJessie. don't talk that way."
"I will, too."
"Hosier"
"I don't care. Lou; it isn't right, and
I'm not going to iilav second liddlo to
anybody."
Nobtnly wants yon to, dearie."
A'o.' It looks as if they didn't, I
must sav.
Well, now. IJessie, what if I got mad
mil said cruel things because you
Hilled a little with Hen nie Dean or "
Hen Dean! I wouldn't wipe my
feet on lien Dean."
"t on used to like him."
"htm Marshall, I'll never speak to
you again as long as I live and breathe
f vou ever mention that horrid affair
igain, 1 hate Hon Dean."
1 know it, darling, and I detest
Hattie Marsh."
"Yes you do."
"Indeed 1 do."
"Yes over your left shoulder."
"Now, IJessie."
"If you want your ring back again,
Lon Marshall, all you've got to do is
to soy so. '
"O. IJessie!"
"1 mean just exactly what 1 say, sir,
every word of it.
IJessie, IJessie!"
I cm manage to live without vou,
Lou Marshall! And if you think I'm
one of tho 'Hough on Hats' kind of
iris you're badly left"
"No, IJessie, yon know I never "
"If yon were a ijcnilcman, sir "
"IJessie, tills is too much."
"If you don't like it you can lump
it, sir! I'll let you
enow tii.il
vou
l)o
an't twist vie around
your linger.
yon want your ring?"
" l on know 1 tlon t,
"Well, vou could
IJessie."
have it
mighty
pilek If you did."
At last tho worm turns
and says,
Whltfurd,
acridly: "Very well, Miss
just ai you please about it."
hy, Lon.
1 have done all that a
gentleman
could do to "
Now, Lon, 1 vas only joking."
It. is no joking matter whore one's
ifl'ectionx are concerned. I've tried to
he a gentleman of my word with you,
l,t "
Oh, Lon, Hush!"
No, IJessie, we had better
undor
lf we
it be
stand each other right here.
quarrel so now, wlial would
when
Oh, Lonnio, 1 was onlv "
You were wounding mo cruelly,
IJessie, and 1 "
"Oh. Lonnio!"
"If you really desire every thing to
come to an end between tis, J hope 1
urn too much of a enthman to "
J ho curtain dropped at this junct
ure, while tnoso who saw this fright
ful scene were waiting with bated
breath for the tin tl word that would
separate Lonnio and IJessie forever.
Detroit tree ami
A High Road to Wealth
First Omaha
Man Eureka! I've
It's a new invention.
truok it at last.
Millions in it.
Second Omaha Man 1 don't
take
uiieh stock in patents.
ies, but this one is a dead sure
thing. It is a hand-organ modeled aft
er tho automatic nice trnoks vou see in
notols."
Won't pay."
"I'll hao them everywhere, and will
uko in thousands of dollars a day.
Every hotly who comes along will drop
a nickel into it."
'Dropping a nickel into it starts it to
playing, I suppose."
"No, that stops it." Ontaka World.
There are occasional ih .nts of
hue at which the entire course of his
tory ami the fato of nations are do-
iiled by homo event which does not
sfrow jut ol any previous ovtvits, and
which a reasonable man uau explain
alone by referring to the manifest in
tervention of God's providence. A'l'd
tuhr. When wo are least worthy, most
:omptcd, hardest, unkindust, let us yet
'ommouu our spirits Into ills hands.
Whither else dare wo boud thorn?
Utooje Macdonald.
BOTANY FOR CHILDREN.
A Study Which Derelmx a Lore for Onr
(leiilnc mill Horticulture.
What would do more for gardening
and horticulture, and bo more bene
f lieial to the pupils, than to make hot
any one oi the inundation studies in
our common schools, instead of a tin
isiiiiig study taken up by vcrv few? A
knowledge of botany is of the highest
importance to every one whoe life and
living are in tho country. J 'he fanner
has great need of botany; so has the
fruit eulturist and the flower or vege
table gardener. Analytical botany is
well, but even more important aio
structural and physiological botany
Yet our boys and girls are kept igno
rant of caeli of these branches until
the school lifo is about to close until
tho school life of tho majority lias
closed. This is not right. Itotauy
can bo taken up before geography. It
is especially well adapted to very young
pupils; for it is properly an object
study and interests children much
more readily than mathematics, gram
mar or geography. It is an absorbing,
intensely-interesting study, and when
once is is fairly begun the pupii is loth
to givo it up.
I believe the girls would receive tho
more benefit from making botany ono
of the earliest studies of the schools.
It is true that the fate of many of
I hem is to become farmers' wives; but
a woman is better fitted to be such a
"helpmeet" by the acquisition of r,
thorough knowledge of botany. The
farmer, nnturaliy enough, takes morn
interest, in farm animals and feeding
problems. Upon thc-o topics lie is best
informed. Hence his wife s knowl
edge should supplement his. The larg
est sum of knowledge is made bv llio
coalescence of two quantities of di
verse nature, and, given the same
amount of knowledge in each case, that
couple is best equipped of which the
wife knows most of those subjects on
which the husband is tho least in
formed.
We no longer need foreigners to tell
us that our women are wcaklv and col
orless, ami that this comes of lack of
out-door exercise. When the wife or
daughter gets a little leisure, instead
of spending it out of doors in tiie en
livening sunshine and invigorating air.
she sits down to do some fancy work,
injuring her lungs by bending over it.
injuring her eves bv close attention to
the colored wools, and rises from iter
"play" more tired than when site be
gan it. I hero is enough evidence to
provothat if she had been taught bot
any in her youth she would have be
come so interested in it that she would
spend her leisure in prosecuting botan
ical studies, or in gardening or fruit
culture; for it can not bo disputed suc
cessfully that a knowledge of plants
always adds great zest to their cultiva
tion. Uotany for girls means largely
health for women, and, more, it means
escape from that narrowing view of
life, bounded finally by household du
ties, of which so many women are the
victims, or, what is yet worse, servi
tude to dress and gossip; for from tho
physiology of plants the transition to
the physiology of animals is almost in
evitable; from the chemistry of plants
the chemistry ol other things is a short,
an easy slop; trom the distribution of
plants to physical geography, geolog,
zoology, is a natural progression. Who
can doubt the importance of a study oi
botany to girls? Uotany foi girls is
more (lowers and fruits about tho
home, more health for mother and chil
dren, more knowledge and happiness
for everv member of the family.
John M. Stahl, in American Garden.
CHEATING THE LAW.
A Keaduhle Incident if l.tle In tliu .luiitho
Territory or America.
A family recently moved into a Cen
tral Dakota county from the Kast.
l'hree or four mornings aftoi a lumber
wagon drove up and a man got out
and rapped at (lie door. The woman
appeared, and the man said:
(lood-moruiu , ma am; 1 hope you
ain't United him out vot?"
"What is it, sir?"
"1 say I hope every thing remains
list as it was that's the law in casus
of this kind, vo know."
"I don't understand vou."
"1 can'l see why vou don't vou
must know what's happened an' what
the law requires in such cases. This is
the jury out'n tho wagon ami I'm cor
oner don't delay us 'cause we're all
anxious to earn our fees an' git back
an git in a day s work harvestiu
grain's powerful ripe, ma'am."
"lhere hasn t been any death hero,
rill"
There haint? Didn't your husband
fall down the well?"
No, sii!"
Didn't ho git wandorin' 'round in
the night an' tumble down an old well
into four feet of water an' drown'd an'
In
eak his neck both at thosamo time?"
"No, sir, ho didn't. He's out in tho
Held at work now. One of our calves
foil down an old well last night."
"D'yo hear that, boys? that's how
the blaiuo' yarn got started! Madam,
tell yer husband to be very keorful in
the future if we come again we shall
hold the inquest whether ho Is dead or
not!" Thou, as he turned and climbed
in the wagon, ho added: "1 Jill, jes' keep
that vordiok yo writ up tho durnod
fool may drop down that well yet!"
Dakota lltlt.
A strolling photographer on West
ern avenue yesterday was taking tho
picture of a mansion and asked a little
girl who stood by to stand on tho
stoop. She did to, and had hor picture
"took." On hor return to hor homo
the, informed hor mother of tho inci
dent, and garnished it with the jubi
lant remarks "And it dldu't hurt me a
blLAlbany Journal.
A RAILROAD INCIDENT.
KTporlenrr of it Young I.udy Who Know
I loir to Help Hcrnvlr.
It was tho first time sho had ever
traveled alone, and all the family came
down to tho s'atiou to see her ofT.
"Now, P.icob," said hor lather." as ho
helped her on, "don't let any of them
young fellers coino foolin' rotin'; mind
what mo an' your mother lias alius
told you, nu' don't have notliin' to say
to strangers."
"I won't, father," chirruped I'.injbe.
"Where's the box with my best hat?
And tho bag with the dried raspberries
for Jim's wife? And tho kitten? Oh,
wliero's the poor little cat?"
"Hiro she be," said tho mother,
showing up with the rest of Piiosbe's
belongings; "and hero's the six pairs
of stockings" I knit lt'tibeii, and the
yarn towels, and tho "
"All aboard!" yelled the' conductor.
"G )od-bye, I'hrubc! Don't forget tho
new eheeo in the hand basket! Tt II
Jim s wife to sond mo tho raceet for
dyeing cotton yarn a primrose cast-
Take care of Kitty, an1 be sure an' ,,
"Good-bye, P.ieob! Don't make no
'qnaintanecs with ennybody. As your
grau'fathor mod to say, 'the Lord
helps thoin as helps thoinslves.' "
There was a lot of them brothers.
sisters and cousins who watched us
until the train and ' I'heeb" were out
of sight. Then the young traveler
settled down to business. And we all
watched her, for sho was a wry pretty
girl.
First, she heaped all berthings in (lie
seat facing hor. Then she concluded
to put some of them in the bracket
above.
Allow me," said the spruce travel
ing in in with a inashi lg smile.
Thank you," said Miss I'iio'he,
coo;iv, "it s Kind ol inconvenient go
ing anywhere alone."'
G iing far? asked the traveling
man as he sat down, and we all
glanced at him with envv.
"uniy to visit my oroihor .inn in
Newton Center. 1 get there after
lark, though, and am awfully afraid
they won t meet me.
I in going that way mvsolf, haz
arded the untruthful traveling man.
Why, how nice! 1 wouldn t Do a
bit afraid of you."
Mow! mew! mew! camo from
remote corner of tho ear. Miss Piitebe
made a dive for hor kitten's lia-ket.
"Oh, won't somebody catch the kit
for me? 0!i, dear, it trill bo lost.
mil it's a real Maltes-! Oil. wliero's
the conductor? Won't somebody
please ring for him?"
We all started to hunt the wicked
kitten, while its excited mistress p died
the bell-cord and stopped the train.
When peace was restored, and four
traveling men had returned the kitten
to its owner, the conductor seated
himself by Miss Phtohe to explain Hint
t passonger must never under any cir
cumstances touch Iho bell-cord.
Meanwhile all the oncrout duties of
answering questions and reassuring
frightened old women devolved on tho
brakeiiiau.
Then the boy with peanuts came in
tnd sho suaivd him into gotling some
milk for kitty from tho restaurant cir.
The book (ienil dropped an armful of
burning novels into the seat at last loft
vacant by the conductor.
"Have you '11 nv Hi Won II u ' or
Lovo on a Hail-car?' " she asked,
sweetly.
He sat down to explain that ho was
j tst out of that, but had "Divorced at
Sight." or "A Honiance of Chicago."
Then the only man in the car who
had not been down on his knees a cold,
haughty, soulless man, with a cynical
s leer opened his valise and handed
her "How H Won Her."
When the train reached Newton
Center the young lady loft it, followed
by a meek and submissive crowd. The
conductor earriod'the cat. Tho brake
man had iho snchol. Tho rest of her
luggage was apportioned to th male
p.isM'iigers, each of whom received a
sweet s idle, and a cordial "good-bye"
as Hrother Jim hove in sight, to claim
Ids fair relative. As we scrambled
back to our train wo heard Jim ask:
"How in the world Piieob tjitl you got
along with all those traps?"
And Iter musical laugh, as she an
swered: "Olt, you know, Jim, father brought
us up to help ourselves." Dslroit
Free Press.
Sufficiently Protected.
It is all to common to misunderstand
l!i3 true nature of a medicine, as any
ono must confess, remembering the
story of tho nurse who awoke hor
patient in order to administer a sleep
ing portion.
When shower-baths boeomo an active
fashion, a certain physician ono day
met a neighbor, ami inquired: "Well,
Jackson, how did your wife manage
her new shower-bath?"
' O i, she had real good luck. Mrs.
Smith told her how she managed with
hern. She made an oiled silk hood,
witli a big cape to it, that eanio down
over her shoulders."
' She was a fool for her pains," said
iho doctor, impatiently. That's not
the way."
So iny w ifo thought."
"And your wife did nothing of the
kind, 1 hope."
"Oh no, no. My wife she usd an
umbrollv." i 'ovtH's Companion.
i
"Mr. Goodhoad is a splendid fol
low." -Yes; a wonderfully lino fol
low. 1 never saw his match. So in
telligent and well-informed, and such
an excellent man every way, lie is
from Now York. I boliove?" "Is ho?
Well er it is evident that Nature In
tended thai ha should have boon born
in Hostou." Doston Trail script.
MODERN JERUSALEM.
The I'overty nml Uiiontlufnctory Condition
of Its Inhabitant-).
Jerusalem has ito wealth. F.fty or
one hundred years ago, it could boast
of some wealthy families. Their projt
erty has, however, been scattered and
reduced, until their descendants of the
present generation are cither poor, or
possessed of barely enough to support
them. Tho city in poor, the people are
impoverished, and half of the inhabi
tants scarcely know from day to day
where they are going to got their daily
bread.
Hat, poor as. people and city are.
routs are exorbitantly high. Sinco
the houses are hunt ol stone, there is
no danger of loss by lire. Henco fam
ilies having a little money on which
they are dependent for support will
build a house with it, because tho in
vestment is thehcJtonc thej' can make.
Tit -ro is no risks, and iho high rents
insure a good rate of interest.
Only a well-to-do family can occupy
an entirehous . In hundreds of cases a
family numbering four or eight persons
will occupy but a single room. In a
house of six or eight rooms, there will
ho as man' families. They all cook
and wash in a largo open court, to
which each family lias access. This
fact will give an idea of how crowded
some of the houses are. Tho people are
obliged to live iu this way, because they
have not money enough to hire more
room.
Il is very expensive building houses
in Jerusalem. The first step is to dig
a cistern. This costs so much that the
ownor will dig only a small cistern,
when ho should build one five times
t lie size. All the families in th house
use water from this c. stern. J) iring
the rainy season there is siillieient
water; but by M iv or the lirst of June
at l lie leasl, the cistern is dry. N"
rain falls tiulil November or Decem
ber; consequently, these people
must buy water for four or live
mouths. Water is brought in skins,
holding fin an average three pailfulls
each; and for a skin of water one must
j ay front five to ten cents. For poor
people this is a very great hardship;
consequently, the least possible amount
of water is used, and it need hardly be
said that indescribable lilth abounds.
Houses aro invariably built of stone
and are much more expensive than one
would suppose. Stones have to be
quarried, transported on the backs of
camels, cut into proper shape, and
finally built into walls. If the house
is two stories high, and the ro mis are
large, the walls have to bo two, and
sometimes three f.-et thick, in order
to support t lie great weight resting
upon them. A vast, amount of stone
and mortar is consumed in making the
arches that support the upper floors or
the roof, anil likewise in the roof itself.
The amount of water used in prepar
ing the mor.ar sometime costs alone
several huidred dollars, if the house is
a large one. Dr Sclah Merrill, late
U. S. Co u nan'.
SWORDS OF INDIA.
Di'iiilly Wfiipoim C'arrlxil hy tho
St'poys,
I'cr.slait and A reliant.
Among some military trophies
I
once saw a very rude, rusty teghar
locally worth a shdling which had
cleanly decapitated a raw recruit,
severing coat collar, brass buckle and
caste necklet of hard enamel beads.
'J ho nimble village rebel had sprung
on the Sepoy from ambush while trim
ming his tlintloek after a misfire.
This a id all tho low-priced teghars
and tulwars aro of very soft metal,
capable of being bout and straightened
across the blade, while the arch or
cutting portion, with razor-edge,
oilers immon.-e resistance in the hands
of an expert, who, behind Ids shield,
can wateli and measure his opportun
ity. Only the straight thrust of Hrit
isii bayonets or dragoon blades can
reach them.
The metal and finish of cutting arms
improve when wo outer North India.
Hard steel of line temper and high
workmanship used to be common un
til two Sikh wars and the great mu
tiny abolisho.l the demand for such
deadly wares. Tho .skilful Mohain-m-tlan
craftsman ha I to emigrate for
a livelihood, or to often dwindled into
a blacksmith of harmless occupation.
1 remember iu the good old times of
tho East India Company itinerant
sword peddlers, Persians and Afghan?
of great staturo and big turbans.
"Do vim want any swords?"
' Yes; but where are they?''
"Here;" and the vendor's hands
wero lifted to his head-cloth, whore
they groped awhile. Oat sprang
throe or four shining steel s lakes,
elastic blades, unbundled a la mode,
20 to 50 each iu value, sometimes
more. Then the dealer put them
through various severe tests to satisfy
Ids customer, packing tliom away
Hgaiit iu their hiding place should
there be no sale, and going on his
road. H it there were many shapes
and sivu's and sorts of cimoters -of
great price, harder and loss llexiblo,
botn plain and damascened. The
blwck steel of K'toriissan, very rare it
the market, reputed to cut oil' the
neck of in anvil an K:istorn anvil,
of course; the Parisian and Central
Asian speolmons, elegantly watored iu
circular veins, seem o light that a
girl oould use them, others so heavy
that height and length of arm, with
breadth of chest, were needful gifts
of nature to utiiUo them men like
"Kob ll.iv" or "Malunud Ghuz tl."
whoso hands hung below their knees.
The latter nolablo carried an awful
stomal intioo iu prwforo:ico to a sword.
and smashod idols nnd delators with
his own arms on all oooaslous.
ij'.ish Maetunic.
ENGINES OF DEATH.
The Wonderful l'roren In the Arts ot
Hnuclittiring Men In Hattie.
The death of llorr Krupp, the pro
prietor of the great stool works at Es
sen, removes from tho world one whoso
greatest fame was won in carrying to
the highest point of development tho
manufacture of the implements of hu
man destruction.. Although the Krupps
have for generations carried on tho
business of making steel for peaceful
uses, tires, engines, shafts and the one
hundred and one articles called for by
the complicated machinery of modern
manufacturing, yetthc- are best known
by the effective artillery they liavo fur
nished to the armies ami fortresses of
the world. To tho lover of peace tho
Krupps seem elevated to a bad emi
nence among those who have provided
the machinery of slaughter demanded
by tho Titanic methods ot contempo
rary warfare. And yet the Krupps
have only iclntively done more than
others to make modern war moro
dreadful than tho wars of tho last cent
ury. They have developed the art of
cannon making' beyond that reached
by their competitors, that is all.
The wonderful modern progress in
the arts of slaughtering men on tho
battle-field began about thirty years
apo. and in this dreadful development
the United States was one of the lead
ers. The Dahlgren gun, invented by
the late Admiral of that name, was si
wonder to the artillerists of thirty
jcnr.s ago. It was t lie most ell'eetivc
of guns until Louis Napoleon developed
the idea of rilling cannon. Up to tho
close of the Crimean war the sixty-eight-poiinder
was the heaviest broad
side gun in iiM.', and the majority of
men-of-war still carried thirty-two-pouiidors
iu their batteries. Our civil
war brought forward the Hodman and
Pai rot guiiN and ten and twelve-inch
pieces frowned a warning from the tur
rets of monitors to the powers of tho
Old World not to meddle in the affairs
of the United Stales. At the close of
the war of the rebellion the Dahlgren,
Hodman and Parrot guns made the
United States liic most powerfully
armed of nations. England had tho
Armstrong gun and the Whitworth,
but possessed of these she had no desire
to try conclusions witli American ord
nance. Our war was th last great contest
fought with muzzle-loading small arms.
The war of lSo'G demonstrated tho
.real superiority that breech-loadors
gave their possessors. Tho needle
gun, now regarded as a very primi
tive weapon, destroyed Austrian lead
ership in Germany. Then camo tho
dreadful slaughtering matches in
France in 1870, when both sides wero
armed with breech-loaders and tho
mitrailleuse came into'play. Then it
was supposed that tho very higlinst de
velopment of arms making had been
reached, but since then cannon and
small arms have been manufae'turcd,
but happily not much used in the field,
width made the contemplation of ftitv
tire battles simply dreadful. How long
is this competition among the nations
in arming to continue? No sooner is
a fliip launched by one of the powers
.sheathed with plates deemed impene
trable and equipped with guns that
surpass in power of penetration any
heretofore known, than another power
puts into the water a vessel that ex
ceeds the lirst in both the powers of in
jury and resistance. No sooner is tho
army of 'France furnished with a rapid-tiring
rille, than that of Germany is
equipped with the Mauser, tho lire of
which can be thickened at will.
Men to-day can be shot dead at
ranges which twenty years ago could
not be covered by tho most powerful
rifles then known. Where shillings
were expended for military purposes
by the great European powers, half a
century ago, pounds are put out to
day. Meanwhile the strain of milita
rism on . the physical vitality of
foreign nations is something of which
we fortunate Americans can form but
a faint realization. France proposes
to sweep into the army tho only sons
of widows, n class heretofore exempt;
substitutes are to lie no longer allowed,
and the richest and poorest are to bo
put into the ranks. In the long run
the demands of militarism must defeat
themselves. The dragon will bite him
self in his fiery rage, and die.. It is
simply impossible for human nature to
endure for another generation tho ex
hausting process now in progress in
the continental European powers.
Unless disarmament is sooner brought
about by tho shuddering remorso of
the nations, after some dreadful cata
clysm, it must be reached by tho sheer
exhaustion of treasures and of men.
Jioston Transcript.
A Mighty Stupid Clerk.
Dealer (to clerk) What
did
that
young lady want, .lames?
Clerk She asketl for anatomical
Hrussels carpets, and 1 told her wo
hadn't such a thing.
Dealer Great Scott, James, that
young lady is from Ho.ston! She want--ed
body Hrussels, ami wo'vo got an
overstock of 'em. .V. V. Sun,
A volume, entitled "Plus d'Anglo
terre." after the style of tho "Hittllo of
Dorking," has been publiahed in Paris.
It is another account of a successful in
vasioiwof England. Tho French forces
land at Hastings after vanquishing a
llritish squadron at sea, and after
transporting one hundred ami fifty
thousand men rapidly and having cut
tho telegraph cable. A great battle i3
fought southwest of Tunbridge, PAif
adelpJiia l'ress.
"How tloos your wife hare iter
dresses out?" "V-shaped, I think,
judging from tho number of five-dollar
bills she requires for making them." (